From IFOCE.com:

On July 28, the nation’s top Major League Eaters will converge on the small hamlet of Brownsville, Oregon to recreate one of the most iconic moments in both film and competitive eating history.

STAND BY ME was filmed in Brownsville and was released in 1986. For the first time, the IFOCE will sanction a hands-free pie eating contest as a tribute to the movie that helped bring competitive eating into the spotlight.

Registration for this contest will open at 12:00pm on Friday, June 15.

I think this is the first handsless contest IFOCE has sanctioned. The only contests listed in July on the IFOCE calendar are in Oregon.

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Time.com has an article about the planned redevelopment of Coney Island. There has been another proposed redevelopment that did not materialize:

The locals are particularly concerned, since some of Sitt’s actions– he demolished go-karts and batting cages this winter, long before he could start building anything to replace them–evoke one of the darker chapters in Coney Island redevelopment. In 1966, Fred Trump (Donald’s father) tore down the Steeplechase amusement park to try to prod the city into letting him build high-rise housing. When the city didn’t, Trump let the lot lie vacant–until the city bought him out.

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Liz has posted to truefan an interview with Hall Hunt after he qualified for the Nathan’s finals by winning the Concord Mills qualifier. Hall explains why he did not underestimate Juliet Lee:

Woman, man…if you can eat, you can eat. I felt very comfortable eating up there. This maybe a bit of a tangent, but it reminded me of a time in college when I was dating this one girl who was a big eater herself. She and I after getting a good workout at the gym would rent a good movie, buy a couple large containers of food from the local wholesale grocery store and see who could eat more. I must admit that one time she beat me. That was the only time I ever lost to anyone in an eating contest before I joined the MLE and it was to a woman. Ever since then I have never underestimated females.

Paul Barlow has contributed two pictures from the contest. One picture shows Hall Hunt shoving a hot dog at the end to provide the winning margin.

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From NHRegister.com:

With “Indiana Jones” coming downtown, it’s going to be party time!

A free movie! Aerial acrobats! A matzo ball-eating contest! Poison darts!

Well, the poison darts will be only on the big screen set up on the Green, where “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” the movie that made Indiana Jones an instant hero, will be shown.

The celebration, which will be held on the Green and along Temple Street between Chapel and George, will kick off at 5 p.m. June 26, two nights before the fourth “Indy” movie starts filming downtown.

The contest will take place at Katz’s II on Temple (no other details are provided)

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JerseyShoreNow.com has a good calendar of eating contests to be held in summer 2007 in New Jersey. Arturo Rios, Jr. is quoted.

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FoxNews.com has an article and gallery (more pictures) about the wedding cake eating contest held to promote the new season of WE TV’s “Bridezillas”. Stephanie Florio, of Sayville, N.Y., was declared the winner. Her $25,000 prize puts her in second place in the 2007 money listing.

update wifr.com has a news video clip

update #2 NY Daily News reports that Ms. Florio was credited with 9 of the mini-cakes in 2 minutes

Metro.co.uk has an article with a video

Reuters also has a video

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There are two good galleries of last month’s Trip Rewards eating contest by clearrants and redmond ridgeback

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The winners page for EATORF has been updated to record Carey “Powerhouse” Poehlmann’s victory in Saturday’s Chili Wimpee contest in Lake Ariel, making him the first victor of an EATORF contest besides Killer K Hill. In an email, Poehlmann praises the contest organizers:

I drove over to Lake Ariel to participate in EATORF’s Chili Whimpee contest, and was very surprised how organized these guys are, how much fun I had participating, and how enjoyable the crowd found it. They are a great group of guys, and think that they deserve some attention for the dedication that they show to the sport of competitive eating.

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Jeff Chapman (fiset35) has a blog entry about competing in the Charlotte Nathan’s qualifier with a link to a flickr gallery from that event.

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BeautifulBrian.com has an article with more details about the disputed results from Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier near Charlotte, NC.

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Erik Denmark’s blog has a link to a podcast of a radio interview he did after his victory in the Shea Stadium qualifier

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Tom Sorenson of Charlotte.com competed in yesterday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Concord Mills and wrote a column about his experience. Paul Barlow (who is now up to 3 nicknames) is quoted. The controversy about Juliet Lee’s total is not mentioned.

