• Cookie Jarvis’ gallery of the Nathan’s weigh-in
• Furious Pete’s report for bodybuilding.com on the Dover BBQ contest
• Sarah Schreitmueller wins (Iowa) Nordic Fest lutefisk eating contest
• Steve Oddo wins Keyport, NJ IHOP pancake eating contest
• Gallery of Seattle donut eating contest / concert

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A picture caption for Washington Photo Journal has the top three finishers in Saturday’s Tofurky vegetarian hot dog eating contest held in the Columbia Heights section of Washington, DC:

1. Ian “The Invader” Hickman, 16 veggie dogs in 8 minutes
2. “Raz” (left), 14 veggie dogs
3. “Dag” (right) 8.5 veggie dogs

There was a tremendous amount of online coverage for this contest:

Blog Entries: Prince of Petworth, Shaw Garden, New Columbia Heights (has amounts), Before Wisdom

Galleries: DC Vegan, Joe Tresh, AWiseMan, LettuceTomato, Bullneck, bearshapedsphere

update OveLove has added a blog entry and gallery

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• Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery from the contest in which Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and Patrick Vandam competed against Jimmy John’s sandwich makers (Chicagoist report / preview)
• Dickey’s BBQ finals to be held in Dallas in January 2009. San Antonio and Lynchburg, VA qualifiers have been scheduled for September.
• Furious Pete profile (article scan) in the Toronto Sun (condolences to Pete on the recent loss of his grandparents)
• Columnist responds to Juris Shibayama’s letter
• Sonya Thomas lists her favorite bands (Thanks for the compliment Sonya)
• Don Lerman to judge upcoming cannoli eating contest (Also confirmation that Kevin Lipsitz received the Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Record set at Ballard, WA lutefisk eating contest
• Female division winner has best overall mark at Strasburg, OH Corn Festival
• West Virginia Hot Dog Festival report
• Article about Chris Kenney, 11th place finisher at Bartolini’s meatballs
• Statistics on the Dubuque Conuty Fair’s eating contests
• Preview of Sunday’s dumpling eating contests in Queens, NY
• Blog entry about Seattle doughnut eating contest / Saturday Knights concert
• Vineland, NJ pizza contest August 9, $50 gift certificate first prize
• Report about eating contest held at Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota’s restaurant
• Biryani eating contest for Indian familes
• Charlotte Dawson, a judge on Australia’s Next Top Model wins a celebrity meat pie eating contest

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(from comment) Full results of the finals of the hot dog eating contest held at Steve’s Snappin Dogs have been posted. The top 3:

1. Phil Soderborg – 13 in 8 minutes, 2nd eating contest after winning qualifier 2 weeks earlier
2. Mike McAvoy – 12.5
3. David Ruskjer – 10

The Denver Post has an article about the contest and Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a blog entry. Contest videos are also available.

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Denver.yourhub.com blog entry

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Jill Stoler has a blog entry about Saturday’s pizza eating contest at Dani’s pizza. The top 4:

1. Gentlemen Joe Menchetti – 9.125 slices in 10 minutes $500, second independent contest win in 2 days
2. William The Champ Milllender IV – 8 slices in 10 minutes $250
3. Joel The Cannon Podelsky – 7 slices in 10 minutes $100
4. Jill Stoler 5.5 slices

(Thanks also Joel Podelesky)

(from Crawfish comment) In other Joe Menchetti news, he is now listed in the WLOCE rankings and his profile page appears on the WLOCE website. THe last time Dale Boone and Joe Menchetti were in the same organization, Boone had Menchetti blocked from competing in the black and white cookie contest, which led to Boone’s expulsion from AICE

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MCall.com has a report on the competitive eating comedy “Nacho Mountain”, which began filming in the Allentown, PA area on July 19. The main eating contest scene was filmed on Friday. Joey Chestnut, listed as a co-star of the movie on IMDB.com, is not mentioned in the article, but it does report that the final food battle scene will be recorded in August, so he might appear in that scene.

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Results from the finals of Jakes burger eating contest held Friday from a Gabe Venit email:

1. Joe Menchetti 10 1/2 $1000 prize
2. Ian Hickman 10 1/4 $100 gift card prize
4. Gabe Venit, might have been DQed

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From a Nathan Biller comment:

1. Humble Bob Shoudt 34.5 or 34
2. Tim Janus 32
3. Sonya Thomas 29
4. Hall Hunt 28
5. Rich LeFevre
6. Erik Denmark
7. Nate Biller 13

update Top 4 amounts have been updated with information from SonyaTheBlackWidow.com

update #2 Tulsa World has a contest report.

update #3 Hall Hunt has a blog entry about the contest

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According to the online Wall of Fame, As the size of Denny’s Beer Barrel burger increases, the percentage of female finishers does as well:

2 pounds 3 female finishers (Coleen Kasanovich, Holly McCarty, Lori Weiss) / 295 total finishers (duplicates removed) = 1%

3 pounds 4 female finishers (Lori Weiss, Michelle Goldstein, Nichole Yankevich, Stacy Frantz) / 51 total finishers (duplicates removed) = 7.8%

6 pounds 2 female finishers (Lori Weiss & Kate Stelnick) / 2 total finishers = 100%

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Tara has a blog entry about the beet eating contest held in Scranton, PA last Saturday to promote the release of “The Office” DVD game. Actress/producer Mindy Kaling participated in the competition. The Ladys of 102 blog has a report about Mary’s belief that she is the rightful third place finisher in the contest.

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The website for the Buffalo Wing Festival has been set up with information about the eating contests that will take place. The wing eating contest will take place on August 30. The Buffalo Buffet Bowl contest will also return, but its date is not listed.

