Chron.com has a column mentioning the Kolache contest which says that Joey is expected to compete in it. Sonya, Pat & Tim are also listed as possible entrants.

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(From The Sicilian) This year’s Waffle House waffle eating contest will be held at the Texas State Fair in Dallas on October 7. Registration opens September 4.

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From a Rhonda Evans comment

At 1:00 P.M (C.S.T). on Saturday will be the World Tamale Eating Championship. The total purse is $3,000. “Eater X” will defend his title. Other entrants will include Rich LeFevre (may the tooth be in him), Marco Marquez, Pat Bruss, and Wild Bill Myers.

At 2:00 P.M. on Saturday will be the BBQ Sandwich Eating Championship. The total purse is $5,000. Expected to participate are Joey Chestnutt, Pat Bertoletti, Hall Hunt, Juliet Lee and Arturo Rios.

At 6:00 P.M. on Saturday will be the annual Buffalo Wing Championship from Dunn Tire Park, Buffalo, NY. I’m certain that Chip Simpson, the defending champ from last year will be there, and I would imagine that Sonya Thomas will be there also, since she has been present every year. I would also expect “Humble” Bob to attend if he doesn’t do BBQ Sandwiches. That should be a really good matchup between Chip and Sonya. Both have two or more wins apiece in chicken wings. (Sonya won the event in 2004.) The total purse is $2,550.

The assumption that Chip and Sonya will be in Buffalo is correct according to this press release

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The Star Telegram has an article about an eating contest between 10 people in the all you can eat section of the Texas Rangers ballpark.

Megamunch has a report about his and Carey Poehlmann’s attempt to do the “9 inning challenge” by eating an amount of hot dogs corresponding to the current inning number.

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The Kolache Factory World Kolache Eating Championship will be held in Houston after an Astros game on September 14. The purse will be $10,000 and registration is now open. The cannoli eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro will also be held that day. Registraton for the cannoli contest opens August 24.

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The website for the Big Texan steakhouse now has a webcam pointed at the table reserved for diners who attempt the restaurant’s 72 ounce steak.

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Indiana James competed in the 2 person team vegetarian hot dog eating contest held in Austin, TX Saturday and wrote a blog entry about her experience. She ate 10.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes, a half hot dog more than her male teammate “Honeybun”. Their total of 20.5 hot dogs was good for second place. Fans of picnic style rules will be glad to know that apparently no teams took advantage of the blender.

“In second place, with 20 and a half, we have Honeybun and Indiana!” We smiled, happy that our prides were still in tact. The girl to my left was like, “OMG! I could only eat three!”

What’s cool is that for the rest of the day, I felt like a local celebrity. Everyone kept high fiving me, and asking me how many dogs I choked down. Even after we left, I was recognized. We made a stop over at End of an Ear to pick up the Voxtrot CD for Honeybun, and the clerk was all like “You were that girl from the hot dog contest!”

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VeggieDogContest.com has information about a vegetarian hot dog eating contest to be held in Austin, TX tomorrow. There will be both individual and doubles categories and additional prizes will be awarded for style and good sportsmanship.

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(Thanks Patrick Bertoletti) The Texas Observer blog has an entry about last Saturday’s BerryHill tamale eating contest won by Joey Chestnut with several pictures.

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BerryHill Grill Tamale Eating Contest results from erikdenmark.blogspot.com
Joey Chestnut – 53.5
Pat Bertoletti- 51
Humble Bob Shoudt – 45
Chip Simpson – 39
Erik the Red Denmark – 27
Nathan Biller – 21

For the second time in a week, Joey breaks a record by about 20%

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Chron.com has an article about Houston Cinco de Mayo festivities with a paragraph about the tamale contest:

A professional tamale-eating contest will debut at the Cinco de Mayo festival this year and will be covered by ESPN. Berryhill Baja Grill coordinated the contest with the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Seven of the top 10 competitive eaters will compete to see who can eat the most tamales in 12 minutes, Lopez said. Last year the winner ate 57 tamales in 12 minutes, he said.

