A spaghetti contest awarding $1000 to the winner will be held March 14 at the Italian Festival of Mississippi. The registration fee is $50.
TBO.com reports that Michelle Stringer, a graduate student from Philadelphia, became the first female winner of the strawberry shortcake eating contest at the Florida Strawberry Festival by eating 4 pounds of shortcake in about 10 minutes.
NYC Ottomanelli Brothers burger challenge
The New York Times local news blog has an entry about the burger challenge offered by the Ottomanelli Brothers New York Grill, which is located near Central Park. If a 24 ounce burger, fries and a 20 ounce soda are consumed in under 20 minutes, the meal is free. The listed price is $12.95, which seems low. 71 year old former Knick Cal Ramsey was one diners to attempt the challenge.
(via emdashes) The first qualifier for the 2009 Battle of the Bone will take place in Tempe, Arizona on March 11.
Oyster eating contests in Fulton, Texas this weekend - $350 purses for both men's & women's division
Billy the Fridge has posted a recap of the donut eating challenge held during his Million Dollar Fantasy Freak Show last week.
Saturday's bacon eating contest in Boston is now listed on atwoodstavern.com
Joey Chestnut finishes Burritozilla in 3:10
A twitter update reports Joey Chestnut finished a Burritozilla from Iguana’s Taqueria in 3 minutes and 10 seconds on tonight’s episode of Man vs. Food
updateFrom “I” comment – Skinnyboy has uploaded Joey Chestnut’s segment to youtube. Here are some captures from it:
Furious "Pete" Czerwinski is looking for a Columbus, Ohio eating challenge to do this weekend.
Gal Sone appears in a list of attractive women who could kick you at something manly.
Man vs. Food March 4 (San Jose) links
Episode slideshow | picture of Joey Chestnut on TravelChannel.com
- Smoke Eaters (formerly University Chicken) 911 hot wing challenge
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Cooking for Engineers blog entry about a 911 Challenge attempt
SJSU student newspaper article about restaurant - Iguana’s Tacqueria meal: 5 pound Burritozilla
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SJSU student paper article about a 2004 Burritozilla contest
SJSU student paper profile of Joey Chestnut mentioning his victory in the 2004 contest
Pat Bertoletti’s records page reports he has the best Burritozilla time - Henry’s Hi Life
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(From crawfish comment) The prize breakdown for the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm has been posted on IFOCE.com. All 10 slots will receive something with prizes ranging from $5,000 to $25.
Woman swallows engagement ring in Frosty eating contest
(Via Consumerist / KSL) Kaitlin Whipple’s blog reports she participated in a Wendy’s Frosty eating contest with her boyfriend Reed Harris, who had hidden an engagement ring in the dessert without his future fiancee’s knowledge. Kaitlin ate the Frosty so quickly that she did not realize she swallowed the ring. The newly engaged couple report that the ring has been successfully extracted.
New poll: brine drinking as a crawfish tactic
The Press of Atlantic City reports that the top two finishers in the crawfish eating contest, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas both drank the brine water from the crawfish tray during the competition. The water weight was counted as crawfish mass in the once the post-contest weight was subtracted from the original value. The new poll asks if you think that this was a legitimate tactic.
Russian dies after victory in pancake contest
(from Ken Wong) RussiaToday has sad news from a pancake eating contest:
At a celebration of Maslenitsa or Pancake week ‘the fastest pancake eater contest’ ended in tragedy in the Kaliningrad Region, when the winner of the competition died as he prepared to accept his award.
Boris Isaev, 46, a resident of the city of Chernyakhovsk, climbed onstage to take the prize, but suddenly fell to his knees choking. Foam came out of his mouth and a few moments after he fell breathless.
RIAN.ru also has an article
This is the fifth death in an Eastern hemisphere eating contest since the start of 2008.
“Guy’s Big Night” screen captures
Screen captures from Juliet Lee’s appearance in an oyster eating contest on “Guy’s Big Night” on the Food Network Wednesday can be seen below:
ScozzyBone on MTV last night
Last night’s episode of How’s Your News did not include footage of the main Acme Oyster eating contest won by Pat Bertoletti, but Scott “ScozzyBone” Zukowski, billed as the New Orleans oyster champ, did compete against one of the program’s reporters in a short oyster contest. A video clip of the segment can be viewed online.
A myspace page says that there will be a wing eating contest at Play in Queens, NY tomorrow.
McHotDog page on mcdonalds.co.jp
A page about the McHotDog Classic has been set up on the website for McDonald’s of Japan. Kobayashi was to have made an appearance tomorrow to promote the new menu item which has since been cancelled.
The McHotDog Classic is being marketed as a breakfast food and will not be available after 10:30 am. (Perhaps Kobayashi did not think he was being disloyal to Nathan’s since their frankfurters are generally considered a lunch / dinner food. 😉 )
The Boston (Cambridge) bacon eating contest held at Atwood's Tavern will take place this year on March 7 according to this livejournal entry.
The Brownsville (TX) Herald has a report on yesterday's jalapeno eating contest held at the Sombrero Festival yesterday.
Extended Olivia Wilde “Ellen” clip
The entire appearance of Olivia Wilde on Ellen can be viewed on youtube. A transcript of the section in which Olivia discusses her competitive eating history and techniques is available after the jump. The transcript ends with a reference to Ellen’s partner, Portia di Rossi, which was cut from the official clip.
A twitter update reports that Manni Balignasay has won the eating contest held at the Bacon Festival in Des Moines, Iowa for the second year in a row. Metromix Des Moines has an interview with Manny, who works as a personal trainer.
The Honolulu Weekly has an article about two attempts at the 12 egg omelet challenge from Moose McGillycuddy’s.
(From ESPN.com's Sports Guy) The Charlotte Bobcats offer Friday tickets in the upper level which include all you can eat Bojangles Chicken Supremes, hot dogs, popcorn and soft drinks for $35.
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