July 7, 2008 at 10:54 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Juris Shibayama, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City
Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle has a column about serving as a judge at the Nathan’s finals, where he was assigned to keep track of Juris Shibayama’s total. Hoffman did not focus 100% on counting the amount of hot dogs eaten by “Dr. Big Time”:
Even though I was counting Shibayama’s hot dogs, I was videotaping Chestnut and Kobayashi’s furious assault on processed meat and enriched white bread. I looked like a total tourist with my badge and camera dangling from my neck.
While the contest was going on, my cell phone rang. It was my buddy Sean Pendergast. “I’m watching on TV — which judge are you?”
The column reports that the Major League Eating Wii game will be released next week, which would give it a Bastille Day release date and set up the possibility of a crepe eating contest to promote its launch.
George Shea describes how the overtime format was decided on:
“In most matches, we use a one-minute overtime to decide ties,” Shea said. “However, the speed with which Kobayashi and Chestnut eat would have made it very difficult to judge who had eaten more. I felt it would be more decisive to have a five-hot-dog eat-off.”
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July 7, 2008 at 9:31 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Juliet Lee, Media, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City
Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page with news from her trip to the Nathan’s finals where she received the 2008 IFOCE Rookie of the Year award. She also announced that she finished recording a documentary being produced by the Food Network.
The pictures above are from valjean615’s flickr gallery from the Nathan’s finals, which includes pictures of all competitors entrances (Arturo Rios also removed his shirt like Juris Shibayama) along with the Rookie of the Year ceremony. Patrick Vandam and Juris Shibayama were apparently the other finalists for that award.
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July 7, 2008 at 1:04 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Dale Boone, Tri-Cities, TN, Unafilliated Contests
From the Elizabethton Star:
1. Dale Boone 21 hot dogs in 12 minutes, $250
2. James Wilson, 15 (last year’s winner)
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July 6, 2008 at 10:33 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest
July 6, 2008 at 4:57 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Charlotte, Contest Results, Dale Boone
SalisburyPost.com has an article about the July 4 Apple Ugly eating contest. The top 3:
1. Dale Boone, 17 Apple Uglies
2. Keatin “Thunder” Shelton, 14
3T Timothy “Ace” Cameron, 10
3T Kristy Spurlock, 10
Dale Boone describes his techniques in the article:
“I came Monday night with these big cups,” Boone said. “I get here tonight, every single one of them’s got a big cup.
“They’re paying attention to me. That’s what’s scary.”
Boone one-upped them again though: They brought bigger cups of water this time but Boone dipped each of his Uglies in a cup of hot tea.
The article reports that Boone ate 21 hot dogs at an Elizabethton, TN hot dog contest earlier that day. It does not say how he placed.
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July 6, 2008 at 9:07 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, India, Women
ExpressIndia reports that Anita Choudhary won the women’s division of the mango contest at the New Delhi Mango Festival by eating 1.194 kg of mangos in 3 minutes. A youtube video of the contest is available and says she is the repeat winner.
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July 5, 2008 at 11:45 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Clinton Station Diner, Newark
Pictures and videos of Furious Pete’s attempt at the Clinton Station Diner’s Zeus burger challenge have been posted to bodybuilding.com. It is estimated he finished about 60% of the burger. The current prize for finishing the burger is $500. Forks are apparently allowed at the Clinton Station Diner (they are prohibited in Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s challenges)
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July 5, 2008 at 4:50 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Augusta, Charlotte, Dale Boone, Pizza Eating Challenges
Augusta.com reports that Dale Boone won $1000 recently by being the first person to eat a 28 inch cheese pizza from Roma’s Pizza in under 90 minutes.
WLOCE.com reports that Dale Boone also won the Apple Ugly eating contest in North Carolina yesterday and competed in the Elizabethton, TN hot dog contest.
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July 5, 2008 at 1:40 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings, Site News
The new poll asks who you think should be in second place in the next IFOCE poll. Some people think that Kobayashi was the rightful winner of Nathan’s, which could put Joey Chestnut in the second place position.
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July 4, 2008 at 1:50 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Chattanooga, Krystal Square Off
KrystalSquareOff.com announces that the date for this year’s Krystal Square Off finals will be September 28, a month earlier than previous years. The site will remain the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga. The qualifier schedule will be announced later.
