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The MLE facebook announces that Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Nate Biller will compete against a team of Jimmy John's sandwich makers at the Texas State Fair on Sunday.
Tim Janus wins 2010 Lewisville tamale contest
update 11:58 NBCDFW has an article and video about the contest.
update 3:32 Byran Beard has the top 6
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 59 tamales
2) Sonya Thomas 56
3) Adrian Morgan 36
4) Erik Denmark 33
5) Nate Biller 32.5
6) Kevin Ross 31
3:20 The contest has started
The MLE facebook lists some expected entrants in the Lewisville, TX tamale eating contest: Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Erik Denmark, Bryan Beard, Kevin Ross, Adrian Morgan, Nick Bauer, Kobi Bauer, Gary Klucken, Donovan Busta & Aaron Ostoff, fourth place finisher in last week's bratwurst contest. update The Dallas Observer reports that Nate Biller will also compete.
The eating contest twitter announces that defending champion Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Erik Denmark, Nate Biller, Adrian Morgan and Bryan Beard are expected to compete in the tamale contest in Lewisville, Texas on September 25. NeighborsGo.com has an interview with Tim Janus.
NBCDFW.com lists several expected entrants in the September 25 World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewsiville, TX including Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus and Erik Denmark.
PegasusNews reports that the Dallas Jimmy John's Sandwich Makers Challenge will take place at the Texas State Fair on October 3.
Registration for the September 25 6th Annual World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX will open tomorrow at noon eastern.
The Dallas Observer reports that Russo's NY Coal-Fired Pizzeria in Richardson, TX will have a 28 inch pizza eating contest on July 29 that will award $500 to the winner. The entry fee is $50.
Kenny's Burger Joint sent out free 7 pound "El Jefe" burgers to D Magazine, Dallas News and Pegasus News and received coverage from all three outlets.
Sean Gordon wins Winstar Casino qualifier
update June 14 Patrick Michels has a contest report for the Dallas Observer.
Adrian Morgan has a gallery.
update 3:00 The eating contest twitter has the top 4:
1) Sean Gordon 23.5
2) Crazy Legs Conti 23
3) Adrian Morgan 20.5
4) Nate Biller 14.5
update 2:50 Sean Gordon is the winner with 23.5 HDB
update 2:40 The qualifier is over, but results have yet to be announced.
update 2:20 The contest has yet to start. It looks like the WinStarWorld twitter will have real time updates.
The qualifier should start at 2 pm eastern, according to the Adrian Against facebook.
Patrick Michels interviewed Crazy Legs Conti about his participation in the Thackerville, Oklahoma Nathan's qualifier on Sunday.
Pho King Way will award $1000 to a customer that can finish its 6 dish challenge in under one hour. The restaurant has 3 Texas locations (2 DFW), 2 Southern California sites and an Albuquerque location.
Adrian Morgan says he will compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Patrick Michels did an interview with Crazy Legs Conti about his participation in the contest.
A commercial for the June 11 contest at the Chicago Ribfest starring Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown is available. The City of Lewisville, Texas has also produced a video to promote the tamale contest in September.
Patrick Michels has a blog entry about the kolache eating contests held at the National Polka Festival in Ennis, Texas on Saturday.
Patrick Michels wrote a blog entry for the Dallas Observer about his victory in a stuffed jalapeno eating contest at the Margarita Ranch.
IFOCE.com announces that registration opens today at 3pm for a new June 13 Nathan's qualifier at WinStar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma (about 75 miles north of Dallas/Fort Worth). There is also information about the two qualifiers for military personnel at Fort Bragg and Naval Air Station Oceana. (It does not say if the 20 hot dog minimum will be in effect for the military qualifiers)
The Dallas Observer has an interview with Patrick Michels about his second-place finish (behind Tersa Fullen) in a Cinco de Mayo queso eating contest.
Patrick Michels reports that Teresa won a Cinco de Mayo queso contest at Mattito's in Dallas by eating 2.8 pounds of cheese in 5 minutes, defeating him by one ounce. update NBCDFW has an article and video
Patrick Michels has a blog entry and gallery about the team oyster eating contest held at the Fish City Grill in Dallas.
Thrillist has a blog entry about the challenge offered by the Cowtown Diner in Fort Worth which consists of 64 oz. of chicken fried steak, 6 pounds of mashed potatoes and 10 slices of Texas toast.
Fort Worth diner starts 10+ lb. chicken fried steak challenge
Star Telegram reports that the Cowtown Diner in Fort Worth has started a chicken fried steak challenge consisting of 4 pounds of meat, 6 pounds of potatos and 10 slices of Texas toast. The meal is estimated to have 10,000 calories and is free to anyone who can finish it.
An 8 pound chicken fried steak challenge (with 4.5 pounds of meat) in Spokane had 850 unsuccessful attempts before 125 pound Mandy Brown completed it in 1992.
Guidelive: Adam Richman Dallas show cancelled
Guidelive reports that Adam Richman’s appearance in Dallas tonight has been cancelled. The House of Blues home page does not mention the cancellation, but the event is no longer listed on the calendar. A Houston appearance that was to have taken place tomorrow was previously cancelled.
update LiveNation lists the cancellation of all 4 Adam Richman appareances this month. The December 15 Anaheim show has been postponed to an unlisted date.
(from Liz K) WFAA has a video of Pat Michels, who has written several competitive eating articles for the Dallas Observer, winning a hot wing eating contest at Plucker's televised on Good Morning Texas.
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