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Matt Stonie announces that he was the first person to finish the pho challenge at Pho King Way in Fort Worth, TX, which awards a prize of $1,000.
Patrick Michles has an article about Lester Tucker's quest to win pickled quail egg eating contest for the 16th year in a row.
A page on AmericanAirlinesCenter.com lists Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti & Bob Shoudt as expected entrants in the Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship rescheduled for April 13.
Patrick Michels has a report on Wednesday's eating contest sponsored by the Dallas Observer held at Jersey Mike's.
DallasObserver.com reports that the Wingstop wing eating contest cancelled during Super Bowl week has been rescheduled for April 13 before the Dallas Mavericks vs. New Orleans Hornets game. The Dallas Observer is also looking for pariticipants in a Jersey Mike's subs eating contest on March 23. update registration will open tomorrow at 1 pm
The Heart Attack Grill website announces the restaurant will be opening a Dallas location on June 1. (via D Magazine)
Patrick Michels has a report and slideshow on the vegan pancake eating contest held at the Spiral Diner in Dallas.
Youtube has a parody of Man vs. Food titled Mavs vs. Food in which Dirk Nowitski appears to attempt a 20 pound cinnamon bun.
Tonight’s Dallas Wingstop wing contest postponed
The Dallas Observer reports that a spokesperson for Wingstop says that the fate of tonight’s eating contest has not been decided yet. (Joey Chestnut is already in Dallas and appeared on local news yesterday)
update 1:30 pm The MLE facebook announces the contest has been postponed (no makeup date is listed)
Competitors and spectators traveling to the Wingstop wing eating contest should bring their winter clothes. A winter storm is predicted for the south central and north east united states next week. Weather.com predicts the Dallas weather on Tuesday will be a wintry mix (chance of precipitation 80%) with a high of 43 and a low of 19.
Some of the competitors in the Wingstop wing eating contest in Dallas on Tuesday have been announced: Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Pat Bertoletti, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Erik Denmark, Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Biller, David Solomon, Bryan Beard, Sean Brockert, Gary Klucken, Bam Martinez, Shawn Heiser.
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.
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