(Thanks Patrick Bertoletti) The Texas Observer blog has an entry about last Saturday’s BerryHill tamale eating contest won by Joey Chestnut with several pictures.

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Steakbellie has a writeup of last month’s Ultimate Eating Tournament in Myrtle Beach, SC. He also has a gallery of over 100 pictures from Myrtle Beach and South of the Border.

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The EATORF website lists 3 events on its upcoming contests page:

Sat. May 12 7 PM Duke’s in Peckville Steak and Cheese Pizza
Sat. May 26 5 PM Mickey Gannon’s in Scranton WINGS
Tue. June 12 7 PM McGrath’s in Dalton Texas Wieners

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The location for the June 9 Charlotte Nathan’s qualifier has not been listed yet on the IFOCE or Nathan’s website, but the website for Concord Mills says it will take place at that site. Concord Mills is 10 miles northeast of Charlotte off I-85.

A haiku appears on an IFOCE website about the possibility of Boone and Steakbellie competing in that event. (It is surprising Steakbellie would travel south when there are plenty of qualifiers near Philly) Juliet Lee told Brian Seiken she intends to compete in Charlotte.

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plogbypavy reports that a profile of Wing Bowl participant Doug “Obi Wing” Petock appeared in a recent edition of the Villanova Times. Petock will be graduating from Villanova after seven years at that university. The article does not appear to be online, but a scan is available of the first part. The blog entry lists some of Petock’s eccentricities:

2. Carry’s a lightsaber at all times… He is a jedi knight defending the galaxy against any “challenger.” If he perceives you to be a challenger, you must duel him on Mendel Field. Last year on Halloween, a kid dressed up as Darth Vader… Big Mistake!

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WorldPictureNetwork has a good gallery of last Thursday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Las Vegas. The captions are quite good in regards to names, but unfortunately the only result listed is Pat Bertoletti’s winning amount. Robin Leach, formerly of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”, was a commentator.

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Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a travelog of Thursday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Las Vegas with numerous pictures. He has a picture of the undercard for hotel employees, won by Ron Koch with 18 hot dogs in 6 minutes.

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BerryHill Grill Tamale Eating Contest results from erikdenmark.blogspot.com
Joey Chestnut – 53.5
Pat Bertoletti- 51
Humble Bob Shoudt – 45
Chip Simpson – 39
Erik the Red Denmark – 27
Nathan Biller – 21

For the second time in a week, Joey breaks a record by about 20%

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ContraCostaTimes.com has an article by Eric Louie about his participation in the asparagus eating contest last week. There are several quotes from winner Joey Chestnut:

“A lot of it’s building up tolerance,” says Chestnut, a down-to-earth 6-foot-1-inch 230-pound civil engineering college student from San Jose. Talking with me after the contest, Chestnut, 23, shows none of the arrogance that typifies competitors at the top of their game. He even apologizes for drinking my water during the competition.

To him, being a successful competitive eater is “really mental.” And he’s right, I learned. The food will fit, but the key is being able to resist gagging, which is kind of the body’s shut-off valve. The truth is, even as I was stuffing my face with more asparagus than many people eat in a season, my stomach was only at a third of my capacity. While the thought of eating and burps that taste of oily batter ruined my appetite until the next day, I did not throw up, or have to let loose in any way at a festival porta potty.

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Chron.com has an article about Houston Cinco de Mayo festivities with a paragraph about the tamale contest:

A professional tamale-eating contest will debut at the Cinco de Mayo festival this year and will be covered by ESPN. Berryhill Baja Grill coordinated the contest with the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Seven of the top 10 competitive eaters will compete to see who can eat the most tamales in 12 minutes, Lopez said. Last year the winner ate 57 tamales in 12 minutes, he said.

No tamale eating contest appears on the ESPN or ESPN2 schedule for this weekend

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Official results for the top two finishers in yesterday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Las Vegas have been posted to MLE and ifoce.com/news

1. 46 HDB Pat Bertoletti
2. 33 HDB Rich LeFevre

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Las Vegas Nathan’s qualifier results from a Laura Flynn comment:

1. 46 HDB Pat Bertoletti
2. 33 HDB Rich LeFevre
3. 23 HDB Mongo Marquez
4-5 14? Kevin Ross
4-5 14? Jason Erb

Pat Bertoletti becomes the third person to break 40 hot dogs and buns. Rich LeFevre’s 33 is also a personal best.

update Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane also has results on his blog which report Bertoletti ate 46 HDB.

