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The Star Telegram reports that plans for recording a 10 pound burrito offered by a Fort Worth food truck for an upcoming episode of Outrageous Food have been hindered by a ban on all non-NFL vendors from downtown until the Super Bowl is over.
The Dallas Observer reports that a judge at the Fiery Food Challenge was hospitalized after sampling a hot sauce.
A press release lists several expected entrants in the Wingstop wing eating contest in Dallas February 1: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas & Bob Shoudt.
DallasNews.com has a few details about the Wingstop eating contest. The contest will be 12 minutes long and take place at 6pm central before a Dallas Stars hockey game. Joey Chestnut is expected to compete, no other expected entrants are listed. (Dave Solomon reported he received a slot today.)
Patrick Michels wrote a blog entry for the Dallas Observer about the Wingstop wing eating contest containing a quote from George Shea attributing the discrepancy between total contest purses and claimed total compensation to competitors to endorsements and appearance fees.
The MLE facebook announces that Wingstop will hold a wing eating contest in Dallas on February 1. Registration opens tomorrow and the contest purse is $10,000. update Registration will open at 2pm eastern.
DallasNews reports that Pete MacGillis was the first person to finish the El Jefe Grande 7 pound burger challenge at Kenny's Burger Joint in Frisco, Texas.
Tonight's episode of Meat & Potatoes (10 pm eastern) on the Food Network will feature the 10 pound chicken fried steak meal at the Cowtown Diner in Fort Worth, an 8 pound burrito at Amigo's in Kansas City, and a 5 pound burger from Giant Burger in Springfield, Oregon.
Nate Biller appears on the current cover page of the current Dallas Observer.
7 part Patrick Michels article in the Dallas Observer
In a seven-part article for the Dallas Observer, Patrick Michels uses Nathan Biller’s career as a starting point to explore the history of the IFOCE/MLE and competitive eating in general. While quite thorough, the article does not mention the cancellation of the Krystal Square Off or the admission by Mortimer Matz, Nathan’s promoter in the 1970’s, that the 1916 “origin story” of the Coney Island contest was a fabrication.
The City of Lewisville, TX produced a video about last month's tamale eating contest.
TKolb13 has a video of the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest held at the Texas State Fair on Sunday.
The Texas State Fair twitter has some pictures of yesterday's Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest. The makers defeated a team of Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Nate Biller. update Patrick Michels has a report about the event for the Dallas Observer.
Patrick Michels has a preview of Sunday's Jimmy John's "Makers vs. Eaters" contest which notes that the corny dog eating contest at the fair has been dropped.
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.
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