May 27, 2017 at 4:46 pm by
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update June 3 MLE videos: results announcement | Rene Rovtar interview
update First X Last and Byron Posadas have videos
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
Results announced on NBCCharlotte Facebook Live video
1) Eric “Badlands” Booker 24
2T) Damien Boykin 20
2T) Ronnie Hartman 20
4T) Ryan Siciliano 18
4T) Eric Vernsten 18
? Paul Barlow (1st MLE contest in two years)
1W) Rene Rovtar 7 (sole female)
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May 27, 2017 at 4:43 pm by
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update SWIowaNewsSource.com has an article
Blake’s Garage has a video
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
It appears Matt Stonie won the aebleskiver eating contest in Elk Horn, IA according to this picture.
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Food and Wine has a blog entry about restaurant eating challenges with quotes from Randy Santel and Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker of the Big Eaters Club. Randy Santel predicts he will have 600 successes by 2020 which he claims will be an unbreakable record. May 27, 2017 at 9:48 am by
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The Napa Valley Register has a report on Joey Chestnut's appearance at the BottleRock festival yesterday where he helped build an 8 layer cake. May 27, 2017 at 9:45 am by
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Figure competitor hj_jonesy ate a 1 metre pizza to win a contest at Criniti's in Woolloomooloo, NSW Australia on Tuesday. May 26, 2017 at 8:10 pm by
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Eric "Badlands" Booker appeared on Fox 46 Charlotte to promote tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier at the 600 Festival, so presumably he is the favorite for that competition.
Ronnie Hartman will also compete. May 26, 2017 at 8:54 am by
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High Five in Dallas will hold a tater tot eating contest on June 8 awarding $250 to the winner. May 26, 2017 at 7:34 am by
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The Sun has an article about Leah Shuktever titled "The Perfect Woman?" focusing on her video of eating 12 Krispy Kreme doughnuts in 72 seconds. May 26, 2017 at 6:54 am by
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Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen appeared on WBIR yesterday to talk about competing in the Nathan's Finals. May 25, 2017 at 11:31 am by
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Bob Shoudt will attend the Reading Fightins minor league baseball "Gluttony Night" on June 6. Fans will have the opportunity to purchase unlimited food and can also face off against "Notorious B.O.B" in eating contests that will be held throughout the evening. May 25, 2017 at 7:36 am by
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May 24, 2017 at 10:05 am by
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The Belfast Telegraph reports that the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland has been canceled after losing funding. The event's eating contest had brought in MLE competitors including Sonya Thomas, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo and Bob Shoudt. Michelle Lesco broke Colin Shirlow's ten-year winning streak in the competition last year. May 23, 2017 at 10:11 am by
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The Milwaukee Taco Fest will hold an eating contest on June 4 awarding $200/$100/$50. May 23, 2017 at 7:19 am by
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Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, NJ will hold a pork roll eating contest on May 27 awarding $500/$250/$150/$100. Ten entrants will be chosen at random. May 22, 2017 at 7:42 am by
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The attempt by Michael Noori to eat $1000 of McDonald's menu items in 36 hours has been terminated with $95 eaten in 21 hours. May 21, 2017 at 10:24 am by
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Newyork.CBSlocal.com reports that 210,606 pounds of supermarket hot dogs have been recalled due to metal contamination. The faulty products are 14 ounce packages of “Nathan’s Skinless 8 Beef Franks†with a use by date of August 19, and 16 ounce packages of “Curtis Beef Master Beef Franks†with a use by date of June 15. May 20, 2017 at 3:41 pm by
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May 20, 2017 at 11:39 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Darron Breeden, Highway 55 Challenge, Raleigh
update The News & Observer has a contest report
The Hwy 55 facebook has a video of the contest end
Crabtree Mall has a facebook gallery
Derek Farley has a closeup contest video
1) Molly Schuyler 1:37 (new record)
2) Bob Shoudt
3) Darron Breeden
4) Dave Brunelli
The contest is expected to be broadcast on https://www.facebook.com/Hwy55burgers/
“Beard Meats Food” trip to NC is not the first trip by a bearded Briton to that region; Blackbeard was pardoned for piracy by the colonial governor in June 1718.
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May 19, 2017 at 5:50 pm by
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update Jun 3 MLE has a video
From the Facebook Live video
1) Derek Jacobs 23
1w) Meredith Boxberger 15
Nate Biller, Crazy Legs Conti and Meredith Boxberger are expected to compete.
The previous intersection of the Cincinatti Reds and competitive eating is pitcher Frank Pastore. His time of 9:30 for the Big Texan 72 ounce steak challenge in 1987 has only been surpassed by Molly Schuyler and Joey Chestnut.
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The Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix will hold burrito eating contests on May 28 awarding $250 to the top man and woman. May 19, 2017 at 11:56 am by
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Takeru Kobayashi produced a video for the Checkers fast food chain of him eating as many french fries as possible in a minute. May 18, 2017 at 4:30 pm by
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NY1 has an article and video about Yasir Salem, who is planning to run a marathon every month in 2017. May 18, 2017 at 8:43 am by
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Registration is now open for the eating contest at the Chicago Ribfest on June 9. A donut eating contest in Santa Monica on June 2 has also been added to the MLE calendar (registration yet to open). May 17, 2017 at 7:20 am by
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Joey Chestnut, Rich LeFevre, Pablo Martinez, Mary Bowers and Doug Ecks are expected to compete in the The Baked Bear Ice-Cream Sandwich-Eating Champion in San Diego June 4. May 16, 2017 at 7:23 am by
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