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July 4, 2008 at 11:59 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Media, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City
Results from the Nathan’s finals
1. Joey Chestnut 59, won 5 hot dog eat off
2. Takeru Kobayashi 59
3. Tim Janus 42
4. Pat Bertoletti 38
5. Sonya Thomas 34
Online news archives contradict Rich Shea’s claim that the contest was the first to be tied at the end of regulation time: 1990, 1980, 1978 (Memorial Day weekend)
Comments on this post are now closed. Please use the second place poll thread to comment on the Nathan’s finals.
update #4
Gothamist blog entry and gallery
Sports Illustrated article and gallery
Joey Chestnut’s mother prepares for her son’s return
Jill Stoler blog entry about Coney Island contest
July 5 update #3
Yardbarker report from Coney Island. Juliet Lee was named rookie of the year.
Newsday article and gallery
New York Post report
San Jose Mercury article
Calorie Lab blog entry
ABC News article
Wackbag thread with Pat Philbin pictures
Times and Democrat column
Southtown Star article about Pat Bertoletti
BBC news video
Kobayashi’s blog entry about the contest
Praise for Rich LeFevre
Anti-CE thread in Serious Eats from Raphael Brion
update #2 IFOCE.com has full results (from Crawfish)
AP article
Gersh Kuntzman column
ESPN.com video
flickr gallery by dietrich (from TechCrunch)
update NECN.com has the contest video in its entirety
The teleblog follows after the jump.
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July 4, 2008 at 1:16 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest
A list of all competitors in the Nathan’s finals along with their qualifier date, location and amount eaten is available after the jump.
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July 4, 2008 at 1:04 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Kobayashi (å°æž—å°Š)
Kobayashi’s blog announces that his online store has been set up at http://www.merchdirect.net/Kobayashi/. Six T shirt designs are available, including the “Kobayashi eats Chestnuts for breakfast” shirt he wore to the weigh in.
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July 3, 2008 at 4:25 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Dale Boone, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest
Dale Boone appears on a poster promoting tomorrow’s contest on TheNathansRematch.com even though he will not compete (and was exiled from the IFOCE before qualifying started)
A commenter noted yesterday that the competitors on the landing page on IFOCE.com are all from the 2007 Nathan’s finals. Dale Boone does not appear, but Chip Simpson remains.
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July 3, 2008 at 4:15 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Galleries, Kobayashi (å°æž—å°Š), Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City
amNY has an article and gallery from this afternoon’s weigh in. The finals have been officially shortened to 10 minutes. The listed weights in the article:
Joey Chestnut, 210 lb.
Takeru Kobayashi, 128 lb.
Juliet Lee 110 lb.
Gersh Kuntzman has a new column disparaging Kobayashi’s chances at reclaiming the belt.
The Big Lead sport blog has a preview of the Nathan’s finals
Sarah DiGregorio, who wrote the Village Voice article about Conti & Janus, will appear on the Ron Kuby show on Air America this evening at 5:45
update
Gothamist has a blog entry about the weigh in
NY1 has an article and video
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July 3, 2008 at 1:22 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Video Games
There will be a new competitive eating video game released in time for the Nathan’s finals. Page 2 on ESPN.com has a flash based game which involves clicking and dragging hot dogs moving at variable speed into an eater’s mouth.
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July 3, 2008 at 12:08 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Eddie "Bozo" Miller, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Past Trenchermen
The following statement appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s obituary (full version) for Eddie “Bozo” Miller earlier this year:
George Shea, chairman of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, says the organization will have a moment of silence to honor Mr. Miller at its Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island this July 4.
We will see if that is followed through with on Friday.
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July 2, 2008 at 11:17 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (å°æž—å°Š)
Kobayashi was interviewed by the local cable news channel NY1 in Central Park today. An article and video are available
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July 2, 2008 at 10:30 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's Hot Dog Contest
(From Nate Biller) World Sportsbook has posted odds for the upcoming Nathan’s finals. The current odds are:
Field 3 – 1
Joey Chestnut 5 – 6
Takeru Kobayashi 10 – 11
Gambling911.com says that Bookmaker.com has an over/under bet
The new poll asks who you think will win the Nathan’s finals
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