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(All Texas eating challenges and contests in database)
Patrick Vandam wins Lewisville tamales
update The Dallas News has an article about the contest (from City of Lewisville)
A press release posted to the comments has the results from today’s tamale contest in Lewisville, TX. Patrick Vandam won his first non-qualifier contest by eating 44 tamales.
44 Patrick Vandam, Eagan, Minn., $1500
41 Tim Brown, Chicago, Ill. $1000
34.5 Eric “the Red†Denmark, Seattle, Wash., $500
34 Nate Biller, Briarwood, NY, $250
25.5 Kevin Ross, Temecula, Calif., $150
24 Bill Myers, Breinigsville, Penn., $100
23.5 Brent Ricord, Keller, Texas
20 Charles Johnson, Abilene, Texas
19 Frank Wach, Chicago, Ill.
18.5 Nic Fry, Grant Bend, Kan.
15.5 Jim Clawson, Addison, Texas
10.5 David Cagle, Houston, Texas
10.5 Patrick Owen, Corinth, Texas
5 Trey Beauregard, Moore, Okla.
5 David Marston, Frisco, Texas
No Houston Astros game tomorrow
MLB.com has announced that the Houston Astros baseball game tomorrow has been postponed due to hurricane Ike with the makeup date undetermined, so the kolache contest cannot be held in conjunction with that event.
Houston kolaches expected entrants
Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle has a preview of Friday’s kolache eating contest. The expected entrants are Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Hall Hunt, Crazy Legs Conti, Erik Denmark and Sean “The Cablinasian” Pendergast.
Gulf coast contests in jeopardy due to Ike?
An anonymous comment claims that the kolache eating contest at the Houston Astros game Friday night and the grits eating contest in Louisiana on Saturday will be cancelled due to hurricane Ike. No official decision appears to have been announced, but the Houston Astros website does report that the Astros game on Friday will be played at 1:05 pm if it appears that Ike will threaten Houston.
Link Buffet: September 10, 2008
- Hall Hunt also plans to do 3 contests this weekend
- Report on first Philadelphia Eagles ice cream contest qualifier
- Don Gorske, who makes a cameo in Supersize Me, has eaten 23,000 Big Macs over the past 36 years
- San Francisco oyster shucking and eating contest October 7
- Pittsburg, TX hot link eating contest, purse is $300
- University of Ohio burrito eating contest September 26
- Burger eating contest to teach about spiritual hunger
Dickey’s BBQ San Antonio results thread
Please place results and any other information about the Dickey’s pulled pork BBQ qualifier held in San Antonio on Saturday. It appears as if this contest took place under a media blackout.
update Results have been posted. Bob “Killer” Kuhns won with 13.5 sandwiches
Big Texan 72 ounce steak book
Route 66 News reports that a book titled “Story of the Free 72-oz. Steak†about the Big Texan Steak Ranch’s signature meal has been published. The book contains a list of a challenge finishers since 1990. (Records before that year have been lost)
The book is available through mail order.
BBC on the Big Texan
The BBC’s website has an article about the 72 ounce steak challenge served at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas:
Americans, of course, are not completely insensitive to those global challenges, and they are not entirely immune to the effects of them either. But it certainly doesn’t look as though the appeal of the steak challenge is flagging. This year has been one of endless bad news for the American economy but the challenge is more popular now than it was last year.
The American appetite for escapism, here at least, outweighs any moral squeamishness people might feel at this grotesque, but compelling, display of excess.
Joey Chestnut beer drinking contest video
A video of a beer drinking contest beteween Joey Chestnut and Dewey has been posted to yardbarker.com. The winner finishes his pitcher of beer in under 10 seconds.
update In other Joey Chestnut video news, Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis noted that Joey Chestnut winning the bikini fries contest in Austin last year was the #2 video on youtube yesterday. It currently has almost 250,000 views. I have not been able to find cause for the traffic surge.
Amarillo.com on Joey Chestnut’s Big Texan record
Amarillo.com has a column about Joey Chestnut breaking the 21 year old record for eating the Big Texan’s 72 ounce steak meal in March. The steakhouse has no plans to start a televised contest despite the fame of its eating challenge.
Houston kolache & Maine burrito contests return
(From crawfish comment) The Houston Kolache Factory World Kolache Eating Championship has been added to the IFOCE calendar for Friday, September 12 (same as the NYC cannoli contest) and its purse will be $10,000. Registration opens today at 1 pm eastern.
The Costa Vida World Burrito Eating Championship has also been added to the calendar and it will take place September 20 in South Portland, Maine. Registration opens August 6 at noon eastern.
2008 Lewisville tamale contest Sept 27
Pegasus News reports that the IFOCE tamale contest will return to the Lewisville, Texas Western Day festival on September 27, the same weekend as the Krystal Square Off finals. The first prize will be $1,500.
Pat Bertoletti Waffle House documentary
Jynx productions has uploaded a video to youtube about Pat Bertoletti’s victory in the 2007 Waffle House waffle eating contest at the Texas State Fair. Bertoletti wears a Steakbellie t-shirt during his training session at a Waffle House the day before the contest.
Dallas jalapeno contest July 13, $500 prize
WFAA.com reports that the next stop in the La Costeña Feel the Heat Jalapeño Eating Challenge Tour will be in Dallas Sunday at the Taste of Dallas food festival. The contest will be one minute and award $500 to the winner.
