Upcoming Green Bay eating contests
Green Bay eating challenges
(All Green Bay eating challenges and contests in database)
The 93 ounce Gravedigger burger at Champions Sports Bar & Grill will be the challenge for Wednesday's episode of Man vs. Food: Nation featuring Green Bay, WI restaurants. The burger was originally called the Gilbert Brown burger, who wore 93 for the Green Bay Packers. Two students from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will attempt the challenge.
The Stevens Point Journal has an article about the two successful attempts at Polito's Monster Pizza Challenge last week by teams consisting of Clay Luttrell & Juan Rodriguez and Eric Dahl and Randy Santel.
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez announces that he and Clay "Lunch Pail" Lutrell were the first pair to finish the 12 pound Monster pizza challenge at Polito's pizza in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (via Clay Lutrell email) update Aug 11 A facebook gallery has been posted.
Andrew Kogutkiewicz won a contest at the Sheboyan Brat Days festival by eating 14 sausages in 10 minutes.
Qdobas in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh will hold burrito eating contests on February 5. The times from the two contests will be compared and the overall winner will receive a flat screen TV.
Legend Larry's will be holding a series of qualifiers for its wing eating championship throughout Wisconsin. Finals will take place on February 29, 2011.
BuffaloBills.com announces that a 40 ounce steak eating contest between Bills fans and Green Bay Packer supporters will take place tomorrow at Prime Quarter in Green Bay.
SheboyganPress.com has a report on Legend Larry's Wing Eating Championship held in Sheboygan yesterday. Scott Seal won after Justin Francken had a reversal at the end of the contest after out-eating the rest of the competitors by more than a pound.
The facebook for Branson's BBQ in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin reports that Casey Davis was the first person to complete its seven pound sandwich challenge. (from Dan Frank email)
Mike Fitzgerald won his third straight victory at Sheboygan Brat Days yesterday after running a marathon earlier in the day. update Sheboygan Press has an article and video
Link Buffet: December 26, 2008
- Toronto Star article about “Furious” Pete Czerwinski
- Hot dog eating contest at the New Year’s Eve Sausage Drop in Elmore, Ohio – $350 purse
- Sonya Thomas wishes Takeru Kobayashi good luck in his attempt today to break her fruitcake record
- Short clip of Mike “The Hammer” Fitzgerald at the Hardee’s Thickburger contest
- Footage from Badlands Booker at a Ben’s Deli matzo ball contest
- updatedJoel Podelsky wins Red Bank, NJ latke eating contest (Thanks for the plug)
Link Buffet: November 19, 2008
- Megamunch announces that he is retiring from blogging. Thanks for your efforts, MM.
- Article and gallery from 12 pound team pizza challenge attempt in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The article reports that a single competitive eater from Menahsa (probably Mike Fitzgerald) ate 3/4 of the pizza.
- Video from the Battle at the Big Apple pizza eating contest
- Wing Eating contest in Harrisburg, PA November 28. First prize is a Nintendo Wii
- Picture of Blondie’s (Winnipeg, Canada) burger menu which lists a 9 pound burger for $62.95
- Muscatine, Iowa taco eating contest Saturday. Entrants must receive at least $75 in pledges.
Mike Fitzgerald wins Seymour Burgerfest contest
(From Mark Hinske) PostCrescent.com has a report on the Burgerfest held in Seymour, Wisconsin on Saturday. A caption reports that Mike Fitzgerald won the Hardee’s Thickburger eating contest by eating 7 and a third burgers in 12 minutes. Another caption claims that “The Hammer” also broke the contest record. Sonya Thomas ate 7 Thickburgers to win the 2003 contest, but the contest length was only 10 minutes. (The previous record is listed as 5.25 thickburgers)
A 120 pound burger patty was cooked during the festival and served to attendees.
Link Buffet: August 5, 2008
- WLOCE myspace page started
- Megamunch resumes The Circuit online comic
- Highlands, NJ clam eating contest report
- Policeman wins Minnesota doughnut eating contest
- NYTImes: average American eats 18.2 pounds of food per week (up 1.8 lb. since 1970)
- Green Bay, WI area hamburger eating contest and festival August 9
Mike Fitzgerald repeats as Sheboygan bratwurst winner
Amateur Brat Days results
FDLReporter.com has an article about the amateur bratwurst eating contest held at the Brat Days Festival in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Mike “The Hammer†Fitzgerald of Menasha, WI won the contest with a respectable 19 bratwursts in 10 minutes.
update Sheboygan Press has a slideshow and video of the contest.
Brat Days amateur contest article
The Sheboygan Press has an article about the amateur bratwurst contest to be held at the Brat Days festival this weekend which includes the following quotes on the cancellation of the IFOCE contest:
Officials at Johnsonville Sausage, which sponsors the brat-eating contest and the festival itself, declined to comment Tuesday.
Johnsonville dropped the event as part of a public relations “strategy shift,” Johnsonville Marketing Manager Cory Bouck said early in July. The contest “wasn’t the exact message we want to get out,” he said.
