Two of the restaurants featured on Extreme Fast Food on the Travel Channel tomorrow night at 9 pm have eating challenges: Voodoo Doughnuts (the Tex-Ass challenge) and Cluck U Chicken (911 hot wings)
Lily "Miss Busy Lady" Pham and Bear Silber have posted blog entries about the funnel cake eating contest.
The Wave Magazine has an article about San Jose eating challenges which mentions the Burritozilla and the Belly Buster Pizza. Reportedly 15 to 20 people a day have been ordering the Burritozilla since it appeared on Man vs. Food
Pat Bertoletti has posted a blog entry to his Yard Barker blog about breaking the Kookamonga (Sasquatch) burger record at the Kooky Canuck in Memphis.
Furious Pete bites through ear on Sport Science
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski’s appearance on Fox Sport Science has been uploaded to youtube. Pete bit through a pig’s ear to determine the amount of force required for Mike Tyson to bite off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear.
Erin Wigger has posted pictures of "Hungry" Charles Hardy and "Krazy" Kevin Lipsitz to her blog.
Nobuyuki "the Giant" Shirota has a blog entry about the Japanese version of the Major League Eating game, which is now mentioned on nintendo.co.jp
MLive reports that 107 Fifth Third burgers were ordered during the West Michigan Whitecaps opening night. 17 out of 32 competitors managed to finish the burger. Steve Landis was the fastest finisher.
The 30's Pizza Factory in Arlington (Chicago), Illinois has a facebook page with a wall of fame for the three person teams who have successfully completed its 30 inch pizza challenge.
Furious Pete eats 4 lb. burrito in 40 sec for documentary
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski reports he ate a four pound burrito in 40 seconds in a bodybuilding.com forum thread. The feat was recorded for a documentary about his life.
Another poster in the thread says he saw Joey Chestnut and three friends (probably funnel cake competitors) eat Burritozillas at Iguana’s last night. The fastest time was 1:39.
twitter.com/erikdenmark: Joey Chestnut wins funnel cake
update #3 The San Jose Mercury has an article and Bear Silber has a blog entry containing several videos.
update #2 Full results have been posted on IFOCE.com
update Funnel cake results according to http://twitter.com/erikdenmark/status/1499175294:
1. Joey Chestnut 5.4 lb
2. Pat Bertoletti 4.7
3. Bob Shoudt 4.12
4. Erik Denmark 3.56
5. Nate Biller 2.7
6. Kevin Ross 2.5
? Sean Kirby
? Lily Pham
Erik Denmark will be posting updates from today’s funnel cake eating contest at http://twitter.com/erikdenmark He expects Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Nate Biller and Nic Fry to also compete.
Indian woman eats 51 bhut jolokia for British TV
(from Paul Barlow) The The Daily Mail reports that Anandita Dutta Tamuly ate 51 bhut jolokia peppers, considered the spiciest peppers in the world, in 2 minutes in Jorhut, India. Chef Gordon Ramsay of Hell’s Kitchen observed the feat, which will appear on a program he is producing for the British network Channel 4. She also rubbed the seeds from some peppers in her eyes.
AFP reports that Gordon Ramsey served as the official monitor for the Guinness Book of World Records, which requested that Ms. Tamuly’s pepper prowess be observed by “someone responsible”. She had hoped to receive a Guinness record for eating 60 bhut jolokias in 2 minutes in 2007, but no such recognition was apparently bestowed. The current official Guinness pepper eating record is 8 jalapenos in a minute.
BBC video
The San Francisco Chronicle has an interview with Joey Chestnut about tomorrow's funnel cake eating contest at Great America.
The twitter for the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn announces an April 25 cupcake eating contest with a $75 prize and $25 entry fee.
(via twitter) Youtube has a video of Aymad Ahmed eating a burrito for a contest held at a Dinkytown (Minneapolis) Qdoba in 17 seconds (which includes some debris completion time)
The Nathan's finals in Coney Island are ranked #73 in the new book: The 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live
Man vs. Food season 2 in 4th quarter 2009
The Futon Critic has a press release from the Travel Channel which announces that the second season of Man vs Food will be televised in the fourth quarter of 2009.
The twitter for Munchies 420 Cafe in Sarasota (Tampa Bay area) announces that Man vs Food will be recording on May 4.
Adam Richman has set up a personal twitter at http://twitter.com/BrooklynAdam, but it only has 3 updates at this moment.
Wicked PR has uploaded a gallery from last year's Krystal Square Off finals. Juliet Lee is mislabeled as Sonya Thomas in one picture.
2009 Andy’s “Big A” Challenge finals April 22
The Wilson Times reports that this year’s 50 ounce “Big A” burger contest will take place on April 22 before the East Carolina / UNC baseball game in Greenville, NC. The contest will match the 10 fastest “Big A” finishers and qualifying closed at the end of March. Apparently there were only three days between the contest announcement and the close of qualifying.
NewsObserver.com reports that Joe Menchetti will defend his title from 2008. Contest organizers would like to offer runner-up Joshua “Jabber Jaws” Currier a slot if they can get in touch with him.
Tender Maid Wall of Fame
A picture of the Wall of Fame at the Tender Maid in Austin, Minnesota has been posted on the Man vs. Food message boards. Amanda Dunning set the record by eating 10 Tender Maid burgers in 30 minutes along with a malt, a bag of chips and 8 waters.
The Dallas Observer has a blog entry and gallery about Saturday's World Championship of Quail Egg Eating. Lester Tucker won the contest for the 14th consecutive year.
(From the Mayor of Wingville) Joey Chestnut has made a commercial to promote Wednesday all you can eat wings at Hooters which is being televised in the Sacramento and Fresno metropolitan areas.
A clip from ESPN2's First Take about the Fifth Third burger can be viewed on ESPN.com
Mega Meal Madness 2009 final round
The poll for the winners of the first round of Mega Meal Madness has been set up. The choices are:
- Ye Old 96er Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub Clearfield, PA
- Pointersaurus challenge Pointer’s Pizza St. Louis, MO
- 72 oz. steak Big Texan Steak Ranch Amarillo, TX
- Hot Dog Hall of Fame Rockford Corner Bar Rockford, MI
- #13 Sandwich Challenge Carnegie Deli New York, NY
- Burritozilla Iguana’s Taqueria San Jose, CA
- 12 Egg Omelet Beth’s Cafe Seattle, WA
- Tiny’s Tall Stack Niner Diner Nanty Glo, PA
- Outrageous Split BR Frozen Custard & Sweets Woodbridge, VA
- Atomic Hot Wings Quaker Steak & Lube Pittsburgh, PA
- 15 Dozen Club Acme Oyster House New Orleans, LA
The omelet from Beth’s Cafe and the pancakes from the Niner Diner tied for first place in the breakfast poll, so they both made the final poll.
The San Jose Mercury reports that spectators to Saturdays funnel cake eating contest at Great America will need to purchase tickets to the theme park.
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