United States eating challenges and contests category

The facebook for Pop's Beef reports that former Chicago Bear Dan Hampton will serve as MC for the hot dog eating contest at Palos Fest on July 3.
Thrillist has a blog entry about the challenge offered by the Cowtown Diner in Fort Worth which consists of 64 oz. of chicken fried steak, 6 pounds of mashed potatoes and 10 slices of Texas toast.
The TooJay's facebook lists the five amateurs who received spaces in the March 17 corned beef eating contest by eating a Jaynormous sandwich and winning a lottery.
PhillyChitChat has a report on yesterday's Shank (kosher wing) Bowl. Ben Jablonski defeated defending champ Adam "Hungry Hungry Hebrew" Taxin to win $990.
Louskum has several behind the scenes videos from the 2008 Nathan's finals, including the pre-contest eaters meeting.
THE MLE facebook announces that a curly fry eating contest awarding $2,500 will be held at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, NJ (Cape May area) on Memorial Day (May 31).
ELPastino lists four entrants in the April 17 rib eating contest to be held at the Isle of Capri casino in Lula, Mississippi: Bob Shoudt, Tim Janus, Nate Biller & Brian Seiken.
RXMuscle has videos of the "Whack Pack" visiting the Heart Attack Grill and J & R's Steakhouse in Islip, NY: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Trevor Iordanides has a blog entry about competing in December's Jose's Flauta Eating Championship in La Jolla, California.
On March 17, Greg "the Great Moomsi" Maloomian will attempt to break the chicken finger record at The Chicken Shack in Hamden, CT.
Baltimore Eats has the field for Sunday's corned beef and cabbage eating contest sponsored: "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Joe Menchetti, Jay Gorman, Will Millender, Joel Podelsky
Bryan Sentiere reports he will film Pat Bertoletti attempting the Lucky's sandwich challenge, seen on the Chicago episode of Man vs. Food
VegasNews.com reports that Hash House A Go Go in Las Vegas will hold a corned beef eating contest on March 17. First place will receive $100 and a weekly breakfast at Hash House A Go Go for a year.
MyFoxMemphis has a video about the six pound pork BBQ sandwich challenge at the Bar-B-Cue Pit in Southaven, MS. No customers have completed the sandwich without assistance and received it for free. (via derric26)
Atwood's Tavern in Cambridge, MA (Boston-area) will hold its annual bacon eating contest on March 13.
A Hamburger Today has a blog entry about the 5 pound burger at Ed Walker's Drive-In Restaurant in Fort Smith, billed as the largest burger in Arkansas.

Kobayashi meatball record attempt

Share photos on twitter with Twitpic DumboNYC has a picture of Takeru Kobayashi at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn where he attempted to break the Guinness eating record of 26 meatballs in 1 minute.

update Gothamist has a blog entry with pictures.

update #2 DumboNYC has a blog entry and gallery. A video is also available.

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Lansky's Old World Deli in New York City has a "Jackpot" deli sandwich challenge that awards a free T-shirt to finishers.
Tucson Weekly has a video of Chad Rowland, recordholder for the OFMG burger at Lindy's on Fourth (4 minutes), attempting to eat 2 OFMG burgers in less than 20 minutes.
Howard has a picture of the 88 ounce steak challenge at Cattleman's Steakhouse in Lindenhurst (Long Island), New York.
CTNow has a blog entry and gallery about Zuko, a DJ for The Rock 106.9 attempting the four pound "Whacky Burger" challenge at Doogie's in Newington, CT.
Cincinnati Bengals players Antwan Odom and Evan Mathis will compete in a burger eating contest on May 22. Evan Mathis will prepare for the contest by attempting the 6 pound burrito at the NASCAR Cafe in Las Vegas.
Takeru Kobayashi's blog reports that he will attempt a Guinness record for a television program on March 8 at 11 am at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn. The recording is open to the public.
Burger Business has an article about the challenge at LBS: A Burger Joint in Las Vegas mentioning Ron Koch and "El Toro" Jimenez.

CityPaper on “Swallow Your Pride” screening

The Philadelphia City Paper has an interview with Bill “El Wingador” Simmons who will attend Monday’s screening of the Wing Bowl documentary “Swallow Your Pride” at National Mechanics in Philadelphia. Simmons believes he should have defeated Sonya Thomas in the 2004 Wing Bowl.

A youtube page has been set up with clips from Swallow Your Pride

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