The twitter page for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins reports that Russ Keeler won a hot dog contest last night by eating 6.5 hot dogs in five minutes.
2009 Krispy Kreme Challenge results
NewsObserver.com reports that Cameron Dorn won this morning’s Krispy Kreme Challenge with a time of 29 minutes and 50 seconds and that a camera crew from ESPN was present. It will be interesting to see if any coverage appears on Sportscenter which will probably be dominated by A-Rod’s alleged positive steroid test.
Oyster Bowl X results
Results from last Sunday’s Oyster Bowl contest have been posted to the contest website.
Chris Stevens set a record by eating 102 oysters in 2 minutes and Oyster Bow IX winner Jayson Taylor was the runner up with 96. Theza Friedman was the women’s winner with 96. Additional results have been entered in the eatfeats database.
Central Jersey has a picture of Elliot Cowley competing.
Free “Fab Five” burger from C-Webb
KCRA has an interview with former Sacramento King Chris Webber in the kitchen of his restaurant, Center Court. The chef is preparing a 44 ounce “Fab Five” burger which Webber says is free to a customer who can finish it.
It is not mentioned if the burger challenge has a time limit and if time outs are allowed if there is a maximum duration.
5,000+ registered for Krispy Kreme Challenge
The North Carolina State student newspaper reports that 5,038 entrants have registered for tomorrow’s Krispy Kreme Challenge, an increase of about 2,000 from last year’s field size. The contest entails running 2 miles from the NC State bell tower to a Krispy Kreme, consuming a dozen donuts at that location, and then returning to the race start. Proceeds from the race will go to the NC Children’s Hospital and ESPN will be covering the event. Registration is now closed since the cap has been reached. Last year’s winner, Phillip Curley (time 31:20), was a student at rival UNC.
Additonal coverage: NewsObserver | Deadspin
Quest for the Golden Hot Dog Episode 4
The fourth episode of Quest for the Golden Hot Dog, which contains the overtime of the hot dog contest and the post competition-party, has been uploaded to dailymotion (It is not on youtube yet)
The third episode, which was temporarily removed from youtube, is now available again.
Milton Parker of the Carnegie Deli dies at 90
The New York Times reports that Milton Parker passed away at the age of 90. Parker purchased a share of the Carnegie Deli in 1976 and handed control to his son-in-law, Sanford Levine, in 2002. While the Carnegie Deli hosts a pickle eating contest in even numbered years, the first eating competition it sponsored used a different food:
The Carnegie had opened in 1938; knishes came half a century later. In 1988, Mr. Parker placed them on the menu — but only after staging a publicity-seeking knish-eating contest.
The favorite was Jay Resnick, the 1985 Brighton Beach Baths knish-eating champion. The $250 prize went to Mark Litman, a soft-drink route salesman from Brooklyn who said he had never before eaten a knish. In 15 minutes, Mr. Litman downed four and half knishes. Each whole knish weighed in at one pound — an indicator of Carnegie deli portions.
A 1988 article about the knish contest is available in the New York Times archives.
Wing Bowl 17 doubles philly.com traffic
The PhillyDeal$ blog reports that philly.com received 4.1 million online readers on the day of Wing Bowl 17, more than twice the normal amount. The only other event to produce more traffic to the website was the Phillies recent World Series victory.
Phoenix Battle of the Bone returns in February
The 2009 edition of Battle of the Bone, the Phoenix area wing eating contest sponsored by Native New Yorker and THE FAN AM 1060, is expected to begin this month. The initial qualifier is tenatively scheduled to take place on February 25.
Registration for Atlantic City crawfish tomorrow
IFOCE.com announces that registration for the crawfish eating contest that will be held at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City on February 24 will open tomorrow at 2pm eastern.
The contest has yet to be listed on the IFOCE contests list or the casino’s events page.
updateCrawfish notices the contest information has now been posted. The contest will start at 2pm and prizes have yet to be determined.
An expanded disclaimer appears at the bottom of the contest page, granting the IFOCE the right to reject any entrant and change any term of the contest.
Man vs. Food Roast Grill (Raleigh, NC) report
NewsObserver.com has an article about the filming of Adam Richman’s hot dog eating challenge at the Roast Grill in Raleigh for an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food. Richman ate at least 10 hot dogs, but it is not reported if he reached his goal of 17 hot dogs. Jason DiMambro attended the recording and had to sign a non disclosure agreeement that he would not reveal the results of the challenge.
Competitive eating in last night’s HIMYM
The competitive eating segment on How I Met Your Mother was televised yesterday and not February 9 as TheTVAddict reported. EatMeDaily has a video from the show containing the eating contest. (from email)
The theme of last night’s program was the removal of resume items which were not beneficial to landing jobs. Lily’s (Alyson Hannigan) accomplishment to be deleted is winning the 1995 “Coney Island Eatfest” (which has a familiar looking logo) by eating 29 hot dogs in 8 minutes. She attempts to see if she is still capable of performing her feat and then updates her resume with her recent total.
