United States eating challenges and contests category

Sonya Thomas wins Rhythm City catfish

update #2 A contest video and a gallery from Adrian Morgan are available

update QCTimes has an article

Top 4 from twitter.com/eplastino:
1) Sonya Thomas 6.75 lbs.
2) Tim “Eater X” Janus 6.5
3) Tim “Gravy” Brown 5
4) Adrian Morgan 4.25
5T) “Nasty” Nate Biller 4
5T) Joe Larue 4
5T) Crazy Legs Conti 4
8) Benjamin Taylor
9) Eric “Badlands” Booker 2.75
10) Matt Spahr 1.75
11) David Grimes 1

updated with full results Adrian Morgan came in fourth

The Rhythm City Casino website has a contest page listing
Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus, Tim Brown, Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Biller and Benjamin Taylor as expected entrants. Badlands Booker, Joe La Rue and Adrian Morgan also appear in eplastino’s tweetphoto page.

WQAD has a video of an interview Tim Janus did yesterday

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The 8 pound "Third Circle of Hell" burger at Tank's Tap Room in Tampa will appear on the Fine Living Networks "Freakiest Foods" program at 10 pm today.
The website for the Lake House in Loch Arbour, NJ has been updated to report that Joel Podelsky ate 30 wings in 2 minutes and 36 seconds to win its wing eating contest yesterday (thanks for the link)
The Huffington Post reports that Alex Cota won last night's taco eating contest at Barrio in Brooklyn.
(from "Tiny" Tim) DVDs of Nacho Mountain are now available for sale. There will also be a screening of the movie at the Grand Theater in East Greenville, PA on March 28.
Jeremy Browning reports that Man vs. Food is recording in Tempe, Arizona today where the challenge will be 12 Jewish sliders at Chompie's. update East Valley Tribune blog entry about the recording
Jay Gorman won yesterday's taco eating contest at the Asylum in Washington, DC by eating 17 tacos in 3 minutes and 17 seconds.
The Jewish Exponent has a report on the Shank (or kosher wing) Bowl. Sarah Krantz won the women's division.
Greg "The Great Moomsi" Maloomian's attempt at the chicken finger record at the Chicken Shack in Hamden, CT will be webcast starting at 7 pm. update Greg ate 30 chicken fingers, Joe Menchetti ate 22.
Andrew "A Bomb" Lane would like El Toro to show up at his B3 Burrito attempt in Las Vegas Saturday.

Joey Chestnut wins TooJay’s corned beef

update Mar 18 #2 CNN video | Downtown at the Gardens Facebook gallery

update Mar 18 PBPulse article & video | WPTV article | WBPF news video

update 3:33 WBPF has a slideshow and video

update 2:55 The MLE facebook has full results (except for Wing Kong)

update 2:18 the top 8 from the eating contest twitter and Bryan Beard
1 Joey Chestnut 15.5 (8 oz sandwiches)
2 Pat Bertoletti 12.5
3 Bob Shoudt 11.5
4 Sonya Thomas 10.5
5 Ben Monson 10 1/4
6T Eric “Badlands” Booker 9
6T Tim “Gravy” Brown 9
8 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 8.5

update 2:15 The TooJay’s facebook announces Joey Chestnut is the winner

update 2:03 The contest is over The TooJays facebook is posting pictures

update 1:47 The contest has started

WBPF has a preview of today’s TooJay’s World Class Corned Beef-Eating Championship in Palm Beach Gardens.

TooJay’s twitter is posting updates

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The Quad-City Times has a preview of Saturday's catfish eating contest at the Rhythm City Casino in Davenport, Iowa focusing on Tim "Eater X" Janus.
Junior's Sports Lounge in Chicago will hold a wing eating contest starting Thursday that will award $500 to the team of two that wins the finals on April 5.
Fox 5 Vegas has a video of El Toro and the "Lone Wolf" attempting to eat the world's largest ravioli with "Extreme Amy" this morning. update Fox 5 Vegas also has a video of El Toro winning the world's largest gummi bear contest.
SFWeekly reports that John's Snack & Deli in San Francisco will start a spicy burrito eating challenge today.
Paulpaq has a video of Saturday's bacon eating contest in Boston. Dan Del Rossi was the winner with 10 ounces in 5 minutes. update NESN has a blog entry about the contest.
Hooters in Texas will hold a wing eating tournament. Each location will hold a qualifier over the next four Tuesdays starting tomorrow. Winners of the store championships on April 13 will compete in regional contests. The state champion will win a prize to the Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant.
PBPulse has a preview of the TooJay's corned beef contest and the TooJay's website has a list of all the competing IFOCE members.
TooJay's Deli youtube page has an interview with Jon Bello about Wednesday's corned beef eating contest.
Extreme Amy of Fox 5 Vegas is looking for entrants for tomorrow morning's World's Largest Ravioli Eating Contest.
The Port Royal Pub and Grille in Islip, Long Island has seven eating challenges: a BBQ and a seafood challenge along with a burger and four sandwich challenges.

Baltimore corned beef results

Will Millender has the top 3 from today’s corned beef and cabbage eating contest in Baltimore: 1) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 2) Joe Menchetti 3) Will Millender

update Mar 15 Saval Deli has a gallery of the contest. A caption has the official top 3:

1st “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 2 lbs, 8 oz
2nd “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 2 lbs 3.5 oz
3rd Will “The Champ” Millender 1 lb 11 oz

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Sonya Thomas finishes 9 pound burger at BGR?

The twitter for BGR Burger Joint claims that Sonya Thomas is the only person to have finished its 9 pound challenge burger, which took her 22 minutes.

update Mar 15 Commenters have noticed that the online menu claims the burger was featured in an “I.F.O.C.” contest. (Ian Hickman won an independent 2008 contest at BGR)

The online menu also lists the total weight of the burger at 15.6 pounds, making it larger than Denny’s Beer Barrel Old 96er and the Clinton Station Diner’s Zeus challenge.

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Furious Pete edges GJoe in MD Wing Wars

Will Millender has results from today’s Wing Wars contest in Columbia, MD sponsored by Holly Poultry: “pete wins wing wars by 1 wing. pete 76, gjoe 75, gorman 52, tiger wings 49, joel & ian tie with 47. I suck with 29 but didn’t really try.”

update Mar 16 The Baltimore Sun has a contest video

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KTNV reports that NFL linemen Evan Mathis, Kyle Cook, and Kirk Barton will attempt the B3 burrito challenge at the NASCAR Cafe in Las Vegas today. There have been 27 challenge successes out of the 3,000 times it has been attempted since it became available about a year ago.
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