As you sit down to a table full of wings, chips, burgers and dips this SuperBowl Sunday, imagine being able to devour truck loads of these delicious items as a profession. Glamor, prestige & unlimited wet naps could be yours right? Meet Crazy Legs Conti;  a man with one lofty goal in life. His dream? [...]

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Oh, where do I start?  Trust me when I say that competing in a pie eating contest was never on my bucket list.  That said, this past Sunday, that is just what I did at a favorite local sweet shop, Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop, which was celebrating its first anniversary.  The mission: eat three mini-pies as [...]

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The bacon craze sweeping the nation has been well documented on this blog.  I’m sure most of you saw the story in the NYT of the above “Bacon Explosion,” or as I like to say, the “Angioplasty, Please!”  As if it wasn’t enough for someone to make this “massive torpedo-shaped amalgamation of two pounds of bacon [...]

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Some of the comedic minds from Upright Citizens Brigade have come up with a new web series about competitive eating called “Quest for the Golden Hot Dog.”  According to Tubefilter, the series features a number of actors from the Los Angeles indie comedy scene, along with UCB veteran Matt Besser.  The series will debut with [...]

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Even with the contest shortened from 12 minutes to 10 minutes, Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi BOTH still managed to put down 59 hot dogs. Which lead to a 5 hot dog “dog-off.” In the end, the title (barely) stays in America’s hands. Tim “Eater X” Janus finished a distant 3rd with 42 hot dogs, and [...]

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In February, So Good wrote about a young man named Ryan Giesel, who started a Facebook group called “If 100,000 people join, I’ll eat every McDonalds value meal, #1-12.” At the time, barely anyone had taken notice. The group, created in December of 2007, was languishing, with only a few thousand members. That’s when So [...]

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Time Out NY says chefs are the new rock stars. The world’s ten most disgusting beers. Competitive eating: Nature or Nurture? Burger King profits are rising. A rant about limited edition candy. Make your own microwave popcorn. Quizno’s founder is bringing Smashburger to LA. Indablog looks at the phenomenon of the fast food drive-thru rap. [...]

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Needed: 150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year. Mars Inc. is buying Wrigley. What makes NYC pizza so hard to top? Slate says PETA’s $1 million prize to develop artificial chicken is a sham. Sonya Thomas is the new sweet corn eating champion. Null Hypothesis wonders why people are either oliver lovers, [...]

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Pizza ingredient costs are rising, and sales are falling. Anheuser-Busch’s CEO says the company will not be sold “on my watch.” A nice analysis of advertising campaigns for McDonald’s & Burger King. Pat Bertoletti has won the Acme World Oyster Eating championship with 35 dozen oysters in 8 minutes. Best Bites interviews Wolfgang Puck. Sugar [...]

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Via Serious Eats. Here’s the new trailer for the upcoming competitive eating game. They also have set up a pretty nifty looking website for the game HERE.

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