Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Tennessee eating challenges and contests in database)
Joey Chestnut wins 2013 Tunica, MS Twinkies
update Nov 2 The Rake & Herald has a contest report
TuniCams has a video
update Oct 30 Crazy Legs Conti has a Huffington Post blog entry in which he says he finished 6th (he was actually 7th after taking into account the tie for 5th place).
update Oct 28-2 Hostess has a video
update Oct 28 The Huffington Post has a video
Official results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 121
2) Matt Stonie 111 fixed
3) Miki Sudo 71
4) Adrian Morgan 57
5T) Brett Campbell 40
5T) Josh Miller 40
7T) Crazy Legs Conti 28
7T) Matthew Raible 28
? Don Potts
update Joey Chestnut has been announced as the winner with 121 Twinkies in 6 minutes
Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo and Adrian Morgan are at the contest site
Crazy Legs Conti has a preview of today’s Twinkie Eating Championship at Tunica-Bally’s Casino in Tunica, MS.
Matt Stonie has a picture of the 100 Twinkies he purchased for a training session.
Registration will open at noon central on IFOCE.com for the World Twinkie Eating Championship At Bally's Casino in Tunica, MS on October 26.
Bluff City Oktoberfest will hold a bratwurst eating contest in Memphis on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner.
The Music City Southern Hot Wing Festival will hold an eating contest on Saturday awarding $300 to the winner.
Resorts Casino’s Big Burgers in Tunica, MS will award $250 to the first finisher of its six pound burger challenge in August or September.
A segment (probably from 2008) about Juris "Dr. Shibayama" was recently replayed by Fox 17 for its "Video Vault" series.
Dale Boone won the Big Kahuna Wing Eating Competition held at World's Fair Park in Knoxville, TN yesterday.
A trip to New York City to be honorary judges at the Nathan's finals was auctioned at a charity event in Knoxville, TN.
A woman (first name probably Regen) is the first member of Wall of Fame for the 80 ounce steak challenge at Shiloh Brew & Chew in Maryville, TN. (Regen is the second woman I know who finished a steak challenge larger than 76 ounces; Miki Sudo finished a 120 ounce steak last year.)
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.
Motor Trend Auto Shows reports that Dale Boone won the finals of the Noshville hot dog eating contest held at the Nashville International Auto Show with a total of 21 hot dogs in 4:50.
Dale Boone won today's qualifier held at Noshville in Nashville with a total of 20 hot dogs.
The new owners of the Krystal restaurant chain are moving its headquarters to Atlanta from Chattanooga, site of six Krystal Square Off finals from 2004 to 2009. (Via Daniel Easter
Two new pizza challenges have significant prizes. Village Pizza in Hartsville, TN will award $500 to a team of two people that can finish its 30 inch challenge. Sam's NY Pizza will award $200 and a Bahamas cruise for two to a person that can finish its 28 inch pizza.
The Music City Festival in Nashville will hold a wing eating contest on August 25 awarding a Big Green Egg Smoker with a listed value of $1,000. Qualifiers will be held at Nashville area Hooters on Wednesdays.
Dale Boone won a hot dog eating contest held in Columubs, GA on Saturday and a burger eating contest held in Nashville, TN on Sunday.
Kooky Canuck in Memphis will hold a poutine eating contest on July 1 awarding $400 in gift certificates ($250 to the winner).
Kooky Canuck has 21 simultaneous attempts at its Kookamonga challenge last night.
The Southern Hotwing Festival will hold a wing eating contest in Memphis on April 21 awarding $300.
Meredith Boxberger has uploaded a video recorded at the Kooky Canuck in Memphis where she was the first woman to finish the 7.5 pound Kookamonga challenge burger. (Here is a blog entry by Brittany Albrecht about almost finishing the Kookamonga in 2010.
Meredith Boxberger became the first woman to finish the 7.5 pound Kookamonga burger today at Kooky Canuck in Memphis with a time of 40:40. Eric "Badlands" Booker also finished the burger with a time of 37:10. The Kooky Canuck lockerz gallery has some pictures.
The facebook for Kooky Canuck says that there is a possibility that Pat Bertoletti might appear Friday night at the Memphis restaurant, where he is the record holder for the Kookamonga Challenge burger.
Grassy Knolls Movie Nights will hold a hard boiled egg eating contest as part of its showing of Cool Hand Luke in Nashville on Sunday.
Kooky Canuck in Memphis is best known for its burger challenges, but on July 1 it will hold a poutine eating contest.
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
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