September 30, 2015 at 5:19 pm by
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Stephanie Torres’ mother, Carmen has posted the following tweet:
“will miss you so but not forgotten my sweet beautiful Stephanie Xanadu lov ya always”
update Oct 6 Aaron Ybarra has a tribute
update Oct 2 More links
Rake and Herald tribute to Stephanie
Big Eaters Club video of Mad Greek Deli challenge
Appearance on The Doctors syndicated TV show
Youtube channel (valmar0322)
update The last interview Stephanie Torres did with Rake & Herald earlier this year
The 2011 Nathan’s female finalists (Stephanie is on the left)
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The Jakarta Post has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi in English. He says that his peak year for Japanese competitive eating income was 2001, when he earned about $250,000. He also says he has landed an endorsement deal with Nike and that he has no plans to retire. September 30, 2015 at 11:11 am by
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"Furious" Pete Czewinski reports a decrease in his tumor markers from 11+ to 1. He will get a full health status report in November. September 30, 2015 at 10:52 am by
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Applications are being accepted for competitors to face Takeru Kobayashi in the World Brain Eating Championship at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis on October 17. September 29, 2015 at 4:49 pm by
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Oktoberfest in Seymour, IN will hold a bratwurst eating contest on October 3 awarding $700 ($500 to the winner). September 29, 2015 at 4:02 pm by
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Justin "The Jester" Vernon won the first prize of $500 in the wing eating contest at the Reading (PA) Wing Fling Saturday. September 29, 2015 at 2:50 pm by
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The Dunwoody Crier reports that the incumbent mayor of Brookhaven, GA, Rebecca Chase Williams, has dropped out of the November 3 election due to family health issues. This leaves Dale Boone and attorney John Ernst as the sole remaining candidates. September 29, 2015 at 10:49 am by
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LosAngeles.craigslist.org has a casting call requesting competitive eaters for a new television show that will record October 5 in Woodland Hills, CA. September 29, 2015 at 7:17 am by
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The date of of the Martorano’s Masters World Pasta Eating Championship in Las Vegas has been changed from October 10 to October 17. September 29, 2015 at 7:11 am by
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September 28, 2015 at 4:31 pm by
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update Kobayashi won the contest with a time of 1:45
Taco in a Bag will announce today the time Takeru Kobayashi needed to finish the Taco Trough challenge. This attempt will but two of his streaks on the line: a post-MLE streak now extending 5 years and a career undefeated streak vs. women. Molly Schuyler is the current leader at 2:24 with Bob Shoudt the current runner up with a time of 3:14.
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Kate Ovens has uploaded a video of her latest eating challenge: a 6 patty burger at the Fat Hippo in Newcastle, England. September 28, 2015 at 3:25 pm by
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The San Francisco Chronicle has an account of an eating contest held in the 1840s between Russian Don Andres Hoeppner and Jean Jacques Vioget, owner of a saloon in Yuerba Buena, CA (which would later be known as San Francisco). September 28, 2015 at 11:59 am by
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September 27, 2015 at 3:38 pm by
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update Sept 29 The Buffalo News and TWC News have articles. Molly received a $1000 bonus ($200/slice) for breaking the record by 5 slices.
The top 4 in the World Hands Free Pumpkin Pie Championship at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY.
1) Molly Schuyler 47 slices (14.69 pounds) new record
2) Dave Brunelli 32
3) Dave Werick 20
4) Michael Dietz 16
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Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA will hold a burger eating contest on October 10 awarding $1350 ($1000 to the winner). September 27, 2015 at 11:20 am by
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September 26, 2015 at 3:32 pm by
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update Sep 30 Jeff Edelstein has a report on his last place finish.
update Sep 28 MILB.com has an article
update Full Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
NJ.com article
The Trentonian has a contest report with some results and a gallery. MLE has yet to post any news.
JZig12 reports that Joey Chestnut won today’s pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ.
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Mark Kolbusz has won the Bacci Pizza Jumbo Slice eating contest for the third year in a row with a total of 5 1/3 slices. update Sep 28 Prizewinners (via comment) 1) Mark Kolbusz 5.33 2 Raymond Maas 5.125 3 Teddy Delacruz 5 Videos: Son of a Pizza Man | Ray's Good Eats September 26, 2015 at 3:03 pm by
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September 26, 2015 at 2:51 pm by
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update Sep 28 The Dallas Morning News has a gallery. Contest preview containing interview with Nate Biller.
Official results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Brandon Cooper reports that Miki Sudo won today’s tamale eating contest in Lewisville, TX with a total of 61 tamales, her first victory in a mixed-gender contest since the Chicago Ribfest in June 2014.
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Times of India reports that 67 year old Govind Lunagariya ate 21 ladoos weighing over 4 pounds to win an eating contest in Rajkot, India. The third place finisher, Auchar Chhatroda, was 85. September 26, 2015 at 9:08 am by
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For his latest video, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski has posted an excerpt from his 2013 tour of Japan where he faced off against female competitive eater Mio Takahashi in a noodle eating contest. September 25, 2015 at 1:00 pm by
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Molly Schuyler has been announced as the winner of the $3330 first prize for the 2015 Triple Triple Challenge at Wayback Burgers. Her time was 40.55 seconds (less than 5 seconds per patty). September 25, 2015 at 11:26 am by
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Bench Wings in Stony Brook, NY will hold a wing eating contest on October 3 for three person teams awarding $200. It will also hold a competition for all-female trios awarding $100. September 25, 2015 at 6:27 am by
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The Hyde Out in Tampa will hold a "braut" eating contest tonight awarding $500 to the winner. September 24, 2015 at 2:58 pm by
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Matt Stonie and Joey Chestnut are expected to compete in Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest in Toronto on October 3. September 24, 2015 at 1:07 pm by
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