A crawfish eating contest will be held this month at the Mardi Gras Grill in Houston: qualifiers April 7/14/21, finals April 29 with a $100 gift certificate prize - registration form (entry fee $10)
Voting for the first round of Mega Meal Madness will close today and the final round will start.
Some recent wing eating contest videos: Tiny Tim at a Wing Madness qualifier | a news report on an EATORF wing contest from 2007 | "Veronica Wing Dominator"
2009 Munch Madness finals
Will Millender has reported his team did not win tonight’s Munch Madness finals at the Wood n Tap in Hartford.
update Will Millender has uploaded a video of the contest. Team “It Doesn’t Matter” won the contest with a time of 3 minutes and 11 seconds.
update #2 A gallery of the finals has been posted on metromix
Nathan’s 2009 qualifier registration opens at noon eastern
Registration for the 2009 Nathan’s qualifiers is supposed to open in an hour on NathansFamous.com. The website does announce that registration will open today, but that appears to be the only noticeable update at this time; the 2008 qualifier schedule is still listed.
udpate The registration page now lists the cities and sites (but not the dates) of the 2009 qualifiers. Registrants can only select two qualifier sites, one of which can be a contest on Coney Island:
update #2 Three qualifiers can now be selected on the registration form and the Coney Island choice has been removed (from “I” comment)
May 2 IP Casino, Biloxi, MS
May 7 New York, New York Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
May 9 National Amusements Patriot Place – Boston, MA
May 16 Nathan’s Famous, E. Hartford, CT
May 17 Dorney Park, Allentown, PA
May 23 Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, NJ
May 30 Arizona Mills Mall, Tempe, AZ
May 30 Sam’s Club, Tampa, FL
June 6 MacArthur Center, Norfolk, VA
June 6 Sam’s Club, Kansas City, MO
June 6 Cub Foods, Minneapolis, MN
June 13 Concord Mills Mall, Charlotte, NC
June 13 Sam’s Club, Denver, CO
June 20 NY Mets Stadium, Queens, NY
June 27 Bruster’s, Newnan GA
June 27 Cinemark Theater, San Francisco, CA
? Coney Island, NY
The Standard reports that Jodie Dumouchel, a bodybuilder from Sudbury, Ontario, won a 72 ounce steak eating contest with a time of about 40 minutes.
Don Lerman on NPR’s This American Life
(from Joey B comment) An audio clip of Don Lerman recalling the first eating contest he won was played on the most recent episode of This American Life on NPR. The program was a rerun that originally aired in 2005. Lerman’s segment also appeared in a 2005 episode of Morning Edition. The clip can be listened to on the StoryCorps website.
The Travel Channel is currently running a Man vs. Food marathon until 3am eastern tonight.
Chicago Metromix reports that Weather Mark Tavern will host a hot dog eating contest sponsored by Nathan's that will take place after the White Sox opener on Monday.
Kobayshi has a blog entry about a hot dog eating contest held at a US Navy base. He was billed as a judge but says he was actually just a spectator.
“Extreme Pig Outs” on the Travel Channel April 8
The website for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub reports that it will appear on Extreme Pig Outs on the Travel Channel on April 8 at 9 pm. A list of the restaurants which will appear on the program is available, which include the Heart Attack Grill and Jack n Grill
Pizza eating contest vs. circus elephants
WPXI reports that elephants from the Shrine Circus faced competed in a pizza eating contest against a team from Y 108 Country. (Slideshow)
Twitter: 5 IFOCE members on Jimmy Fallon tonight
The twitter of Jimmy Fallon announces that Tim “Eater X” Janus, Eric “Badlands” Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and Micah “Wing Kong” Collins will appear on his NBC talk show at 12:35 am (11:35 pm central) Badlands Booker’s twitter confirms the appearance.
update Two clips are available on the show website. Paul Barlow has provided a video capture.
update #2 A video clip of the milkshake being finished during the commercial break is available on the show website.
April 4/5 contest schedule
A listing of independent contests to be held this weekend follows after the jump. The catfish contest in Belzoni, MS will award $300 to the winner and the egg roll contest at the Central Florida Dragon Boat contest will award $100.
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Bar Louie “Rock the Tot” returns April 23
According to Metromix, “Rock the Tot”, a tater tot eating contest will return to Bar Louie locations on April 23. The winner will receive a $250 gift card. Performances of the winners at each location will be compared to determine an overall champion. Contest poster
The Chicago Tribune reports that a four pound pretzel served in a pizza box will be offered at Wrigley field. A 50 scoop sundae at Margie's Candies is another upcoming Chicago eating challenge.
Kobayashi has posted some entries about his trip to China on his blog. A news video about the contest is also available.
The video game Rhythm Heaven has a competitive eating mini-game
IGreggor has uploaded a video of Greg completing the Ball Breaker pizza challenge at the Purple Eggplant in Halifax, Massachusetts. Additional videos of New England eating challenges can be viewed on igreggor's youtube page.
Derek "Wing Tut" Payne has a blog entry about qualifying for the Wing Madness finals last nights. Four competitors (2 more than expected) qualified for the finals due to a 3 way tie for second place. "Tiny Tim" was another qualifier.
Hotel by Big Texan owner to have 89 ounce steak
Amarillo.com has an article about a planned hotel for downtown Amarillo. Big Texan Steak Ranch owner Bobby Lee is one of the investors in the project and a hotel restaurant will have an 89 ounce steak to pay homage to both the 1889 founding of Amarillo and the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan. Diners who complete the 89 ounce steak will not only receive the meal free, they will also get their hotel room at no charge as well. The planned opening date is summer 2010.
Don Lerman reports that Ed "Cookie" Jarvis now weighs 399 pounds after peaking at 550 pounds.
Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis calls competitive eating the fastest growing sport and has a link to Swallow Your Pride which is now available in its entirety on snagfilms.com
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