The Hindu has a report on Saturday's donut eating contest held in Bangalore, India won by Dale Boone. The top female competitor was reportedly named Moses.
MyFox8 has a video and gallery of a 12 pound pork barbecue sandwich offered by Whitley's Barbecue in Lexington, NC. The name of the sandwich will by determined by a drawing of submitted entries.
Phil Yazdzik’s 1955 record attempts
Google News has two free articles about Phil Yazdzik’s record attempts from April 1955 where he ate 77 burgers (containing 20 pounds of meat) and 1.5 gallons of milk in 2.5 hours and 31 orders of fried chicken (his goal was 40 servings). His typical diet follows:
For breakfast he usually consumes 14 hot dogs and 2 quarts of milk. For lunch he likes 3 dozen eggs, two more quarts of milk and several pounds of cold cuts. His favorite dinner consists of four huge servings of spaghetti and meat balls.
Humble Bob wins Dorney Park w 38 HDB
Lehigh Valley Live has an article and gallery of the Nathan’s qualifier won by “Humble” Bob Shoudt with 38 HDB. MCall also has an article.
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Good Food Toronto has a blog entry about attempts at the 72 once steak challenge at the Lone Star Cafe with four entries about the diners' training sessions.
DennisandLuba has a gallery of the May 15 qualifying session at Go!Go! Curry! With one more qualifier left (May 20) the top three remain 1) Joe Menchetti 2) Paul Arcaria 3) Don Lerman
Ian Hickman unretires, wins DC cupcake contest
Youtube has a video of the cupcake eating contest held at the grand opening celebration of Cupcakes Today in Fairfax, VA. Ian Hickman, whose retirement was announced in January, won the contest by eating 12 cupcakes in 1:47. James “Big Bess” Besser was the runner-up.
Youtube has a video of today's donut eating contest in Bangalore India, won by Dale Boone with 44 donuts. PCresswell, who served as the contest referee, has a blog entry about the contest.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of him eating almost 6 pounds of ramen noodles in 5 minutes.
Jack n Grill 7 pound burrito Wall of Fame
John Wenzel has a picture of the 7 pound breakfast burrito Wall of Fame at Jack n Grill in Denver showing the three women who have finished the challenge and will reportedly receive free food from the restaurant for life. Rager and Beer Monster has a blog entry about the wall of fame which says that the woman pictured flexing (reportedly a female bodybuilder) also ate a basket of chips and dessert along with her burrito.
Mongo Marquez also recently completed the challenge and ate dessert.
Pat Bertoletti wins Niko Niko’s Gyros
unoffical Gyro results from Rich Shea, verified by Pat Bertoletti’s twitter
1 Pat Bertoletti 21 gyros
2 Bob Shoudtv16.5
3 Erik “the Red” Denmark 13.5
Eater X hangs a half a hundred in Hartford
IFOCE.com reports that Tim Janus became the third person to eat 50 or more hot dogs in a Nathan’s contest. Results from the report and Rich Shea’s twitter:
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 50 HDB
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 27.5
3) Russ Keeler 19.5
4T) Yasir Salem 15
4T) Mike Springer 15
6) “Wild” Bill Myers 12.5
7) Jason Porris 10
8 Adam “Bomb” Gluck 8.5
Drinker's Pub in Philadelphia will hold a wing eating contest on May 24 which will award a Jager Machine drink dispenser to the winner.
According to Will Millender, the eating contest held at the Alt Games last month will be televised on CBS at 2pm eastern on Saturday, May 16.
TriggerStreet has a review of a competitive eating screeplay titled From the Gut. Joey Chestnut and other real-life eaters are characters in the script.
A press release for the Charleston (SC) River Dogs minor league baseball team reports that Man vs. Food will be recording Adam Richman eating the half pound "Homewrecker" hot dog at the Riverdogs' stadium on May 26.
Burger Challenge news roundup
- The Black Bear Saloon in Milford, CT offers a 12 pound burger with a 5 pound patty – video
- Bull’s on Broadway in Kankakee, IL (suburban Chicago) has an “Imposi-bull burger†5 pound burger challenge that is free if finished in under an hour
- Fattie’s Diner in Damascus, VA has a burger challenge (currently 6 pounds) which grows every time someone finishes it
- A new record was recently set in the 10+ Stack em High challenge offered by Burger Madness in Seattle
Crazy Legs Conti interview on Obsessed TV
Obsessedtv.com has a video of an interview with Crazy Legs Conti (via twitter)
MinnPost has an video clip of an interview with Adam Richman and Andrew Zimmern of Bizzare Foodism
Olivia Wilde, co-star of House MD and reported pancake champion (33 pancakes in 20 minutes) is #1 on Maxim's Hot 100 list.
Daily Fiasco has some pictures from Adam Richman's attempt at the 6 pound burrito at the NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara Casino for an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food. Video recorded was removed due to a copyright claim by the Travel Channel.
“A-Bomb” blows up the WLOCE contract
Andrew Lane, now going by “A-Bomb” instead of “Skinnyboy” has a blog entry about the agreement competitors are required to sign before participating in the upcoming WLOCE Boulder cupcake eating contest. The agreement requires signees to pay 20% of their (non-contest competitive eating updated) earnings back to WLOCE, indemnification for Shea Communications (?) and a restriction on participating in non-WLOCE sanctioned events.
The organizer of a Wichita, KS funnel cake contest declared its victor the world champion due to being unable to find any other funnel cake contests on the internet.
Robin Leach's blog has a gallery from the Las Vegas Nathan's qualifier.
MCall has a preview of Sunday's Nathan's qualifier at Dorney Park in Allentown listing "Humble" Bob Shoudt, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins and "Wild" Bill Myers as expected entrants. Spectators must purchase park tickets.
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