Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Tennessee eating challenges and contests in database)
Pho Vietnam in Southaven, Mississippi (south Memphis area) has a pho noodle challenge consisting of 2 pounds of noodles and 2 pounds of meat that awards $200 to a diner that finishes it in an hour.
Isle of Capri Casinos has uploaded a video of the April 17 rib eating contest in Lula, Mississippi.
Bob Shoudt defeats Joey Chestnut in ribs
The top 4 from twitter.com/eatingcontest: (places 5 – 11)
1) Notorious B.O.B. Shoudt 4 lbs 14 oz
2) Joey Chestnut 3lbs 9 oz
3) Sean “Flash” Gordon 3 lbs 5oz (probably 3 lbs)
4) Tim “Eater X” Janus 3 lbs 2oz (probably 3 lbs)
5) Adrian Morgan 2lb 15oz
6) Nate Biller 2lb 11oz
7) Ben “The Wolf” Taylor 2lb 6oz
8) Damien Boykin 1lb 15oz
9) Brian Seiken 1lb 9oz
10) Nick Bauer 1lb 4oz
11) Matt Cruz 14 oz
elplastino and SMacheca_IOC have tweetphotos
update Apr 19 Brian Seiken’s youtube page has some videos from the contest (via comment)
update Apr 20 Last place finisher Matt Cruz also has uploaded a video
twitter.com/SMacheca_IOC: "I just got word Joey Chestnut has signed up 4 the rib eating contest happening @Isle Of Capri Lula on 4/17.He is 3-time 4th July hot dog champ"
ELPastino lists four entrants in the April 17 rib eating contest to be held at the Isle of Capri casino in Lula, Mississippi: Bob Shoudt, Tim Janus, Nate Biller & Brian Seiken.
MyFoxMemphis has a video about the six pound pork BBQ sandwich challenge at the Bar-B-Cue Pit in Southaven, MS. No customers have completed the sandwich without assistance and received it for free. (via derric26)
IFOCE.com reports registration will open at 11am tomorrow for the April 17 rib eating contest at the Isle of Capri Casino in Lula, MS.
Brittany Albrecht attempts Kookamonga challenge
Brittany Albrect has a blog entry about her attempt at the Kookamonga burger challenge at Kooky Canuck’s in Memphis in which she ate more of the 7.5 pound burger than any previous female challenger (and more than Adam Richman did in the Memphis episode of Man vs. Food as well).
update Feb 14 Brittany has competed in three bodybuilding contests (Perhaps she could become the female “Furious” Pete)
A website about Piranha's (of Nashville, TN) 10 pound cheesesteak sandwich challenge has been set up at http://www.piranhas10lbcheesesteak.com/. There have been three finishers according to the website.
Greg Albrect is uploading pictures of Brit's attempt to be the first female finisher of the Kookamonga challenge at Kooky Canuck's in Memphis. update Brittany says she did not complete the burger but the restaurant staff told her she came closer to finishing that any previous female and that she ate more than Adam Richman did when he recorded an episode of Man vs. Food
The facebook for Around the Way Dog (Nashville area) reports that Dale Boone was the first to finish their #33 Challenge consisting of 3 pounds of hot dogs and 3 pounds of fries. The website for Paventi's Pizza has also been updated to show that Dale Boone was the first to complete its 32 inch pizza.
Rachel Cooper is in Memphis this evening attempting to become the first woman to complete the 7 pound Kookamonga challenge burger at the Kooky Canuck.
Notorious B.O.B. has posted a review of the 2009 Krystal Square Off finals to humblebob.com. He believes that three unnamed competitors should have been disqualified.
Rob Gale has a gallery of last month's Krystal Square Off finals and JahnaviB has a gallery of the Garlicky Greens contest
The Krystal Square Off VI results post has been updated with Val Bromann's blog entry and other links.
Kobayashi ends 3 year major drought at KSO VI
update #4 Oct 1 Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery
Jamie of Hungry Sisters also has a blog entry
Krystal has a flickr gallery of the contest
AOL has an article
A UTC Echo columnist did not have a positive experience at the finals
update #3 The Hungry Sisters have a contest report about serving as bunnettes and a contest video is available. The Crossvile Chronicle also has a column.
update #2 Bobby DeBarge has a flickr gallery
update The Chattanoogan and Times Free Press have articles and the KSO blog has a contest report
The full results via the eatingcontest twitter & a post-contest twitpic
1 Takeru Kobayashi, 93 points
2 Joey Chestnut 83
3 Pat Bertoletti 78
4 Bob Shoudt 71
5 Sonya Thomas 65
6 Hall Hunt 50
7 Tim Janus 59
8 Erik Denmark 58
9 Tim “Gravy” Brown 52
10 Jim Reeves 50
11 Eric “Badlands” Booker 47
12 Tyler Keys 8
The teleblog of the webcast is available after the jump
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A video of Joey Chestnut's appearance on WDEF this afternoon is available. Joey predicts the winning total will be between 85 and 90. Kobayashi has also posted a blog entry from Chattanooga.
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga student newspaper has an article about the Krystal Square Off.
2 point penalty costs Juliet Lee WC slot
update #5 The KSO blog has the full results
update #4 George Shea has the top 4:
1) Tim Janus 55 points
2) Juliet Lee 49 points (originally had 51 but received 2 point deduction)
3T) Nate Biller 42 points
3T) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 42 points
The two point deduction cost Juliet Lee a wild card slot since Erik Denmark was the only other non-winner to exceed 50 points.
update #3 The top 2 are now posted on the ksquareoff twitter – Tim Janus won with 55, Juliet Lee was second with 49.
update #2 The contest is over but results have not been announced. The KSO twitter reports that there is controversy about Juliet Lee’s result.
update The contest has started.
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
The Krystal Square Off blog has a previews of Saturday's qualifer in Nashville and Sunday's qualifier in Knoxville listing confirmed and possible entrants.
A Krystal eating contest was held on East Tennessee This Morning to promote Sunday's qualifier in Knoxville.
The KSO blog lists the ranked eaters expected for this weekend's qualifiers in Nashville and Knoxville.
The Nashville Scene reports that Crazy Legs Conti will compete in Saturday's Krystal qualifier in Nashville. No other competitors are mentioned.
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