The id number for the contests list just hit 20000 (http://eatfeats.com/query.php?_table=contests&id=20000). This means there are now 20000 eating contests and challenges somewhere in the database. Thanks for everyone's contributions (Today is the 8th anniversary of the debut of the database in 2006).
Eatfeats.com was down from about 5:30 pm to 3 am due to power issues with dreamhost. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Eatfeats.com has been moved to a new web host. Once the domain server change has propagated throughout the internet, I do not think there should be any notable site differences. (If you are reading this, then the domain change has already been made by your ISP). Apologies for the abysmal site performance over the past week.
Super Bowl 46 weekend contest list
A list of this weekend’s contests is available after the jump. There are currently 103 contests this weekend in the database.
There was a hard drive crash on the server eatfeats is hosted on this afternoon, requiring a restoration from a backup. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Updated eating contest / challenge metro lists
A list of all of the metropolitan areas with eating contest/challenge lists and corresponding blog categories is available after the jump. Several new metropolitan areas have been added.
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Super Bowl XLV weekend eating contests
A list of all eating contests in the eatfeats calendar this weekend follows after the jump. There are 102 contests listed from February 4 to 6 and 66 on Sunday.
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Bluehost, eatfeats web host, had a database crash last night, resulting in an outage. Performance will be slow while the backup is restored.
Updated metro contest / challenge lists
Some new eating challenges & contests lists have been compiled for additional metro areas. Here is the updated list of lists.
Some regions have been broken up into multiple regions
- Chicago – Gary, Indiana split out
- Denver – Boulder split out
- Los Angeles – Orange County & Long Beach split out
- Miami – Palm Beach & Fort Lauderdale split out
- Philadelphia – Camden, NJ split out
- San Francisco – Oakland split out
- Tampa – Sarasota split out
Abuse room 2010 open thread
Some comments in the “Tough Mudder” thread not pertaining to Steakbellie’s charity efforts have been moved to this post.
4th anniversary of database / over 1,000 challenges listed
Today is the fourth anniversary of the eatfeats database. Thank you for your submissions and corrections.
There are now over 1,000 eating challenges in the database. If you need verification, a numbered list is available after the jump:
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New eatfeats state / metro region blog categories
For a “Festivus” present to eatfeats users, I have made available new state and metropolitan area categories which are listed after “More posts about:” in the post headers. A significant percentage of EatFeats search queries are for region specific eating challenges and contests and hopefully the new categories will help satisfy those requests.
A list of the categories is available after the jump:
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End of Year / Decade poll choices
This website will be running some end of year & decade polls over the remainder of December. A list of the current choices for the yearly competitive eater polls is available after the jump. Please list any suggestions you think should be added to the polls in the comments. The polls will start in 2 or 3 days.
The new poll asks who you think is the competitive eater of the decade. Nobuyuki Shirota defeated Kobayashi in 3 out of the 4 Food Battle Club contests if you are questioning why he is listed.
“Abuse Room” open thread
This thread has been started for critical comments which do not pertain to any posts to enable readers to avoid such material if desired. The most recent comments in the Thanksgiving videos post have been moved to this thread.
The inspiration for the “abuse room” follows after the jump:
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Unregistered commenting restriction implemented
There was a recent desire for more innovation on eatfeats in an anonymous comment. To satisfy that request, a change in unregistered commenting policy was implemented over the weekend. Over half of the problematic unregistered comments have originated from one ISP. Users on that network who have not logged in now no longer receive a comment form. Unregistered commenting for additional ISPs can be disabled as needed.
Apologies to the legitimate unregistered commenters of that ISP.
This blog has been upgraded to Wordpress 2.8.4. There should not be any notable changes except for some minor differences on some of the administration pages.
I am not sure what happened, but some people have been getting a "Forbidden" error message for everything on eatfeats. Restoring a backup appears to have fixed things. Comments made today have unfortunately been lost, apologies for the inconvenience.
The new poll asks what discontinued contest you would most like to see return.
The new poll asks what type of handicap in competitive eating is most justified. Some commenters have requested a bonus for older competitors.
The new poll asks who you think will be named IFOCE rookie of the year at the Nathan's finals ceremonies.
Top 25 poll now open
The top 25 poll at http://eatfeats.com/rankings.php is now accepting votes.
Votes will be categorized by whether a user is registered and logged in or not.
There is nothing to prevent multiple voting, but only the first vote from a logged in user will be counted in the registered votes.
To assist voting, a list of the top 50 Nathan’s qualifier performances so far is available after the jump.
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EatFeats top 25 poll to start
An inactive form for an IFOCE ranking poll has been set up at http://eatfeats.com/rankings.php The choices consists of all of the current IFOCE top 50 who have a result in the past year, Sean Gordon, RJ Frasca, Yasir Salem, Bryan Beard, Pat Bruss, Matt Ventre, Mongo Marquez, Pete Miernicki, Bruce “the Hangman” Pobanz and Steven Ramirez II.
If you think someone who has a contest result from the past year should be added to the poll choices, comment or email and he or she will be added. (If you would like to be removed, that request will also be accomodated)
The poll will start accepting votes in a day or two. I would like to do a non-IFOCE poll and eventually a unified poll.
The new poll asks what you think is the top streak in competitive eating history.
Upcoming poll – top CE streaks
The next poll will be the top streaks in competitive eating. The current choices are listed below. Please add any additional streaks you think should be added in the contests.
- “Furious” Pete Czerwinski – undefeated in career
- Joey Chestnut – undefeated in IFOCE majors (Nathan’s / Krystals / Wing Bowl) since 2007
- Sonya Thomas – undefeated against women in entire career
- Takeru Kobayashi – undefeated in the IFOCE 2001-2006 (undefeated overall 2003-2006)
- Lester Tucker – 14 straight wins in the pickled quail egg eating contest
Voting for the first round of Mega Meal Madness will close today and the final round will start.
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