Juliet Lee has updated her website by adding a report on her experience at this year's Nathan's finals and competing against elephants the day before.
The Dallas Observer has a blog entry about the corn dog eating contest held July 4 at the Libertine Bar. Patrick Michels was the runner up.
A post on bodybuilding.com reports that ptflyforatallguy (6'8") and Dolfan_714 broke the challenge record at Red Devil pizza in Southern California by eating a 28 inch pizza in 11 minutes and 30 seconds. (The previous record was 18 minutes) Videos of the entire challenge are available: Part 1 | Part 2
The Washingtonian has a list of DC area (which extends from northern Virginia to Annapolis) eating challenges.
Examiner.com has a preview of the Jimmy John's sandwich makers vs. eaters contest at Milwaukee's Bastile Days festival on Friday. Pat Bertoletti is the only listed member of the eaters team.
The program where "Furious" Pete Czerwinski took on German restaurants' eating challenges was televised in Europe today and a clip of that program is available on youtube. Bodybuilding.com thread 1 | thread 2
Some post-contest articles on the 2009 Nathan's finalists: Pat Bertoletti (Chicago Tribune | Examiner), Badlands Booker, "Buffalo" Jim Reeves, Marco "Mongo" Marquez (Liz Kellermeyer interview | Pueblo Chieftain)
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has a blog entry about the hot dog and cupcake contests he participated in on July 4. The cupcakes store, Tee & Cakes, also has a blog entry about its contest, won by WLOCE cupcake runner-up Jimmy Mares
Bunnette Zoe has posted a blog entry about riding the bus of champions which contains short interviews with Juliet Lee and Joey Chestnut.
Sonya Thomas vs. Juliet Lee
A list of head to head results of Sonya Thomas vs. Juliet Lee in the eatfeats database is available after the jump. Sonya Thomas has not only never finished behind Juliet Lee, she has not lost to any other female competitor:
JapanProbe reports that Miyazaki City created a 300 pound burger to promote the Phoenix Seagaia Resort. (Video)DanisHouseOfPizza.com reports that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski set a record for their contest in the July 4 qualifier by eating 10 slices of pizza in 8 minutes, breaking "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti's record.
The new poll asks who you think will win the Nathan's finals after Joey Chestnut's streak ends.
Sportnation debuted on ESPN2 today, and one of the topics they discussed was whether there should be more televised competitive eating. You can vote on a poll on the program's web page (from anon comment) and also follow the twitter responses.
A knish eating contest will be held at the Brooklyn Cyclones game tomorrow in honor of Jewish Heritage Night.
The twitter for the La Costena Tour reports that Domenico Alesi won yesterday's jalapeno eating contest by eating 14 peppers in one minute and will compete in the MLE jalapeno contest in Chicago later this year.
BeautifulBrian.com has a report on serving as judge for Franco "FrenkyBello" Camerini and the post contest activities along with some pictures and videos from the contest.
The University of Texas student newspaper has an article about the Austin veggie dog eating contest held on July 4. Scott Meyers won by eating 16 veggie dogs in 10 minutes. A gallery of the contest is also available.
Deadspin has a gallery of the Nathan's finals which includes a picture of the floor around the eaters' table after the contest.
Badlands Booker reports that his fifth CD, Extended Play is available on his myspace page.
Dale Boone repeats in apple uglies, Suzanne French 2nd
The Salisbury Post has the top 4 from yesterday’s apple ugly eating contest in Faith, NC. update a SalisburyPost.com also has a gallery:
1 Dale Boone 20
2 Suzanne French 14, cordogorama 3rd place
3 Larry McNeil (IFOCE #37) 13
4 Keatin Shelton 12, last year’s runner up
http://twitter.com/claytoclayto/: The winner of last night's hot dog eating contest in Ybor City (Tampa) was a woman.
Chestnut’s 68 HDBs 86s Kobayashi
update IFOCE.com now has the full results. (from Craig Reed)
Badlands Booker has some results outside the top 3. Sonya Thomas reached her longtime goal of 40+ and Booker did 30.
positions #5-#8 are from twitter.com/erikdenmark
1. Joey Chestnut 68 HDB, new 12 & 10 minute record
2. Takeru Kobayashi 64.5 a personal best
3. Pat Bertoletti, 55, personal best
4. Tim “Eater X” Janus 53
5. “Humble” Bob Shoudt 41.75
6 Sonya Thomas 41, a 12 & 10 minute womens record
7T Hall Hunt 38
7T Erik Denmark 38
? Badlands Booker 30
The teleblog of the program is available after the jump
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PinoyFood has a blog entry about Tom "Goose" Gilbert's appearance in the Philippines promoting 7-11's hot dog eating contest. A video of Gilbert eating 10 hot dogs (using non-"picnic style" rules) in 3 minutes and 23 seconds is available. Another video promoting the contest features lookalikes of boxer Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach. update July 6 The contest website has a report on the event.
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