United States eating challenges and contests category

SunSentinel.com has an interview with "Furious" Pete Czerwinski about his participation in the watermelon eating contest at Mardi Gras Casino in Hallandale Beach, Florida on Sunday. The contest will award $2,500 to the winner, $1,000 to the runner up and $500 for third place.
Atlantic City Weekly lists Bob Shoudt, Juliet Lee, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins and Dave Goldstein as expected entrants in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Trump Plaza's Beach Bar in Atlantic City. update Pat Philbin will also compete and will appear on News12NewJersey tomorrow morning to promote the contest.
Pat Bertoletti says he will attempt to break a cheesesteak record held by Bob Shoudt on Friday, which is most likely 13 cheesesteaks at Jim's Steaks in Philadelphia.

Dale Boone reverses in burger challenge for Good Day Atlanta

MyFoxAtlanta has videos of Dale Boone attempting the burger challenge at Vito’s Cafe in Dallas, Georgia. Boone had a reversal which is not on the videos. (via Vito’s Cafe facebook)

update: Andrew Lane got a twitter response from an eyewitness at Vito’s: “not sure of the guys name but he had on the overalls, a big burly guy. And Yes he did hurl alot….ewwwwwww”.

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Badlands Booker raps on ExploreLI.com

Eric “Badlands” Booker did a rap on ExploreLI to promote the Memorial Day clam eating contest at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park, NY.

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Bob Shoudt in Des Moines register

“Notorious” Bob Shoudt offers the Des Moines Register some of his competitive eating tips:

When you get to the contest (or the counter at B&B Deli), be confident and act like you know what you’re doing. Move your cups and plates around (in eating contests, there are usually a few cups of water for each competitor, and a couple of plates of food), and eat your food out of order. For example, if you and a friend are racing through the Combine at the Machine Shed, don’t eat the tenderloin, then the medallions, then the sausage. Work your way through all three at the same time, so your opponent can’t figure out exactly how much you’ve eaten. “Give as much misinformation as you can,” Shoudt said.

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SLTrib.com has an article about Salt Lake City eating challenges.
Grand Isle in New Orleans will hold a crawfish eating contest tomorrow to benefit fishermen affected by the BP oil spill.
The facebook for Vito's Cafe reports that Dale Boone will attempt to eat a Quadruple Bypass burger on Good Day Atlanta tomorrow.
Midtown Lunch has a blog entry about Will Millender's contest that will award one of his spectator tickets for the June 5 Go! Go! Curry! finals to a "a Flavor Flav style Hypeman (or hypewoman) to cheer him on."
The facebook for Mardi Gras Casino in Hallandale Beach, FL announces that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski is expected to compete in its watermelon eating contest on May 30. The contest will award $2,500 to the winner.
Patrick Michels wrote a blog entry for the Dallas Observer about his victory in a stuffed jalapeno eating contest at the Margarita Ranch.
Adam Richman offers praise to a hotel in Portland, Maine, so Man vs. Food might have recorded an episode there.
NBCSanDiego did an article about Michael Luong finishing a 38 ounce steak at Bully's East.
A press release announces that Pat Bertoletti and Bob Shoudt will compete in the curly fry contest at Morey's Piers in Wildwood New Jersey on Memorial Day.
A video and gallery of the Cincinnati Bengals Fatburger eating contest are available.
IndyStar reports that Man vs. Food will be recording in Indianapolis during Memorial Day weekend while the Indianapolis 500 is in town.

Cleveland egg roll contest report

Art Bento has a report about the egg roll eating contest at the Asian Festival in Cleveland. Kevin Kordalski was the winner, “Tiny” Tim Rauscheder was the runner-up.

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WCCO has a video about a matzo ball eating contest at Mort's Deli in the Twin Cities won by Gus. Betsy Soderlund was the runner-up in her first eating contest.
Traders Village in Houston has a gallery of a contest where competitors ate the 72 ounce steak meal from the Big Texan Steak Ranch. Bud Caudill finished his meal in 28 minutes and Donice Krueger was the runner up with a time of just under 40 minutes. (The only faster female time for the 72 ounce steak meal I am aware of is 30 minutes for Carlene LeFevre).
925fmthebear.com has a gallery of last week's Nathan's qualifier in Newnan, Georgia (via Paul Barlow).
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded videos of his record setting qualifiers yesterday at Go! Go! Curry! and Rocco's Pizza.
ItalianIce.net has a preview of the June 19 Little Jimmy’s National Italian Ice Eating Championship in Englishtown, NJ listing Ian Hickman, Jill Stoler, George Van Laar, Paul Arcaria and Chris Schlesinger as expected entrants.
Red Sox tickets will be awarded at an ice cream contest in Amherst, MA tomorrow. (It is not clear if the tickets are eating contest or raffle prizes).
Will Millender reports that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski did his qualifier at Go! Go! Curry! in 35 seconds, the best time in 2010. If no one else qualifies today, the five finalists will be Pete Czerwinski, Will Millender, Joe Menchietti, Paul Arcaria and Brian Kenny Pham. Brian Seiken did a qualifier in 57 seconds, which would have qualified if he opted to participate in the finals.
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