Nashville eating challenges
(All Nashville eating challenges and contests in database)
2012-13 college football bowl eating contests
Several college football bowls held eating contests as part of their pre-game activities:
- Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) Wisconsin defended their Lawry’s Beef Bowl title by eating a total of 619 pounds of prime rib to defeat Stanford by 17 pounds. Joshua Garnett and Dallas Lewallen of Wisconsin were reportedly the individual winners with 7 24-ounce steaks eaten.
- Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta) LSU outate Clemson at Sal Grosso’s Brazillian Steakhouse by 624 pounds to 454
- Music City Bowl (Nashville) NC State outate Vanderbilt by 19 ribs. NC State’s Rogers Clark ate 21 ribs in 2 minutes to win the individual contest.
- Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Tempe, AZ) Michigan State ate an average of 33 wings per player to defeat TCU by a margin of 13. MSU’s Shawn Kamm was the individual winner with 65 wings.
- Outback Bowl (Tampa) Ashton Tate of South Carolina ate 8 mini key lime pies to defeat Michigan’s Ben Braden by 3 pies.
Man vs. Food Nashville episode links
Travel Channel Episode Guide | Restaurants & Activities Map
Restaurants
- Roosters Texas Style BBQ and Steakhouse challenge – 72 ounce steak
Facebook | Yelp
Lannae Long blog entry about first 72 ounce steak challenge attempt
Nashville Post article about recording
Nashville Scene article about recording - Pancake Pantry
Home Page | Yelp - Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack
Urbanspoon | Yelp
List of Nashville-area eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database
Nashville Krystals: Gravy take the gold (jacket)
update #2 The KSO twitter has the official top 3:
1) Tim “Gravy” Brown 54 points
2) Erik Denmark 52
3) Jim Reeves 50
Bryan Beard reports that Tim Brown won with 54 points.
update The contest is over, but the winner is not clear according to the KSO twitter
Bryan Beard might have contest reports on his twitter
Link Buffet: December 30, 2008
- Joey Chestnut wants to drop below 200 lbs. before resuming eating contests
- Hungry Sisters look back on their 2008 competitive eating goals
- Music City Bowl rib eating contest between members of the Vanderbilt and Boston College football teams
- Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 6 pound burger serves 17
- Videos from the
MinnesotaChicagoland Nathan’s qualifier - IGreggor attempts the Muddy River Smokehouse Challenge and dedicates it to Furious Pete’s charity challenge
- Hot dog eating challenge at Philadelphia Eagles game
- Furious Pete wants a big facebook group to promote his charity stunt
- Cartoon about eating as a sport from Will Millender
Link Buffet: October 10, 2008
- Picture of Juliet Lee at the Nashville qualifier
- Favorite KSO V pictures at Krystalist
- Kobayashi has some pictures from the Krystal Square Off on his blog
- Tomoko Miyake has posted a FAQ using questions sent by her fans (Her favorite baseball team is the Hanshin Tigers)
- Craigslist posting about Raleigh, NC wing contest Sunday
Juliet wins Nashville qualifier after 3 way OT
The Krystal Square Off twitter reports that Juliet Lee won the Nashville qualifier after a 10 burger was held between her, Badlands Booker and Juris Shibayama. The official amount eaten in regulation time has not been posted yet.
IFOCE.com reports that there was a lot of controversy over the results and possible new rules might be implemented:
Juliet Lee maintained a five second dunk throughout regulation but pre-chewed so aggressively the judges had difficulty determining her final count. Many fans and eaters alike questioned the outcome. Judges determined that the eat off should occur.
Major League Eating has announced it will hold an an impromptu conference call this evening to consider the adoption of a new rule to eliminate confusion in future contests.
update The official amount in regulation time is 51 burgers, which puts Juris Shibayama and Badlands Booker in the top 3 wild card positions.
update #2 BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report with full results
DNJ.com has a contest report
September 13 IFOCE contest previews
The Shreveport Times has an article about the grits eating contest to be held at Harrah’s Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, LA. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus are listed as expected entrants. The article does not mention the possibility of the contest being cancelled due to hurricane Ike.
The Nashville Krystal qualifier entrants have been posted on the Krystal Square Off blog:
Juliet Lee
Eric Booker
Erik Denmark
Juris Shibayama
Nathan Biller
Pete Davekos
Bill Myers
Dave Goldstein
Andrew Wong
Steve Larson
Fox 17 Juris Shibayama video
WZTV (Fox 17/ Nashville) has an article and video about Juris Shibayama with footage from his medical office. The reporter surprises “Dr. Big Time” with a Twinkie eating contest, which the spinal surgeon wins.