3update The buffet bowl date is August 31 and the time is 4pm (from US Male & Wild Bill)

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Jill Stoler has a blog entry containing three videos about competing in the burger eating contest held during Sunday’s Bowie Baysox game. David Mitolo and Tim “Obi Wing Kenobi” Cain also have videos.

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The IFOCE contests page now lists the purse for Saturday’s pork barbecue sandwich eating contest at the Cherokee Casino in Tulsa at $10,000. The page also announces that registration is now closed, but slots appear to be available through Star 103 FM.

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• Video of the end of the Apple Ugly eating contest (the trophy was a mounted toilet seat)
• Ian Hickman beats Elizabeth Canady in overtime at Bowie burger contest
• Detailed review of MLE game by Platform Nation
• Skinnyboy eats 8/9 of Big Texan 72 ounce steak
• Gallery of 2008 Philadelphia Nathan’s qualifier
• Picture of Samantha Brown at Italian sausage contest
• MissBusyLady describes her start in competitive eating fandom
• Juris Shibayama sends a letter to the editor about last week’s column (from Crawfish comment)
• Boston hot wing eating contest Thursday
• Donut eating contest in Pittsburgh Friday
• Full results for the Singapore qualifiers on MLE.asia
• Vietnamese sub eating contest in Ho Chi Minh City

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InChiCity’s calendar has the following entry for July 26:

Taste of Lincoln

You’ve probably seen the Major League Eaters gobbling down hot dogs and chicken wings on TV and wondered who in the world would ever challenge them. Well, Jimmy John’s, purveyor of all things freaky fast, is doing it. But, this is not just an eating competition. Jimmy John’s is betting that one team of their sandwich makers can make sandwiches faster than three World-Class Major League Eaters can eat them. Starting at 3:00pm on July 26th at Taste of Lincoln Avenue you can experience the Freaky Fast Sandwich Making and Eating Contest! Who will be freaky faster?

Pat Bertoletti said he would be one of the MLE team members on the Steve Dahl show.

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• Article about food waste at the MLE Singapore contest
• Bryan Miller wins Cape Coral, FL wing eating contest
• Pictures from the Myrtle Beach qualifier
• Astoria, NY burger contest Sunday, $100 first prize
• Rhode Island competitive eating training partner sought
• Kobayashi vs. bear video reaches 1 million views

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• Nathan’s finals gallery
• Lamb’s rib eating contest in California
• Dani’s Pizza qualifier galleries and results (from MissGluttonsBliss)
• Coney Island taco eating contest video
• Octopus ball eating contest in Japan

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Pegasus News reports that the IFOCE tamale contest will return to the Lewisville, Texas Western Day festival on September 27, the same weekend as the Krystal Square Off finals. The first prize will be $1,500.

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• MosesNews.com reports that Kevin Lipsitz received the IFOCE Lifetime Achievement Award
• WLOCE fan blog is now accepting comments (from Crawfish comment)
• Boston.com preview of Italian sausage contest
• Joey Chestnut is Chris’ first competitive eater of the week
• Report on Asbury Park, NJ pizza eating contest with a lot of comments
• Preview of Bayonne, NJ hot dog eating contest
• Report on a Singapore qualifier

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Results from this evening’s meatball eating contest sponsored by Bartolini’s from a bodybuilding.com forum thread

1) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 43 meatballs, $3000 prize
2) Tom “Goose” Gilbert 38 meatballs, $1000
3) Joe Menchetti 35 meatballs, $500

update

The Southtown Star has a report on the contest

update #2

Full results have been posted on Bartolini’s website

A video of a meatball contest on the local CBS morning news show is available (from Furious Pete comment)

Furious Pete also won the Reuben sandwich eating contest (and Ian Hickman won the Italian sausage contest)

update #3 The Battle Creek Enquirer has a contest report about the Reuben contest

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Erik Denmark has posted a blog entry about Sunday’s rib eating contest at Chinook Winds casino on the Oregon coast which contains a picture of the official score sheet and a gallery. There is also a link to a a contest report by The News Guard.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article about Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough, Larry McNeil and “Super” Paul Barlow’s practice session for Krystal Square Off V in which they try to eat 15 Krystal burgers as fast as possible. Qualifier dates for this years Square Off have yet to be announced.

The men try to avoid “reversals” because they don’t want their bodies to regularly respond that way when they compete. But sometimes it can’t be helped.

“If you don’t puke every now and then, it’s because you didn’t try hard enough,” Yarbrough said. “That’s just a fact of life.”

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• Hall Hunt article in U of Florida student paper. Hall had a bad knee while he ran a marathon last Saturday. An article about Erin Andrews appears in the same issue.
• Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus appear in music video by Low Water (myspace)
• Wing Tut previews the contests he will MC this weekend. Samatha Brown of the Travel Channel might compete in the Italian sausage contest.
• MissBusyLady contemplates a Burritozilla attempt
• News items after May 8 removed from IFOCE home page
• Article about Randy Harrison, participant in the US Open of Competitive Eating
• WLOCE registration is open (from Crawfish comment)
• MTV’s video game blog has footage of the first two minutes of the MLE game
• Blog entry about Pauliesaurus challenge. The current prize is $250.

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Jynx productions has uploaded a video to youtube about Pat Bertoletti’s victory in the 2007 Waffle House waffle eating contest at the Texas State Fair. Bertoletti wears a Steakbellie t-shirt during his training session at a Waffle House the day before the contest.

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The database of challenge finishers on Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s website has been set up after being empty for over a year. There are still two listed finishers for the 6 pound burger.

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