United States eating challenges and contests category

A "Rocky Mountain Oyster" eating contest awarding $100 will be held tomorrow at the Frozen Dead Guys Days Festival in Nederland, Colorado tomorrow.
A hot dog on a stick eating contest awarding $200 will be held tomorrow at the Redondo Beach Pier in California.
A spaghetti contest awarding $1000 to the winner will be held March 14 at the Italian Festival of Mississippi. The registration fee is $50.
TBO.com reports that Michelle Stringer, a graduate student from Philadelphia, became the first female winner of the strawberry shortcake eating contest at the Florida Strawberry Festival by eating 4 pounds of shortcake in about 10 minutes.

NYC Ottomanelli Brothers burger challenge

The New York Times local news blog has an entry about the burger challenge offered by the Ottomanelli Brothers New York Grill, which is located near Central Park. If a 24 ounce burger, fries and a 20 ounce soda are consumed in under 20 minutes, the meal is free. The listed price is $12.95, which seems low. 71 year old former Knick Cal Ramsey was one diners to attempt the challenge.

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(via emdashes) The first qualifier for the 2009 Battle of the Bone will take place in Tempe, Arizona on March 11.
Oyster eating contests in Fulton, Texas this weekend - $350 purses for both men's & women's division
Billy the Fridge has posted a recap of the donut eating challenge held during his Million Dollar Fantasy Freak Show last week.
Saturday's bacon eating contest in Boston is now listed on atwoodstavern.com

Joey Chestnut finishes Burritozilla in 3:10

A twitter update reports Joey Chestnut finished a Burritozilla from Iguana’s Taqueria in 3 minutes and 10 seconds on tonight’s episode of Man vs. Food

updateFrom “I” comment – Skinnyboy has uploaded Joey Chestnut’s segment to youtube. Here are some captures from it:

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Furious "Pete" Czerwinski is looking for a Columbus, Ohio eating challenge to do this weekend.

Man vs. Food March 4 (San Jose) links

Episode slideshow | picture of Joey Chestnut on TravelChannel.com

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(From crawfish comment) The prize breakdown for the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm has been posted on IFOCE.com. All 10 slots will receive something with prizes ranging from $5,000 to $25.

New poll: brine drinking as a crawfish tactic

The Press of Atlantic City reports that the top two finishers in the crawfish eating contest, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas both drank the brine water from the crawfish tray during the competition. The water weight was counted as crawfish mass in the once the post-contest weight was subtracted from the original value. The new poll asks if you think that this was a legitimate tactic.

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ScozzyBone on MTV last night

Last night’s episode of How’s Your News did not include footage of the main Acme Oyster eating contest won by Pat Bertoletti, but Scott “ScozzyBone” Zukowski, billed as the New Orleans oyster champ, did compete against one of the program’s reporters in a short oyster contest. A video clip of the segment can be viewed online.

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A myspace page says that there will be a wing eating contest at Play in Queens, NY tomorrow.
The Boston (Cambridge) bacon eating contest held at Atwood's Tavern will take place this year on March 7 according to this livejournal entry.
The Brownsville (TX) Herald has a report on yesterday's jalapeno eating contest held at the Sombrero Festival yesterday.
A twitter update reports that Manni Balignasay has won the eating contest held at the Bacon Festival in Des Moines, Iowa for the second year in a row. Metromix Des Moines has an interview with Manny, who works as a personal trainer.
The Honolulu Weekly has an article about two attempts at the 12 egg omelet challenge from Moose McGillycuddy’s.
(From ESPN.com's Sports Guy) The Charlotte Bobcats offer Friday tickets in the upper level which include all you can eat Bojangles Chicken Supremes, hot dogs, popcorn and soft drinks for $35.

Joey Chestnut on Man vs. Food home page

(From “I”/dogsarefunyes) A picture of Joey Chestnut, apparently eating a Burritozilla from Iguana’s Taqueria, is on the home page of Man vs. Food. Next week’s episode will feature restaurants from San Jose.

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Philly.com has a report on Tuesday's crawfish eating contest held at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City.

Joey Chestnut to do Pat’s Run

Joey Chestnut has updated his YardBarker blog with a report on his macaroni and cheese record he set at halftime of the San Jose Stealth game. He announces that he will run in Pat’s Run, a 4.2 mile race held in Tempe, Arizona on April 18 and hopes to finish in 35 minutes or less. The race will honor the memory of Pat Tillman, former Arizona Cardinal and Army Ranger.

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The NASCAR Cafe at at the Sahara Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has started offering a 6 pound "Bomb" burrito challenge. Diners who complete the meal will receive it for free along with a T shirt and 2 roller coaster passes.
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