Nela Zisser has started a store at http://nelazisser.bigcartel.com/ selling T-shirts with her logo on it. She is soliciting questions for a Q & A video in the comments of her latest video documenting her victory in a college Thickburger contest.
The Food Challenge Bros report that they were the first person to finish the Brutus Burger at the Hard Rock in Tulsa.
The San Joaquin Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA will hold an eating contest in April awarding $250 to the winner.
It has now been over five months since Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie last faced off in the Toronto poutine contest on October 3. Since then Joey Chestnut has done 8 contests; Matt has done 3. The new poll asks why you think their matchups have become rare.
2016 Silver Slipper meat pies
update March 7 SunHerald also has a blog entry
update March 6 SunHerald has an article and video
1) Joey Chestnut 23 pies in 10 minutes
2) Miki Sudo 21.5
3) Adrian Morgan 19.25
4) Rich LeFevre 17
5) Gideon Oji 13.5
6) Matt Cohen 12.75
7) Crazy Legs Conti 10.5
8) Corey Fanguy 10
9) Matthew Raible 7.5
10) Nate Biller 6
11) Carlene LeFevre 5
The contest is expected to start around 2:30 central / 3:30 eastern.
The most recent episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast starts with a recap of the "Finkie" competitive eating awards, then interviews Nate Biller (minute 36) and closes with coverage from January's bacon eating contest at Beer Bourbon and BBQ festival.
Bleacher Report has a video of future Notre Dame offensive lineman Dillan Gibbons attempting the burger challenge at EATS American Grill in Tampa.
The Ainsworth in New York City has a macaroni and cheese burger challenge that awards $500 to a finisher. Wayne Algenio is the only person to have finished it.
The Smithfield Foods Whole Hog Challenge will return to the 2016 NASCAR circuit. Winners of bacon eating contest held before the stock car races will receive a trip to Miami to compete in the finals. The next contest will be Sunday in Las Vegas.
The Fulton, TX Oysterfest will hold men's and women's oyster eating contests this weekend awarding $350 each ($200 to the winner).
Priyanka Chopra of Quantico will do a hot wing eating contest on tonight's episode of the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. update March 4 A youtube video of the appearance
Sunherald.com lists Joey Chestnut, Adrian Morgan, Gideon Oji, Rich LeFevre, Crazy Legs Conti and Nate Billers as the ranked competitors in Saturdays meat pie eating contest at the Silver Slipper on Saturday. Spectators must be 21 or older.
Registration opens today at noon eastern for the Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship in Fairmont, WV and the World Silver Dollar Pancake Eating Championship in Chico, CA. Both contests are on May 28.
Randy Santel has uploaded a video recorded at the Pied Piper in Nashville in October where he and Olivia Ragni completed the breakfast challenge.
Registration is now open for the National Harbor World Peeps Eating Championship in suburban Washington, DC on April 2. The purse is $3500.
Adrian Morgan appeared on WXXV yesterday to promote Saturday's meat pie eating contest at the Silver Slipper.
A picture signed by Joey Chestnut for $11.95 is an amazon.com daily deal. (via Never Air Podcast)
Statesman Journal has an article about the 2 pound burger challenge at the Hitchin Post in Keizer, OR that Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker will attempt with reporter Tom Mayhall Rastrelli on March 8.
Ukraine Train reports that Molly Schuyler will compete in the Philly Pizza Brawl in Broomall, PA. The date has been moved to June 11.
Longboards in Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia will award $200 to the first person that can finish its 3kg "Phat Bitch" burger in under 30 minutes.
RIP George Kennedy, who served as the bookie/promoter for Paul Newman's 50 egg challenge in Cool Hand Luke, one of the more famous competitive eating scenes in cinema history.
Nola.com has an article about the French Quarter Fest terminating its MLE crawfish eating contest, which will take place at the Crawfish Mambo at the University of New Orleans on May 7.
Registration will open at noon Pacific today for the Knotts Boysenberry Festival World Pie Eating Championship at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Vista on March 19.
Kate Ovens attempted to eat 100 jaffa cakes on Captial Scotland radio in Glasgow this morning. She finished 57.
Soccer AM has a video of Adebayo "Beast Mode" Akinfenwa, striker for AFC Wimbledon who has been named FIFA's strongest player by Guinness World Records, doing a chicken wing challenge at the Man vs. Food restaurant in London.
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