ibctoday.com has a video report produced by Reuters from the Chock Full O Nuts date nut bread sandwich contest held in New York City last week. Pat Bertoletti (now with a mustache) is interviewed.

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Steakbellie has a long post in which he describes his hopes and fears about competing in Wing Bowl 15.

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(from independentmail.com) Clemson defensive tackle Elsmore Gabriel required the Heimlich maneuver after getting a bone lodged in his throat during a rib eating contest held at the Music City Bowl (Nashville, TN) team welcome party. Gabriel continued eating after the bone was removed and Clemson lost the contest to Kentucky by two ribs. William “Refrigerator” Perry, who appeared in the 2003 Nathan’s finals and a Kobayashi cartoon on Saturday Night Live, also played defensive tackle at Clemson.

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John Stossel of ABC News “20/20” has written a column for the Jewish World Review about the Attorney General of Arizona’s attempt to prevent the Heart Attack Grill from outfitting its waitresses in nurses costumes.

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statesman.com has an article about the 8 lb. Big Kahuna Burger from Pancho and Lefty’s in Hare (suburban Austin) TX. The current award for finishing the burger in under three hours is $500. No eater has ever completed it. The article mentions Kate Stelnick’s reported completion of the 11 pound 96er and the skepticism it has engendered in the competitive eating community.

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Kobayashi did not compete in Wednesday’s Chock Full O Nuts date nut bread sandwich contest, but he attended as a spectator and has a writeup of that event in his blog.

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If you wished you had a White Christmas, but there is no snow where you live, Liz has some pictures of the Denver blizzard on her website.

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In his latest blog entry, Kobayashi says his recent trip to New York City included a filming session. He does not say if this will be another for another Saturday Night Live sketch or a different program. Sonya Thomas, who is praised by Kobayashi as the top female competitive eater and the one holding the most records also apparently attended the session, but it is not mentioned if she will appear in the program.

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In his latest blog entry, Kobayashi says his recent trip to New York City included a filming session. He does not say if this will be another for another Saturday Night Live sketch or a different program. Sonya Thomas, who is praised by Kobayashi as the top female competitive eater and the one holding the most records also apparently attended the session, but it is not mentioned if she will appear in the program.

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cyberfyber has uploaded videos of the first half and awards ceremony of the Date Nut Bread sandwich eating contest to youtube. Brian Seiken has also uploaded his video

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610wip.com has been retooled and it announces that the hoagie qualifier for the Wing Bowl will be held on December 30. The original date was January 20. Eaters who want a spot will need to call the Glen Macnow show.

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heartattackgrill.com reports that Joey Chestnut finished the Quadruple Bypass Burger in 1:42 on December 19, less than half of the previous record of 3:55 held by Jed Donahue.

The Heart Attack Grill has set up an online Wall of Fame which will eventually list the top 100 times for the Quadruple Bypass Burger. Nurse Caterina has the fastest women’s time of 8:20

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Christian “Eatipus Rex” Larsen filmed a short documentary about his competing in the Baltimore crabcake contest in April and uploaded it to youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUj6LVGLrv8 The video focuses on Larsen’s rivalry with Crazy Legs Conti. “Eatipus Rex” made an impressive IFOCE debut with 17 crabcakes, just 3 behind Crazy Legs.

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(From philly.com Wing Bowl page) Competitive eating has a male killer in Sonya Thomas and now it has a mail devourer. “U. S. Mail” qualified for the Wing Bowl by eating letters.

In another Wing Bowl stunt, the 3rd place finisher in the 2006 Wing Bowl, “Dr. WingLove” DQed during his stunt of eating 25 bunless hotdogs in 5 minutes. The parameters of his stunt were less stringent than the 23 bunless hot dogs in 3:10 Lynda Kuerth ate in 1977 in Philadelphia.

updated nj.com has an article about Rob “the Slob” Peachey, who failed to complete his stunt after having the Wing Bowl territory expanded to include his hometown.

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AICE news reports that a yule log eating contest will be held tomorrow at 9:30am at Le Monde on Broadway in Manhattan. Contact AICE for registration information.

