Results from today’s Caribbean Food Delights-Royal Caribbean Bakery Eating Championship have been posted. The top 3:

1. Joe Menchetti
2. Will Millender
3. George Van Laar

Jill Stoler was 5th in the professional division and Joe “Gavone” Rose was fourth in the amateur category.

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update #5Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a trip report

update #4 The Krystal Square Off blog has a contest report which says that Kobayashi ate 100 burgers in 8 minutes the day before the contest. There is also a gallery in which Kobayashi shows off his post-contest stomach.

Al.com has another article

update #3 AL.com has a gallery

update #2 UAB student life has some short videos. The contest was not held inside the stadium

update Steve Ramirez was second w/24, the 3.5+ ratio might still be a record.

According to the Krystal Square Off twitter, Kobayashi ate 89 Krystals in Birmingham today, breaking Joey Chestnut’s qualifier record by 2. Super Paul ate 20. The 4+ ratio between first and second place might be an IFOCE record.

Here is a flashback to another famous international visitor to Alabama – a video of the Rolling Stones recording “Wild Horses” in Muscle Shoals before the infamous Altamont concert.

The most significant previous intersection of competitive eating and UAB athletics probably occurred when UAB soccer player Pam Cooney became half of the first all female pair to finish the Pointersaurus Pizza challenge.

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update #4 MaineToday.com has a blog entry

update #3 WMTV has an article and video

update #2 BeautifulBrian.com has more detailed results

update Results from IFOCE.com

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 10.33 burritios, ate 1.5 in overtime
2. “Humble” Bob Shoudt, 10.33 burrritios, ate 1.0 in OT
3. Tim “Gravy” Brown, 9.5
4. Badlands Booker, 8
5. Nate Biller 6
6. Pete Davekos 4.75
7. Dave “US Male” Goldstein 4
8. Bill Myers 3.75

Janus and Shoudt went into overtime with Janus winning the eat-off

Bob Shoudt expects to eat 15 pounds of burritos according to his twitter

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A loukoumades eating contest will be held on September 21 at the Holy Cross Greek Cultural Festival in Brooklyn. According to the contest flyer, more than $1,000 in prizes will be awarded.

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• Badlands Booker, Paul Barlow and Andrew Lane are the other listed entrants for the Birmingham qualifier, but Booker’s twitter says he will probably pass on the contest and hope 51 suffices for a wild card
• NYC Famous Famigila pizza contest prize format restructured according to comment – first prize reduced to $5,000 and number of cash prizes increased to 7
• Article with the official results and video about the Chicago jalapeno contest
• Article about Stu Mesnier’s attempt to repeat as St. Louis sushi champion
• MissBusyLady unveils her apparel for female competitive eating fans.

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The new poll asks what you think will be the difference between Kobayashi and the next closest finisher at the Birmingham qualifier.

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• Article in UT newspaper about Steve Spinosa which reports he finished fourth in the Knoxville qualifier and beat Bill Myers when he actually tied for 6th place with Myers
• Video of Erik Denmark’s salmon record attempt
• More Old Home Week pierogi contest pictures
• NYC oyster eating contest Saturday
• Kobayashi is concerned about US crime

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(from anonymous comment) The fifth Garlicky Greens eating contest will be sanctioned by IFOCE. The competition will take place at b.good in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 27. Registration opens September 18 at noon eastern and the first prize is a year of meals and a belt. A posting on craigslist about the contest is available. Pete Davekos and 2007 winner Michael “Betsy’s Boy” Cobb are expected. Will 2006 winner Gretchen Salyer (pictured on right) make her sanctioned contest debut?

A contest preview has also been added for Saturday’s burrito eating contest in Maine. The expected entrants include Pat Bertoletti, Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Tim Brown, Badlands Booker and Pete Davekos.

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The Krystal Square Off blog reports that the Birmingham qualifier has been moved inside Legion Field and will take place on the field before the football game between UAB and Alabama State. The original location was the Blazer Village outside the stadium.

This will require qualifier spectators to purchase tickets for the game. Ticket prices are $25 for reserved seats and $15 for general admission.

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• Whoopie Pie contest preview
• Marshall Tucker Band to play at Krystal finals
• Bronx Bun & Cheese contest Saturday
• TV Champion, birthplace of the oogui boom, is canceled
• Gal Sone in Belgium videos

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Frank 151 has a blog entry about Friday’s cannoli eating contest with a video and several pictures.

