OCRegister has the top three and a video from last night's prime rib eating contest at Gulliver's. Ronald Milutin won the contest by eating 6 pounds in 30 minutes.
Joey Chestnut will appear on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area on Chronicle Live tonight.
July 3 Coney Island Humans vs. elephants eating contest
(Via eater) The Brooklyn Papers reports that Coney Island will host a hot dog bun eating contest between three unnamed humans and three elephants from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus on July 3. George Shea has the following quote:
“When most people see elephants, they see the majesty of nature. To me, I see an arrogant animal that needs to be taken down a notch,†said an unabashedly pro-human Shea.
Comedienne Lily Tomlin protested the elephants’ Coney Island appearance before the eating contest was announced.
Beer & Bourbon baked beans contest
The writer of the web page about the baked bean contest to be held at the Beer and Bourbon Festival at National Harbor, Maryland (suburban Washington, DC) appears ignorant that two of the world’s top competitive eaters are DC-area women:
NEW CONTESTS. Ladies – Do you have what it takes to be Ms. Bar-B-Cutie? Guys – can you handle the WORLD BBQ BEAN –EATING CHAMPIONSHIP? Practice, practice, practice and win big bucks and bragging rights!
Pinnacle Sports has started accepting bets on whether Joey Chestnut or Kobayashi will eat more hot dogs and if the overall winner will eat 60.5 hot dogs.
Levi Oliver has an interview on youtube in which he provides tips for competitors in the raw onion eating contest to be held at the Texas Testosterone Festival on August 9.
Filipino 7-11s to hold hot dog eating contest
7-11 stores in the Philippines will hold a hot dog eating contest this summer. Competitors can attempt to qualify at their local 7-11 on the qualifying dates. The grand prize is 500,000 Philippine pesos ($10,360)
update The contest website is at http://eatingmachinesphilippines.com/. The contest rules do not appear to explicitly require Filipino citizenship. A promotional video of a match beteween Dicky Fellow (a woman) and Katarina Haligi is available.
Fish Tales in Ocean City, Maryland will hold another hot dog eating contest on July 4. Last year' contest awarded $1000. The 2009 prize is no listed listed.
The official Man vs. Food twitter reports the next two sites will be San Francisco and Oahu.
Jimmy Johns sandwich makers vs. eaters in Detroit Saturday
The Detroit River Days music schedule lists the following non-musical event:
Also, sure to draw a crowd on Saturday, June 20 at the Michigan Lottery Stage is the Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast Sandwich and Making Contest at 2 p.m. The contest will feature three of the fastest sandwich makers going head-to-head again three World Class Major League Eaters to see who is faster. Major League Eaters are infamous for gobbling down hot dogs and chicken wings on TV. Jimmy John’s believes they have they fastest sandwich makers around, what better way to prove it?
An email from Craig Reed reports that the three eaters will be Pat Bertoletti, Hall Hunt and Tim Brown.
OCRegister has the prizes for tomorrow's prime rib eating contest at Gulliver's in Irvine, CA: 1) $400, overnight stay at Radisson Newport Beach Hotel, two Angels tickets and dinner for two at Gulliver’s 2) $200 and gift card for Burke Williams 3) $100 and two Angels tickets.
A video of Ian Hickman's victory in Saturday's contest at the grand opening celebration of Fractured Prune donuts is available.
The Ada Herald has a report on Saturday's pork rind eating contest with full results.
Preliminary IFOCE 2009 second half schedule
(Thanks Sean Kirby) No post July 4 contests appear on the schedule on IFOCE.com, but other websites have some upcoming contest information.
August 22, Los Angeles, Gyoza Eating Contest
September 2, Sparks NV, rib eating contest
September 4, Houston TX, Kolache Eating Contest
September 5, Buffalo NY, Wing Eating Championship
September 6, Buffalo NY, Buffalo Buffet Bowl Eating Contest
September 10, New York City, Cannoli Eating Contest
September 26, Lewisville, TX tamale eating contest
Heart Attack Grill twitter started
The Heart Attack Grill has started a twitter at http://twitter.com/DoubleBypass Recent posts report a 350+ pound diner received seven free Single Bypass Burgers in one visit, that no 350+ pound woman (as of June 12) had accepted the free food offer and that one diner ate 2 Quadruple Bypass burgers in 45 minutes.
The CBS Sunday Morning segment about the Heart Attack Grill was rerun yesterday.
Examiner.com reports that Paul Barlow's reality show ambitions have been dashed again (this time not by Survivor)
Liz Kellermeyer's contest report and gallery from the Denver Nathan's qualifier are available.
A hot dog eating contest to be held at the Water Carnival in Hutchinson, Minnesota on June 20 will award two round trip plane tickets to New York City.
IFOCE.com announces a "Bunnette Bootcamp" will be held in New York City on June 27. Three Bunnettes will be selected to appear in the Nathan's finals July 4.
(Via skinnyboy's twitter) Registration for the second contest sponsored by Steve's Hot Dogs in Denver is now open. There will only be one qualifier on July 11.
The Telegraph has a report on yesterday's World Stinging Nettle Eating Championship held in Dorset England.
Philly.com reports that Bill "El Wingador" Simmons will face off against Jose Conseco in a boxing match on July 24.
The first qualifier for Jake's Burgers contest will take place tomorrow in Wilmington, Delaware. All qualifiers will award $100 to the winner and the overall victor will receive $2000.
DailyLocal has an article about Sean Gordon who claims he dips his hot dogs in a secret ingredient.
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