update #7 The Philadelphia City Paper has a blog entry about Bob Shoudt’s third place finish

update #6 March 17 NBC and CBS have local news videos

update #5(from NewYorkology) Vidiot has uploaded a gallery

update #4 GiggleSugar has some pictures

update #3 The New York Post has an article and full results are available on IFOCE (from comment)

update #2 A twitter update from George Shea announces that Pat Bertoletti wins the contest with 16.75 sandwiches in 10 minutes. The top 5
1. Pat Bertoletti, 16.75 sandwiches
2. Joey Chestnut 15.5
3. Bob Shoudt 13
4. Tim Janus 12.5
5. Hall Hunt 11.25

Please place comments about today’s corned beef sandwich eating contest held at Gallagher’s Steakhouse in this thread. 5 of the IFOCE top 7 will compete according to an anonymous comment:

Pat Bertoletti Joey Chestnut Juliet Lee Eric Booker Hall Hunt Bob Shoudt Brian Seiken Tim Janus Crazy Legs Conti ?????????

UpdateGeorge Shea has started providing updates from the contest site at http://twitter.com/gcshea. Vidiot is also twittering from the contest site.

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The twitter for KookyCanuck reports that Pat Bertoletti will attempt to break Joey Chestnut’s record of 7:36 for the Kookamunga Challenge on March 20.

The Memphis restaurant is also developing a 12 pound burger and a burger with pizzas as buns.

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The website for Mel’s Country Cafe in Tomball, Texas (suburban Houston) has a web page with pictures of several finishers of the Mega Mel burger and their times. Lindsay has the fastest time of 19 minutes on that page.

The page about the restaurant on localism reports that the all time record is 9 minutes and apicture of the finishers list reveals that Eric Attayi is the record holder.

In a youtube comment, the son of the restaurant’s owner reports that Lindsay is the new female record holder and she came back a month later and finished another Mega Mel in 21 minutes.

FullFiguredFella is organizing a Mega Mel eating contest.

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The list of Pittsburgh-area qualifiers for the Wing Madness contest sponsored by ESPN 1250 is included in the contest rules. The next qualifier will be held tomorrow night.

Tuesday, March 10th at Strikers Sports Bar in Zelienople (7p-9p), Thursday, March 12th at The Wildside at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (7p-9p), Thursday, March 26th at Todds by the Bridge in McKeesport (7p-9p), Tuesday, March 31st at Ugly Dog Saloon on Noblestown Road (7p-9p), and on Thursday, April 2nd at the Doublewide Grill on East Carson Street (7p-9p);

The top 2 finishers from last night’s contest have been posted.

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TimeOutNY reports that Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus are expected to attend Monday’s corned beef sandwich eating contest. HumbleBob.com announces that he will also attend and Sonya Thomas’ home page reports that Badlands Booker will compete.

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• Jack N Grill challenge meal – 7 pound breakfast burrito
  Home Page – Reviews: CitySearch | Yelp
  Denver Post report on the filming (contains spoilers)
  Denver Metromix gallery of three women attempting to finish the burrito
  Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane’s blog entry about his challenge attempt

• Buckhorn Exchange meal – 64 ounce steak
  Home Page – Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
  The largest steak served weighs 4 pounds and costs $178
  BiggestMenu page about the steak

• The Cherry Cricket meal – burgers with a possible 21 toppings
  Home Page – Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp

list of Denver area eating challenges in the eatfeats database

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(From indiewire) The first 66 minutes of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary, Swallow Your Pride, can be viewed for free at http://beta.sling.com/video/show/121148/58/Swallow-Your-Pride The video is billed as the full version of the movie even though the last 20 minutes are missing.

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An article in the Wall Street Journal says that Iditarod sled dogs might be the world’s greatest athletes due to their high calorie consumption per pound of bodyweight ratio. A 50 pound dog will expend about 10,000 calories a day while it is running the race.

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ESPN radio 1050 is sponsoring a lottery that will award a trip to Ireland. The winner will be chosen at the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm corned beef contest a week from today. Entries (from NY, NJ or CT residents only) can be submitted until March 13.

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The website for 1250 ESPN in Pittsburgh has information about their 2009 wing eating contest, which is now called “Wing Madness” (Previous contests were called the “Wing Championship Series”) The first qualifier will take place at Strikers Sports Bar in Zelienople, PA on Tuesday, March 10 and the top two finishers will advance to the finals on April 17. The grand prize is a 3 night stay at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and a $1,000 resort gift card.

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