"Battle of the Buffets" a 2003 event recorded in Las Vegas televised on the Travel Channel has been uploaded to youtube. Competitors include Eric "Badlands" Booker, Rich and Carlene LeFevre and Ed "Cookie" Jarvis.
Nextshark has an article about Chinese competitive eater Mi Zijun. She recently ate 4kg (8.8 pounds) of rice to win an eating contest held in Hangzhou.
In a video released today, Joey Chestnut and youtube superstar Mr. Beast faced off to eat what was billed as the world's largest slice of pizza. The video is currently the #1 trending video on youtube and has received almost 8 million views. At 39.6 million subscribers, Mr. Beast might be the top channel involved with a food challenge.
Leah Shutkever received a Guinness World Record for the most sausages eaten in one minute.
theCHIVE has a gallery of Nela Zisser, billing her as "The most adorable competitive eater of all".
The Studio 10 facebook page has an interview with Mimi "The Mini Monster" Zhang, Australia's top ranked female competitive eater.
BBC's Science Focus Magazine has an article asking "Is there a physical limit to how much food you can eat in one sitting?" focusing on Joey Chesntnut' recent Nathan's Famous finals performances.
Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. He is also the organizer of OL Masterminds Summit, a convention for offensive lineman. On July 11, Pro Football Talk criticized a hot wing eating contest held at that event for unsafe practices, which did not receive a positive response from Johnson.
Gatorland in Orlando held a humans vs. alligators wing eating contest yesterday in honor of National Chicken Wing Day.
LadBible has an Instagram post about Saturday's British Eating League beans and toast eating contest held at the George Pub in Stockton on Tees won by Kyle Gibson which has received over 2800 comments in less than 8 hours.
Ronnie "Megabyte" Hartman has started selling T-shirts at https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/megabyteronnie
Darron Breeden uploaded a video of a challenge consisting of food from a Shop Rite Supermarket he attempted with Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and George Chiger.
Molly Schuyler and Dan Kennedy attempted the 40 inch pizza challenge for two person teams at Divino's Pizza in Hanover, PA (Molly Schuyler video | Dan Kennedy video)
Metro.co.uk has a report on yesterday's British Eating League bean on toast competition held at The George Pub in Stockton on Tees. Kyle (Kyle v Food) Gibson ate 20 slices of toast and 2.5kg of baked beans in 6:39 to win the contest.
University study on occasional oversize meals
A study by the University of Bath reports that occasional oversized meals do not have an immediate negative health impact on healthy males between the ages of 22 and 37.
Those who volunteered for the trial consumed almost twice as much pizza when pushing beyond their usual limits, doubling their calorie intake.
But the study found the amount of nutrients in their bloodstream kept within normal range.
Researchers say this shows that if an otherwise healthy person overindulges occasionally there are no immediate negative consequences in terms of losing metabolic control.
Slice of Vegas reports that Joey Chestnut completed its 9 pound Double Down pizza challenge. According to Derek Hendrickson's Instagram, he also drank two pitcher of Coors Light during the meal.
Fat Belly Pizza in Colorado Springs has a 28 inch Belly Buster pizza challenge for two people that awards $250 if finished in under an hour.
Miki Sudo has uploaded a behind the scenes video of her experience at the 2020 Nathan's finals.
The owner of Tony Luke's, Anthony Lucidonio Sr., was indicted for tax fraud. The south Philadelphia restaurant was famed for its cheesesteak challenge and appeared on an episode of Man v. Food.
Molly Schuyler is the subject of a documentary on topic.com which includes footage of her breakfast taco record at Juan in a Million and victory at the La Costena jalapeno eating contest in Laredo, TX.
jackhirons posted a painting of Rich LeFevre competing in the 2006 Wing Bowl on his Instagram.
The Des Moines Register has a gallery of the pie eating contest that has been held as an event during the RAGBRAI cross-Iowa bicycle tour. This year's competition was held over video.
The Peanut Butter & Jelly Deli will hold "The Jampionship", a peanut butter and jelly sandwich eating contest awarding $250/$100/$50 in West Allis, WI on August 15.
BarBend.com has a report on Brian Shaw's video of his attempt to eat 15,000 calories in a day, which was his everyday diet when he won four World's Strongest Man titles.
The British Eating League will hold a chicken nugget eating contest at The George in Stockton on Tees on October 3 awarding £1,000 cash to the winner. Qualifiers start on August 8. The organization will also hold a beans on toast eating contest on Saturday, July 25 awarding £100 cash and a £50 food voucher to the winner.
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