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• Full official results from weekend Krystal qualifiers
• Gersh Kuntzman to give talk in Brooklyn today alleging Kobayashi cheated in the Nathan’s finals
• Home Page and myspace page of Joey Chestnut’s friend Kiera Jo
• Wedding cake eating contest for Singaporean couples
• Crazy Legs Conti to participate in Movie Watching World Championship
• Jacksonville.com write seeks big eaters for story
• Vy Beauregard trains for tamale contest
• Berea, KY spoonbread contest Saturday
• Bubba Dogs eating contest in Sea Isle City, NJ Saturday

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ToastedRav.com has a blog entry and gallery about the “Tour de Frankfurter”, an attempt to eat 24 hot dogs in 24 hours in 24 different St. Louis area locations. The Southside Journal also has an article about the tour.

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The La Contena “Feel the Heat” jalapeno eating contest in Chicago yesterday was listed at #7 in the Sportscenter top 10 plays of the weekend.

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• Registration for the NYC Famous Famiglia pizza contest opens at noon today
• SE Missouri cross country runner Amy Guignon wins the SE Missouri fair hot dog eating contest (women took the top 3 places)
• Kevin Ross is robbed at gunpoint in his home according to BB’s Bits and Pieces
• Miss Busy Lady has a video of her competitive eating souvenirs
• Videos from the gyoza contest by the Trash Talkin Juicers
• Alex from Panama is traveling to New York and Boston between September 22 to 30 and would like to meet up with other eaters for eating challenges (from email)

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SonyaTheBlackWidow.com has the top 5 from today’s La Costena jalapeno eating contest:

1. Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti: 127
2. Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas: 117
3. Erik “The Red” Denmark: 105
4. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre:104
5. Hall “Hoover” Hunt:: I think 85 +

A press release confirms Pat’s victory

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BeautifulBrian.com has the top 6 from today’s Krystal qualifier in Knoxville

Tim Janus 63
Crazy Legs Conti 50
Pete Davekos 32
Nate Biller 31
Dave “US Male” Goldstein 30
Wild Bill Myers 25

WBIR has an article and two videos: a contest video and an appearance by Crazy Legs Conti on the morning local news

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• Kristy Spurlock profile in the Salisbury Post
• Dale Boone wins Chattahoochee Mountain Fair chili dog contest
• “Feel the Heat” Chicago jalapeno eating contest information
• Interview with Jo “Gavonne” Rose at the cannoli contest
• Entrants list for todays Knoxville Krystal qualifier

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The NewsAdvance.com reports that Ian Hickman won the Dickey’s pulled pork eating qualifier in Lynchburg, VA. Joshua “Jabber Jaws” Currier was second.

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Grits eating contest results from the Shreveport Times:

1. Tim Janus 13.9 lbs.
2. Pat Bertoletti
3. Joey Chestnut
4. Hall Hunt
5. Damon Serignet

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The Krystal Square Off twitter reports that Juliet Lee won the Nashville qualifier after a 10 burger was held between her, Badlands Booker and Juris Shibayama. The official amount eaten in regulation time has not been posted yet.

IFOCE.com reports that there was a lot of controversy over the results and possible new rules might be implemented:

Juliet Lee maintained a five second dunk throughout regulation but pre-chewed so aggressively the judges had difficulty determining her final count. Many fans and eaters alike questioned the outcome. Judges determined that the eat off should occur.

Major League Eating has announced it will hold an an impromptu conference call this evening to consider the adoption of a new rule to eliminate confusion in future contests.

update The official amount in regulation time is 51 burgers, which puts Juris Shibayama and Badlands Booker in the top 3 wild card positions.

update #2 BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report with full results
DNJ.com has a contest report

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SILive.com has a report on the retirement ceremony for “Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz held before the cannoli eating contest. A video of the ceremony is available on youtube.

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Beautiful Brian’s Bits & Pieces page has the top 4 finishers in today’s cannoli contest at the Feast of San Genarro festival:

1. Brad Sciullo, 20 cannolis
2T. Crazy Legs Conti, 19
2T. Allen Goldstein, 19
4. Brian Subich, 17

update Time Out NY has a contest report and a video has been uploaded to youtube

update #2 NY1 article and video

update #3 The BBC has a video

update #4 DeliKatessen blog entry
NY Post gallery
Flicker gallery

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• Erik Denmark will attempt to break the salmon eating record on the radio today
• Liz K has a baby boy
• Badlands Booker’s twitter announces the Krystal Square Off rap
• Erik Denmark notices that a caption of a picture of Barack Obama reports he was watching the Nathan’s finals
• Interview of Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti at the gyoza contest

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The Krystal Square Off blog reports that Takeru Kobayashi will compete at the Krystal qualifier in Birmingham on September 20. This will be Kobayashi’s first qualifier since he won the Krystal qualifier in Jacksonville in 2004.

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