The Chattanooga Times Free Press has a preview of todays Krystal Square Off finals. Kobyashi says his main bottleneck in eating Krystal burgers is removing them from their boxes.

Krystal-lover has some pictures from Friday’s press conference

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Zwire has a preview of tomorrow’s Nanobite burger eating contest at the Clinton Station Diner. The recipe for the 70+ lb. megaburger to be unveiled has apparently not been finalized and there is a $300 prize for naming it. Contest spectators are encouraged to bring at least $15 worth of groceries which will be used in care packages sent to overseas troops by Operation Shoebox.

The wayawesome blog has a picture of the Nanobite burger on top of a Mt. Olympus burger claiming that the burger patty weighs .4 oz, and the total weight is 1.4 oz, only .6 oz less than a Krystal / White Castle burger.

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The USA Today TV Sports column has a section on the Krystal Square Off which says that Paul Page, who has appeared on several recent IFOCE broadcasts, will handle announcing duties for the Krystal Square Off III finals. Let’s hope that Page is correct in his assessment in the dangers of competitive eating versus auto racing.

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IFOCE.com has a preview of Saturday’s Fry Bread eating contest at the Arizona State Fair. Jed Donahue will return to the Grand Canyon State after destroying the Heart Attack Grill’s Quadruple Bypass Burger record. Erik “The Red” Denmark, Frank Wach and “El Toro” Jimenez are expected. Fry bread is powdered sugar covered deep fried flat dough.

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(Thanks megamunch) Supersized Meals has some pictures from Pat Bertoletti from his trip to Pointer’s Pizza in Missouri in which he and Tim Janus finished the 10+ lb 28 inch Pointersaurus pizza in under an hour, winning $250 each. Joey Chestnut and Hall Hunt also succesfully completed the challenge. The best team needed only 14 minutes to complete the challenge.

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The Krystal Square Off odds on bodog.com have changed considerably since betting began. The current odds for the top 5 favorites:

Takeru Kobayashi 1/7
Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas 5/1
Chip “The Phenom” Simpson 11/2
Tim “Eater X” Janus 11/2
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut 4/1

The opening odds were:

Takeru Kobayashi 1/1
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut 3/2
Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas 7/3
Chip “The Phenom” Simpson 9/2
Tim “Eater X” Janus 4/1

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pittsburghlive.com reports that Bob “Killer” Kuhns won the first qualifier for Uncle Charley’s Sausage Eating Contest. The second qualifier will be held November 2 at Cupka’s II in the South Side. The top three finishers in both qualifiers will reach the finals which will be held on December 3 before the Steelers game.

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krystal-lover announces that a 2 minute Krystal eating contest for 4 2 person teams will be held before the main event. Teams will be chosen at random from people signing up during the pre contest festivities. The contest will be televised on ESPN2 and will offer the following prizes:

First Prize is $100/person
Second Prize is $50/person
3rd Prize is $25/person

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The amazing grace blog has an entry about the Whoopie Pie Festival and reports that one entrant in the Whoopie Pie Eating Contest was so impressed by Ian “The Invader” Hickman’s performance that she did not go on stage to compete when her name was called.

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The Chattanoogan has the schedule for all the events to be held in conjunction with the Krystal Square Off Finals. The festivities will start at 2pm with a tailgating party. The contest will be broadcast live at 4:35 pm.

updated The Chattanooga Pulse also has a finals preview.

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The Ionia (upstate Michigan) Sentinel Standard has an article about Thursday’s Chili Dawg Challenge. A 15 minute chili dog eating contest will be held during that event. The entry fee is $10 and no prizes are mentioned, but proceeds will go to benefit the Big Brothers / Big Sisters.

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jacksonville.com has a report from the Burger King hamburger eating contest at the Northeast Florida Fair, won by Shawn Copher with 8 burgers in 10 minutes.

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Natsuko Sone is not the only petite Asian “Gal” attempting huge meals. Youtube has a clip of 5’0″ 95 lb. Chinese-Australian Lynette Chiang battling the 72 ounce steak challenge at the Big Texan Steak Ranch while on a Route 66 bicycling tour. She wrote a blog entry about her meal which says that diners ordering the steak must sign a contract saying they will not split the steak inside the restaurant.

There is additional information about her trip, including a DVD documetary for sale, at http://www.galfromdownunder.com/route66 The video clip can be downloaded directly from that website and there is a gallery (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3) of her meal. One of the picture’s captions says a waitress claimed a 110 pound woman ate the steak last week.

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Thanks Brian Seiken. Wing Tut has a blog entry about the Whoopie Pie Contest The top 3 finishers in that contest:

Ian “The Invader” Hickman – 36
“Gooey” Sean Gordon – 22
Local Contestant – 18

Updated Wing Tut did not compete in that contest, but received results relayed by Ian Hickman, who is expected to attend the Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub UEPA gathering on Nov 4.

