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Houston “Big Brownie” contest Saturday, $500 purse
The Houston Chronicle reports that Sam Houston Race Park will hold a brownie eating contest during their telecast of the Belmont races on Saturday in honor of Big Brown’s attempt at a Triple Crown. The contest purse is listed at $500.
Female chess grandmaster dines at the Big Texan
(From BaseballThinkFactory) Susan Polgar, the first woman to obtain the rating of chess grandmaster in regular competition, recently dined at the Big Texan and wrote about that restaurant’s signature meal. According to the blog entry, Joey Chestnut was not the first Nathan’s champion to attempt the challenge:
Former Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Frank Pastore did it in a record time of 9 ½ minutes, and held that record for 21 years until Joey Chestnut took the title on March 24, 2008 with a time of 8 minutes and 52 seconds. Another famous person who tried this was Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time hot dog-eating world champion.
It is not clear from the blog entry if Ms. Polgar attempted the 72 ounce steak. She is currently the chess coach at Texas Tech so it was not that long a trip for her. (Picture is from chessphotography)
Link Buffet: May 26, 2008
- Article and gallery of crawfish eating contest at the Mudbug Festival in Shreveport, LA
- Report about Niko Niko’s gyro eating contest in Houston
- Pat Bertoletti’s May 16 appearance on the Steve Dahl show is praised
- Man with Mohawk wins shoo fly pie eating contest held on Amish Night at Wilmington, DE minor league game
- http://swallowyourpridemovie.com/ appears defunct
- Geeling Ng, who co-starred in David Bowie’s “China Girl” video, competes in oyster eating contest in New Zealand
Pat snaps Joey’s winning streak in Houston
Results from today’s gyro contest in Houston from IFOCE.com
1. Pat Bertoletti, 12 gyros in 10 minutes, $2000
2. Joey Chestnut, 11 gyros, $1000
3. “Humble” Bob Shoudt 9.5 gyros, $700
4. Nathan Biller 6 gyros, $300
This ends Joey Chestnut’s winning streak at 6 contests (in which he defeated Pat Bertoletti 5 times)
update HoustonPress has a slideshow of the contest (from Liz)
update #2 The Blot Says has a contest report with some pictures
A youtube video is also available.
Link Buffet: May 14, 2008
- Minnesota qualifier ABC News video
- Apparently no one was able to register for the Dallas Nathan’s qualifier after the food blog for D Magazine announced the contest (Nathan Biller and Jason Erb did get in)
- Video of “Furious” Pete eating 8 McD’s double cheeseburgers in 2.5 minutes for bodybuilding.com contest (thread #1, thread #2)
- Some pictures from last year’s Nathan’s finals on mosesnews
- 10 woman team attempts 15 pound Denny’s Beer Barrel Belly Buster
- Megamunch’s office cereal contest
- Mike Fitzgerald, the Apple Valley, MN 3rd place finisher, won last years amateur Sheboygan bratwurst contest
- Blog entry about Amos Wengler, the “Coney Island Songwriter”
- Wing Tut’s 5k race report
- Kobayashi leaves Japan for a while
- Cruise for Takuya Yamamoto and fans (Yama3’s event report)
- Blogger will vote for presidential candidate who will ban competitive eating
Big Texan 72 ounce steak reports
Local news video broadcast March 24 on KAMR about Joey Chestnut breaking the Big Texan’s 72 ounce steak record has been posted to youtube.
Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a blog entry and gallery about his attempt at the Big Texan.
Skinnyboy to attempt Big Texan steak today
Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane announces in his blog that he will attempt the Big Texan’s 72 ounce steak at approximately 4:30 pm eastern, which can be viewed on the restaurant’s webcam.
update Skinnyboy reports that he had about 7 ounces of steak remaining along with the potato when an hour elapsed.
SykoBozo in the Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle has an article about David “SykoBOZO” Cagle’s preparation for the May 17 gyro eating contest. Pat Bertoletti, Tim Janus, Bob Shoudt and Erik Denmark are listed as other expected entrants. The contest is negotiating with Joey Chestnut to have him compete.
IFOCE Houston gyro contest May 17
(from Hangman comment) An IFOCE gyro eating contest sponsored by Niko Niko’s Greek American Restaurant will take place at the Festival of Greece in Houston, TX on May 17. The purse is $4000 and registration opens on Monday April 28 at noon eastern.
