Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Wisconsin eating challenges and contests in database)
Ian's Pizza in Madison, Wisconsin will hold a pizza eating contest on September 23 that will award an Apple Ipad to the winner.
The twitter for Ward's House of Prime in Milwaukee reports that Mike Lind completed an 88 oz. prime rib last night and will receive naming rights for the challenge.
The AICE facebook page reports that Ian Hickman won yesterday's Food Court Eating Championships in Madison, Wisconsin. update The Daily Page has a contest report.
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.
Madison.com has a preview of Saturday's National Food Court Eating Championship.
JSOnline has an article about Milwaukee area eating challenges.
The Middleton, Wisconsin (Madison area) Quaker Steak & Lube will hold a wing eating contest. Four weekly qualifiers will be held starting on January 12. The finals will take place on February 9.
Michael has started a blog documenting his Milwaukee-area eating challenges at http://berggvsfood.blogspot.com/
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)
Madison.com has a preview of the February 6, 2010 USquare National Food Court Eating Championship listing Ian Hickman as an expected entrant.
Youtube has a video of Emma winning the pepper eating contest at the Rutabaga Fest in Cumberland, Wisconsin by eating a half a pound of banana peppers in 12.6 seconds.
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
Pat Bertoletti's twitter has the results from today's Jimmy John's sandwich competition in Milwaukee: makers - 50+ eaters - 38 update A video of the contest is available.
OnMilwaukee has an interview with Alex Kaczkowski, who will compete along side Pat Bertoletti and 2 other MLE eaters in tomorrows Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters event tomorrow.
Jimmy John's twitter reports that a sandwich eating contest for amateurs will be held at at The Fifty/50 in Chicago tonight. Milwaukee.decider.com reports Hall Hunt & Tim Brown will be the other two eaters Jimmy Johns' Milwaukee event tomorrow.
Examiner.com has a preview of the Jimmy John's sandwich makers vs. eaters contest at Milwaukee's Bastile Days festival on Friday. Pat Bertoletti is the only listed member of the eaters team.
On Milwaukee reports that a contest will be held on Thursday to determine who will compete alongside Major League Eaters in the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest that will take place at the Bastille Days festival on July 10.
Brick 3 pizza offers a 34 inch pizza, billed as the largest in Milwaukee.
Dells BBQ Bash in Wisconsin Dells will have a wing eating contest on May 30 that will award prize packages to 6th place. The 6th place finisher will receive $30 in addition to other prizes.
The Home Bar Blog reports that Andy Frank completed a 160 ounce prime rib from the Black Otter Supper Club in Hortonville, Wisconsin in 45 minutes, making him the third person to complete the challenge since 2003. (from Man vs. Food forum)
Link Buffet: January 10, 2009
- (from Pierre Abry) Food Network page about tonight’s episode (at 6:30 pm) of My Life in Food starring “Crazy Legs Conti , a dreadlocked veteran, Lovely Juliette [sic] Lee, a petite 100lb female rookie, and Patrick Deep Dish Bertoletti, a talented up-and-comer”. The episode will not be rerun in the near future and the series is not available online, so watch it when it is televised if you want to see it.
- Segments from the new tracks on the Best of Hungry & Focused are available on Badlands Booker’s myspace page
- Wing eating contest at the Den Again in Racine, Wisconsin January 25 $500 first prize
- Facebook page about the Seaside, Oregon mayoral campaign of “Consumption”
- Blog entry about Frank Pastore, former Big Texan record holder, from a resident of Pastore’s hometown
- Video of Joel Podelsky’s cheeseburger eating contest at a Newark Beaks game
- Wing eating contest in Beijing
- Don Lerman’s baked bean record (but not Lerman by name) was mentioned on Who Wants to be a Millionaire recently according to a Ray Meduna email
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
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