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The New York Times City Room blog has an entry about dining with Takeru Kobayashi last night which includes a post-meal picture of his abdominal muscles.

August 6, 2010 at 7:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), New York City | Permalink * Comments (10)

Emily’s Café at Club Fortune Casino in Henderson, NV (Las Vegas area) has started offering a 12 patty burger challenge that is free if finished in less than 20 minutes.

August 6, 2010 at 2:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Las Vegas | Permalink * Comments (1)

Registration for tomorrow's qualifiers for Jake's Chowdown Showdown will close today. The finals on August 13 in Wilmington, Delaware will award $3,500 ($2,000 to the winner)

August 6, 2010 at 2:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Unafilliated Contests, Wilmington | Permalink * Comments

Pittsburgh Live has a report on the milk chugging contest at the Fayette County Fair where Brad Sciullo drank a gallon of milk in 52.35 seconds.

August 6, 2010 at 1:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brad Sciullo, Pittsburgh | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg movie The Other Guys opening today has a scene at the Coney Island Nathan's where New York Yankee Derek Jeter plays a panhandler.

August 6, 2010 at 7:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City | Permalink * Comments

The Houston Press has a blog entry about 4 members of the Jud Johnson Band attempting a 15 pound burger at the French Press Cafe.

August 6, 2010 at 12:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Houston | Permalink * Comments

The Grub Street blog begs Kobayashi to compete in tonight's hot dog eating contest at Trophy Bar in Brooklyn tonight.

August 5, 2010 at 4:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Kobayashi charges dropped, pizza contest in Canada next

August 5, 2010 at 10:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), New York City

update Aug 6 #2 TMZ.com: Pat Bertoletti thinks Kobayashi should have been convicted for resisting arrest

update Aug 6 The New York Times and Wall Street Journal have blog entries (from comment)

update 12:48 The New York Post, Brooklyn Papers and AOL Weird News have articles. TMZ has a video of the some of the post-hearing press conference. The Canadian pizza contest will be a non-IFOCE event and take place on August 21.

update 10:30 In the press conference, Kobayashi said his next contest will be a pizza eating contest in Ontario, Canada.

update 10:22 The AP reports that the charges against Takeru Kobayashi will be dropped if he stays out of trouble for 6 months.

update 10:18 Someone said all charges have been dropped

TMZ is currently has live video outside the Brooklyn courthouse where Takeru Kobayashi is appearing this morning. (via email) Three fans are offfering support.

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Flickr has a gallery of the "Competitive Eating Olympics" at last night's Lake County (Ohio) Captains game which required entrants to eat one food item (list) each innning. update The News-Herald has an article about the contest.

August 5, 2010 at 7:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Galleries | Permalink * Comments (4)

LJWorld has an article about Adam Richman's attempt at the "Ultimate Destroyer" barbecue sandwich at Papa Bob's Bar-B-Que in Bonner Springs, Kansas which will be the challenge in next week's Kansas City episode of Man vs. Food.

August 5, 2010 at 1:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Barbecue Eating Challenges, Kansas, Kansas City, Man vs. Food, Sandwich Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (1)

AdGrok has a blog entry by a former Goldman Sachs analyst with a section about eating contests at the firm. The top eater was Rich Rosenblum, who was credited with 26 White Castle burgers, but had some slider remnants in his dunking cup. (Via Business Insider)

August 4, 2010 at 12:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, New York City | Permalink * Comments

A Pepto Bismol press release announces that Joey Chestnut will compete against a team of amateurs at the San Francisco Street Food Festival and Buffalo Wing Festival. The SF Street Food Festival takes place on August 21, same as the gyoza contest in Los Angeles, so Joey Chestnut might not be able to win his fourth straight gyoza contest.

August 4, 2010 at 10:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Joey Chestnut, Merchandise, San Francisco | Permalink * Comments (3)

The facebook page for Goldfield Ghost Town in Goldfield, Arizona announces it will hold a steak eating contest sanctioned by Major League Eating. The date of the contest is not listed. update The link appears to have been pulled.

August 4, 2010 at 7:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Phoenix | Permalink * Comments

Man vs. Food August 4, 2010 episode (Oklahoma City) links

August 3, 2010 at 10:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Oklahoma City, Seafood Eating Challenges

Travel Channel: Slideshow | Episode Guide

Restaurants

List of Oklahoma City eating challenges in the eatfeats database.

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West Life News has a report on Bob Kuhn's victory in the Wing King of Cleveland. Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas was second with the margin of defeat less than an ounce.

August 3, 2010 at 5:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Contest Results, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

twitter.com/BikiniBurgers/: The five pound chili dog at Parker's Hot Dogs will be featured in the Sacramento episode of Man vs. Food

August 3, 2010 at 1:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Man vs. Food, Sacramento | Permalink * Comments

1059TheBrew has details about a video contest to win a spot to compete against Joey Chestnut at the Bite of Oregon on Saturday.

August 3, 2010 at 11:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Portland | Permalink * Comments

The FreeKobayashi twitter reports that Takeru Kobayashi's August 5 court appearance will take place at Brooklyn Criminal Court on 120 Schermerhorn Street from 9:45 am to 10:30 am.

August 3, 2010 at 7:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), New York City | Permalink * Comments (6)

A Rockford Independent article about the Rockford Corner Bar's quest to appear on Man vs. Food calls the host of that program "Adam Richardson" twice.

August 3, 2010 at 12:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Rockford Corner Bar Hot Dog Hall of Fame, West Michigan | Permalink * Comments

The facebook for The Catch announces that Tom Gilbert was the first person to finish the OMG burger challenge at the Anaheim restaurant in under an hour and claim the $500 award.

August 2, 2010 at 7:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Orange County, Tom Gilbert | Permalink * Comments (24)

Tomas Cortina's twitter announces that he defeated Dale Boone in Saturday's Bacci Pizza eating contest in Chicago, 6 giant slices to 5.5, to claim a prize of $1,500.

August 2, 2010 at 6:47 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Contest Results, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (5)

Joey Chestnut's hot dog record attempt at Lucha Libre Taco Shop is mentioned in BlogCritics diary of the Comic Con in San Diego.

August 2, 2010 at 12:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Joey Chestnut, San Diego | Permalink * Comments

A Brown Cow Trough eating contest will be held tonight at the Brown Cow in Forest Park, Illinois for three person teams. A soy version of the 22 scoop sundae has been created for an all vegan team.

August 2, 2010 at 12:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Ice Cream Challenges | Permalink * Comments

ShesCookin reports that Crystal won a cupcake eating contest at the Orange County Cupcake Camp by eating 23 mini-cupcakes. Her time was reportedly less than a minute.

August 2, 2010 at 11:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Orange County, Unafilliated Contests, Women | Permalink * Comments

The twitter for ESPN Cleveland reports that Bob "Killer" Kuhns repeated as Wing King of Cleveland in today's finals. Other finalists were the Mad Greek, Wing Assassin, Wags, Wing Blade and Bone Gobbler.

August 1, 2010 at 10:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bob Kuhns, Cleveland, Contest Results, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (3)

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