On Milwaukee reports that a contest will be held on Thursday to determine who will compete alongside Major League Eaters in the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest that will take place at the Bastille Days festival on July 10.
The Alley Cat Club in Charlotte, NC will host a hot dog eating contest on July 3 that will award $600 and a championship belt to the winner (contest poster)
IFOCE.com reports that registration for the July 12 rib eating contest at Chinook Winds in Oregon will open at noon today.
USAToday.com reports that the East Boston Italian Festival will not be held in 2009 due to the recession. Previous festivals hosted an Italian sausage eating contest.
Man vs. Food in Hawaii June 29
IsleConcierge reports that Man vs. Food will be filming at Mac 24-7 on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii on June 29. Reservations by June 26 are requested for people who would like to attend the recording. The challenge will be 3 fourteen inch pancakes.
Man vs. Food recorded at Ike’s Place in San Francisco yesterday. I have not been able to track down any other Bay Area locations.
DC.About.com: Z-burger in Washington DC will host the “Independence Burger Eating Championship†on July 2. The prizes: 1) $1500 cash, $1000 in free food & trophy 2) $750 & trophy 3) $500 & trophy.
2009 Chinook Winds ribs July 12
ChinookWindsCasino.com has been updated with information about this year’s Smokin’ at the Ocean BBQ & Brewfest. Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his rib eating title at the rib eating contest on July 12. The top 4 finishers at an amateur contest on July 11 will receive a berth in the IFOCE contest.
A web page for the Austin veggie hot dog contest has been set up at http://veggiedogcontest.com/. This year's contest will take place on July 4.
A video of Joey Chestnut's hot dog eating contest versus three production assistants on Comcast Sports Net Bay Area is available
The Heart Attack Grill's twitter reports that the first female customer weighing 350 or more pounds received free food today.
The Nathan's finals broadcast now appears on TV listings. Like previous years, the program will start at noon eastern and last an hour.
30+ HDB non-winning Nathan’s qualifier performances
A list of non-winning 30+ results in Nathan’s qualifiers in the eatfeats database follows. In previous years, all listed competitors eventually qualified for the Nathan’s finals.
| 2009 Jun 20 | 2nd | 32 | 10 min | Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Queens, NY |
| 2008 May 10 | 2nd | 30 | 10 min | Patrick Vandam | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Apple Valley, MN |
| 2007 Jun 2 | 2nd | 33 | 12 min | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Tempe, AZ |
| 2007 May 26 | 2nd | 33 | 12 min | “Humble” Bob Shoudt | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Philadelphia, PA |
| 2007 May 3 | 2nd | 33 | 12 min | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2006 Jun 17 | 2nd | 32 | 12 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Bloomington, MN |
| 2006 May 18 | 2nd | 30.5 | 12 min | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Las Vegas, NV |
Badlands does the double deuce in Queens
update #2 NY1 has an article and video about the contest
Jo “Gavonne” Rose has uploaded a video
update Results from Rich Shea’s twitter: badlands with 40 pat from moonachie w/32, nasty nate w/25 yasir reversal Pat Philbin’s twitter confirms
Eric “Badlands” Booker and Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin will compete in today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the new New York Mets ballpark. According to Pat’s twitter, hot dogs might not require dunking.
Beanstockd has a short interview with Joey Chestnut from the Guy's Choice Awards which will be televised tomorrow night at 10 pm. Spike TV also has a page and video about the Chow-lenge
The Denver Post has a report on Marco "Mongo" Marquez' qualifying for the Nathan's finals. KetchupWithTheHunts also has a blog entry about the Denver qualifier.
New poll: preferred Nathan’s rookie
The new poll asks what eater currently ranked in the IFOCE top 50 who has been competing since at least 2006 and has never made the Nathan’s finals would you most like to see appear on the Coney Island stage. (If I missed anyone who meets these criteria, I will add him to the poll)
A listing of all 15+ HDB qualifier results in the database by eaters who have never reached the Nathan’s finals follows after the jump
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The managing director of Donut Baker has an interview in fnbnews in which he mentions the WLOCE donut eating contest.
Tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier at the New York Mets stadium will take place at 3PM to accommodate the 4:10 PM game start time mandated by the Fox national broadcast.
LVJR blogs: Johnny McGuire's Deli in Las Vegas will hold a 24 inch sub sandwich eating contest tomorrow as part of its grand opening celebration.
WXII12.com has a video reporting the results of Jennie's attempt to eat 100 wings during a newscast to promote the wing eating contest to be held at tomorrow's Wingfest at the Piedmont Triad Farmers Market in Colfax, NC.
Penthouse.com asks Crazy Legs Conti whether he thinks an average person could qualify for the Nathan's finals after 6 weeks of training. (page safe for work)
SeriousEats reports that Franco "Frenky Bello" Camerini, who won the 2008 Mangiatlhon by eating 7.3 kg of food in an hour (video), will compete in the 2009 Nathan's finals.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski announces that he will do a contest in New York City on July 4, but it will be a Dani's pizza qualifier and not the Nathan's finals or Peggy O'Neill's burger contest.
Chronicle Productions has a twit pic of Joey Chestnut's contest on Chronicle Live today. The Chronicle Live twitter has some posts about the appearance.
Straight.com reports that Pink Pearl Chinese Restaurant in Vancover, BC will host a spring roll qualifier on Sunday. The finals will be held in August and award $300.
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