A forum thread on bodybuilding.com has been started in which “Furious” Pete Czerwinski and other members respond to Brad Sciullo’s interview with “Beautiful” Brian Seiken.

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• Philly.com article about Bob Shoudt’s spaghetti chili victory. Bob does not think the Krystal record will be broken this year due to hotter weather at the finals
• Juliet Lee’s writenow page has been updated with a report on her weekend in Buffalo
• Beautiful Brian has some interviews with Buffalo Wing Festival competitors. The Brad Sciullo segment can be viewed on youtube. Video from the wing eating contest and Buffalo Buffet Bowl is also available
• Atlanta Krystal expected entrants include Pat Bertoletti, Tim “Gravy” Brown, Allen Goldstein and Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston. (Full Jacksonville results have yet to be posted)
• Ayden, NC collard eating contest Saturday. Last year’s men’s and women’s divisions were won by a mother & son pair.

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Schiappa’s Pizza in O’Fallon, Illinois has started a 36 inch pizza challenge for three people. The time limit is a half an hour.

Schiappa’s held an eat-off for the two-person teams who finished the 29 inch pizza challenge on July 26 to determine who would receive the grand prize of a trip to Cancun, Mexico. Two of the teams that completed the challenge consisted of Joey Chestnut and Hall Hunt along with Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus. Neither pair competed in the eat off and Ryan Maassen and Bill File won the contest.

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The new poll asks what you think will be the lowest wild card for the Krystal Square Off finals. Last year’s cutoff was 41 burgers, but that number might increase because the number of qualifiers and wild cards have been reduced.

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• Nisei Week gyoza galleries: Space Pirate Queen, Mamba909
• WLOCE hot dog contest gallery
• Erik Denmark on competitive eating in the Olympics
• Kevin Ross performs an eating exhibition at the Pimp and Ho Show
• Quakertown, PA pizza contest Saturday, $350 purse

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A comment by Mike Landrich reports that “Furious” Pete Czerwinski won the Sahlen’s hot dog eating contest in Buffalo by eating 19 hot dogs using picnic style rules. A bodybuilding.com post and a contest video confirm Pete’s victory.

update WGRZ has an article about the contest

update #2 Furious Pete has posted a video
Bodybuilding.com forum thread about the contest. The third place finisher, BJ, is also a member of bodybuilding.com

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Results from the spaghetti chili eating contest at Kings Island amusement park according to a “Road Warrior” comment:

1st Humble Bob 13.5 lbs $2,500, won 2 out of last 3 vs. Joey and Pat
2nd Joey Chestnut 13.2lbs $1,500
3rd Pat Bertoletti 11lbs $750
4th Gravy Brown 7.25 lbs $250

update The Dayton Daily News has an article about the contest

update #2 Local12 has a contest video
The Middletown Journal has a gallery which includes a picture of a “Gravy Groupie” (See above)

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The top 3 at the Jacksonville qualifier according to the KSO twitter:

1. Hall Hunt 60 burgers, breaks previous PB of 52
2. Sonya Thomas 55 burgers, first qualifier loss of career
3. Rich G (amateur) 15

update #2 Jacksonville.com has an article and gallery (gallery from The Hangman) The gallery captions say the Krystal finals will be on ESPN.

update The KSO twitter reports that Hall Hunt won the Jacksonville qualifier. Sonya Thomas was second.

The Krystal Square Off twitter reports the Jacksonville qualifier is about to start. The listed competitors are: Hall Hunt, Sonya Thomas, The Hangman, Glen Owens, Michael Parish, Jeremy Kirch, Mark Barnes and Mike Greenspan. The heat index is 96.

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Route 66 News reports that a book titled “Story of the Free 72-oz. Steak” about the Big Texan Steak Ranch’s signature meal has been published. The book contains a list of a challenge finishers since 1990. (Records before that year have been lost)
The book is available through mail order.

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Megamunch has a blog entry and gallery about the hamburger eating contest held at A Taste of Hambuger-ger on Saturday. The top 4:
1 Ian Hickman 15 burgers
2 Carey Poehlmann 9.5 burgers
3. Joel Podelsky 9 burgers
4. Dave Shoffner 7 burgers

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Buffalo Buffet Bowl results from a Mike Landrich comment:

1. Sonya Thomas
2. Juliet Lee
3. Badlands Booker
4. Jim Reeves

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• Ian Hickman repeats in a Taste of Hamburg-er contest
• Jill Stoler has a blog entry about her competitive eating souvenirs
• Food Battle Club drinking contest videos
• Spicy dosa eating contest in Toronto
• UK haggis eating contest attracts international field
• PalinFacts.com: “Sarah Palin once one [sic] a competitive eating contest by devouring three live caribou”

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The website for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub reports that Elizabeth “Rubber Gut” Canady set the record for consuming the Super Pub Challenger burger, which contains three pounds of meat, on July 31. Her time of 20 minutes was 10 minutes faster than the previous record of a half an hour and almost halved the previous female record held by Lori Weiss of 36 minutes.