Link Buffet: July 1, 2008
- “Humble” Bob article in Philly.com in which he says that Krystal Square Off V is his priority for 2008
- Beet eating contest in “The Office Games” in Scranton, PA July 19
- Micah “Wing Kong” Collins on his second place finish at QVC
- Blog entry about winner of Austin veggie dog contest
- Bodybuilding.com water drinking contest final results
- Bristol, RI hot dog contest
- Radio bacon eating contest between Paul Barlow and Bubba Yarbrough July 2 (details from Super Paul after the jump)
Austin veggie dog gallery and results
Austinist has a gallery of the vegetarian hot dog eating contest held last Saturday. Contest results can be obtained by combining the gallery captions with this blog entry by the runner-up.
1. Spencer “Tree” Lockwood 21 VHDB, 12 minutes
2. Colin “Tim Duncan of CE” Kalmbacher 20 VHDB
3. Sean “Mongo” Kelly
Nate Biller wins Plano qualifer in OT
Results from IFOCE.com & “results”
1. “Nasty” Nate Biller 25 HDB (20 at end of regulation, 5 in 2 minute eatoff)
2. Kevin Ross 24 (20 at end of regulation, 4 in 2 minute eatoff)
3. Ken Mansfield 18 (from Florida)
4. Timm Dilling 15
4. Chris Floyd 15
update TexasStumps has a blog entry about the contest with pictures.
DallasNews.com has an article about the qualifier with a video
update #2 The blog for the Dallas Observer has an entry about the qualifier with videos which reports that Kevin Ross had a post contest reversal. (from Daniel Rodrigue)
WFAA has an article about the contest
Youtube also has a video
update #3 D Magazine’s Sidedish blog has an entry about the contest
Link Buffet: June 21, 2008
- Dallas Observer interviews Timm Dilling and veterinarian Jim Clawson
- Next UEPa meeting scheduled for R U Hungry? at State College, PA July 12 or 13
- Captain Lou Albano vs. King Kong Bundy pie eating contest from 1985 WWE Halloween Special
- Sales video for Don Lerman’s dentures
- Pat Bertoletti videos on Yardbarker: post Wing Bowl drinking with Steakbellie, Promo for Spike TV Ham & Eggs contest
- Beautiful Brian on Scozzy Bone
- Brooklyn Stinky Cheese eating contest preview
- Egg McMuffin eating contest for Bank of America interns. Megamunch’s office probably has better eaters:
It took the “winner” FIFTY MINUTES to eat FOUR NON-EGG McMuffins. Pretty much makes you want to vom, doesn’t it? You’re in good company, because according to one of the overseers of the event, the “winner” just asked if he could go throw up. He was told that he loses if he does. Meaning that the other intern who ATE THREE McMUFFINS AND THEN GAVE UP would be declared the winner.
Dallas Observer interviews Nathan Biller
The Dallas Observer continues its series about entrants in the Plano, TX Nathan’s qualifier with an interview with “Nasty” Nathan Biller, who is getting a master’s degree in sports business at New York University.
update The Fort Worth Star Telegram has a short preview. Walter Duke is one of the expected entrants
Link Buffet: June 19, 2008
- Parody about Kobayashi and Badlands Booker using their stomach capacity to smuggle heroin
- Pat Philbin’s head is the subject of a bodybuilding.com thread (Picture on the right is the picture originally in the thread)
- Yardbarker blog entry about Pat Bertoletti’s appearance on “The Early Show”
- Spectator report of Mattituck strawberry shortcake contest and Booker’s & BB’s musical performances.
- Blog entry by Dallas qualifier entrant Chris Floyd
- Megamunch’s report on his office “Six Pack Challenge”
- Videos of the Denver hot dog qualifier
- Paul Barlow to do on-air hot dog contest on Star 94 on Friday about 8AM
Dallas qualifier expected entrants
The blog for the Dallas Observer has an interview with Marc Laureys, who says he hopes to reach the mid 20s in the Nathan’s qualifier in Plano, TX. The entry also says that the #29 (Kevin Ross) and #30 (Nate Biller) ranked IFOCE members are expected.
Bryan “The Chazzer” Lipchitz interview
The Dallas Observer is starting a series of blog entries about local entrants in Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Plano, TX with an interview of Bryan “The Chazzer” Lipchitz whose nickname is based on the Yiddish word for pig.
Link Buffet: June 17, 2008
- Interview with Jill Stoler in CheapAssFood.com
- Logo made for “Furious” Pete
- Regrets email from Crazy Legs Conti
- Austin, TX Veggie Dog contest Saturday
- French supermarket chain Carrefour sponsors eating contest for Thai children
One lb. burger contest in “Krista’s Sports Challenge”
(From The Big Lead) Yahoo’s hockey blog, Puck Daddy, has an interview with Krista Lander about her preparations for competing against two members of the Odessa Jackalopes minor league hockey team in Fuddrucker’s one pound burger challenge. Ms. Lander is the sports anchor for CBS 7 and the contest will be a part of “Krista’s Sports Challenge” segments in which she competes against local athletes in various activities. The contest is expected to be televised on Thursday.
Skateboarders attempt Big Texan steak
The blog for the Team Emerica skateboarding team reports that several team members attempted the Big Texan 72 ounce steak challenge last night. Danger Ehren from the MTV show Jackass also tried to win a free meal.
Skinnyboy caught the webcast of their attempt last night and has some video captures. He thinks the mohawked diner looks like Pat Bertoletti, but apparently does not eat like him.
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