United States eating challenges and contests category

NorthJersey.com has an article about Susan Borthwick, winner of the amateur eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival.
The November 6 episode of Modern Marvels on the History Channel will have a segment about the construction of a 185 pound burger at Mallie's Sports Bar & Grill in Southgate, Michigan.
Registration for the November 7 Martorano's meatball eating contest in Las Vegas will open tomorrow at 1 pm eastern.
InlandSoCal has a blog entry about Stephanie Wu's attempt at the 72 ounce steak at the Iron Hog Restaurant and Saloon in Oro Grande.
The Subway in Fountain Valley, California will hold an eating contest on Saturday awarding a Wii to the winner.
Bodega Coast in College Station, Texas will hold a taco eating contest on Saturday awarding $750 ($500 to the winner).
Scott Bickel will attempt to eat all the meals offered in Applebee's 2 for 20 deal at the Strongsville, Ohio Applebee's on November 4.
The White Rabbit food truck will hold a 6 pound burrito eating challenge at the Valley Food Truck Fest in Encino, CA on Saturday.
The Denver Daily News reports Andrew Lane won last night's taco eating contest at Mezcal with a total of 28 tacos. update Denver Westword has a contest video
Lumpy's Ice Cream eating contest at the NC State Fair has been postponed due to a lack of entrants in the first two qualifiers.

Man vs. Food October 20, 2010 (Ann Arbor, MI) episode links

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List of Detroit area eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database

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The Miami New Times has a five-part report on last month's pickle eating contest at the Isle Casino in Pompano Beach focusing on Hall Hunt and Sean Brockert. (via comments) update The Miami New Times also has an article about the sounds of competitive eating listing the eaters' introductory music.
Mezcal in Denver will hold a taco eating contest tonight.
"Chicks Eat Chicks" a wing eating contest for women, will take place on Thursday at Ohio State University and award $200 in prizes.
Kobayashi will appear at The Festival of The Japanese Artists in New York on November 13 or 14.
Stephanie Torres attempted the OMG burger at The Catch in Anaheim for an upcoming episode of "Outrageous Food" on the Food Network.
Maria "The Incredible Sulk" has a blog entry about finishing two XXL pizzas (the house record is 3) at Pete & Elda's in Neptune City, NJ.
The facebook for the Brown Bag Deli in Suwanne, Georgia announces that Dale Boone won a Dagwood contest by eating a 4 pound sandwich in 13:25.
The facebook for Kretchmar's Bakery in Beaver, PA lists "Gentleman Joe" and "The Lunatic" as expected competitors in Saturday's cake eating contest.
The facebook page for Sushilicious in Irvine, CA announces that Jackie Batand recently set the women's house record by eating 20 plates. Stanley Luong holds the men's record of 28 plates. update Oct 18 The time limit is one hour for the challenge update Oct 19 Kirk Barnard now holds the men's record of 38 plates.
Ken Douglas reports that Matt Stonie ate 10 burgers to win Lumpy's burger eating contest in Antioch, CA. Johnnie Excel was the runner up with 9.25.

Sonya Thomas wins Lady Luck Moonpies

7:01 WTOP has an article

6:09 The top 5
1) Sonya Thomas 38
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 37.5
3) Sean Gordon 30
4) Aaron Osthoff 29.5
5) Adrian Morgan 28.5

5:52 Sonya Thomas won by eating 38 moonpies in 8 minutes

5:42 The contest is over. Results have yet to be announced.

4:56. The contest should start in about 10 minutes Tim Janus reportedly missed his flight.

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The facebook for The Catch restaurant in Anaheim announces that the Food Network will record an OMG Burger challenge attempt on Sunday for an upcoming episode of Outrageous Food.
Tonight's episode of Meat & Potatoes (10 pm eastern) on the Food Network will feature the 10 pound chicken fried steak meal at the Cowtown Diner in Fort Worth, an 8 pound burrito at Amigo's in Kansas City, and a 5 pound burger from Giant Burger in Springfield, Oregon.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear at the Southeast Regional Conference of Asian American Leaders at the University of Florida next weekend. Kobayashi will demonstrate hot dog eating techniques.
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