The list of expected entrants for today’s Krystal qualifier in Atlanta is available. Dale Boone is listed despite his explusion from the IFOCE.

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Hall Hunt has uploaded the remainder of the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier video: Part 2a, Part 2b

Hall has also added some pictures and a report on the Chicago jalapeno contest.

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Tim Janus edged out Sonya according to early burrito results from Andrew “skinnyboy” Lane

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus 10..75
2. Sonya Thomas 10
3. Tim Brown 6.5

Crazy Legs ?
Skinnyboy 2.5
Davekos 3?

update FoxNews.com has an article and Yahoo has some pictures. A caption of one of the pictures says that Tim Brown finished 3rd with 6.5 burritos.

update #2 PressHerald.com has an article with a video clip

update #3 The UPI article says the contest took place in Portland, Oregon.

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Candela I Pizzeria near Princeton, NJ is holding a wing eating contest on September 29 with an unusual prize:

If you’re the first to finish your heaping plate of savory Candela chicken wings, you’ll win a date with the Candela waitress of your choice. See here for more information about our fine females of Italian food. And girls, gays and everything in between, we haven’t forgotten about you, either: if you prevail at eating those delicious Candela wings faster than the rest, you’ll score a date with one of our prime, well-defined delivery boys.

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There will be a donut eating contest tomorrow at the White County Sesquicentennial (150th) Celebration in North Georgia.

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GwinnettDailyPost reports that Pat Bertoletti will compete in the Krystal qualifier on Sunday at the Gwinnett County Fair.

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DowntownExpress.com has a writeup from last week’s cannoli eating contest at the San Gennaro Fair.

Update link fixed – thanks Don Lerman

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KeepMeCurrent.com has a preview of the burrito contest that will take place in South Portland, Maine on Saturday. Sonya Thomas, Chip Simpson, Tim Janus, Tim Brown and Crazy Legs Conti are listed as expected competitors.

MaineToday.com also has a preview.

update Press Herald has an article about Tim Brown, who will be competing in the upcoming Spike TV event.

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StarTribune.com reports that Fatso’s will celebrate its grand opening in downtown Minneapolis by holding a burger eating contest. The restaurant offers a 4.5 pound burger, but the article does not say if that size will be used in the contest.

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Hall Hunt has uploaded a video from the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier to http://youtube.com/watch?v=lkdGCnDDHYM

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Hall Hunt has some pictures from the Kolache contest in Houston on his blog.

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The blog for Bubba Dogs reports that “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti will compete in their hot dog eating contest in Sea Isle City, NJ on Saturday. The entrance fee for the contest is $15. Prizes will include Flyers Club Box Seats, limousine service and restaurant gift certificates to Smithville Inn & Lobster Loft.

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Erik “the Red” Denmark reports on his attempts to set two Guinness pepper eating records at the Groz-with-Gas-a-Thon on Friday:

I was on the docket of guests that included a superstar lineup of Seattle sports stars past and present. I think I was able to entertain everyone who was in attendance by putting myself through some serious pain and establishing some pepper eating records that I am very proud of:

Guinness World Record Jalapeno Eating Results (1 minute):

26 Jalapenos (beats previous record of 16)

Habanero Pepper Eating Results (1 minute eating with no substances during and for 5 minutes following):

32 Habaneros (establishes new record)

A gallery and videos of the attempts are available.

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TheNortheastGeorgian reports that Dale Boone won an eating contest at the Chattahoochee Mountain Fair by eating 24 chili dogs in 12 minutes.

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The New York Times archives from before 1923 are now available free of charge, making accessible an article describing Eleanor Reynolds’s victory in a 1915 eating contest in Harlem in which she ate 22 lobsters, defeating the male runner up by 5 lobsters.

An excerpt from the article’s PDF file follows after the jump

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MaineToday.com has a preview of Saturday’s burrito contest. Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti are listed as expected competitors.

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From KrystalSquareOff.com:

Knoxville Qualifier top 3:

1. Chip Simpson, 49 burgers
2. Paul Egger, 27
3. Rick Petralia, 21

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From SonyaTheBlackWidow.com

La Costeña “Feel the Heat” Jalapeño Peppers Contest Results

1. Pat Bertoletti: 191
2. Sonya Thomas: 141
3. Rich LeFevre: 120
4. Hall “Hoover” Hunt: 110

Results are approximate. The contest was stopped before the the planned 8 minutes due to a lack of peppers.

update WQAD.com has an article. The official contest time is 6.5 minutes

update #2 Wes Sabi has a contest report & picture in his myspace blog. He has a negative review for the contest venue, which he had a difficult time finding. The blogger a friend of Pat’s cousin, Kate, who competes in Windy City Roller derby girl as Dayglo Dago.

update #3 Galleries are available at http://community.webshots.com/user/SicilianEater & http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjmurletti/sets/72157602050865018/

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TimeRecordNews has a report on the beanie burger eating contest at the Texas-Oklahoma Fair. Maurel Merette took advantage of 3 time champion Nathan Biller’s absence to win by eating 4 beanie burgers in 7 minutes.

I have not located any media coverage about the Houston Kolache contest. Friday night in Texas during football season is probably not the best time and place to maximize coverage.

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The entrants list for the Knoxville Krystal qualifier is available on KrystalSquareOff.com. Chip Simpson and Kevin Carr are the ranked eaters who will compete.

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A segment from “Inside the NBA” about Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 11 pound “Ye Olde 96er” burger can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdRnqoQLIU After Kate Stelnick is mentioned as the first person the finish the burger in under three hours, Charles Barkley inquires about her appearance. (Embedded video after the jump)

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(From SuperSized Meals) A video of an unknown woman (Suzie ?) attempting to eat 25 hot dogs & buns in 15 minutes at the Alumni Grill in Wildwood, NJ has been posted to youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6IFtYAwzM The spectators report that she finishes 15 HDB. Embedded video follows the jump.

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Kolache results from Sonya:

1. Joey Chestnut, 56 kolaches
2. Pat Bertoletti, 54
3. Bob Shoudt, 36
4. Sonya Thomas, 34
5. Hall Hunt, 27

Sonya will also compete in the Chicago jalapeno contest, where she expects to compete against Pat Bertoletti, Rich LeFevre and Erik Denmark.

Chron.com did a preview of the contest yesterday containing an interview with George Shea, who estimates the value of the publicity produced by Nathan’s contest at $100 million.

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Cannoli results from IFOCE.com

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 21 cannolis
2. Crazy Legs Conti, 17
3. Allen Goldstein, 16
3. Nate Biller, 16
?. Will Bill Myers, 7
Noriaka Takada ?

update NY1.com has an article with an incorrect headline and video. Tim Janus describes this year’s cannolis:

“My best cannoli performance is 26 in six minutes,” said cannoli-eating champ Tim Janus. “This year they were so fresh, so crunchy, a little more difficult to eat, but you know a lot more tasty.”

update #2
BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report and video.
Lowernotes has a very good blog entry about the contest.
For Flemish speakers, an exchange student from Belgium did a blog entry about the contest.

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Erik Denmark reports that he will attempt to break two pepper eating records today for jalapenos and habaneros at the 11th annual 950 KJR Groz-with-Gas-a-thon charity auction. The attempts will take place at Anthony’s on Pier 66 in Seattle around 5:00 pm PST and can be listened to at 950KJR.com.

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