Registration is now open for the Silver Slipper World Meat Pie Eating Championship in Bay St. Louis, MS on March 5.
Recent comments about poker have been moved to this post.
Yuka Kinoshita has surpassed Matt Stonie in total video views (192M to 175M) to become the most watched youtube channel solely focusing on competitive eating. Stonie maintains a subscriber lead (1.09M to .761M). ("Furious" Pete's channel has received 387M views).
A 12 pound "Smashville" burger will be available at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for the NHL All-Star weekend on January 30 and 31. The burger has impaled hot dogs as a topping.
The Daily Mail has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran attempting a 5 pound cheesesteak sandwich at Huckleberry's Diner in Leeds, Yorkshire.
Daily Mail reports Chinese competitve eater Pan Yizhong ate 36 boiled eggs and a box of mealworms at Shiniuzhai Geopark in Hunan, China to promote the opening of a 984 foot glass-bottomed pedestrian suspension bridge, billed as the longest in the world.
2016 Battle of the Big Eaters
The 2016 Battle of the Big Eaters is now being televised on TV Tokyo. You can try to follow on twitter with this query https://twitter.com/search?vertical=default&q=%E5%A4%A7%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C
update Rhys Hocking has uploaded a video of the program. If you are interested, watch it soon, because it may not be available in the near future.
Detroit Sports Nation reports University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh stormed the stage after his team lost to the University of Florida in a controversial Oreo eating contest held during Citrus Bowl pregame festivities in Orlando.
The Old Stage grill in Yadkinville, NC will hold a hot dog eating contest on January 9 awarding $250 to the winner.
End of 2015 Eatfeats MLE ranking system results
Here are the MLE rankings for 2015 using the system described previously
Stephanie Torres' sudden passing in September make Las Crcuces Sun-News 2015 timeline of local news stories.
Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle says he was contacted by the Wing Bowl.
Wing Bowl Prizes 2012-2016
Here are the major prizes for the Wing Bowls from 2012 to 2016. Two of the prizes (runner-up & college) for the upcoming contest have been significantly reduced from the previous competition.
| National Winner | National Runner-up | Local Winner | College Winner | |
| 2016 | $10000 & Harley | $5000 | Hyundai Santa Fe | $5000 |
| 2015 | $10000 & Harley | $10000 | Chrysler 300 | Chrysler 200 |
| 2014 | $22000 | $0 | Chrysler 200 | Chrysler 200 |
| 2013 | $20000 | $0 | Chevy Camaro | – |
| 2012 | $20000 | $0 | Chevy Camaro | – |
Dale Boone's defeat in the Brookhaven, GA mayoral election made the Dunwoody Crier's list of top stories of 2015.
Dave Brunelli wins Music City Bowl hot chicken contest
update Dec 31 Kyle Hanner video Naader Reda video (introductions)
Naader Reda has the top 3
1) Dave Brunelli 3 plates & 3 pieces
2) Naader Reda 2 plates & 2 pieces
3) Kyle Hanner 2 plates
Matthew Chang also competed and says he finished 4th
There was one reversal.
Dave Brunelli has been announced as the winner
It does not appear that defending champ Molly Schuyler was in attendance.
Retired Australian competitive eater "Hungry Haydo" has a post on the benefits of his competitive eating career, which includes $28,500 raised for prostrate cancer charities.
Part 2 of his video series "The Truth About Competitive Eating", Erik "The Electric" Lamkin addresses the topic of post contest/challenge purging. In part 1 of the series, the subject was the "metabolism myth".
Scout.com reports the Louisville Cardinals defeated Texas A & M in the hot chicken eating contest for Music City Bowl teams in Nashville. The professional hot chicken eating contest will be held on Tuesday.
HawkeyeSports has an article and gallery about the University of Iowa attending the Beef Bowl tonight, a pregame meal for Rose Bowl teams held at Lawry's. The event has not been an official eating contest since the 1960s. Stanford will visit the Beverly Hills steakhouse tomorrow. Elika Sadeghi got to dine with the Hawkeyes and posted a video of her meal. (Patch.com article)
The reddit.com gainit board, a forum for people looking to gain non-fat mass, has a thread asking if there is anything that can be learned from competitive eating to increase eating capacity.
2016 Battle of the Big Eaters Teams
TV Tokyo has a page about the Battle of the Big Eaters program that will be televised on January 1. The teams:
- USA: Molly Schuyler, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Tom Gilbert
- UK: Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran, Emma Dalton, Leah Shutkever, Marc
- Japan: Hatsuyo Sugawara, Hitomi “Russian” Sato, Moeno Azuki, male I don’t recognize
- Taiwan: Chien Shu, You Lin (?), Ming Che, Ya Lin
It is interesting that Taiwan got a team when competitive eating appears to be a lot bigger in other Asian countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, …)
update The other Briton is Marc “Bottomless” Pitt the Japanese is probably Takamasa “Max” Suzuki
The Wing Bowl website has an information page on the current Wing Bowl 24 roster. Defending champ Pat Bertoletti and 2014 winner Molly Schuyler are not listed.
Express.co.uk has an article about mince pies which mentions Sonya Thomas' victory in a 2006 mince pie eating contest. Her total of 46 is still listed as the record.
TV.Yahoo.co.jp has a page about the 2016 edition of "Battle of the Big" Eaters that will be televised on TV Tokyo on New Year's Day. Molly Schuyler, Pat Bertoletti and more will compete. (preview video) (Via Tom L)
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