from Erik “the Red” (not Gumby) Denmark:

Jalapeno Festival Jalapeno Eating Contest, Laredo, TX updated 2/20 7:30
1st – Getleman Joe Menchetti – 105 jalapenos (Wallingford, Connecticut), $1000
2nd – Erik “The Red” Denmark – 98 jalapenos (Seattle, WA), $500
3rd – Benjamin Navarro – 74 jalapenos (Laredo, TX), $250
4th – Jose A. Mar – 71 jalapenos (Laredo, TX)

Erik has the following comments about the contest :

Just wanted to give you the results of the Laredo Jalapeno eating contest. I finished second, I had a big lead in the beginning but slowed in the second half to allow Menchetti to catch up and pass me- though I didn’t know that the guy who strategically sat next to me was Gentleman Joe until after the contest.

Anyway, it was brutally cold in Laredo, around 35 degrees with a wind chill factor, which I think made the winning totals lower because it took a while to get the jaw warmed up.

Link to article… (article has expired as of Monday morning)

http://www.lmtonline.com/ (picture)

http://www.lmtonline.com/news/s1.php#lmt (article)

The article mistakenly claims that Mar holds the record for 141 jalapenos – the most he ever ate was 113 last year. Also, they don’t recognize Donahue as holding the record although they do say that the 141 jalapeno record was set in 1992.

PermalinkComments (32)

If this blog entry is accurate, Kate Stelnick is no longer the only Delaware Valley female who holds an eating challenge record. kb of the phillycynics blog claims to have eaten 30 pierogies at Sugar Mom’s Church Street Lounge in Philadelphia, breaking the restaurant’s record by 5 Polish pastries. She wore a Lance Armstrong bracelet while accomplishing her feat as Ms. Stelnick did. kb received a t shirt as a prize for breaking the record. kb could be a possible contender to return the Wing Bowl crown to the Delaware Valley.

PermalinkComments

Donna of the andshewas blog attended Tuesday’s goldenpalace.net St. Valentine’s Day Chocolate Massacre and has a writeup, videos and a photo gallery of that event.

PermalinkComments

The Long Beachcomber has an article about last Saturday’s Wienerschnitzel World Chili Cheese Fries Eating Championship at the Queen Mary. The article gives “El Toro’s” real name and also claims that a father & son duo (which the author probably mislabeled Joey and Paul Chestnut) competed in the event.

PermalinkComments

The Washington Redskins are no longer the only NFL team to have one of its members lose an eating contest to a thin woman if this live journal entry is correct. Unfortunately no details are provided about the contest or its participants besides the fact that the winner received $300.

PermalinkComments

The Clinton Station Diner has added new challenges to its original offer of a free Zeus burger (7 meat, 12.5 lb. total) to diners who can complete that sandwich in under three hours. A two person Zeus challenge is now available with a time limit of 90 minutes. The west New Jersey eatery also now offers challenges for its burger containing 3 pounds of meat with a maximum of 2 hours for one eater and 45 minutes for a team. The diner increased the team size for its 50 pound Mount Olympus burger challenge to 5 eaters from four.

PermalinkComments

Thanks to IFOCE.com for providing a full listing of chili cheese fries finishers along with amounts eaten. A prize money breakdown besides the $4,000 first place amount is still not available.

PermalinkComments (16)

The new poll question asks who should play the lead role in the upcoming Wing Bowl movie which I believe will be based on Bill “El Wingador’s” Simmons career. I can add other actors to the list of choices.

Another new poll question asking whether competitive eating should be included in the winter or summer Olympics can be found in the Whaler’s most recent blog entry. If competitive eating was added to the Winter Olympics, then eating contests could not be counterprogrammed against the Olympics, as the Glutton Bowl was aired the same time as the 2002 women’s figure skating finals (see also) I can make that question the next poll question if there are any requests for it (and the Whaler does not mind)

PermalinkComments (1)

Liz from urbanhonking’s digest has an interview with Pat Bertoletti after his victory in yesterday’s chocolate competition. February content has been restored to urbanhonking, so its article on the grilled cheese contest is now available.

PermalinkComments

The Cincinatti City Beat has an article about Kevin Carr training by eating chili which resulted in his placing third in yesterday’s chocolate contest.

PermalinkComments (4)

The Penn State student paper reports The Are U Hungry? restaurant is having a “Fat Bitch” sandwich eating contest with a $1,000 first prize. The contest will have a tournament format, so it will be inconvenient for someone living outside the Penn State area to win. Potential entrants will be timed eating a sandwich and the 64 fastest eaters will make the field.

PermalinkComments (1)

results from the goldenpalace.net Valentine’s Day Chocolate Massacre in Chicago:

1. Patrick Bertoletti $2500
2. Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough $1250
3. Kevin Carr $750
4. Jim Hamrick (Springfield, IL) $325
5. Domenico Alesi (Chicago, IL) $175

Thanks to ifoce.com for quickly posting a complete list of money-winners

Updated 2/14 9:42 NBC17.com (in North Carolina) has a video clip and photo gallery

Updated 2/14 7:28 am The sun-times has an article about the contest.

Updated 11:11 pm ABC7 has a contest report which uses “Bertolitto” more than it uses “Bertoletti” and claims that Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough was the favorite.

A press release is also available.

