krystalsquareoff.com has a report on today’s 2 minute prequalifiers. Arturo Rios, another northeastern eater heading west, had today’s best mark of 21 burgers. Rich LeFevre managed 18. The strength of the field makes conceivable that all four wild card entrants could come from Memphis.

updated – the full Memphis roster is now available

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Megamunch has a report from today’s hot dog eating contest in Lancaster, PA where he finished 5th. Sean Gordon from Philadelphia won the contest.

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IFOCE.com has a list of the expected out of town eaters at Sunday’s Krystal qualifier in Memphis which include:

Tim Janus
Rich LeFevre (will compete in 2 minute contest Sat.)
Seaver Miller
Sam Vise
Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston
Chris “the Mad Greek” Abatsas
Jim Hamrick

Updated krystalsquareoff.com has a preview mentioning Steakbellie and Wing Kong of Drexel Hill, PA

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(From tcnewsnet.com) There will be a wing eating contest at the New Carlisle (Dayton), OH Festival of Flight October 7. The first place prize is $100.

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(from “the Hangman”) Two contests have been added to the goldenpalace.net World Series of Competitive Eating:

Oct 13 fried chicken strips, South Carolina State Fair, Columbia, SC
Oct 16 pickles, North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, NC

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AICE News announces that they will hold a contest at the Clinton Station Diner in New Jersey in honor of that restaurant’s 1000th day on October 28. The size of the burger in that contest has not been determined yet. A team contest for the 50 pound Mount Olympus burger is a possibility.

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From Hall Hoover Hunt blog comment

Hall,

My name is Tim Ahn and I would like to invite you to compete in the inaugural Checkers Burger Bowl on Saturday, October 7 at 2:00pm at the Pike house across from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at UF. The top prize is $250 cash. Please feel free to contact me with any questions at 407-310-3024 or reply back to checkersburgerbowl@gmail.com. Thanks, and I look forward to your response!

Regards,
Tim Ahn

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Jed Donahue announced in the comments that he broke the record for the Quadruple Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack Grill with a time of 5:39. Jed’s claim was verified by Dr. Jon of the grill. Joey Chestnut announce that he expects to visit the grill in October, so Jed’s record might not last an extremely long time. The grill’s website should have more information soon.

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(From krystal-lovers) Videos from the Chattanooga, Jacksonville and Nashville qualifiers are now available at krystalsquareoff.com The other qualifiers and Bob Shoudt’s 2 minute record attempt should be online in the near future. I am looking forward to seeing the end of the Atlanta qualifier.

Updated 12:30am – truefan has an Atlanta video and gallery – thanks steakbellie

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Be on the lookout for whaling boats on the Mississippi. IFOCE announces that Tim Janus will compete in the Memphis Krystal Square Off qualifier Sunday despite being virtually guaranteed a wild card entry into the finals.

IFOCE also warns that the 5 second dunking rule might be more strictly enforced in future Krystal contests.

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A pizza eating contest with a 1st prize of $100 will be held at Jo-Jo’s Original Pizzeria in Toledo, OH on Oct 13. Qualifiers will be held Sept 28 and Oct 5. A $8 entrance fee is required.

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from insnews.org

A hot dog-eating contest to benefit Castaway Critters of Central Pennsylvania will be held Saturday at That Fish Place/That Pet Place, just one of many special events for the upcoming week.

The eating contest, with a $500 prize to the winner, is part of the “Mr. Scoop-A-Thon” at the store at 237 Centerville Road.

Prizes from thatpetplace.com

First Prize – $500, Second Prize – $250, Third Prize – $100 gift certificate to That Fish Place/That Pet Place

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Takeru Kobayashi has a Boston trip report on his blog.

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Erik “the Red” Denmark has a blog entry about his breaking the IFOCE spot shrimp record which has a gallery & videos: introduction, last 10 seconds

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While many fast food restaurants are promoting the healthiness of some of their menu items, the Heart Attack Grill in Arizona has gone in the opposite direction and calls its main offering “bypass burgers”. Those sandwiches can have up to two pounds of meat. The restaurant’s main gimmick is having its waitresses wear nurse outfits. The Arizona Board of Nurses has threatened a lawsuit against the restaurant. The restaurant has an extensive Wikipedia entry which is under threat of deletion

The grill does not have an eat it quickly and get it for free challenge, but it does have an Alpha Male Monday, in which a member of a party of four or more can get a free meal. There is a “Hall of Fame” on the restaurant website.