Hall Hoover Hunt presses an ice pack to his forehead. Juliet Lee stretches. Kevin Carburetor Carr cleans his hands with Purell sanitizer. Super Paul Bonebreaker Bigmouth Barlow puts on surgical gloves.

I just stand there. The hot dog folks have an extra seat and invite me to fill it. The release I sign, which states that I understand the risks of competitive eating, asks about my eating experience. Answer: All my life.

update IndependentTribune.com also has an article with more details about the contest

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Charlotte (Concord Mills) results from IFOCE.com:

Hall Hunt 28.75 HDBs
Juliet Lee 28 (best ever debut by a woman)
Tim Brown 25
Pat Bruss 23.5
Super Paul Barlow 10
Kevin Carr ?
Juris Shibayama ?

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AICE News reports that it will sanction the 30 inch hot dog eating contest to be held during the June 21 session of the New York Food Film Festival. “Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating”, a documentary starring Crazy Legs Conti, will be screened that evening and Conti will be present to answer questions about the film. Joe Menchetti is expected to defend his title.

AICE News also reports that “Swallow Your Pride” will be screened, but the Wing Bowl 13 documentary does not appear on the festival schedule.

update The schedule has been updated and “Zen” and Conti’s Q&A have been removed. “Swallow Your Pride” will most likely take its place

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The website for Concord Mills says that the Nathan’s qualifier will be held in the parking lot for AMC Theaters

Charlotte.com’s calendar (which has a picture of Hall Hunt who is described as a “steadfastly Christian eater”) says the contest will take place in the food court. The entry also mentions Juliet Lee and Erik Denmark (who will presumably not be attending)

IFOCE.com & nathansfamous.com provide no Charlotte site information at all.

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Megamunch received the Shoo Fly Pie prize breakdown (and a notice that he is on standy status for that event) which follows:
1st ($4,000), 2nd ($2,000), 3rd ($1,500), 4th ($1,000), 5th ($750), 6th ($500), 7th ($250)

There will also be an amateur contest.

Over the past three years the purse of that contest has increased from a $500 shopping spree, to $2,600 to $10,000

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Gersh Kuntzman has written an article for the Brooklyn Papers about Joey’s record breaking performance in Tempe another how air conditioning benefited his performance. There is also a cartoon about the feat.

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Erik “the Red” Denmark has posted a report from his victory at Sunday’s Shea stadium qualifier along with a link to a flickr gallery of the contest.

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(from noaphex) LiveLeak has a one minute video of footage from Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Arizona Mills at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=01d_1180994817

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From NY Daily News:

WE (Women’s Entertainment) will usher in the June 17 premiere of the fourth season of “Bridezillas” with a ferocious wedding-cake eating contest in Times Square Tuesday at 8 a.m. Brides, bring your forks!

More on the contest and entry information can be found on plj.com First prize is $25,000 towards a dream wedding.

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(From AICE news) TimesLeader.com has a picture with a caption of the pierogi eating conest held at the Nanticoke Music Festival won by Carey Poehlmann.

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Here is a list of people I believe will enter Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Concord Mills near Charlotte, NC. Please inform me of any others, and correct those who will not be attending:

Juliet Lee
Hall Hunt
Kevin Carr
Super Paul Barlow
Jeff Chapman http://fiset35.blogspot.com/

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From EATORF.com calendar:

Sat. June 9 @ 1 PM Lake Ariel Hose Company, Lake Ariel, PA Chili Wimpees, $10 entry fee, $100 first prize
Tue. June 19 @ 8 PM McGrath’s in Dalton Texas Wieners

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The LAist blog has a report from this morning’s donut eating contest at Randy’s Donuts held to promote the DVD release of CHiPs. James Donohue won the contest, finishing his 18 donuts before any other eater could finish a dozen. A contest video and post contest interview with Donohue are available.

update CelebrityMound has some pictures

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NY Times blog entry, currently 29 comments (Liz’s youtube video is embedded)
Vallejo Times Herald article
Skinnyboy’s Tempe travelog

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