Results from Broadway at the Beach have yet to be posted on IFOCE.com. Beautiful Brian speculates that the lack of coverage could be due to dissatisfaction with Badlands Booker’s comeback.
Southwestern contests w/ $500 purses
Flancer’s Cafe in Gilbert, Arizona is hosting a pizza eating contest April 20 that will award $500 to the winner. The contest entry fee is $30.
Delicious Tamales in San Antonio is holding a tamale eating contest on April 26. The competition will have separate divisions for men and women and each contest will award $250 to the winner. The registration deadline is April 18.
Joey Chestnut at Big Texan video
(From anonymous comment) A youtube video of Joey Chestnut setting the Big Texan 72 ounce steak record is available. The video appears to be taken from the Big Texan webcam and lacks audio.
update The 72 ounce steak videos from Joey Chestnut and “Furious” Pete are embedded after the jump
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Joey Chestnut sets Big Texan 72 oz. record
Frank Pastore, former Cincinnati Reds pitcher and current radio talk show host, reports in his blog that Joey Chestnut broke his record for the Big Texan’s 72 ounce steak and side items. Chestnut’s mark was 8 minutes and 52 seconds, breaking Pastore’s 21 year old record of 9 and a half minutes.
update A podcast of Frank Pastore’s appearance on the Hugh Hewitt show is available. Pastore’s segment starts around the 18:50 mark.
Houston matzoh ball contest reports
Pat Bertoletti has written a blog entry about his trip to Houston for the matzoh ball eating contest at Kenny & Ziggy’s Deli. He believes he was leading Joey Chestnut until about the five or six minute mark. The report closes with Pat’s thoughts on his current status in the IFOCE:
3 years on the circuit have driven me to reflection. Throught this reflection I have realized that eating is tier based. You start on a natural talent tier and as time, contest experience, and training sets in you have a break through. You then plateau and level off as your body gets used to its new capacity. I have gone through these and am on a plateau. I am trying to get over the hump as we speak. It’s one giant hurtle to overcome. To beat joey and kobey in nathans or krystal is no walk in the park. I don’t know if it’s possible for my body to hold 70 nathans but I am going to damn well try to hit that number on the 4th. One can only play 2nd fiddle for so long before he gets the itch and wants to be the lead. But, there is something to be said when you’re number 2. Motivation comes easier when you know that ever contest you need to up your game and compete on the top level.
The Jewish Daily Forward also has an article about the contest.
Link Buffet: March 10, 2008
- SyKoBOZO emails that he won the men’s contest at the Fulton Oysterfest by 181 oysters in 5 minutes
- Boston.com report on the March 1 bacon eating contest at the Atwood Tavern – apparent runner up was female
- The Houston Chronicle reports the matzoh ball eating contest will be made an annual event
- SignOnSanDiego.com has a profile of Jason Tagle, who received a trip to Hawaii after winning a corned beef musubi contest. Tagle competed in the Knott’s Berry Farm PB & J sandwich eating contest and ate 11 sandwiches.
- BeautifulBrian.com has reruns of the Crazy Legs Conti and Kevin Lipsitz shows
- Domenico Alesi calls for more local competitive eating groups
- Kobayashi has a tribute to Kaz Arai, the 2000 Nathan’s champion
- Sonya Thomas praises Juliet Lee and mentions “Stick to Blogging”
Houston Matzoh Ball report
The Jewish Herald Voice has a report on Sunday’s matzoh ball eating contest held at Kenny’s & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen in Houston. Hopefully the event did not produce a loss for the Marvin Zindler Fund for Pancreatic Cancer Research; only four non-professionals (who contributed at least $250) competed. The contest had a representative from a CPA firm counting each competitor’s total.
Link Buffet: March 7, 2008
- Another video of Kenny & Ziggy’s Matzoh Ball Eating contest
- Video from the 2003 matzoh ball eating contest held at Ben’s Deli
- Acme Oyster contest returning in 2008?
- Commenter reports that winner of Des Moines bacon eating contest, Manni, is a gym owner
- Benefit Saturday to preserve Coney Island as an amusement district
- Hall Hunt has a report on his appearance at the Rays Fan Festival
- Collegiate Nationals eating contest mentioned in USA Today
Erik Denmark’s Laredo jalapeno report
Erik Denmark has posted a blog entry and gallery from the February 23 jalapeno eating contest in Laredo, Texas.