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(from competitiveeatingnews via Steakbellie)

Chock Full o’ Nuts Date Nut Bread-Eating Contest

1. Pat Bertoletti, 29.5 sandwiches in 8 minutes, $2500 prize
2. Joey Chestnut, 26 sandwiches
3. Bob Shoudt, 18.75 sandwiches
4. Tim Janus 16.5
5T. Juliet Lee 13
5T. Erik “the Red” Denmark 13
7. Arturo Rios, Jr. 12 3/4
8. Justin Mih 11 1/3
9. Crazy Legs Conti 10 1/2
10. Wild Bill Myers 7 1/2

updated IFOCE.com has a report. The only new result is that Juliet Lee finished 5th.

update #2 all results (from beautifulbrian.com) have been listed

update #3 Yahoo News has a press release and photo of the contest

update #4 Brian Seiken has a video of the contest

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(from Wing Tut) The qualifiers for the 2007 Pittsburgh Wing Championship Series have been announced:

– FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH FROM 7P TO 9P AT CLYDE & PATTI’S IN HARMAR!!

– WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH FROM 7P TO 9P AT SUNNY JIM’S ON CAMP HORNE ROAD!!

– THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH FROM 7P TO 9P AT THE LITTLE BROWN JUG ON EVERGREEN AVENUE!!

THE TOP EATERS FROM EACH LOCATION WILL QUALIFY TO ADVANCE TO THE FINALS AT THE SPORTS ROCK CAFE ON SMALLMAN STREET ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 26TH!!

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TimeOutNY says that the starting time for the Chock Full o Nuts World Date-Nut Bread Eating Contest is 9:30 am at Madison Square Garden and that the general public is welcome as spectators, which is not always the case for a weekday contest. There are several interesthing themes to the contest:

• Can Joey Chestnut reboud from his first loss to an American since February?

• A strong performance by Pat Bertoletti could put him ahead of Sonya Thomas for the #2 moneywinner. The winnings column does not include the 1st place turkey prize for Pat since I have not been able to find what that is.

• The matchup between Arturo Rios and Juliet Lee could establish who is the leading candidate for 2007 IFOCE rookie of the year.

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I am curious if anyone has any news about “Swallow Your Pride”, a documentary filmed at the 2005 Wing Bowl. The movie’s website. swallowyourpridemovie.com is now defunct and I have not been able to find any information about screenings after the documentary won an award at the First Glance Film Festival in Philadelphia this summer.

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(from Dave Chrisinger) A napkin autographed by all 5 members of the Central Lakes Eating Team has been put up for sale on ebay. The current bid is 99 cents and the auction ends Friday.

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AICE news has full results for the latke contest at Zan’s Deli in Lake Grove, NY. The top three finishers are:

Tom “Goose” Gilbert 31 latkes; 5.80 pounds – improvement of 10 over last year’s winning total
Ian “The Invader” Hickman 29.5 latkes; 5.53 pounds
Mark Lyle “The Human Vacuum” 27.5 latkes; 5.16 pounds

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A video clip of the 2006 jalapeno contest at the Texas State Fair, won by Rich LeFevre, is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuT1P4sCphE Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Erik Denmark also appear. Rich and Carlene LeFevre are interviewed. All the eaters wear different shirts due to the cancellation of GoldenPalace.net’s sponsorship, which is a surprising sight at an IFOCE contest.

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Bear Silber has posted a video of the construction & consumption of the 5 pound Belly Buster Pizza at Pizza & Pipes in Santa Clara to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbmt9ZdSqSU and has listed it as a video response to the Gal Sone 40000 calories video

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(from The Sicilian) A pretzel contest sponsored by Pretzel Twister will take place in Miami on January 20, 2007. The total purse is $3000.

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nyblueprint says a latke eating contest will be held in conjunction with the lighting of Brooklyn’s official menorah. It is not clear what day the contest will be on. The contest is called the “2nd World Championship Competitive Latke Eating Contest” so it is probably an IFOCE contest since IFOCE sponsored a latke contest in Brooklyn last year. AICE will hold a latke eating contest in Lake Grove, NY on Sunday.

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