OnlineGamer.jp reports that a game called “Battle Eating Sushi Gal” will debut. Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s name is not mentioned in the article, so she probably does not endorse the game. The game will be free, but might be for cell phones only. No link is provided for online play.
Erik Denmark has posted a review of the Major League Eating video game to his blog. He is satisfied with his character’s appearance in the game:
My character has a fun look. My hair is super spiked; the bandana is obviously a signature of mine that I am glad they captured well. I like that my character is recognizable as me, in that the features do somehow look like mine (so I have been told) but also, some features are exaggerated, such as my elongated chin in the pre-match screen. I would obviously like my character to have more muscle mass and more capacity but okay reality gets in the way again.
Desiree, the only female entrant in the Singapore qualifiers, has a blog entry with videos about her contest experience. She wound up receiving a wild card slot in the finals this weekend.
The website for the Buffalo Wing Festival has been set up with information about the eating contests that will take place. The wing eating contest will take place on August 30. The Buffalo Buffet Bowl contest will also return, but its date is not listed.
3update The buffet bowl date is August 31 and the time is 4pm (from US Male & Wild Bill)
Here is the current top 10 in 2008 cash winnings based on information currently in the database. The database does not have the prize breakdown for the recent Boston Italian sausage or the Michigan Reuben contest after first place:
$15000 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
$12250 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
$8550 “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti
$6000 Tim “Eater X” Janus
$5750 “Furious” Pete Czerwinski
$5000 Takeru Kobayashi
$4500 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
$1600 Ian “The Invader” Hickman
$1500 Russ “The Black Hole” Keeler
$1500 Erik “The Red” Denmark
The list does not include money from eating challenges. If it did, Dale Boone would be in 8th place with $1747.
Jill Stoler has a blog entry containing three videos about competing in the burger eating contest held during Sunday’s Bowie Baysox game. David Mitolo and Tim “Obi Wing Kenobi” Cain also have videos.
The picnic style rankings have been updated after five contests this weekend. The new top 5:
1. Furious Pete Czerwinski, Canada (*Undefeated)
2. Tom “Goose” Gilbert MA
3. Gentleman Joe Menchetti CT
4. Ian “The Invader” Hickman VA
5. Elizabeth “Rubber-Gut” Canady OH
New entrants include Steven Dhoko (#20), Jon Taylor (#23), Justin Mih (#31), Brad Sciullo (#39), Zika “The Barbarian” Urosevic (#41) and Kara Walker (#44). The previous rankings are still available in the yahoo cache.
The IFOCE contests page now lists the purse for Saturday’s pork barbecue sandwich eating contest at the Cherokee Casino in Tulsa at $10,000. The page also announces that registration is now closed, but slots appear to be available through Star 103 FM.
InChiCity’s calendar has the following entry for July 26:
Taste of Lincoln
You’ve probably seen the Major League Eaters gobbling down hot dogs and chicken wings on TV and wondered who in the world would ever challenge them. Well, Jimmy John’s, purveyor of all things freaky fast, is doing it. But, this is not just an eating competition. Jimmy John’s is betting that one team of their sandwich makers can make sandwiches faster than three World-Class Major League Eaters can eat them. Starting at 3:00pm on July 26th at Taste of Lincoln Avenue you can experience the Freaky Fast Sandwich Making and Eating Contest! Who will be freaky faster?
Pat Bertoletti said he would be one of the MLE team members on the Steve Dahl show.
Badlands Booker has uploaded to his youtube page a clip from a segment the Canadian show Careers TV
Peter Smith, who encountered Dale Boone on a trip to India, has returned to Seattle and reports on his myspace page that he is now the West Coast representative for Boone’s World League of Competitive Eating.
In other WLOCE news, Keatin Shelton, runner-up to Boone in the Apple Ugly eating contest, is now listed in the WLOCE rankings.
Pegasus News reports that the IFOCE tamale contest will return to the Lewisville, Texas Western Day festival on September 27, the same weekend as the Krystal Square Off finals. The first prize will be $1,500.
Results from this evening’s meatball eating contest sponsored by Bartolini’s from a bodybuilding.com forum thread
1) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 43 meatballs, $3000 prize
2) Tom “Goose” Gilbert 38 meatballs, $1000
3) Joe Menchetti 35 meatballs, $500
update
The Southtown Star has a report on the contest
update #2
Full results have been posted on Bartolini’s website
A video of a meatball contest on the local CBS morning news show is available (from Furious Pete comment)
Furious Pete also won the Reuben sandwich eating contest (and Ian Hickman won the Italian sausage contest)
update #3 The Battle Creek Enquirer has a contest report about the Reuben contest
Erik Denmark has posted a blog entry about Sunday’s rib eating contest at Chinook Winds casino on the Oregon coast which contains a picture of the official score sheet and a gallery. There is also a link to a a contest report by The News Guard.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article about Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough, Larry McNeil and “Super” Paul Barlow’s practice session for Krystal Square Off V in which they try to eat 15 Krystal burgers as fast as possible. Qualifier dates for this years Square Off have yet to be announced.
The men try to avoid “reversals” because they don’t want their bodies to regularly respond that way when they compete. But sometimes it can’t be helped.
“If you don’t puke every now and then, it’s because you didn’t try hard enough,” Yarbrough said. “That’s just a fact of life.”
Jynx productions has uploaded a video to youtube about Pat Bertoletti’s victory in the 2007 Waffle House waffle eating contest at the Texas State Fair. Bertoletti wears a Steakbellie t-shirt during his training session at a Waffle House the day before the contest.
The database of challenge finishers on Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s website has been set up after being empty for over a year. There are still two listed finishers for the 6 pound burger.
The comments for the Baltimore Sun’s blog entry about the Bowie burrito contest has a link to another baseball themed eating contest. 999AllStar.com has been set up as the home of the 9 hot dogs & 9 beers in 9 innings challenge. Competitors can register on the website and an all star list has been set up.
Gal Sone’s most recent blog entry reports that her guest for today’s Wednesday morning contest was Keiko Masuda, one of the members of the duo Pink Lady. While Pink Lady had 9 consecutive #1 singles on the Japanese charts from 1976 to 1978, they are best known in the United States for their variety show on NBC in 1980, which is considered one of the least successful series in American television history.
Series DVD, youtube video of “UFO”
Loading ...| 2008 Jul 20 A Bowie, MD
Bowie Baysox Burger Bonanza |
| 1st 8.875 Ian "The Invader" Hickman |
| 2nd 8.875 Elizabeth "Rubber Gut" Canady |
| 3rd 6.5 Mark "The Human Vacuum" Lyle |
| 2008 Jul 19 Chicago, IL
Bacci World Pizza Eating Championship |
| 1st "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
| 2008 Jul 19 A Akron, OH
Hamburger Eating Contest |
| 1st 13 Pete "Broken Wing" Maurizio |
| 2nd 13 Kevin Kordalski |
| 2008 Jul 19 Bayonne, NJ
Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| 1st Frank Paulyzn |
| 2008 Jul 19 Dixon, CA
Lamb Rib Eating Contest |
| 1st 2.375 Chris Kilkenny |
| $15000 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut |
| $12250 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti |
| $8550 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
| $6000 | Tim "Eater X" Janus |
| $5750 | "Furious" Pete Czerwinski |
| $5000 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| $4500 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas |
| $2100 | Ian "The Invader" Hickman |
| $1500 | Russ "The Black Hole" Keeler |
| $1500 | Erik "The Red" Denmark |