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The United Eaters of Pennsylvania will have a new possible road trip destination in several days. nj.com has a column about Bill “El Wingador” Simmons which says the five time Wing Bowl champion’s restaurant, El Wingador’s To Go, is expected to open November 1 at 4th and Girard in Philadelphia. The eatery’s menu wil feature “Home-cooking, Cuban sandwiches, Spanish dishes, pork dishes, and, of course, jumbo wings.” Bill Simmons says he does not plan to try for a sixth Wing Bowl title, but he is still doing eating challenges. He recently won $1000 of free pizza and set a record of 19 minutes for the 6 pound pizza at the 3 Brothers Pizza at Ocean City.

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The Heart Attack Grill’s news page says that the Center for Nursing Advocacy is attempting to organize picketing for that restaurant in which customers will be handed a pamphlet protesting the nurses outfits the restaurant’s waitresses wear.

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The video from the Jackson, MS Krystal qualifier is now available. The video shows what appears to be the start of Justin Mih’s reversal at the end of the contest, but Erik Denmark’s reaction to it has been edited out. Crazy Leg Conti had an impressive last second surge, eating four burgers in about the last ten seconds, which has been overlooked due to the contest controversy.

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The Wave Magazine of Silicon Valley has an interview with Joey Chestnut. Joey declares himself the greatest American eater and is quoted as describing pre-Kobayashi competitive eating “pretty much a joke.” Eaters who debuted before 2001 would probably disagree with that statement.

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Erik “the Red” Denmark has a blog entry about his participation in the Jackson, MS Krystal qualifier and Justin Mih’s disqualification from it. The Hangman noted that somebody named “Tanker” from NYC wrote a forum post on the Krystal Square Off qualifier in Perry, GA claiming that Justin Mih should have been disqualified for dunking his buns too long. The contest video can be viewed at krystalsquareoff.com. The Hangman and Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough ate next to Justin Mih at that event.

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The Krystal finals will not be the only southeastern eating contest to be held later this month:

Northeast Florida Fair

Other new features at this year’s fair include a pizza-eating contest at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29.
Five contestants will be drawn at random from those who register to participate between 3 and 4 p.m. The person who eats the most pizza in 10 minutes or finishes four 10-inch pizzas before the 10 minutes is up will be the winner. The champion pizza eater will win $100 and bragging rights for a year. Second- and third-place winners will win $50 and $25 respectively.

But hamburger-eaters still get their day at the fair. The third annual hamburger-eating contest will be 7 p.m. Monday. Five contestants drawn from those who register between 6 and 7 p.m. will vie for a top prize of $100, with the other contestants each winning $25.

Mobile, Alabama Wing Bowl

Wing Bowl II kicks off Saturday in Bienville SquareThe region’s top wing-cooking specialists will be going beak to beak at the Wing Bowl II Chicken Wing Cook-off on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Wing Bowl’s three-minute eating contest, open to anyone 18 or over, has a $500 prize. Entrants must sign up at Wings Sports Grille in Mobile or Daphne before to the event.

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(from meathaus) Jenny Drumgoole has opened a website showcasing her artwork at JennyDrumgoole.com The full version of “Husky” can be viewed there, which has Jenny appearing as plaintiff and defendant in Judge Mathis’ court. The Wing Bowl 13 documentary is also hosted there, but there is no additional footage not present in the youtube clip. Ms. Drumgoole’s photographs are also available for viewing.

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Full results from the Jackson qualifier have yet to be posted. If you competed in the contest, or know any other results, you can enter your total into the eatfeats database

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(from Wing Tut) The Whoopie Pie eating contest will be held at the Whoopie Pie Festival on Saturday at Hershey Farm near Rockvale outlets. No information about the contest is provided on the website other than it will take place at 2pm and is for amateurs only.

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From AICE news:

Mark Lyle “The Human Vacuum” 3.84
Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 3.80
Chris “The American” Schlesinger 2.97

This is Mark Lyle’s fourth AICE victory in 2006. The other three are meatballs, fair food and reuben sandwiches.

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From an email:

Good afternoon! My name is Tim Ahn and I am writing on behalf of Checkers and the DeVos Sport Business Management program at UCF. We are in the middle of a marketing campaign for Checkers which we have based on a Checkers Burger eating contest between individual contestants on campuses at UF, UCF, USF, and FSU. The name of our contest is the Checkers Burger Bowl with the slogan, “The Ultimate Cross Town Challenge.” I heard through word of mouth that you had actually mentioned our first event at UF on EatFeats.com. I am guessing that Hall Hunt is the one who provided the heads up as I had dialogue with him prior to the event. I just wanted to also mention that our UCF event was this past Friday, 10/13, and we will conclude the contest with stops at USF on 11/11 and FSU on 11/18. Prizes are awarded to the top two entrants for each school ($250 for first, one year supply of Checkers for second place). The 10 contestants from each school will also combine their scores to determine the winning school for the Checkers Burger Bowl. The winning school will receive a trophy.

We truly appreciate the mention of our first event and would welcome and be grateful if you would add our two remaining events to your calendar of events. If there is any more information I could provide, please feel free to contact myself or the Checkers Burger Bowl Team at checkersburgerbowl@gmail.com. Thank you!

Regards,
Tim Ahn

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