Elizabeth Canady is not the most recent female finisher of the Super Pub Challenger, April Frisco (picture on right) completed the challenge on August 8.

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According to information entered into the eatfeats database, Dale Boone won the Skin’s hot dog eating contest held at the balloon festival in Anderson, SC:

1st 18 $500 Dale Boone Atlanta, GA
2nd 14 $250 Michael Diebold
3rd 12 $125 Jason “The Polish Love” Skrzypek Atlanta, GA

WLOCE is sanctioning another Skin’s hot dog contest at the Chattahoochee Mountain Fair September 12

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Full results from the wing eating contest held at the Buffalo Wing Festival courtesy of “Wild” Bill Myers:

1st 4.23 $1500 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
2nd 4.15 $750 Eric “Badlands” Booker
3rd 3.98 $300 Juliet Lee
4th 3.52 Russ “The Black Hole” Keeler
5th 3.24 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
6th 2.85 “Big” Brian Subich
7th 2.83 Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo
8th 2.77 Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein
9th 2.02 Mike Landrich
10th 1.88 William “Wild Bill” Myers
11th 1.65 Matthew Ventre
12th 1.27 “Beautiful” Brian Seiken

update WKBW.com has a video

update #2Beautiful Brian has a contest video

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Today’s results from the pork barbecue sandwich eating contest held at the Beach, Boogie and BBQ Festival in Myrtle Beach, SC according to IFOCE.com via a Crawfish comment

Joey Chestnut 49.5
Pat Bertoletti 49
Humble Bob 46
Hall Hunt 36

update WPDE has an article about the contest

update #2 MyrtleBeachOnline has a video

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This week’s episode of “Hurl” on the G4 network, “That’s Bull”, will have only females competing according to the episode list. The program will air at 7 and 10:30 pm eastern. This will be the first women-only competitive eating program broadcast on American television to the best of my knowledge.

G4’s website has an interview with one of the competitors, Cassie Jenkins.

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SportsBubbler.com has a list of the expected entrants at the Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest: Sonya Thomas, Juliet Lee, Badlands Booker, Buffalo Jim Reeves, Russ Keeler, Dave “US Male” Goldstein, Brian Subich, Wild Bill Myers, Beautiful Brian Seiken

Sonya is the only listed entrant in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl contest on Sunday (presumably most, if not all of the wing contest competitors will also enter that event.)

Juliet Lee is still listed on the Myrtle Beach pork barbecue sandwich eating contest roster despite also being in the buffalo wing list

Joey Chestnut, Bob Shoudt and Tim Brown are expected at the spaghetti chili eating contest in Cincinnati.

KrystalSquareOff.com has yet to list all the non-amateurs competing in the Jacksonville qualifier on Labor Day. The most recent blog entry has a video interview Hall Hunt did this morning. The Krystal twitter page is taking predictions for the contest.

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• Article about A Taste of Hamburg-er eating contest which reports that “Ian Hick” was last year’s winner
• Furious Pete gains 5.5 inches in 7 minutes during recording of “Sports Science”
• Entire office attempts pancake challenge at Charlie Parker’s in Springfield
• Message from Miss Busy Lady’s nephew to Joey and Pat
• National Cheese Eating Championship to take place at Arthur, Illinois Amish Country Cheese Fesitval tomorrow

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Miami.com reports that a mini burger will be held at Quarterdeck Seafood Bar and Neighborhood Grill in Miami Beach on Monday. The first prize is $500 and Miami Dolphins cheerleaders will attend.

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Podcast interviews of Sonya Thomas and Hall Hunt are available on the Krystal Square Off blog.

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Hall Hunt has released a new poll. The new top 5:

1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (9) (242) [1]
2. Takeru Kobayashi (221) [2]
3. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (213) [3]
4. “Humble” Bob Shoudt (196) [6]
5. Tim “Eater-X” Janus (190) [4]

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• Preview of Sonya Thomas vs. Hall Hunt matchup
• Humble Bob expected at Cincinnati spaghetti chili contest
• Baloney eating contest during Republican convention in St. Paul
• NYC deathwings eating contest September 3
• Bacon eating contest to raise money for the American Heart Association
• Interview with Miki Mia of The 40 Year Old Virgin at the gyoza contest

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Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off rib eating contest results from Jason Erb and anonymous comment

1st: Joey Chestnut 9.8 pounds, new record
2nd: Pat Bertoletti 7.4
3rd: Erik Denmark 4.7
4th: Rich LeFevre 4.6
5th: Ron Koch 3.4
6th: Jason Erb 2.8
7th: Sean Kirby 2.5
8th: El Toro 2.2

update RGJ.com has a contest report

EmilyPie has some pictures

update #2 Full results are now available on IFOCE.com

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A press release announces the Japanese launch of the Major League Eating Wiiware video game which will be available on October 14. Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota and Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara have been added to the game, apparently replacing Rich LeFevre and Juliet Lee.

update TokyoMango has an English blog entry about the release

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