The Heart Attack Grill has a proto-blog which records happenings at the restaurant. In the June 2006 archives, the grill laid down a challenge to the IFOCE:

In fact, I still issue an open challenge to Kobayashi, The Black Widow (An “Honorary Guy” in anyone’s book), Joey Chestnut and the rest of those hotdog eating wussies at the IFOCE. Simrin is our King and there’s no questioning his superiority for the simple reason that he’s the world’s only competitive eating artist who works with the MANLY MEDIUM of the Quadruple Bypass Burger. The rest of the other sissies eat little wimpy hot dogs.

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4:39 The official count is Simpson 53, Janus 52.5 Chip lead throughout the contest, but Eater X had an impressive last minute rally. Tim Janus is almost certainly guaranteed a wildcard spot

9:53 Full results are available at krystalsquareoff.com Justin Mih continued a string of impressive performances with 33. I assume the “mystery eater” from the Waffle House contest did not show up.

(Thanks Brian Cooley) 11:01 Chip Simpson makes the front page of ajc.com, which has an article that requires registration or bugmenot.com

The liveblog is available after the jump

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The full Atlanta qualifier roster has been posted at krystalsquareoff.com. Justin Mih and Brian Subich will join the northern invaders.

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from IFOCE.com & skinnyboy

goldenpalace.net green chile grilled cheese New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, NM

1. Joey Chestnut 34.5
2. Rich LeFevre 28
3. “Mongo” Marquez 14
4T. Andrew “skinnyboy” Lane 13.5
4T. Allan Jones 13.5

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Marketwire reports that Kobayashi defeated a team of four Bostonian amateurs in a lobster roll eating contest by eating 41 lobster rolls in 10 minutes. Marketwire says the quartet combined for 25 rolls; IFOCE says their total was 28. None of the amateurs are named, but I think one of them was Molly Zalcarian, who competed in the St. Patrick’s Day corned beef contest.

A video of the contest can be viewed at: http://www.covermaxcomm.com/lobster/

9/24 8:19 am – The Boston Globe and Boston Herald have articles about the event.

6:15 Sanspo.com has a Japanese article about the event

Sep 26, 12:39 am ytv has a Japanese news video about the contest

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Erik “the Red” Denmark’s attempt at the spot shrimp record should be coming up on http://www.kjram.com/ in a few minutes. Ray “the Bison” Meduna is serving as judge.

7:56 Erik dedicates his performance to the Washington Huskies and puts on a purple bandana.

7:59 The contest starts. Erik is using hot sauce.

8:00 The house band starts and the station cuts to commercial.

8:10 the station returns from commercial and Erik has broken the record with 1:30 left

8:12 the contest ends with the record broken. The station has yet to announce the amount.

8:26 back from another long commercial break – Erik is credited with 4 lb 15 oz. Erik says he feels great. Ray “the Bison” Meduna says the record is certified. Erik says he thinks he might have used too much cocktail sauce. Erik will do the Texas State Fair jalapeno contest next.

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krystalsquareoff reports that Dale Boone appeared at the preliminary qualifier held at the Georgia Tech football stadium last night and said he would be reinstated soon.

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This page on the New Mexico State Fair website is the only information I have been able to find about Saturday’s green chile grilled cheese contest. The $100K rookie grilled cheese challenge will be held as well. No expected competitors are listed. There will be three New Mexico IFOCE contests in about a month and a half.

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Erik “the Red” Denmark announces that he will attempt to break the IFOCE record of 4 lb. 9 oz. of spot shrimp in 12 minutes tomorrow. The record is currently held by “Hungry” Charles Hardy. The attempt will be part of a charity event and broadcast on internet radio around 7:30 eastern / 4:30 pacific.

Crazy Legs Conti claims to have done 5 pounds in 10 minutes:

Q Do you have a favorite eating contest? Hot dogs? Ice cream?

A I turned pro on Acme Louisiana Oysters (20 dozen in ten minutes) and earned the moniker, “The Mollusk King”. I’ve done well in Alaskan Spot Shrimp (5 lbs in ten minutes). I am training for Delaware Crab Cakes, so seafood is my specialty. My father weaned me on seafood, calling it, “low tide food – nothing that grows above the ankle”. Favorite Eating Contest? Lobster, Lobstah, and Ayuh, Lobsta.

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amny.com has some pictures (#7 – #10) of last Friday’s cannoli eating contest at the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy.

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No roadtrip reports have been posted at http://thebigburgerblog.blogspot.com/, which was set up to chronicle four Canadians’ trip to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA, but one of the travellers, Anthony Stuart, has uploaded a travelog to his personal blog.

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