Upcoming Seattle eating contests
Seattle eating challenges
(All Seattle eating challenges and contests in database)
Farelli's Wood Fire Pizza will hold five Puget Sound area pizza eating contests in January starting January 5 in Lacey, WA. The contests will award $125 to the winner.
A Seattle-area 5K held a post-race mashed potato eating contest.
Erik "The Red" Denmark has uploaded a video of him finishing the 12 egg omelet at Beth's Cafe in Seattle in under 12 minutes. (via crawfish twitter)
The News Tribune has a blog entry about Tacoma eating challenges. update The News Tribune has an article about Tacoma burger eating challenges.
Erik Denmark has a blog entry with videos about competing in the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest at Bite of Seattle yesterday. The sandwich makers defeated the team of Denmark, Joey Chestnut and Ben Monson 22 sandwiches to 21. update Seattle Weekly has a gallery of the event.
The Stranger has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest today. Joey also did an interview for the Ron and Don Show.
Lily Jang has uploaded a video of Mark Wright losing to Erik "the Red" Denmark in a sandwich eating contest on Fox Q13 to promote Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast Sandwich Making & Eating Contest at Bite of Seattle tomorrow. Denmark will compete on a team with Joey Chestnut and Ben Monson against sandwich-makers. (Lily Jang also defeated Mark Wright in a 5 pound burrito eating contest last year)
Blue C Sushi has a blog entry about the finals of its sushi eating contest. Jack "The Monster" Monserud edged Billy "The Fridge" in overtime.
Masa in Tacoma, WA will hold a 6 pound burrito eating contest on May 5 awarding $500 to the winner.
seattle.craigslist.org: Student documentary project seeks someone to be rival of upcoming female competitive eater
Blue C Sushi in Seattle will hold a sushi eating contest. The finals will award $200 cash and six qualifiers will be held in March.
The BaconSalt twitter reports that Erik "The Red" Denmark ate 130 strips of bacon at his record attempt at the Bacathlon last night.
The Stranger has an interview with Erik "The Red" Denmark on the eve of his bacon eating record attempt at the Heaven nightclub in Seattle.
Seattle Weekly: Erik "The Red" Denmark will attempt to set the world record for bacon eating at the "Bacathalon" in Seattle on November 19.
The Seattle P-I has a blog entry about an attempt at the 12 egg "Southwestern Exposure" Omelet at Beth's Cafe.
Sound on the Sound has a report on Billy "The Fridge" repeating as champion at Top Pot's doughnut eating contest in Seattle.
Seattle Weekly has a preview of tomorrow's Top Pot Doughnut eating contest. Billy "The Fridge" will seek to defend his title facing off against 5 two-person tag teams consisting of a representative from a local record label and a spectator selected from the audience.
The Seattle Times has a list of Puget Sound area restaurants offering big meals including the famous 12 egg omelet at Beth's Cafe.
University of Washington javelin thrower Brooke Tighin claims she eats 7-8000 calories a day, which has enabled her to gain 23 pounds of muscle since starting college.
Burger Challenge news roundup
- The Black Bear Saloon in Milford, CT offers a 12 pound burger with a 5 pound patty – video
- Bull’s on Broadway in Kankakee, IL (suburban Chicago) has an “Imposi-bull burger†5 pound burger challenge that is free if finished in under an hour
- Fattie’s Diner in Damascus, VA has a burger challenge (currently 6 pounds) which grows every time someone finishes it
- A new record was recently set in the 10+ Stack em High challenge offered by Burger Madness in Seattle
The winner of last week's spring roll eating competition, Paul Constant, has a long article about his victory and the training session with Erik Denmark that preceded it.
Q13 Fox Anchorwoman attempts 5 pound burrito
Lily Jang of Q13 Fox in Seattle attempted the 5 pound burrito from Taco Del Mar with a co-worker. Reportedly she finished in 47 minutes
update A video has been posted on q13fox.com
Billy the Fridge is another Seattle resident who completed the challenge
update #2 The Taco Del Mar facebook page has links to reports of 5 pound burrito attempts
Erik Denmark wants to attempt the challenge (he found a location offering the burrito all week)
Erik Denmark has blog entries about the funnel cake, the asparagus and the spring roll contest he attended last night as a spectator. The winner of the spring roll contest, Paul Constant, also has a blog entry.
Billy the Fridge has posted a recap of the donut eating challenge held during his Million Dollar Fantasy Freak Show last week.