The blog for former NFL offensive lineman Tony Mandarich announced in July that he has completed his autobiography and is shopping it to publishers (No followup entries about its publication status have been made) In 1988, the New York Times wrote an article about Mandarich’s diet and training:

Mandarich knows that some opponents attribute his muscular development to steroids. But he insists he has built his physique slowly with a rigid weight training program and a menu that provides 15,000 calories a day. ”I’m not a big eater at any one meal,” he said, ”but I have seven meals every day.”

Three are 3,000-calorie milk shakes, two are thin steak sizzlers, one a 3-ounce beef patty and the seventh a whole 3-pound chicken.

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The sixth eatcast podcast is now available and the guests are Pat Bertoletti and Brian Seiken. Topics include the Krystal finals and “Wedges and Wings”.

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Erik Denmark’s blog has a link to a podcast of a radio interview he did after his victory in the Shea Stadium qualifier

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Please continue discussions not related to the Wing Bowl that were in the Wing Bowl Poll thread in comments to this post. Wing Bowl related comments can stay in the original thread. Thank you.

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EmeraldCoast.com has more on the Apalachicola Oyster Festival. The women’s & overall winner, Mel Tyler, has a married daughter.

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Erik “The Red” Denmark has a report from the Fry Bread contest at the Arizona State Fair in his blog.

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From KrystalSquareOff.com

Mississippi State Fair Krystal qualifier results, Jackson, MS

1) Crazy Legs Conti, 38 burgers
2) “The Natural” Arturo Rios, 35 burgers
3) Erik “the Red” Denmark, 32

DQ) Justin Mih, had 37 burgers at end of regulation, but was disqualified after Erik Denmark claimed that Mih had a reversal and video replay confirmed this claim

Final wildcard results
1) Rich LeFevre 51
2) Seaver Miller 41
3) Justin Mih, 36
4) Arturo Rios, 36 (extremely consistent in other 2 qualifiers where he did 35)

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Wing Tut reports that the first meeting of the United Eaters of Pennsylvania will take place at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA on November 4 at 3pm.

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Geva has an account of an eating contest at the Hometown Buffet in his myspace blog which ended with the entire party being banned from that restaurant for life for transgressions other than eating too much food. (The entry has adult language and content, so be warned)

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Brian Seiken sent me the following trivia question:

Which person encouraged or pressured the following eaters to enter competitive eating?

• Ed Jarvis
• Charles Hardy
• Brian Seiken
• Don Lerman

I will post the answers in a few days.

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While many fast food restaurants are promoting the healthiness of some of their menu items, the Heart Attack Grill in Arizona has gone in the opposite direction and calls its main offering “bypass burgers”. Those sandwiches can have up to two pounds of meat. The restaurant’s main gimmick is having its waitresses wear nurse outfits. The Arizona Board of Nurses has threatened a lawsuit against the restaurant. The restaurant has an extensive Wikipedia entry which is under threat of deletion

The grill does not have an eat it quickly and get it for free challenge, but it does have an Alpha Male Monday, in which a member of a party of four or more can get a free meal. There is a “Hall of Fame” on the restaurant website.

The Heart Attack Grill has a proto-blog which records happenings at the restaurant. In the June 2006 archives, the grill laid down a challenge to the IFOCE:

In fact, I still issue an open challenge to Kobayashi, The Black Widow (An “Honorary Guy” in anyone’s book), Joey Chestnut and the rest of those hotdog eating wussies at the IFOCE. Simrin is our King and there’s no questioning his superiority for the simple reason that he’s the world’s only competitive eating artist who works with the MANLY MEDIUM of the Quadruple Bypass Burger. The rest of the other sissies eat little wimpy hot dogs.

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The Onion’s horoscope for Pisces

You will rock the competitive-eating world this week after deciding to return to the sport just four hours after announcing your retirement.

I wonder if any eaters who have announced retirement and then returned are Pisces.

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Domenico Alesi has galleries of the bratwurst qualifier and last winter’s chocolate contest.

(From Liz) Cabel has a report from the Chinook Winds rib contest

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In the process of moving this blog to eatfeats.com, I have changed the database URL to http://eatfeats.com/query.php.

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Thanks Wyatt Earp. A video clip of Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut and Tim “Eater X” Janus in a one minute Nathan’s hot dog eating contest on Good Morning America this morning can be viewed at http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2142642 Joey Chestnut was declared the winner with 7.5 hot dogs in one minute, but Kobayashi’s and Tim’s totals were not announced (and apparently not counted). George Shea stated that Kobayashi would attend the Johnsonville bratwurst contest in Wisconsin.

If that video clip does not satisfy your competitive eating on Good Morning America fix, video clips of Kate Stelnick from January are available: Segment 1, Segment 2

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Super Paul Barlow has compiled a list of the 15 best dressed eaters on his myspace blog.

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Congratulations to Levi Oliver for finishing the Capital of Texas Triathlon on Memorial Day (400m swim, 10K bike, 5K run) in steamy conditions. The Austin Statesman has an article on how he did it.

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Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota has a blog entry with a ten part questionaire to help a reader determine if he or she is suited for competitive eating.

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Two competitive eaters have been members of their national ultimate frisbee team. Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota, was the tallest member of the Japanese team before he quit in 2004 to focus on competitive eating, which would pay off in a second place finish at Nathan’s. “Loppi” Joe Kershner, winner of last Friday’s amateur jalapeno popper contest, played on the US Juniors team in 2004, which went undefeated at the World Championship in Finland.

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In this forum thread, powerlifters describe their personal eating records and offer their thoughts on competitive eating. One powerlifter was impressed with the physiques of the eaters on the MTV True Life documentary about competitive eating.

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At the request of Kevin Carr, I will not list any results from the Rockford Corner Bar unless I receive an email from an eater asking me to report his result (or he could just state his result in a comment.) I was originally going to list those results tonight unless someone emailed me today to not post his total. Thanks to Kevin Carr again for an excellent submission.

The Rockford Corner Bar has an online Hall of Fame, but no there are no links to it from the restaurant’s home page. All results are from 2003 and 2004 so it is apparently not being updated. No ranked IFOCE or AICE members are present in the online Hall of Fame. The highest amount is 20 chili dogs, reached by Kurt, Brian Johns, Nate McManus and Erin VanDeffelen

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East Asia has not only produced the planet’s greatest human competitive eater, it has also produced the world’s greatest feline gurgitator. A cat in Qingdao, China eats 6 pounds of pork and chicken every day, about 20% of its body weight and a greater percentage of bodyweight than Kobayashi or Sonya have ever eaten in a contest. Unfortunately the cat does not share Kobayashi’s ability to consume massive quantities and remain at a normal weight. He (or she) weighs 33 pounds and has a larger waist measurement than Kobayashi’s at 31 inches.

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This article in ynet news describes how the publicity garnered by Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest inspired efforts to create the worlds largest hummus platter. A circular trampoline was modified to serve as the platform for the hummus. Unfortunately, the record snowstorm in New York City last weekend thwarted the delivery of the ingredients for the hummus.

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Ruby Tuesday has a competitive burger eating online video game at chompchamp.com. Flash 6 required.

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Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough has set up a competitive eating forum at http://p105.ezboard.com/bthebuffet

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