Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All West Virginia eating challenges and contests in database)
Stuart's Hot Dawgs in Alderson, WV will hold a hot dog eating contest on Labor Day awarding $650 ($500 to the winner).
Pat Bertoletti defends Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Rolls
update May 27 WDTV and WVMetroNews have articles with videos.
update Results (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)
1) Pat Bertoletti 33 rolls in 10 minutes
2) Tim “Eater X” Janus 25.5
3) Adrian Morgan 23
4T) Sonya Thomas 22
4T) Bob Shoudt 22
6) Juliet Lee 21.5 (probably closest she has come to Sonya)
7) Sean “Flash” Gordon 18
8) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 16.5
9) Marcos Owens 15.5
10) Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle 15
11) Brian Subich 14
12) Larell Marie 12
13) “Wild” Bill Myers 8.5
14) Jeff Simon 4
Pat Bertoletti is expected to defend his title at the pepperoni roll eating contest at the Three Rivers Festival in Fairmont, WV at 4pm eastern today, which would give the field four of the current IFOCE top 5.
Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Adrian Morgan, "Badlands" Booker, Sean Gordon, Juliet Lee, Micah Collins, Brian Dudzinski, Larell Marie, "LA Beast", Marcus Owens and Jeff Simon are listed as the expected entrants in tomorrow's Pepperroni Roll Eating World Championship in West Virginia (Part 1 | Part 2)
WVMetroNews.com has an article about Brian Subich competing in Saturday's pepperoni roll eating contest at the Three Rivers Festival. Tim Janus and Bob Shoudt are also expected to compete.
Registration for the WV Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship to be held in Fairmont, WV on May 26 will open today at 1:00 pm eastern today. The purse has been increased to $6,500 to $5000.
"Michael" Boone won $500 at a hot dog eating contest held at Mardi Gras Casino in West Virginia.
A hot dog eating contest at the Mardi Gras Casino in Cross Lanes, WV will award $500 to the winner on July 4.
The Clover Club in White Sulphur Springs, WV will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
2011 Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Rolls contest
update 11:38 MetroNews and State Journal have articles. Pierpont Community & Technical College has a gallery.
update 5:27 The top 5 have been posted ( the rest of the results)
1) Pat Bertoletti 30.5
2) Tim Janus 27
3) Bob Shoudt 26
4) Juliet Lee 22.5
5) Brian Dudzinski 16
The official start time is 4 pm. FlyteAphrodite is posting updates from the contest site.
Pat Bertoletti, Tim Janus and Juliet Lee are expected to compete in the Pierpont Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship held at the Three Rivers Festival in Fairmont, WV on May 28.
The MLE facebook announces that registration for the Thackerville, OK Nathan's qualifier will open tomorrow at 2 pm eastern and registration for the Pierpont Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship in Fairmont, WV will open Thursday at 11 am eastern.
Miss West Virginia, Erica Jade Goldsmith, has posted a picture of her tater tot eating contest trophy, which she won when she ate like a 400 pound man.
Morrison's Drive Inn will hold a hot dog eating contest at the Logan County (West Virginia) Fair on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner.
The Charleston, WV Daily Mail reports that Phil Perry was the first person to finish the Behemoth burger challenge at Betty Lou's Diner. The fastest finishing time over the next 60 days will receive $200.
Daily Mail caption: “Jamie Oliver is trying the rid”
The British newspaper Daily Mail has an article titled “Welcome to Fatville” about the reaction of Huntington, West Virginia to being featured in Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution series. There are several pictures of the eating challenges offered by Hillbilly Hot Dogs, one having the following caption:
There are targets for Oliver much closer to home; thestar.co.uk has a report about 6ft 9in, 23-stone (322 lbs.) James “Lurch” Rastrick becoming the first to complete a 5-6 kg (11 – 13.2 pound) kebab in Sheffield.
Herald-Dispatch on Dale Boone in WV
The Herald Dispatch has an article about Dale Boone’s recent trip to West Virginia where he won $1,000 in a pumpkin pie eating contest and and an article about Hillbilly Hot Dogs where Boone set the record for the Homewrecker hot dog challenge.
Dale Boone sets Hillbilly Homewrecker record
Der Standard of Austria has an article about Jamie Oliver recording an episode of Food Revolution in Huntington, West Virginia, which mentions that Dale Boone now holds the “Homewrecker” hot dog record at Hillbilly Hot Dogs: (Automatically translated by Google)
Just one was here, a young man named Dale Boone, who has broken the record for Schnellmampfen. Three minutes and 45 seconds he needed to cram in the “Home Wrecker” in itself, a hot dog, a foot long and thick as three fingers, covered with onions, peppers, cheese and cabbage, all wrapped in pasty bread. The fifteen-pound hamburger creates as big as the wheel of a small car, not only that they serve only to happy laps. Jamie Oliver? “Good idea,” says Sherry, the waitress. “Unfortunately, he has runtergeputzt us rather than we were clowns.”
Tri-State Racetrack in West Virginia will hold a pumpkin pie eating contest on November 14 awarding $1000 to the winner ($1750 total purse).
NY Times: Hillbilly Hot Dogs to be on “Food Revolution”
The New York Times Magazine has an article about British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver recording “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” in Huntington, WV for ABC. The episode will include footage of the construction of a 15 pound burger at Hillbilly Hot Dogs. The program will showcase the efforts of Oliver to change the eating habits of Huntington, which the Associated Press claims is the most unhealthy metropolitan area in the United States.
A hot dog eating contest awarding $500 to the winner will be held during the NWL Wrestling card at the Apollo Theater in Martinsburg, West Virginia on August 22.
Oct 25 independent contests with $100 prizes
Two unaffiliated contests this Saturday will award $100 to the winner:
- Spaghetti Eating Contest, Arch Fest, Jesup Georgia, $200 total purse
- Hot Dog Eating Contest, New Martinsville, WV
Big Bad Bubba’s Doublewide 10 lb. burger (WV)
The Herald Dispatch announces that Hillbilly Hot Dogs in Huntington, West Virginia has introduced a 10 pound burger called Bubba’s Big Bad Doublewide. The burger costs $31.95 and requires one day’s notice. A video of the burger is also available and HuntingtonNews.com has an article with some pictures.
No time limit for getting the burger free is listed, but Hillbilly Hot dogs does have a one pound hot dog, the Homewrecker, which is free if it is eaten in under 12 minutes.
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