Link Buffet: July 22, 2008
- Video of the end of the Apple Ugly eating contest (the trophy was a mounted toilet seat)
- Ian Hickman beats Elizabeth Canady in overtime at Bowie burger contest
- Detailed review of MLE game by Platform Nation
- Skinnyboy eats 8/9 of Big Texan 72 ounce steak
- Gallery of 2008 Philadelphia Nathan’s qualifier
- Picture of Samantha Brown at Italian sausage contest
- MissBusyLady describes her start in competitive eating fandom
- Juris Shibayama sends a letter to the editor about last week’s column (from Crawfish comment)
- Boston hot wing eating contest Thursday
- Donut eating contest in Pittsburgh Friday
- Full results for the Singapore qualifiers on MLE.asia
- Vietnamese sub eating contest in Ho Chi Minh City
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Rhonda Evans said
July 22, 2008 @ 8:39 am
Whoever wrote the Canady-Hickman-Baysox article at the AICE Web site did a heck of a job! It was one exciting, well-written piece! It made me I wish I had been there!
Rhonda Evans said
July 22, 2008 @ 8:43 am
By the way, for what it’s worth, here’s how I would rank the top five independents:
1. Pete
2. Joe
3. Goose
4. Ian
5. Elizabeth
North Pole said (Registered April 28, 2008)
July 22, 2008 @ 9:19 am
It was a great contest at Bowie!!! I hope to have some video up in the next couple of days. I don’t think the video will do the contest justice, everyone was right on top of the eaters, so it was really hard to shoot video. Great job by the eaters and the fans. It was quite amazing!!!
Gentleman Joe said
July 22, 2008 @ 10:21 am
Thanks for the support Rhonda.
At this time I belong @ #3. In a very short period Furious Pete has Earned #1 & Goose’s record against me makes him #2. Hopefully, i’m not penalized by my overly ambitious eating/travel schedule.
I logged over 1,600 miles driving, 1,400 air miles, including a middle seat on half of that.
I was in 4 contests & a qualifier in 4 days. Thurs nite Bacci qualifier, Fri Bartolini’s Meatballs, Sat Bacci Pizza contest, Sun afternoon Suicide Wings in Dewey Beach, Sun Nite Burgers @ Baysox.
Financially it was a solid trip, professionally it was very diappointing. The only positive I come away with, (professionally) is I tied Goose & Furious Pete in the 2nd two minute round w/11 @ Bartolini’s.
The toll its taken on me physically, almost makes me into a convert that what we do is sport.
In the future, after this weekend I will try to work smarter. Though the Boston Wing contest is tempting, to beat Ian in DE, & Will on Sat, I will likely pass on that one…Joel are listening??
My guess would be that the article was written by Wing Tut.
Its time for the haters to post how pitiful an eater & human being I am.
the boy king said
July 22, 2008 @ 10:34 am
Thanks Rhonda.
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
July 22, 2008 @ 10:57 am
GJoe, who won the Bacci Pizza and Dewey Beach wings contest?
Furious Pete said (Registered July 21, 2008)
July 22, 2008 @ 11:20 am
I know Joe won Bacci Pizza (guessing Wings too ;))
Gentleman Joe said
July 22, 2008 @ 11:41 am
I won Bacci. $1,500.
A guy who worked there won Suicide Wings w/116. ($500.) I don’t know how much he was really eating, but the girl next to me received full credit for her wings & I would have given her credit (I credit more liberally than most) for maybe 10 of the 40+ she “ate”.
I stopped eating about 12 minutes in w/about 65. Reasons: Suicide wings w/extra,extra sauce, in the heat, not being able to drink anything for the 30 min of the contest, w/my eating/travel schedule, trying to save something for burgers later in the day.(failed at that too)
Has anyone besides me received a parking ticket while sleeping in there running vehicle?? (Dewey Beach)
The good…got shirts for Ian & I with our names (Tod Menchetti??) as prior winners & record holder.
North Pole said (Registered April 28, 2008)
July 22, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
Joe did look pretty done before the burger contest started, but he still ate 5 1/2 burgers. With a schedule like he had over the weekend, I think he did really good.
And yeah, he is a terrible guy. He sat around with everyone, sharing stories and giving tips. And he even talked with people after the event. What kind of person would do stuff like that???? 😉
the boy king said
July 22, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
’twas I who wrote the article…. a few minor changes were made by “the editor” after submission.
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
July 22, 2008 @ 1:07 pm
Thanks Joe, I will put your Bacci win in the database today.
Rhonda Evans said
July 22, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
“You did good” TBK … You did REAL good!
I could have done no better, and I consider myself a decent writer when I put my mind to it. Congrats again and keep it up!
RLE
Rhonda Evans said
July 22, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
I think Dale is a very good eater, and I have nothing against him. But I must say this:
That pic of him holding that trophied toilet lid is quite the picturesque metaphor, since his professional eating career went in the shitter.
Thomas Crapper would be proud! 🙂
North Pole said (Registered April 28, 2008)
July 22, 2008 @ 4:20 pm
I put a video of the 2008 Bowie Baysox Burger Bonanza out on YouTube.com. Sorry that it was behind the eaters, but that was the only place that I could get to, as the crowd was just packed in so close to the eaters. It was even hard to walk behind the eaters… The rain messed up having the contest on the first base line…
Ya’ll can enjoy at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B902TIj8b5g
I would like to say that Tim “Obi-Wing-Kenobi” Cain had a great cheering section.
the boy king said
July 22, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
His daughter is toooooo funny!
Anonymous said
July 22, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
Thanks Pole.
Anonymous said
July 23, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
boone rules . I see boone keeps winning .
28-inch pizza wow .This guy on fire.
WLOCE is the real League
kristy said
September 2, 2008 @ 11:58 pm
thats right boone rocks!