United States eating challenges and contests category

TampaBay Metromix has a video about the Dagwood pita eating contest held at the Pita Pit won by Noah Pransky.
Jeph Kelly reports that Man vs. Food is currently recording at Caliente in Richmond, Virginia. The challenge will be "Stupid Wings". update Times-Dispatch has an article about the recording.
Auditions for "Hot Dogs: The Competitive Eating Musical" will take place in New York City on April 17.
Hell's Kitchen Lounge in Newark, NJ has started a hot dog challenge: a customer who can eat 5 fully loaded hot dogs in under 5 minutes will receive the frankfurters and a T-shirt for free.

Steph vs. Food youtube channel started

(via Man vs. Food facebook) A youtube channel has been started documenting Stephanie Torres eating challenges. Videos of her completion of a 7 pound “Extreme Grizzly” burrito in 18 minutes from Marianito’s in San Antonio and a spicy “Four Horsemen Burger” from Chunky’s Burgers (also in San Antonio) in 3 minutes are available.

This gives Stephanie Torres four successful eating challenges since December 2009. She also finished the 72 ounce steak from the Big Texan and the B3 Burrito from the NASCAR Cafe.

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Reflector.com: A hot dog eating contest at Sup Dogs in Greenville, NC on April 20 will award $300 to the winner.
twitter.com/amethystone11: "I need 2 more people on my team to finish a 54X54 inch pizza in 2 hours, $1000 award"
Sharkeez in Santa Barbara, California will hold a taco eating contest on April 20 awarding $1000.
PhillyGossip: Joey Chestnut, "Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston & Sean "Flash" Gordon will compete in the Dorney Park (Allentown, PA) cheesesteak contest on May 1. update MCall reports that Tim Janus & Juliet Lee will also compete.
The Wall Street blog Dealbreaker will hold a Kentucky Fried Chicken Double Down Sandwich eating contest. The most notable feature of the new menu item is its lack of bread. update The contest will take place on April 14 and the objective will be to eat 7 Double Downs in 30 minutes. update Apr 14 The challenge report has been posted.
The application form & rules for this year's contest at Go! Go! Curry! are now available. Like the 2009 competition, the grand prize for this year's contest will be a $500 American Express gift card. The first qualifier will take place on Thursday.
facebook.com/burgerbeast: Tamiami Subs in Miami will award a 32 inch television in a sub eating contest Saturday.
facebook.com/flancerscafe: Tom Gilbert won this afternoon's pizza eating contest at Flancer's Cafe in Gilbert, Arizona by eating a record 18 slices. update The East Valley Tribune has a gallery. update #2 The New Times has a blog entry.
C C Kung wrote a blog entry about a trip to Pho Garden in Mountain View, CA where he encountered Joey Chestnut setting the record for the pho noodle challenge (4 lbs. in 21 minutes). Pat Bertoletti posted to his facebook that he set the pho challenge record at Saigon in St. Paul, MN.
Notclevr has a video and some pictures of Takeru Kobayashi's talk at the Japan Society's j-Cation. update The Wall Street Journal and jetwit have reports.
"Munchin" Mike Longo was the first person to complete the "Steakosaurus" 6.5 pound steak sandwich at the Family Pizzeria in Stafford, Virginia. Longo also completed the 28 inch pizza challenge at the Family Pizzeria with a partner and won tonight's wing eating contest at the Wing Hub in Bethesda, MD.
Cameron McKirdy produced a video of Eric "Badlands" Booker completing the five pound "Burritozilla" at Iguana's in San Jose in 5:15 before last year's Asparagus Festival contest. update Booker also produced a commercial for his new CD, Surf & Stillwell that will be released July 4.

Sonya Thomas wins French Quarter Festival crawfish

update Apr 11 HumidBeings has a short video

update 11:02 Rich Shea did an interview this morning

Some pictures:
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update 3:55 facebook.com/eatfast: top 4

1) Sonya Thomas 6.5 lbs.
2) Nick Bauer 4.5 lbs.
3T) Elliot Guidry 2.5 lbs.
3T) Will Peters 2.5 lbs.
5T) Tim Brown, Kevin Ross, Adrian Morgan 1.5 lbs.

update 3:51 Liz Money confirms that Sonya Thomas won

update 3:41 twitter.com/jlaurie: “Tiny asian chic eats 6.5 lbs of crawfish…wins”

update 3:40 Results have yet to be announced 30 minutes after the end of the contest

update 3:05 GSheppard has a picture of the contest.

The crawfish contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans should be starting in about 30 minutes.

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seattle.craigslist.org: Student documentary project seeks someone to be rival of upcoming female competitive eater
Serafino's in Wallingford, Connecticut will hold a pasta eating contest on April 17 with a purse of $1,500 ($1,000 to the winner)
The NASCAR Cafe's twitpic page has a picture of Stephanie Torres, who completed the six pound B3 Burrito yesterday. Ms. Torres also completed the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX in December.
Rich Shea announces that Sonya Thomas, Tim "Gravy" Brown and Kevin Ross are expected to compete in tomorrow's crawfish eating contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.
Time Out New York has more details about Takeru Kobayashi's talk at the Japan Society's j-Cation tomorrow.
The eating contest at the World Catfish Festival in Belzoni, Mississippi tomorrow will award $300 to the winner ($20 entry fee)

Daily Mail caption: “Jamie Oliver is trying the rid”

The British newspaper Daily Mail has an article titled “Welcome to Fatville” about the reaction of Huntington, West Virginia to being featured in Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution series. There are several pictures of the eating challenges offered by Hillbilly Hot Dogs, one having the following caption:
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There are targets for Oliver much closer to home; thestar.co.uk has a report about 6ft 9in, 23-stone (322 lbs.) James “Lurch” Rastrick becoming the first to complete a 5-6 kg (11 – 13.2 pound) kebab in Sheffield.

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