IFOCE brat contest officially canceled
From today’s Sheboygan Press:
Richard Shea, president of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, said he was surprised when Johnsonville told the group — about six months ago — that the event would not continue. It has been part of the Sheboygan Jaycees-sponsored event each of the last two years.
“We were surprised and we were saddened,†Shea said. “We would have loved to have been there.â€
IFOCE contest not on Sheboygan Brat Days schedule
The bratwurst eating contest on the schedule for the Sheboygan Brat Days festival is a non-IFOCE contest limited to Wisconsin residents.
2007 Brat Days preliminary info
Sheboygan-Press.com has an article about the 2007 Brat Days Festival with a picture of a fan wearing Eater X makeup. The schedule has not been finalized, but two events from 2006 that will be continued are listed:
A couple of guarantees, however, are the brat-eating contest and the traditional parade, sponsored by Piggly Wiggly and Fresh Brands.
The main musical guests will be Soul Asylum, Dokken and Trick Pony.
Kobayashi & Clarence Mertz make Sheboygan Press 2006 lists
Kobayashi eating 58 bratwursts at the Johnsonville Bratwurst contest made the Sheboygan Press’ list of notable 2006 events. Clarence Mertz’s efforts to suppress that contest made the list of offbeat events.
El Toro gets global recognition
Several international papers have picked up a Reuters report from the Sheboygan bratwurst contest focusing on “El Toro” Jimenez.
Sheboygan bratfest gallery & blog entry
Domenico Alesi (who attended as a spectator) has a gallery and Erik “the Red” Denmark has a blog entry about last Saturday’s Johnsonville bratwurst contest.
Full Sheboygan Bratwurst results
IFOCE.com has posted full results of Saturday’s Johnsonville bratwurst contest.
Sheboygan bratfest teleblog
I will be teleblogging the broadcast of the Sheboygan Bratfest. It looks like the Hall of Fame induction ceremony will run long.
4:08 – the Reggie White induction is still going on, the whole broadcast will be shown on ESPN2 at 7
5:12 – the telecast has been completely pre-empted. I will try to watch the rerun on ESPN2 at 7.
7:03 – The broadcast opens with a history of the bratwurst festival. The weather report reads “You never sausage a nice day”
7:05 – Footage of Kobayashi working out is shown. Rich Shea predicts 2 eaters will break 50 brats. Sonya is interviewed and said her not being a favorite means less pressure for her.
7:09 – The announced attendance is 5,000. The ways to qualify are listed, which do not say the top 5 ranked get an automatic invitation. Footage of Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti at the qualifier is shown.
7:13 – The world’s largest grill is shown and the preparation method is explained.
7:19 – More bratfest history. A sausage making machine is shown. The first festival was held in 1953.
7:21 – Bratwurst techniques are explained. Chip Simpson is dispayed even though he did not qualify to my recollection.
7:24 – Profile of Joey Chestnut. He drinks a lot of water and has a “capacity run” at least once a week.
7:30 – The top 5 money winners are listed. Kobayashi’s earnings are listed at $100,000 even though I think he has not done any Japanese contest.
7:31 – El Toro, Conti, Bertoletti and Janus are briefly interviewed.
7:34 – Introductions, Thomas Denure (Georgetown, WI) , P J Kim (Princeton undergrad), Damon Serignet, Tim Brown (Chicago), Jim Hamrick, Frank Wach, El Toro Jiminez, Erik Denmark, Crazy Legs Conti (wearing a cheese necklace), Rich “the Locust” LeFevre, Tim Janus (carrying handlebars, claimed that Jennifer Annison gave him a gift basket because Vince Vaughn is an eating fan), Bob Shoudt, Pat Bertoletti (“You Talking to Meat” sign), Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi, Sonya Thomas (wearing the same orange shorts from Nathan’s).
7:45 – the contest starts – no running total (or even a clock) is displayed 🙁
7:47 – the running total is shown – Sonya is 5th , Kobayashi has a 1 – 2 lead over Joey
7:48 – quarter in Koby, Joey, Pat, Bob & Sonya is top 5
7:49 – 6 minutes left, Kobayashi’s lead is now 5/6 brats
7:50 – more helmetcam from P. J. Kim
7:51 – Kobayashi is at 36 at the halfway point
7:52 – Koby 41, Joey 34 with 4 minutes left
7:53 – Rich Shea claims Sonya has a mental block
7:54 – P.J. Kim is interviewed down 42 to 7
7:54 – 25% left Koby 47, Joey 38 Janus has passed Sonya for 5th
7:55 – Sonya is back in 5th, Koby’s lead reaches double digits
7:56 – Final results Koby 58, Joey 45 (who must “learn to love himself” to win Krystal), Pat 38
7:59 – a big check is passed to Kobayashi – he says he could eat more
8:00 – Joey is interviewed – he says he didn’t prepare for this contest like Nathan’s and says he will win Krystal.
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