Takeru Kobayashi defends Chronic Tacos title
update Erik Lamkin has a video
Takeru Kobayashi defended his Gringo Ba
ndito Chronic Taco title with a record 159 tacos. Molly Schuyler was runner up with 139. I haven’t found any more results.
Finnish competitor Jesse Pynnönen did an interview with KX935.com.
Fastest finishers of 70+ oz steak challenges
Bob Shoudt finished the Great Steak Challenge at Steak and Main in North East, MD in 12 minutes yesterday to set the men’s record. Here are the fastest times for finishing an official restaurant steak challenge with a precooked meat weight of 70 or more ounces that I have been able to find. Please let me know if I am missing any document challenges with a time of 12 minutes or less.
- 2:44 Molly Schuyler Sayler’s Portland, OR (did not finish all vegetables). 2014
- 3:17 Molly Schuyler, Steak and Main challenge at Wing Bowl 25, 2017
- 3:22 Molly Schuyler, Steak and Main, North East, MD (74 oz) 2013
- 4:18 Molly Schuyler, The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX, 2015 (attempt #1)
- 4:48 Molly Schuyler The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2014 (attempt #1)
- 7:16 “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, Lone Star, Toronto 2009
- 7:29 Molly Schuyler, The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2015 (attempt #2)
- 7:30 Ed “Cookie” Jarvis , J & R Steak House, Stony Brook, NY 2007?
- 8:03 Molly Schuyler, Black Iron Grill, Rock Port, MO 2013
- 8:13 Molly Schuyler, The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2015 (attempt #3)
- 8:52 Joey Chestnut, Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2008
- 9:30 Frank Pastore, Big Texan 1987
- 9:40 Ben Monson, Big Texan, 2009
- 9:59 Molly Schuyler The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2014 (attempt #2)
- 10 min David (Huey) Lowe, Big Texan (also 13:50, 18 & 21 minute finishes)
- 11:00 Vladimir Radin, Big Texan 2005 (might be an error, other challenge finishes are 47 & 52 minutes)
- 12:00 Bob Shoudt, Steak and Main, North East, MD 2017
Christi Williams has a video of Molly Schuyler's pinup photo shoot at Stella's Bar and Grill in Omaha, NE.
Yesterday, Molly Schuyler and Tony Mitchell were the first pair to finish the 32 inch "Big Don" Pizza at Mamma Mia's Pizza in Rockford, IL and win $500. (WREX post) (via DM) update WREX.com article
Youtube has a video of Molly Schuyler's appearance on Omaha Morning Blend today. (link fixed)
Philadelphia Weekly has an interview with Molly Schuyler about how Philadelphia treats her.
Steak & Main announces that Molly Schuyler will receive $1000 if she breaks her record of 3:22 for the Steak & Main steak challenge during Wing Bowl 25.
Battle of Big Eaters 4 videos
Oogui 2016 has videos of the entire broadcast of Battle of Big Eaters 4 on TV Tokyo today (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3). Molly Schuyler did not compete in the final match of the program; Bob Shoudt faced off against Moeno Azuki.
Excite.co.jp has a page (translated) about the competition.
update Jan 4 Whole broadcast in one video
update Jan 11 Previous video removed. Here is one that is still available
Program guide
0 Previous contest highlights & Japanese qualifiers
3 “Defeat Molly” title shown on screen
8 USA qualifier, Joe Menchetti & Wayne Algenio compete
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Molly Schuyler regains Music City Bowl hot chicken title
update Bob Shoudt has a contest video
The top 4 for Thursday’s Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl World Hot Chicken Eating Championships:
1) Molly Schuyler 4 lbs. in 8 minutes
2) Bob Shoudt 3 lbs
3) Dave Brunelli 2.75 lbs
4) Wayne Algenio 1.25
Steak and Main announces that Molly Schuyler will attempt their steak challenge at Wing Bowl 25. She currently holds the record for that challenge at 3:22 and her overall best time for a 70+ oz steak is 2:44 at Sayler's in Portland.
Molly Schuyler vs. El Wingador in Wing Bowl 25
A one on one matchup between Molly Schuyler and Bill “El Wingador” Simmons was announced this morning for Wing Bowl 25 in Philadelphia on February 3. Ric Flair and Coolio will be the guests. Tickets go on sale at WingBowl25.com at 9am Eastern.
Bill Simmons and Molly Schuyler have accounted for 7 of the victories in the 24 Wing Bowls. Their winning totals:
| 2016 Feb 5 | 1st | 429 | Molly Schuyler | Wing Bowl 24 – national |
| 2014 Jan 31 | 1st | 363 | Molly Schuyler | Wing Bowl 22 – national |
| 2005 Feb 4 | 1st | 162 | Bill “El Wingador” Simmons | Wing Bowl 13 |
| 2003 Jan 24 | 1st | 154 | Bill “El Wingador” Simmons | Wing Bowl 11 |
| 2002 Jan 25 | 1st | 143 | Bill “El Wingador” Simmons | Wing Bowl 10 |
| 2001 Jan 26 | 1st | 137 | Bill “El Wingador” Simmons | Wing Bowl 9 |
| 1999 Jan 29 | 1st | 113 | Bill “El Wingador” Simmons | Wing Bowl 7 |
FoxNews.com has an article titled "Always hungry: Inside the crazy culture of competitive eating" with quotes from Molly Schuyler, Randy Santel and Takeru Kobayashi.
