Eric "Badlands" Booker will be a guest on Right NOW! with Carolyn Castiglia, a live talk show held at Union Hall in Brooklyn on August 18.
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.
The appearance of Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran and Marc "Bottomless" Pitt can be viewed online.
The Tucson Homeskillet has an interview with Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco. Her advice to wannabe competitive eaters: "Don't". She will return to Northern Ireland in September for the Hillsborough Oyster Festival.
New England Patriots defensive end Jabaal Sheard ate a 32 ounce steak to raise $5,200 for charity at Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts.
Chubblife.co.uk has an interview with Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran.
CFO.com has an article about Kurt Schmidt, who ate a 240 ounce prime rib at Black Otter Supper Club in Milwaukee in 2 and a half hours. He appeared on the Travel Channel progam "Big Beef Paradise".
Pluckers will hold a wing eating contest at the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Wing Festival on August 21 awarding $1000. Entrants can qualify at Pluckers locations on Wednesday nights.
Liverpool Football Club players Robbie Fowler and Luis Garcia both attempted the 5 pound Burritozilla at Iguana's Tacqueria in San Jose.
Joey Chestnut will appear at tonight's Reading Fightins game in Pennsylvania. update July 27 WMFZ has an article about the event.
The Wall Street Journal has an article about British golfer Andrew "Beef" Johnston eating burgers at three Manhattan restaurants in one night before the PGA Championship in New Jersey. He hopes to do an eating challenge and win a T-shirt.
Manila.coconuts.com reports that some Chinese consider Yuka Kinoshita's recent video where she ate bananas as an insult to their country. One viewer theorized that the 137 bananas Yuka ate was intended to be a reference to the Chinese population of 1.37 billion.
Paulie's Hot Dogs in Honesdale, PA will hold hot dog eating contests on Saturday awarding $200 to the top man & woman.
Brian Seiken is offering stakes in his potential poker winnings at the Borgata Summer Poker Open this weekend.
Crust will hold a pie eating contest in Fenton, MI on August 4 awarding $500 to the winner. 12 entrants will be chosen randomly.
Bob Shoudt ate 70 pierogies yesterday at a contest in Ferndale, PA in an attempt to break the record of 165 pierogies in 8 minutes. Brian Subich was also present.
Matt Holowicki won the first prize of $2000 in yesterday's World Crack Fries Eating Championshiip in Ypsilanti, MI.
PIE Wood Fired Pizza will hold Let em Eat 6 at Kempenfest in Barrie, ON on August 1. Takeru Kobayashi and Pat Bertoletti are expected to compete and the contest will award $6001.
2016 American Burger Co Roadstar Challenge
1 Joey Chestnut, 4 in 4:24
2 Caremen Cincotti, 4 in 4:48
3 Gideon Oji 4 in 7:42
4 Josh Miller 3.125 in 12 minutes
5 Ronnie Hartman 2.5 in 12
6 Matt Raible 2 in 12
7 Bill Myers 1.75 in 12
8 Henry Roach 1.25 in 12
Joey Chestnut did a podcast about the challenge.
A list of the amateur competitors has been posted.
The Las Vegas Sun has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi about competing in the Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Eating Contest on Friday. He incorrectly claims it will be his second contest in Las Vegas after recording shows for Spike TV in 2007; he also won the US Open of Competitive Eating tournament in 2005. On Joey Chestnut he says: "I don’t like him at all, I dislike him very much."
Molly Schuyler ate 30 burgers in 26 minutes at Tendermaid in Austin, MN yesterday to break the existing record by 13 burgers.
The package of emails released by WikiLeaks today showing the Democratic National Committee allegedly conspiring against the Bernie Sanders campaign also include plans for a hot dog eating contest between staffers Kate Houghton and Geoff Burgan at the Washington Nationals Dollar Dog night on May 10. (via @DetInspector)
HowWeGetToNext.com has an interview with Yasir Salem about his competitive eating training techniques.
17 pubs in n England will hold Wing It 2016 Thursday. The overall national winner of the hot wing eating contest will receive a year's worth of beer.
France24 has an article on how ISIS has been holding activities like eating contests in Raqqa, Syria after banning soccer and other ball sports for being non-Islamic.
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