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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from IFOCE.com:

update #2 Full results have been posted – Thanks Bill Myers

update Patrick Michels has posted a flickr gallery of the contest Some of the competitors (not necessarily women) wore bikini tops:

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From an El Toro email:

Subject: Kevin Ross just called me from Houston

1) JOEY 2) TIM 3) CHIP he wasn’t sure about the rest of the totals.

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Austin360.com has a preview of the french fry eating contest to be held at Bikini’s Bar and Grill. Sonya Thomas is listed as a possible competitor.

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The IFOCE Bikini String Fry preview lists the following expected entrants: Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Chip Simpson, Seaver Miller, David Braunstein, Crazy Legs Conti & Larry McNeil

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(Thanks Skinnyboy) Andrew “Skinnyboy” has a blog entry about the Denver Wing Bowl held January 13.

The Dallas Wing Championship Series Finals will take place sometime in the near future. (The second round contest that was supposed to be held last weekend was cancelled due to weather) Last year’s contest had a preliminary contest between teams from Hooters and ESPN Gameday. Here are some pictures from that event:

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Insite Austin has a preview of the french fry contest to be held at Bikini’s Bar and Grill on January 27. The article is not available in HTML form, but can be viewed in the pdf for the current issue or in this screen capture. 6 of the top 10 IFOCE members, including Joey Chestnut, Tim “Eater X” Janus, “Humble” Bob Shoudt and Chip Simpson, are expected according to the article. Bikini clad waitresses will be present at the contest.

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statesman.com has an article about the 8 lb. Big Kahuna Burger from Pancho and Lefty’s in Hare (suburban Austin) TX. The current award for finishing the burger in under three hours is $500. No eater has ever completed it. The article mentions Kate Stelnick’s reported completion of the 11 pound 96er and the skepticism it has engendered in the competitive eating community.

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A video clip of the 2006 jalapeno contest at the Texas State Fair, won by Rich LeFevre, is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuT1P4sCphE Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Erik Denmark also appear. Rich and Carlene LeFevre are interviewed. All the eaters wear different shirts due to the cancellation of GoldenPalace.net’s sponsorship, which is a surprising sight at an IFOCE contest.

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(From Liz K) A bikini string french fry eating contest at Bikini’s Bar & Grill has been added to the IFOCE schedule on January 27, 2007. The total purse is $2000.

The press release on the restaurant’s website lists Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Tim Janus as the expected out of towners. (I am not sure if this means that Sonya has reconciled with IFOCE or if they added her as an entrant without consulting her. )

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Dec 1, MegaMunch 20 taco challenge, Harrisburg, PA, $5 (and cost of 20 tacos) entrance fee
Dec 2 Pizza eating contest, Home Slice Pizza, Austin TX, 30 minutes, prize is pizza for a year
Dec 8 Hard Boiled Egg Eating contest, The Locker, Marietta, OH, 1st prize is $100

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Las Palapas 25th anniversary Macho Burrito contest results from Dan Calderón:

10 hungry hopefuls scarfed down two of Las Palapas’ famed Macho Burritos. The three fastest times were rewarded with checks for $1,000, $500 and $250.

Chris Flores, a 32-year-old San Antonio resident who lives near Helotes, won the top prize of $1,000 and set a new record by finishing his Macho Burritos in 68 seconds. Flores said it was his first eating contest.

Adolph Perez, a 19-year-old Converse resident who played right guard for the Judson High School football team last season, took the $500 second place prize. Perez, who is studying radiology at St. Philip’s College, took 1 minute, 15 seconds to finish the two one-pound burritos.

The $250 third-place prize went to San Antonio’s John Smavely, a 19-year-old construction worker with Handy Solutions. Smavely also was entering his first eating contest.

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Natsuko Sone is not the only petite Asian “Gal” attempting huge meals. Youtube has a clip of 5’0″ 95 lb. Chinese-Australian Lynette Chiang battling the 72 ounce steak challenge at the Big Texan Steak Ranch while on a Route 66 bicycling tour. She wrote a blog entry about her meal which says that diners ordering the steak must sign a contract saying they will not split the steak inside the restaurant.

There is additional information about her trip, including a DVD documetary for sale, at http://www.galfromdownunder.com/route66 The video clip can be downloaded directly from that website and there is a gallery (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3) of her meal. One of the picture’s captions says a waitress claimed a 110 pound woman ate the steak last week.

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from IFOCE.com: Rich LeFevre won the jalapeno eating contest at the Texas State Fair, beating Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Erik “the Red” Denmark. No other places were given. The Locust’s total was given as 247 peppers, more than Pat Bertoletti ate in a contest (177) almost twice as long in New Mexico.

updatedResults from SonyaTheBlackWidow.com & dfw.com:
1. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre: 247 Peppers
2. Sonya Thomas 239 (1st try at jalapenos)
3. Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti: 226
4. Erik “The Red” Denmark 108
? Allen Earl Jones 90

Rich LeFevre has won a Texas State Fair contest in the past 4 years. He won the corny dog contest 2003-5.

update #2 dfw.com has an article about the contest

update #3 dallasnews.com has an article and blog entry about the contest. The blog says that Sonya did not immediately accept the result and waited for a recount to be completed.

update #4 AP has an article which has received wide distribution

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