From IFOCE.com, Brian Seiken, Luther, City of Lewisville:

Buffalo Wing Festival
1. Chip Simpson, 158 wings
2T. Sonya Thomas 146
2T. Bob Shoudt 146
? Jim Reeves 108

Updated 9/3 9:18am The Buffalo News has an article about the contest which says the contest ran out of wings

The results were given as wings but I think the judging was based on pounds eaten

Lewisville TX Tamale Contest
1st place – Tim Janus, 51 tamales (world record)
2nd place – Rich LeFevre, 50 tamales
3rd place – Seaver Miller, 30 tamales

GoldenPalace.net World Kolache Eating Championship at the Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln, NE
1 Pat Bertoletti 44 Kolaches
2 Jason Erb 24
3 Frank Wach 22
4T David Amiel, Michael Netzinger and J. Varuch 19
7 Andrew Lane 18
8 Jason Smith 17

(Updated 9/3 5:32 pm – thanks Laura)

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A Krystal press release says that Joey Chestnut, Crazy Legs Conti, Hall Hunt and Joe LaRue will appear at the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier. Hall Hunt will enter the 2 minute preliminary round. Fox30 has an article about the qualifier. “The Hangman” Bruce Pobanz is also expected.

A Buffalo Wing Festival press release says that Sonya Thomas will appear at the festival (but does not explicitly state she will compete in the contest) Bob Shoudt and Brian Seiken say they will attend on their websites.

An IFOCE press release says that the top three finishers in last years Waffle House contest: Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Pat Bertoletti are expected back in this year’s contest. “The Hangman” Bruce Pobanz will also compete.

Hall Hunt has withdrawn from the Lewisville tamale contest and a comment says he will be replaced by Rich LeFevre

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The current projected path of tropical storm Ernesto has it passing over western New York state Saturday afternoon and evening.

Updated 9/1 8:28 am – The Buffalo Wing Festival has an inclement weather plan that says they will have several huge tents.

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The Reno Gazette Journal has a report on last night’s rib eating competition listing the top four finishers:

1st: Joey Chestnut, $2,500, 4.5 lbs. of ribs
2nd: Pat Bertoletti, $1,500, 4 lbs.
3rd: Rich LeFevre, $750, 3.8 lbs.
4th: Jed Donahue, $250, 3.3 lbs.

Updated 3:57 pm IFOCE.com has full results. It is interesting they are noting Joey’s 6 month non-Kobayashi winning streak when no attention at all was paid to Sonya’s 7 month (Wing Bowl to Buffalo Wing Festival) streak last year.

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The Reno Gazette Journal has a preview of the West Nugget Rib Cook-off and Eating Contest. The eating contest will run from 5 to 7 pm pacific (8 to 10 pm eastern).

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courier-gazette.com has a preview of Saturday’s tamale eating contest in Lewisville, TX. Expected competitors include Tim “Eater X” Janus (who returns to his college (SMU) metropolitan area), Hall Hunt, Seaver Miller and Larry McNeil.

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Krystal Lover’s blog and The Chattanoogan have galleries of Sunday’s Krystal Square Off qualifier where Sonya Thomas almost doubled the runner up by eating a personal record 62 burgers.

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Don “Moses” Lerman has some pictures from Saturday’s jalapeno pepper eating contest on his blog.

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Full official results from the GoldenPalace.net horseshoe sandwich contest at the Illinois State Fair have been posted. Hopefully official full results from the ND Rhubarb Pie contest (which were never announced) and the July 3 Memphis rib contest (which were mentioned only in a preview for another rib contest) will appear in the not too distant future.

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KrystalSquareOff.com has complete results from today’s qualifier in Chattanooga. The top 3 finishers are:

1st-Sonya Thomas (62)
2nd-Chris Abatsas (32)
3rd-Shaun Kesler (23)

Sonya ties the US record set by Joey Chestnut in last year’s finals and beats her personal (and allover qualifier) record of 57 she set last year.

Updated 9:47 pm – The Chattanoogan has an article about the qualifier

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krystalsquareoff.com has the roster for today’s qualifier. Josh Neal and Jesse Crick won the prequalifier slots. The only ranked eater besides Sonya in the field is Nathan Kunce (#48). Shaun Kesler, who finished third in the Chattanooga qualifier last year will also attend.

