Upcoming eating contests
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(All Texas eating challenges and contests in database)
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.
IFOCE.com: Registration for the La Costeña Feel the Heat Jalapeno Eating Championship in San Antonio on May 1 will open today at 3 pm eastern.
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
Buffalo Wings & Rings in New Braunfels, TX will hold a wing eating contest on March 12 awarding $250 to the winner.
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.
A youtube caption reports that Mark Hansen won Saturday's eating contest at the Laredo Jalapeno Festival with a total of 119 peppers. Hansen's amount is about half of the record (266) set by Pat Bertoletti in 2008.
Youtube has a parody of Man vs. Food titled Mavs vs. Food in which Dirk Nowitski appears to attempt a 20 pound cinnamon bun.
MLE May 2011 contests announced
- May 7, Isle Boonville, MO boneless buffalo wings, $4,000 purse, registration opens tomorrow.
- May 14 World Salt Potato Eating Championship, Baldwinsville, NY (Syracuse area) $10,000 purse, registration opens Friday
- May 14 Niko Niko’s Gyro Eating Championship, Houston, TX, $4000 purse, registration opens Friday.
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.
Amarillo.com reports that Erik Ekstrand and Mackan Edlund, stars of Swedish reality television, competed in the team rib eating qualifier at the Big Texan on Tuesday. The pair also appeared on a local television program.
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.)
The Austin Lyric Opera will hold a spaghetti eating contest on January 26 to promote its production of The Italian Girl in Algiers. The winner will receive $100, tickets to the performance, a backstage tour, seats to dress rehearsal, a Cannoli Joe’s gift certificate, and an Italian Trio Prize basket from Twin Liquors.
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.
Pat Michels has a blog entry for the Dallas Observer about the rib eating contest that started yesterday at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas.
Female competitive eaters on Outrageous Food
In a December episode of Outrageous Food Stephanie Torres faced off against four men in an Extreme Grizzly (7 pound) burrito eating contest at Marianito’s in San Antonio. A clip of her segment has been uploaded:
StephVsGrizzly.avi (6MB 2 min)
In last night’s episode, Jessica “Queen of Cuisine” was part of a group of women that attempted to eat a single Dog Pounder burger at Lumpy’s Diner in Antioch, CA (She has finished the burger without help) The results of the team challenge was not televised. Stephanie Wu’s name could also be read on the plaque listing the finishers of the “Initimidator” omelet.
Information about the team rib eating contest to be held at the Big Texan in Amarillo, Texas has been posted on Amarillo.com. Qualifiers will be held on Tuesdays in January and February and the finals will take place on March 8. Teams will have four members and the registration fee is $100. The first prize is $1000 and the runner-up team will receive $400. Amarillo.com has an article about the contest.
Reb Stevenson, travel writer for the Toronto Star, produced an article and video about her attempt at the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan in Amarillo, Texas.
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