Children of Saint Clare has a synopsis of the whole episode and bebo has an official video clip uploaded by CBS.
No Man vs. MN food in season 1
Like Apollo 18, it appears that plans for the eighteenth episode of the initial season of Man vs. Food will not come to fruition. A twitter update from the official Man vs Food twitter page announces that there will be 17 episodes in the first season. The 18th episode was to have been recorded in Minneapolis / St. Paul later this week.
Pat Bertoletti (or someone impersonating him on the Travel Channel message boards) had hoped to meet up with host Adam Richman in Minnesota.
Wing Bowl 17 galleries
Pictures in galleries may not be safe for work:
- Philly.com’s Wing Bowl page has a new gallery
- Action Sports Pics has a gallery (from comment)
- Flickr galleries: Candyman | S. A. Margulies | freshhooker | damncoolpictures (from wire services)
- PASpider’s picasa gallery
- Picture of “Sloth”‘s reversal in Wing Bowl 9 on the video screen
Joey Chestnut at Tampa Bay Rays fan fest Feb 14
(From TBOBlogs) The Tampa Bay Rays website announces that Joey Chestnut will appear at the their fan forum on February 14 and will sign autographs and greet fans. This is the third consecutive year a top 10 ranked IFOCE member has appeared. Kobayashi appeared at the 2007 forum and Hall Hunt was present in 2008.
Man vs. Food February 4 (Portland) episode links
update The episode commercial and a facebook gallery are now available
- Salvador Molly’s challenge restaurant
home page | “Great Balls of Fire” challenge | “Great Balls of Fire” eating contest March 1
reviews: yelp | citysearch - Voodoo Doughnut
home page | Tex-ASS doughnut eating challenge (Pat Bertoletti currently holds the record of 23 seconds)
UrbanHonking blog entry about 4 Portland eating challenges, including the Tex-ASS doughnut challenge
Doughnut eating contest held for Portland mayoral candidates last May
reviews: yelp | citysearch - Stepping Stone Cafe
home page
reviews: yelp | citysearch
5/3 lb. burger a candidate for W. Michigan ballpark fare
(from BlessYouBoys) The blog for mlive has an entry about the food fair the West Michigan Whitecaps held to test possible new foods for the upcoming season. One of the items was a 5 / 3 pound burger with Spam, sausage gravy, fried eggs and a pickle. The burger’s weight was chosen to promote the holder of the Whitecaps’ stadium naming rights: Fifth Third Bank.
Furious Pete eats 3 lbs. of burgers in 3 minutes despite injury
“Furious” Pete ate two 1.5 pound burgers from Philthy McNasty’s in 3 minutes to promote the upcoming US vs. Canada burger eating contest Sunday. A video of this challenge is available on youtube. Pete accomplished this feat despite suffering a (non-gastrointestinal) injury during recording for the National Geographic network on Friday. The film crew thought Pete’s blood was ketchup.
“Swallow Your Pride” on sale at amazon.com
(From Brian Dwyer comment) The Wing Bowl 13 documentary Swallow Your Pride is for sale on amazon.com at a price of $19.99. Angelo Cataldi, Al Morganti and Bill Simmons are listed as the stars.
44 oz. “521” burger at McCovey’s in Walnut Creek, CA
Willie McCovey’s restaurant in Walnut Creek, CA has a 44 ounce burger called the “521” in honor of the number of home runs McCovey hit during his career. The burger is mentioned in ESPN.com’s list of Baseball’s top 10 bars and grill and a video of it is available on youtube.
In other California burger challenge news, a youtube video documents the breaking of the 10 year old record for the Triple Bypass Challenge at 49’rs Tavern in Long Beach.
New poll: Kobayashi in 2009 Nathan’s finals
The new poll asks if you think whether Kobayashi should receive a bye to this year’s Nathan’s finals and if he deserves travel expenses if you believe he merits an automatic invitation to Coney Island.
In more Nathan’s news, this column credits William “The Refrigerator” Perry’s participation in the 2003 contest with making the Nathan’s finals the Super Bowl of competitive eating.
More Wing Bowl 17 links
- NJ.com journal focusing on South Jersey entrants
- ABC News video
- Wing Bowl 17 videos on youtube
- Picture of Sloth’s reversal in Wing Bowl 9 on the video screen
- Competitor articles: Chicken Caesar | The Eating Machine | Caddilac Corrigan
Ian Hickman retires
AICE News reports that Ian Hickman has retired from competitive eating. Good luck to Ian in his future endeavours.
update No mention of Ian’s retirement appears on his myspace page, which has not been logged into since December 28.
Atlantic City wing contest Feb 7 – first prize is flat screen TV
A wing eating contest will be held at the Atlantic City boat show on February 7. The first prize will be a flat screen TV. Call The Shark 103.7 FM to register.
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