Someone who went to high school with Pat has a blog entry.

PermalinkComments (5)

The Chicago Sun Times has a preview of today’s goldenpalace.net Valentine’s Day Chocolate Massacre which contains a profile of Pat Bertoletti. It is difficult to see how Bertoletti has rookie status if his first contest was the Bacci Pizza contest from 2004.

PermalinkComments (3)

Angelo Cataldi has a Wing Bowl 14 FAQ on his website. He assumed that eliminating previous competitors would ensure that the victor would be from the Delaware Valley and that the Wing Bowl movie is several years away from a premier. Cataldi is considering a format change for future Wing Bowls.

phillyfuture has a blog entry with an eyewitness account of Wing Bowl 14.

phillysportsline has a gallery of Wing Bowl 14 (free registration is required to see the pictures)

PermalinkComments

Ryan of the losanjealous blog has a writeup of yesterday’s chili cheese fries contest at the Queen Mary. He was asked by George Shea to help judge the contest. Several pictures are available.

PermalinkComments

Please post any results or other information about the chili cheese fries contest in Long Beach in the comments for this entry.

Updated 7:35 pm – Official results from IFOCE.com and SonyaTheBlackWidow.com:

Updated 11:02 pm – almost complete results from Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough

A breakdown of the $10,000 prize money allocation would be appreciated.

Sonya mentions on her website that she is going to cut down on the number of events she enters. I hope her reduction in contest frequency is her own choice and not the result of other factors.

PermalinkComments (26)

about.com has a Wing Bowl 14 article and captioned photo gallery. I agree with the article’s claim that Rich’s blonde wingette should have definitely been one of the 10 finalists. The captions say that one of the 10 finalist wingettes, Lisa Marie, was 6’5 (she should maybe consider entering Wing Bowl 15)

zwire.com has profiles of Timothy “Dr. Slob” Cusick and Bill “Robocop” Sampolski.

A Sports Illustrated blog has a fake quote from Joey Chestnut which a reader might not notice is bogus if s/he is not paying close attention.

PermalinkComments (4)

The News of Delaware County has a profile of two competitors from that region, Eric “MacWing” Livingston and Scott “Boss Hog” Zimmerman.

PermalinkComments (3)

The Queen Mary website has a page about Saturday’s chili cheese fries contest. The list of expected entrants includes the top two finishers in last Friday’s Wing Bowl 14, Joey Chestnut and Rich LeFevre, along with Southern California’s top eater, Jed Donahue. Sonya Thomas is not listed as one of the expected competitors. Garret Morris, a member of the original Saturday Night Live cast, will compete in a celebrity sausage eating contest.

Updated 2/9 9:48 am The LA Times has a brief preview of the contest

PermalinkComments (4)

Wing Bowl 14 clips are available at ripe.tv A show about Wing Bowl 14 will be aired at 11 pm on Saturday on UPN 57 in the Philadelphia TV market. The WIP website has podcasts of the audio broadcast along with some pictures.

The new poll question asks who should play Sonya Thomas (or a Sonya Thomas based character) if that role exists in the upcoming Wing Bowl movie.

PermalinkComments (5)

Wing Bowl 14 contestant Wing Tut has an account of his participation in that event in his blog. He believes that he did not receive credit for 21 wings that he ate. More on Wing Tut can be found here.

PermalinkComments (3)

Angelo Cataldi has a long commentary about Wing Bowl 14 on his website. The most interesting point in his writeup is that the next Wing Bowl will lose its “virginity”:

There was no close finish in WB14, unlike the last two overtime events. Next year, when the other previous contestants rejoin the field, this should not be a problem.

Other notable points include:

• The FCC would not allow WIP to restrict the field to Delaware Valley residents.
• The Wachovia Center would not let Wing Bowl 14 occur there if tickets were not required
• Crowd scenes for the Wing Bowl movie were filmed at the contest
• Cataldi is disappointed in the performance of the most hyped locals like Robocop

PermalinkComments (5)

Philly.com describes how Joey Chestnut met his girlfriend.

PermalinkComments (1)

610 WIP is sending a cease and desist letter claiming trademark infringement to the Columbus radio station sponsoring a Wing Bowl. They could rename their event the Wing HorseShoe after the Ohio State stadium. No legal action is apparently being taken against the Salt Lake City Wing Bowl.

An excerpt about Wing Bowl 13 mentioning documentarian Jennifer Drumgoole from Jere Longman’s book about the 2004-5 Eagles is available at foxsports.com

angelocataldi.com has a photogallery of Wing Bowl 14.

Some pictures from that gallery include:

You can’t spell Team Chestnut without chest
The White Widow
Joey’s Wingette at work
Black Death
The Special Canadians
Dave the Dumpster
Wing Tut
Norseboy
Black Death #2
Burger King? 😉

PermalinkComments

Pat Bertoletti has found photo galleries for two contests:

Jan 14 Hot Springs Corned Beef: http://www.freshsquid.com/BeefWeb/

November Krystal Square Off contest: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0511/gallery.competitve.eaters/content.1.1.html

Ken Wong notes that a five minute IFOCE video is available from Google video

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=competitive+eating&so=0

(The Cookie Jarvis basketball & 2005 grilled cheese finals video can also be accessed with this link)

PermalinkComments