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Erik “The Red” Denmark has a report from Saturday’s fried asparagus eating contest in which he was runner up in his blog along with a flickr gallery of that event.

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(Thanks Erik Denmark) KCRA has a video clip of Saturday’s asparagus eating contest over 6 minutes long with a brief interview with Joey Chestnut at the end.

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Some results from the asparagus eating contest and the corn eating contest have been posted to MajorLeagueEating.com, but not IFOCE.com. The corn results are somewhat different from what had been previously reported. No mention is made of Chip Simpson’s problem with the judging.

Asparagus contest
1. 8.6 lb Joey Chestnut
2. 4.25 Erik Denmark
3. 3.75 Kevin Ross

Sweet corn eating contest
1. 34.75 ears Crazy Legs Conti
2. 32.5 Joe Larue
3. ? Brian Miller
4. 30 Chip Simpson
5T. ? Justin Mih
5T. ? Steven Gotlib
7. ? Hall Hunt

update Brian Miller is Bryan Miller in all probabity http://eatfeats.com/query.php?_table=eaters&id=240

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Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz’s instructions on how to obtain a free room for the Atlanta Nathan’s qualifier are available after the jump:
Read the rest of this entry »

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News video of Saturday’s asparagus eating contest can be viewed at http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=96654 The contest footage is the last item in the clip and starts about 2:30 in.

(Thanks Kevin Ross) A flickr gallery of the contest is also available.

updated (From Kevin Ross) Two minutes of contest footage can be viewed on the WCNC website

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PalmBeachPost.com has an article and gallery about the sweet corn eating contest. Crazy Legs’ winning total is listed as 35.75 ears of corn. Justin Mih came in fourth.

update Sun-Sentinel.com has a longer article, but no pictures

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From AICE News:
(5 minutes, 1/4 Windmill hot dogs)

1st 6.875 Lew “The Chew” Porchazzio Colonia, NJ
2nd ? Chris “The American” Schlesinger Bohemia, NY
3rd 6.67 Carey “Powerhouse” Poehlmann Willow Grove, PA
4th 5.5 Steve “The Real Savage” Oddo Hazlett, NJ
? ? Richard “Food Tray” Brockway
? ? Kevin “The Hurls” Hurley
? ? Jess “The Best” Sheft-Ason

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From beautifulbrian.com home page:

Crazy Legs takes corn title from Jammin Joe 34 1/4 to 33 1/4
Simpson gets 3rd with 30 and storms out of the building

update A full writeup is now available

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Recordnet.com has an article about yesterday’s asparagus eating contest at the Stockton Asparagus Festival. Winner Joey Chestnut ate 8.6 pounds, 2.35 pounds more than last year. No other results are listed, but there are some pictures of other eaters.

update (From Kevin Ross) RecordNet blogs reports that there was an identity mixup between a local Kevin Ross and the IFOCE member with the same name.

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From an email:

1st – Joey Chestnut
2nd – Erik the Red
3rd – Kevin Ross

4th/5th – David Braunstein/Jason Erb (Jason wasn’t sure if he or Brickhouse
came in 4th)

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BellevueLeader.com has an article about Jason Smith, who will attempt to better his second place finish in the 2006 sweet corn contest on Sunday.

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(Thanks Chip Simpson) WoodlandsOnline.com has a preview of next weekend’s Berryhill Tamale Eating contest The expected entrants in that article:

Among those already signed to challenge world-champion Chip Simpson of Harrisville, Pa., are Sonya Thomas, the 105-pound, 39-year-old Alexandria, Va., woman who is ranked Number 4 among all world competitive eaters. Returning this year will be Number 3 ranked Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago who consumed a record-shattering 48 3.5-ounce beef tamales in 2006 when he met with a tragic reversal of fortune. His loss made Simpson a winner with his 41 tamales eaten. Number 7 ranked Tim Janus is also returning.

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Joey Chestnut and Sly Stone, founder of Sly and the Family Stone, are two famous former residents of Vallejo, California. Joey Chestnut will be competing in the asparagus eating contest tomorrow and The Original Family Stone (which presumably lacks Sly Stone, but probably contains original members of his group) will be performing at the festival today.

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