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from IFOCE.com

GoldenPalace.net World Sausage Sandwich Eating Championship, New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY

Chip Simpson–13.25 sandwiches, $2000
Humble Bob–13 sandwiches, $1000
Tim Janus–12.5 sandwiches, $750
Crazy Legs Conti–9 sandwiches, $250

Full results are available on IFOCE.com

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Pat Bertoletti 177
Rich LeFevre 155
Jed Donahue 144
Erik the Red Denmark 107
Jim Reeves 73

Results match up with an IFOCE contest report which says the contest was 15 minutes (the preview said it would be 12)

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The Rafu Shimpo, a publication for Los Angeles Japanese Americans, has an article about last Saturday’s gyoza contest which contains an interview with Sonya Thomas. Sonya claims that her stomach capacity is now up to 18-20 pounds and that she never gets full. There is a funny picture of Queen of Nisei Week loooking at Sonya in disbelief. Joey Chestnut says he will do the rib contest in Reno on Wednesday.

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(From Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough) A video podcast of Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough and Larry “the Legend” McNeil in a 3 minute Krystal burger contest on the Noonan Now show is available.

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The Cibola Beacon’s calendar has a preview of tomorrow’s jalapeno pepper eating contest at the Sky City Casino. The contest will start at 4pm local time. The top five eaters will receive Acoma pot (which I assume is short for pottery) in addition to a cash prize.

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baynewsbrooklyn.com has a report on last Saturdays Frank’s Red Hot Battle to the Bone wing eating competition held at the beach volleyball tournament in Brooklyn. The top three finishers (who are all unknown) are listed without their places.

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Don “Moses” Lerman maintains his guarantee that he will win tomorrow’s jalapeno contest at the Sky City Casino in Acoma, NM even after reports that the contest field might be stronger than expected.

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The Krystal lovers blog reports that Sonya will appear in Sunday’s Krystal qualifier in Chattanooga. She won that event in 2004 and 2005, winning last year’s contest by a single burger.

The preliminary qualifiers started today with Josh Neal having the best performance with 12 Krystals in 2 minutes. The calendar for the Chattanooga prequalifiers and qualifier lists the times the contests will be webcast.

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There is an article about Joey Chestnut in his college paper, the San Jose State Spartan Daily.

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The Big Texan steakhouse in Amarillo, TX, famous for its 72 ounce steak challenge, has updated its website hosted at bigtexan.com. Unfortunately, the online database of steak finishers is no longer available at that URL (It had not been updated since early 2005). The database can still be viewed at http://www.houseofapps.com/bigtexan/view.php

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(from ahamburgertoday.com) At The Counter in Palo Alto, CA, there are 54 possible toppings for a burger. imeem.com has an account of an attempt to eat a burger with every available topping in under 30 minutes. The extra ingredients brought the weight of the sandwich from one pound to about 5 pounds.

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Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner reports that he won his first eating contest at Kokomo’s sports bar in Harrisville, PA, beating Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicky.

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dallasnews.com has a preview of Saturday’s World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX.

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from IFOCE.com

Indiana State Fair Toyota Trucks Chowdown Championship
Indiana food products: pork sandwiches, beef ribeye, turkey legs, and grilled cheese sandwiches

1. “Humble” Bob Shoudt
2. Jim “the Hammer” Hamrick
3. Kevin Carr

updated 8/20 8:13 am – indystar.com has an article about the contest

updated 8/20 10:59 pm – wishtv.com has an article

from dukerustfield’s myspace blog
GoldenPalace.net World Gyoza Eating Championship Los Angeles, CA
1. Joey Chestnut 212 gyozas
2. Sonya Thomas 210
3. Rich LeFevre 162
4. Hall Hunt 107
5. Erik “the Red” Denmark ?

results updated 8/20 4:25 pm from ifoce.com

from that blog:

They held the world gyoza eating championship. Steamed dumplings. The winner got $2500. I guess there’s this whole league of professional eaters. They all knew each other and fly around…eating. The people who came in 2nd and 3rd ate 10 percent of their body weight in 10 minutes!!! f***ing incredible. The winner was a bit larger though. You might think that chick wouldn’t do so well, but she came in 2nd. They had all these strategies like covering their mouth so air wouldn’t get in and dipping them in water to help them slide down, and they’d hop around a bit to settle it and get out any burps. Some amatuers competed along with the pros, I mean some fat ass dudes. They amatuers ate like 40 or so (I’ve eaten maybe 24 and I’m stuffed). The record they set was 162 if I remember correctly.

Updated 8:20 pm mikeyhateseverything went to the contest and has a blog entry about it

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