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Red Cup Yogurt in Oceanside, CA (San Diego County) will hold a yogurt eating contest on August 13 awarding $300 to the winner. August 4, 2011 at 7:38 am by
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August 3, 2011 at 3:24 pm by
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update August 5 Furious Pete has a travelog which includes his opinion about Brad Sciullo.
update August 4 OC Weekly has a blog entry and gallery about the challenge. Brad Sciullo now has a beard. A podcast of Takeru Kobayashi’s appearance (35 min) on the Loveline radio show with Dexter Holland of the Offspring is available (via ultimate guitar)
Naader Reda has the official top 4)
1) Takeru Kobayashi 81 tacos
2) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 49
3) Brad Sciullo 45
4) Johnnie Excel 41
Videos from the webcast can be viewed online.
6:16 The second head is over. Kobayashi appears to have won easily with an unofficial count of 81 tacos.
6:06 The second heat has started.
5:14 The first heat of the main contest has started
4:32 A women-only undercard contest has started.
The Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge will be the first United States contest against other competitive eaters for Takeru Kobayashi since the Krystal Square Off 6 finals in September 2009. The contest is expected to start at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm eastern and can be viewed online at http://www.livestream.com/gringobandito.
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Takeru Kobayashi will compete against fans at the Gary (Indiana) SouthShore Railcats game on August 17. I think this will be Kobayahi's first Chicago-area appearance. August 3, 2011 at 1:41 pm by
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August 3, 2011 at 1:22 pm by
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The Travel Channel has submitted a casting call for an upcoming Omaha, Nebraska episode of Man v. Food: Nation which can be viewed after the jump:
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August 3, 2011 at 1:12 pm by
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Will Millender has posted a video of him eating 15 bananas in a minute at the Coney Island Talent Show. August 3, 2011 at 11:56 am by
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The City Tap House in Philadelphia is holding a watermelon eating contest tonight awarding tickets to a Kings of Leon show on August 12, which was cancelled when the band suspended its summer tour on Monday. August 3, 2011 at 11:37 am by
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Chippewa.com has an article about Jeremy Wheeler, who will attempt the Unforgiven Challenge (burger, fries & 6 hot wings) at Red Rock Saloon in Milwaukee on tonight's episode of Man vs. Food. August 3, 2011 at 7:43 am by
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Pearce Cleveland announces that the Liquid Pool Lounge in Las Vegas will hold a cherry pie eating contest on Thursday awarding $1,000 to the winner. August 2, 2011 at 10:00 pm by
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Dallas Observer's Brew at the Zoo will hold a wing eating contest on September 10 awarding a trip for two to Las Vegas. Qualifiers will be held on Tuesdays in August at Dallas-area Hooters starting tonight in Irving. August 2, 2011 at 2:19 pm by
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The new poll asks if you think Takeru Kobayashi will eat more tacos than the second and third place combined in tomorrow's Gringo Bandito taco eating contest in Huntington Beach, CA.
August 2, 2011 at 12:37 pm by
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Toledo Free Press announces that the Smoke on the Water will hold cole slaw and pulled pork eating contests in downtown Toledo on August 5 and 6. Both contests will award prize packages with a listed value of $500. August 2, 2011 at 12:00 pm by
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There are two qualifiers left in the Battle of the Bone 4 contest that will award a Toyota Tundra at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, AZ on August 20. No one from outside Arizona appears to have qualified for the finals even though the contest was opened to professional eaters. August 2, 2011 at 7:38 am by
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The youtube page for El Nopal in Los Angeles has a video of Naader Reda eating 6 two pound "pregnant" burritos, breaking Stephanie Torres' record of 5. August 1, 2011 at 7:36 pm by
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Pat Bertoletti and Brian Seiken have been announced as expected entrants in the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship in Los Angeles on August 20. update Rafu.com calls Sonya Thomas the contest headliner. August 1, 2011 at 3:55 pm by
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A poster promoting the Gyoza Eating Championship in Los Angeles on August 20 is now available. July 31, 2011 at 11:38 pm by
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Here is the current list of competitors in Wednesday's Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge at Fred's Mexican Cafe in Huntington Beach, CA: Takeru Kobayashi, Pete Czerwinski, Dave "US Male" Goldstein, Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen, Brad Sciullo, Johnnie Excel, Naader Reda and Jason ‘Blackball’ McLean. July 31, 2011 at 8:18 pm by
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Nate's Sports Bar & Grill in Gulfport, MS will hold a hot wing eating contest on September 3 awarding at least $500 to the winner. July 31, 2011 at 10:26 am by
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Newly opened Huey's 24/7 Diner in Manhattan has a burger challenge that awards a free meal if it is finished in under 5 minutes and a free beer if it is finished in under 8 minutes. July 30, 2011 at 1:34 pm by
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The Lotte Butte Casino in Chandler, AZ (Phoenix area) will hold two burger eating contests on August 27. One contest will see who can eat the most burgers in a fixed time period, the other will see who can finish one burger the fastest. Both contests will award ($1000 / $500 / $250 bonus play). Qualification starts August 1. (via East Valley Tribune). July 30, 2011 at 8:27 am by
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The Feast has an interview with Dexter Holland about the taco eating contest his hot sauce, Gringo Bandito, will sponsor in Huntington, Beach, CA next week. July 29, 2011 at 4:16 pm by
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B-Kashz Marketing announces that The R.A.C.E. Foundation is looking for people to compete against "Furious" Pete Czerwinski at the Boise, Idaho Soul Food Festival on August 6. July 29, 2011 at 1:13 pm by
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Johnnie Excel has posted a blog entry in a corn dog eating contest held at the California State Fair in Sacramento. July 29, 2011 at 12:49 pm by
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