I do not have all the details at this point, but it appears that Wing Bowl 25 will have a format change that will lock out Molly Schuyler from defending her title.
Molly Schuyler defends Bierhaus bratwurst title
Molly Schuyler ate 46 bratwurst to defend her title at Bierhaus in Manhattan today.
1 Molly Schuyler – 46.5
2 Bob Shoudt – 29.5
3 Dave Brunelli – 26.5
4 Wayne Algenio – 20.5
5 Jenn Cheng – 20
6 Joseph Colangelo – 8
7 Rich Korzelius – 6.33
8 Colton Weiss – 5.5
Süddeutsche.de‎ has an interview with Molly Schuyler in German (auto-translated to English)
Molly Schuyler defends Great Pumpkin Farm pie title
update WGRZ has an article and gallery
The top 5 from today’s pie eating contest at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY.
1 Molly Schuyler – 42 slices
2 Bob Shoudt – 30 slices
3 Dave Brunelli – 29 slices
4 Dave Werick – 13 slices (won eat off)
5 Eric Rigg – 13 slices (lost eat off)
Molly’s total is 5 less than 2015, but she thinks she ate a higher poundage today.
Molly Schuyler finished a five pound Burritozilla in 1:25 to win the first prize of $1000 in today's contest at Iguana's in San Jose. (video)
2016 NYC Dumpling Festival
update PitchKnives has a blog entry titled “Dumpling Mama and Girl Power” Kelly Chan has a video
update This is what I think the women’s top 3 is
1) Molly Schuyler 115 (new overall record)
2) Jenn Cheng 60
3) Jennifer Saito 37
Two flip-counters were needed for Molly Schuyler’s total since they only had two digits (similar to Takeru Kobayashi in 2001)
update The men’s competition has concluded. Here is what I think is the top 5
1) Dave Brunelli 89
2) Bob Shoudt 73
3) Joe Menchetti 70
4) Wayne Algenio 69
5) “Ukraine Train” 65
Chef One’s facebook has mini profiles of several of today’s entrants including Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli and “The Ukraine Train”.
Molly Schuyler had major travel issues with Delta last night, but mananged to make it to NYC via Boston.
Wayback Burgers announces that Molly Schuyler won the national Triple Triple title and a prize of $3330 after she ate a 9 patty burger on Sunday in 40.56 seconds in Medford, OR.
A press release announces that Molly Schuyler will defend her title at the New York City dumpling festival on Saturday. It will be interesting to see who takes the women's 2nd ($1000) and 3rd ($500) place prizes.
Molly Schuyler finished a Burritozilla in 1:32 in today's qualifier at Iguana's in Campbell, CA, breaking Matt Stonie's previous record of 1:50. She also appears to have eaten a second Burritozilla after the first.
Gawker.com competitive eating content
Last week Gawker Media sold its websites: Gawker.com (gossip), Deadspin.com (sports), Jezebel.com (women), Kotaku.com (video games), etc. to Univision after declaring bankrputcy following the loss of an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by WWE legend Hulk Hogan for posting a sex tape without his permission. While the bulk of Gawker Media’s competitive eating content was posted on Deadspin, which will remain in operation, there were a few competitive eating articles on Gawker.com, which will shut down today (the fate of the Gawker archives are not clear):
- 2012 Report on Wing Bowl 20 by wingette for victor Takeru Kobayashi
- 2014 Post about Molly Schuyler breaking Sayler’s 72 ounce steak record
- 2014 post about Molly Schuyler breaking Big Texan 72 oz steak record
- 2015 Account of ordering unlimited mozzarella sticks at TGIF’s
Yesterday, Robert McKinney uploaded a video the Gringo Bandito Chronic Taco Challenge held last month in Las Vegas. Carmen Cincotti noticed that Molly Schuyler's counter did not get updated after she finished a tray at 9:06 and at the 15:11 mark, Kobayashi had his tray swapped with a new one. Kobayashi says that the trays were recounted accurately after the contest. Molly Schuyler has yet to comment.
2016 Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos eating contest
update Aug 3 Press Release about the contest with the following quote from Chronic Tacos CEO Michael Mohammed: “The competition was a close call as it looked like Molly Schuyler was going to beat Kobayashi but once we weighed the scraps it was clear that Kobayashi had devoured more”
update LetsRun has a forum post about the controversy.
Robert McKinney won the amateur contest with 20 tacos in 3 minutes.
update Naader Reda has a video Results before deductions Molly Schuyler 160 tacos, Takeru Kobayashi 150 tacos
update Kobayashi defended his title with a total of 137 tacos.
This will be the first head to head matchup between Molly Schuyler and Takeru Kobayashi, who has never lost to a woman.
Kobayashi appeared on Fox5 to promote the contest.
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