Czech Radim DvořáÄek was the first person to finish the 96 ounce steak challenge which includes five side dishes at The Ashville in Bristol, England yesterday.
Yesterday at the FoodBeast headquarters in Santa Ana, CA Raina Huang attempted to eat a 50x50 burger (50 patties & 50 slices of cheese) from In-n-Out Burger, which was billed as a record. update Nov 6 Foodbeast has a blog entry and video and
VirginiaMN has a preview of Saturday's World Indian Taco Eating Championship at Fortune Bay Casino in Tower, MN where Joey Chestnut and Gideon Oji are expected to compete. The article incorrectly claims it will be the first MLE Indian taco contest; Foodabluza held a competition in 2013.
AmNY.com has an interview with Yasir Salem about his plans to run in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, which will be his 12th marathon in 2017. He hopes to qualify to ride in the 3000 mile bicycle Race Across America in 2019. update Nov 6 Runner's World lists Yasir Salem's time as 4:41:33 in a roster of celebrity entrants. His time was about three minutes behind former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber.
RIP "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder, who passed away on October 30 according to these youtube comments. LA Beast confirmed the passing on twitter. 2013 Cleveland.com article about Tim.
Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran appeared on Monday's episode of The Digital Human produced by the BBC. The topic of the episode is super normal stimuli. (Download link)
Okta.com has a profile of Carmen Cincotti. He says that his biomedical engineering degree has helped his competitive eating career.
KEYC.com has a video about Ethan Teske & Jeremiah Forster finishing the 30 inch pizza challenge at Fox Pizza in Madelia, MN last week in 16 minutes, believed to be a record for the entire chain.
Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo are expected to compete in the World Indian Taco Eating Contest at Fortune Bay Casino in Tower, MN on Saturday.
Mike "Strictly Dumpling" Chen produced a video of him attempting a 50 pound lobster challenge costing $662 in Toronto.
Smoke Stop in Ford, England will hold a Belly Buster burger eating contest on November 24 or December 1 awarding £750 to the winner. The contest is closed to those considered "professional" eaters.
Registration will open Monday at noon Eastern for the World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship before the Big Ten Championship football game in Indianapolis on December 2.
Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Manhattan will hold chimichanga eating contests on October 28 and 31 awarding $100 to the winner.
Irish bodybuilder Rob Lipsett produced a video of him attempting to eat 10,000 calories in one hour.
News.com.au has an article about Nela Zisser's latest video of her eating an entire jar of Nutella in under 3 minutes.
Dave Brunelli & Jenn Cheng defend Stitch wing titles
The Milwaukee WingFest will hold a wing eating contest on Sunday awarding $200 to the winner. The runner up will receive $100.
All Pro Eating put out a press release about Bob Shoudt eating 20 venison sandwiches from Arby's in 48:08, which was billed as a record.
The Star Tribune Vacation & Travel Experience will hold taco eating contests in Minneapolis on Saturday and Sunday awarding trips to Mexico.
Stitch Bar in Manhattan will hold a wing eating contest on Wednesday awarding $250/$100/$50 along with non-cash prizes to both the top 3 men & women.
After her bodybuilding competitive in Spokane this weekend, Sarah "Unstoppable Bab" Reinecke ate a 5.5 lb burger in about 10 minutes.
It appears Steve Spini won the first prize of $750 in yesterday's bratwurst eating contest at Bierhaus in Manhattan while wearing a Spiderman mask. (video)
Molly Schuyler ate a 5 pound Burritozilla in 1:25 to defend her title at Iguana's in San Jose and win $1000. After winning the contest, she ate a 2nd Burritozilla in 2:20 to win a $100 bonus.
2017 Tulsa Bratwurst contest
update Oct 26 Carmen Cincotti and Darron Breeden have videos
update Oct 23 Robert McKinney has the rest of the prizewinners
Matt Dutton has the top 3
1) Carmen Cincotti 90.5
2) Darron Breeden 76.5
3) Gideon Oji 66.5
4) Rich LeFevre 49
5) Robert “Food Challenge Bros” McKinney 40
Carmen Cincotti won today’s bratwurst eating contest at Linde Oktoberfest in Tulsa with a total of 90.5 sausages in 10 minutes. (from Facebook Live video)
Kosherfest will hold a A&H Kosher Hot Dog Eating Contest in Secaucus, NJ on November 14 awarding $400/$200/$100.