Matzoh ball results from SyKoBOZO & Dr. Big Time
Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen, Houston, TX, 8 minutes
1. Joey Chestnut – 78
2. Patrick Bertoletti – 76
3. Juris “Dr. Big Time” Shibayama – 40
4. Nathan Biller – 30
? Rubik – 14
? Elizabeth – 9
Juris Shibayama reports that the balls were about racquet ball sized in a small amount of broth and were cooked, but cold. He also says that Joey donated $500 (1/2 of his cash prize) to the MD Anderson Cancer Center and he donated $250. Patrick Bertoletti also donated an unknown amount.
update
Galleries: llamarama, smugmug (has a lot of pictures of Elizabeth)
Contest video
Joey, Pat, Chip, Dr. Big Time at Houston Matzoh Balls
The Houston Chronicle has a preview of Sunday’s World Championship Matzoh Ball Eating Contest. The contest will probably have the best field since the Krystal Square Off finals despite a relatively modest purse of $1,500. Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti are expected along with Chip Simpson, Juris “Dr. Big Time” Shibayama and Dave “SykoBozo” Cagle. Nathan Biller has also said he will compete.
Link Buffet: February 25, 2008
Beautiful Brian has a commentary on Chestnut vs. MLE and a CD update
Hall Hunt does eating contest at Rays Fan Festival and eats 13 hot dogs in undisclosed time (Kobayashi attended last year’s Rays Fan Festival)
Picture of Kobayashi before 2007 Nathan’s finals, used on wikipedia page
Frank Pastore mentions the breaking of the 72 oz steak record on his blog (from supersizedmeals comment)
Picture of 37 inch pizza from Big Lou’s Pizza in San Antonio
Dude a Palooza has male oriented events including eating contests
Liz K buys a house (gallery)
Laredo Morning Times on jalapeno contest
The Laredo Morning Times has an article about last night’s jalapeno contest. The top 3:
1. Pat Bertoletti, 266 peppers, 15 minutes, new contest record
2. Sonya Thomas, 170 peppers
3. Erik Denmark, 147 peppers
The previous record was 141 in 15 minutes, set in 1991 by Braulio Martinez
The article reports that competitors were banned from drinking beers during the contest, but Pat Bertoletti drank a beer in “about a second” after he was announced as the winner.
Erik the Red has a blog entry about his contest participation and made the cover of the Laredo Times entertainment section.
Sonya has a contest report on her news page.
The IFOCE contest report does not mention Sonya by name; the runner up is listed as “Major League Eating’s top female eater”.
IFOCE’s press release to promote the contest called for a jalapeno eating contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to decide the Democratic nomination.
Laredo Jalapeno expected entrants
On her News & Notes page, Sonya Thomas announces that she will compete in Saturday’s Jalapeno eating contets in Laredo, TX.
It appears that Pat Bertoletti and Erik Denmark will also compete in that event based on a comment in Pat’s myspace blog.
Joey Chestnut will probably not attend, since he has been saying that his next contest is the Houston matzo ball contest.
This will be the first matchup of between members of the IFOCE top 10 since the Krystal Square Off.
Houston Chronicle matzo ball preview
The Houston Chronicle has a preview of the matzo ball eating contest that will be held March 2 at Kenny & Ziggy’s Deli. The restaurant’s web site also has a page about the contest.
Houston matzoh ball contest information
The Matzo ball contest at Kenny and Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen in Houston is now listed on the IFOCE schedule for March 2. The contest purse is $1500 and registration opens February 6. Unlike the contest listing on my-table.com, the IFOCE contest page does not mention a minimum $250 donation for entrance into the contest.
Link Buffet: February 3, 2008
Chron.com on Houston matzo ball soup contest
Ansonia, CT paczki contest Tuesday – GJoe is expected
List of top 10 eating contests – The Wing Bowl is not listed
Des Moines bacon festival with bacon eating contest
Las Cruces, NM 6 pound burger challenge
Canadian 2.5 pound burger contest – via AICE news
Leeds rugby team has burger eating contest at Florida training camp
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