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SimplyEverywhere has a gallery of the frozen yogurt eating contest held at the Grand Opening of The Wicked Spoon in Brooklyn Saturday.

July 28, 2010 at 1:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, New York City | Permalink * Comments

CityPaper.net reports that Dave Goldstein was the first to finish the Philly Challenge at Dave's Sandwich Board in under 45 minutes. The challenge consists of a 24 inch sandwich, 4 soft pretzels, a box of Tastykakes, 24 peanut chews and a Champ Cherry soda. update Philly.com also has a blog entry (from Megamunch) update July 30 someone will attempt the challenge at 1:30 pm today

July 28, 2010 at 1:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dave Goldstein, Philadelphia, Sandwich Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (31)

OneSweetKiss, Lance Thomas and Gordon Miller report that Joey Chestnut ate 30 Tijuana style hot dogs at Lucha Libre while in San Diego for the Mars bar contest.

July 27, 2010 at 10:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Joey Chestnut, San Diego | Permalink * Comments (1)

OMG Burger challenge (Anaheim) possibly finished

July 27, 2010 at 10:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Orange County

Hollywood Undead has a picture of a big challenge burger that was reportedly finished in 50 minutes. The burger is probably the Double OMG burger at The Catch in Anaheim, which awards $500 to a customer that finishes it in under an hour.

update Stephen Obar appears in the picture and he says he finished 95% of the burger in 50 minutes.

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In a bodybuilding.com forum thread, PhillipH states he was a member of the first four person team to complete the 42 inch pizza at Big Lou's in San Antonio. Phillip ate 6 of the 16 slices of the 30 pound pizza, making his total amount eaten more than 11 pounds.

July 27, 2010 at 7:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pizza Eating Challenges, San Antonio | Permalink * Comments (2)

Man vs. Food July 28, 2010 (Long Island) Episode links

July 27, 2010 at 12:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Long Island, Man vs. Food, Seafood Eating Challenges

Travel Channel Episode Guide | Gallery

Restaurants

List of Long Island eating challenges in the eatfeats database

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NewYorkCraigslist.org has a request for female models to compete in a hot dog eating contest that will be used in a promotional video for Central Park Weekend. The video will be recorded over the next two weekends and the models appearing in it will receive $100 on Saturday and $120 on Sunday.

July 26, 2010 at 6:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Women | Permalink * Comments (5)

Brad Sciullo defeats Bob Kuhns in Sloppy Joe Showdown

July 26, 2010 at 5:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brad Sciullo, Contest Results, Pittsburgh, Unafilliated Contests

Tim Cain has emailed the following results of the Sloppy Joe Showdown held at Downey’s House Saturday. The contest was 8 minutes with picnic style rules:

1st Brad Sciullo 29 sandwiches (7 1/4 lbs)
2nd Bob Kuhns 28 3/4 sandwiches ( 7 lbs.)
3rd Ryan DeCaro 16 sandwiches (4 lbs.)

The blog for Downey’s House has some pictures

update July 28 ObiWingKenobi has uploaded a video

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Westword has a gallery of Steve's Snappin' Dogs Chow Down for Charity hot dog contest. Jimmy Mares was the winner, Andrew Lane was runner up.

July 26, 2010 at 7:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Denver, Galleries | Permalink * Comments (3)

Andrew Lane won a Scotch Egg eating contest by eating 13.5 Scotch eggs in 7 minutes.

July 24, 2010 at 11:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Denver, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (7)

Lucy Bauer, who appeared in a commercial for Kentucky Fried Chicken last year, stars as a competitive eating coach in a video to promote Give Forward's burrito eating contest on July 28.

July 24, 2010 at 10:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charity Events, Chicago, Humor, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Will Millender reports that Pat "The Viper" Viviano won a frozen yogurt eating contest at the Wicked Spoon in Brooklyn. Sean Lennon also competed. update Will has uploaded a video.

July 24, 2010 at 4:47 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, New York City, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Lakewood, NJ Blue Claws will hold a wing eating contest on July 28. Joel Podelsky won last year's contest. A unnamed woman won an eating contest at last night's Blue Claws game by eating 5 pounds of spaghetti.

July 24, 2010 at 4:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:North NJ Shore, Women | Permalink * Comments

The Oxnard, California salsa festival will hold a La Costena jalapeno eating contest tomorrow that will award $100 to the winner.

July 24, 2010 at 10:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Unafilliated Contests, Ventura County | Permalink * Comments

Will Millender reports that "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti won the Wing Bowl at the New York Mets stadium today.

July 23, 2010 at 11:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Joe Menchetti, New York City, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (8)

newyork.craigslist.org has a request for a competitive eater who is not a member of IFOCE for a documentary. The politics of competitive eating will be a topic of the documentary.

July 23, 2010 at 10:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Competitive Eating, Documentaries, New York City | Permalink * Comments (2)

The OMG challenge was officially started at The Catch in Anaheim yesterday. $500 will be awarded to a diner that can finish an eight pound burger in under an hour without assistance.

July 23, 2010 at 6:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Orange County, Prizes | Permalink * Comments (1)

LBs Burgers in Las Vegas has created a poster for its "Undertaker" burger, which consists of 11 patties topped with bhut jolokia sauce. The burger received its name when Ron "The Undertaker" Koch was the first person to finish it last year .

July 23, 2010 at 2:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Las Vegas, Ron Koch, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Happy Dog in Cleveland will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow. Registration is $20.

July 23, 2010 at 10:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland | Permalink * Comments (2)

StAugNews has a list of all the Woody's locations that will hold a rib eating contest on Saturday. Most of the locations are in Florida, but there are also sites in Georgia (Atlanta-area), North Carolina (Raleigh) and Ohio (Dayton-area).

July 22, 2010 at 9:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville | Permalink * Comments

Pat almost doubles Joey @ Red Faction Mars Bars contest

July 22, 2010 at 4:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Pat Bertoletti, San Diego

The contest should start at 2 pm Pacific, 5 pm eastern.

update The results have been posted:
1) Pat Bertoletti 38 Mars bars
2) Joey Chestnut 20
3) Tim Janus 10

This is probably Joey Chestnut’s biggest percentage margin of defeat. (Joey ate 32 HDB in the 2005 Nathan’s finals to Kobayashi’s 49)

update Pat wore the Evel Knievel costume that he wanted to wear at the Nathan’s finals.

update #2 Pat and Joey tied in the world record attempt with 3 Mars bars in a minute. This is considerably less than Bertoletti’s 7.6 bars / minute pace in the contest.

GettyImages has some event pictures.

update #3 Red Faction has a video of the record attempts

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Val Bromann has a gallery of the cupcake eating contest held by Bleeding Heart Bakery in Chicago. Casey Comiskey won by eating 18 cupcakes in about 8 minutes.

July 22, 2010 at 4:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Galleries, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (3)

Steve's Snappin Dogs in Denver will hold its Chow Down for Charity hot dog contest on Sunday. Qualify by eating 5 hot dogs in 3 minutes. The contest purse is $250 ($150 to the winner).

July 22, 2010 at 4:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Denver, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Wicked Spoon in Brooklyn will hold a frozen yogurt eating contest on Saturday as part of its grand opening that will award something worth $150 to the winner.

July 22, 2010 at 11:05 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (22)

MLive reports that the Rockford Corner Bar's "Not Dog" vegetarian hot dog challenge has received the first Animal-Friendly Eating Competition Award from PETA. A facebook group has also been started to encourage Man vs. Food to record at the restaurant.

July 22, 2010 at 7:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rockford Corner Bar Hot Dog Hall of Fame, West Michigan | Permalink * Comments (1)

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