No tamale eating contest appears on the ESPN or ESPN2 schedule for this weekend

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(Thanks Chip Simpson) WoodlandsOnline.com has a preview of next weekend’s Berryhill Tamale Eating contest The expected entrants in that article:

Among those already signed to challenge world-champion Chip Simpson of Harrisville, Pa., are Sonya Thomas, the 105-pound, 39-year-old Alexandria, Va., woman who is ranked Number 4 among all world competitive eaters. Returning this year will be Number 3 ranked Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago who consumed a record-shattering 48 3.5-ounce beef tamales in 2006 when he met with a tragic reversal of fortune. His loss made Simpson a winner with his 41 tamales eaten. Number 7 ranked Tim Janus is also returning.

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(From Nathan Biller) A Double Quarter Pounder w/Cheese contest will be held at a College Station, TX McDonald’s on Saturday. The ad for the contest can be viewed after the jump.

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The New Haven independent has an article about the vegan cupcake eating contest in New Haven, CT to promote the release of the cookbook by Little Vegan Monsters. The writer did not stay long enough to did not stay long enough to report who won the finals. Picnic style rules were not required:

And the ground rules were serious. You could eat your cupcake straight, you could dip it in water or soy milk, you could sip water before or after each cupcake. Or you could pour soy milk or water over your cupcake before consumption, which everyone agreed was completely disgusting.

Chron.com reports that Joe Mitchell, 32, from Spring Branch won Saturday night’s big Hot Dog Eating Contest at Sam Houston Race Park by eating 9 1/2 Hebrew National hot dogs in 10 minutes, winning a prize of $95.

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(Thanks Liz K) Pat Michels has a report about the rattlesnake meat eating contest in Sweetwater, Texas. He also has an article about competitive eating from 2003 focusing on Chicago eater Shawn Quaid and his own participation in a cheesesteak eating contest. There are two articles available about Shawn Quaid’s career, one from a 2001 oyster eating sprint and another from a 2003 Frank’s Red Hot wing eating contest.

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(Thanks Liz K) Patrick Michels has some great pictures from contests in Texas and Oklahoma, including last weekend’s rattlesnake meat eating contest, on his home page and flickr gallery.

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The following names appear three or more times in the database of finisher of the 72 ounce steak from the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. The database is incomplete before 1991 and after early 2005.

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There will be oyster eating contests (men on Saturday, women on Sunday) this weekend at the Fulton Texas Oysterfest. The purse for both divisions is $350.

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There is a video from the Queen Mary chili cheese fries contest, along with 4 videos from the haggis undercard on bradisfunky’s youtube page (From ToddTheButlerYeates.blogspot.com)

A well produced 6 minute video from the Bikini Fry contest in Austin, apparently produced by Major League Eating, has been uploaded by brgr53. There are brief interviews of Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus and Chip Simpson.

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The Texas A & M student paper has an article about the Castles brothers, two accounting majors who are aspiring competitive eaters. There are a lot of quotes from Crazy Legs Conti, who says that “Zen & the Art of Competitive Eating” will be released July 30 and that he will reveal the origin of his nickname if he ever beats Kobayashi.

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(From comment by Rich) A gallery of Saturday’s Jalapeno Eating Contest held in Laredo, TX can be viewed at http://www.ourlaredo.net/ldoimages/thumbnails.php?album=233

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Videos by PhlipPhlop6

Contest start
Tim Janus’ introduction

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chron.com reports that the 2007 IFOCE tamale eating contest has been scheduled for May 5 at the Berryhill Baja Grill in Houston.

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chron.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut after he won the french fry eating contest at Bikini’s Bar & Grill:

He’s making a lot of money in prize winnings, appearance fees and frequent-flier miles. But he’s not getting rich, he says. He’s in it for the glory and good times.

“I live in San Jose, and it’s expensive. I’m paying for school. Plus, I like to party a lot. So the money goes pretty fast.”

The University Star also has an article about the contest.

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Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a blog entry about competing in the french fry contest at Bikini’s Bar & Grill. J’aime has a post about viewing that event.

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