In the News

4/30/05-Elite group of eaters to attend World's Pastrami Eating Competition on May 16th at 2nd Ave Deli include: Gentleman Joe Menchetti (World Meat Pie Champ, Cicada and Coney Island Hamburger Champion), Skinny Scott Soiefer (Queen's Matzo Ball eating champ), and Mark "The Human Vacuum" Lyle (War of the Wings Champ, Sweet Corn Finalist). Patrick Witt (2003 Applebee's Boneless Chicken Wing Eating Champ)

4/30/05-Kate 'the Burger Girl' Stelnick will be the celebrity judge at the World's Biggest Burger Competition at Clinton Station Diner on May 9th.You may have remembered the 'Great Kate' from her remarkable accomplishment in January, 2005 when she became the first human being to consume Denny's 11.5 pound monster burger. Prior to this incredible feat many world class eaters attempted the 11.5 pound burger and didn't come close.

Team slots are filling up fast for the Monster Burger Challenge -make sure you register your team ASAP- Registration on-line

RECENTLY REGISTERED TEAMS:

Team Pattenburg: Tim Sprouse, Darren Wychoff and Richard Yok are representing Pattenburg House

Elks Club of Clinton Township-team members TBA

4/27/05- Lyle Shocks'em in Coshocton- article about pro eater War of the Wings event

4/26/05- Congratulations to Alan "The Shredder" Goldstein who successfully ate the 3 pound Atlas Burger (total weight 7 pounds) at the Clinton Station Diner, NJ.  It has  been reported that The Shredder tore through the monster hamburger in 40 minutes.

4/26/05- AICE rankings have been updated

4/25/05- Only one day after winning the prestigious War of  the Wings chicken eating title, Mark 'the Human Vacuum Cleaner' Lyle captures 3rd place in West Palm Beach, Fla at the World Sweet Corn Eating Championship.  The Human Vacuum consumed 22 ears of corn. Congratulations to Jammin' Joe Laraue who captured this year's title by eating 30 ears of corn and Cookie Jarvis who took 2nd place with 28 ears of corn.

4/24/05- Heroes campaign comes to an end Article from the Coshocton Tribune by Marianne Austin

4/24/04- Congratulations To War of the Wings winner Mark 'The Human Vacuum" Lyle (eating 3 pounds 15 oz of wings). Second Place in the pro division went to Bob "Killer' Kuhns (3 pounds 5.5 oz) and 3rd to Gentleman Joe Menchetti (3 pounds, 4.25 oz).

Up and coming gurgitators Craig "Godzilla" Godsey took first in the amateur competition downing

2 pounds 10.5 oz.  Second place victory went to TJ "Raging Rhino" Rine (1 pound 2 oz) and 3rd place to Jason "Finger Lickin'" Lahna (15.25 oz).Photo of Wing-Off Amateur round with pros coaching

War of the Wings- Photos page 1

Amateur Competion Photos page 2

Pro Eating Competition Photos page 3

4/17/05- On- line registration form for the May 16th Worlds Pastrami Eating Championship-

First 10 Eaters to register for this competition will receive 2 complimentary tickets to a Brooklyn Cyclones home game

Printable flyer for event

           On -line registration form for the May 9th World's Biggest Burger Team Challenge

You can register as a team or AICE will keep a list of interested individual eaters to create a team for the competition as well. 

Not feeling up to eating all that food, you can still help Operation ShoeBox. Organize an item drive (at your school, office, religious affiliation, gym, scouts, sports team group) and bring donated items to the Clinton Station Diner on May 9th.

Use this Printable flyer for your own collection drive. Just add in your collection drive location, date due and contact person. Organizations which participate will be listed on our website.

4/16/05- Big-burger Diner to Host Eating Competition, article which appeared in the Hunterdon County Democrat written by Bick Treut

4/16/05 It has been reported that Competitive Eaters: Charles Hardy  29:30; Brian Seiken  33:00; Allen Goldstein 40:00; Tim Janus 41:20; Crazy Legs Conti 45:00-all successfully completed the J&R Steakhouse Challenge at the Stonybrook, LI location.  Although the World Record for this feat was set by the great Cookie Jarvis who gobbled down one of the meat monsters in an unbelievable 7min 15 seconds to break the World Record previously set by Cincinnati Reds pitcher Frank Pastore in the 1970's. Other notable Eaters who have successfully attempted this feat are AICE's Bulldozer Johnson in 15 minutes and ChowHound Chapman in 21 minutes.

4/16/05- AICE was recently contacted by Bob "Killer" Kuhns- he has expressed an interest in forming a team to represent Western PA in the World's Largest Burger Team Challenge. With all the terrific eaters from that part of the state-the TriState Titans team had better bring their A-GAme on the 9th of May at the Clinton Station Diner.

4/15/05- Fyvush Finkel is Celebrity Guest Judge for the upcoming World's Pastrami Eating Competition on May 16th at 10:00am. This event is being held at The 2nd Ave Deli, NYC~ proceeds go to City Harvest.

Two complimentary Brooklyn Cyclones tickets will be given to the first 10 eaters who sign up for this competition. Click here to register.

4/7/05-War of the Wings-Professional Eating Warriors Profiles-click here

4/5/05-Article from the Coshocton Tribune- "Eating contest set to benefit Red Cross"

4/1/05- AICE Chairman, Arnie Chapman was interviewed by radio personality Mike Bechtol from WTNS Radio, Coshocton, Ohio. In the studio were members of Blue Sky Production's Brad Fuller and Glenn along with local eating pro Russ "Feedbag" Fehrman. Chapman fielded questions about competitive eating, the independent competitive eating movement and the upcoming War of the Wings contest. Also mentioned were the fantastic eaters that will be appearing on April 23rd.  Special mention was given to the battle between the Ohio and Pennsylvania teams.  Although there may be disagreement in who is the best eating team, all were in agreement that the Red Cross is a very worthy cause and proud to be part of their hero celebration.

4/1/05- Fun Things in Eating- click here-scroll to 3rd article

3/29/05-  Operation Shoebox: New Jersey 2005 has been created to build and maintain a supply line of personal items to be shipped to soldiers overseas. Materials collected will be divided between soldiers in 250th Signal Battalion, 42nd Infantry and soldiers designated for delivery by the United States Marine Corps Reserves.

You Can Contribute to Operation ShoeBox during the World's Biggest Burger Eating Competition by bringing the following items to the Clinton Station Diner on May 9th: sun screen, paper back books, foot powder, telephone calling cards, eye drops, beef jerky, toothpaste, mouth wash, bug spray, lip balm, feminine products, ear swabs, laundry detergent, bug wipes/ bug strips, wipes (travel size), razors, toilet paper, spices, tea bags, coffee, small drink mixes, socks, clothesline/ pins, snack foods, cereal/ protein bars, fleece blankets, microwaveable foods (can or box), hard candy/ gum, writing materials, and batteries (any size).

To find out more about the program, or to participate in Operation Shoebox: New Jersey 2005, please contact Rod Hirsch, Executive Editor of The Reporter, at (908) 575-6684 or rhirsch@njnpublishing.com.

3/29/05- It has been reported that there are discussions between Americas Biggest Hamburger Event organizers and Philadelphia Competitive Eater champions Damaging Doug and Hank 'the Tank' and a third unnamed Philadelphia eater. This trio of excellent eaters should give The TriState Team of ChowHound, Gjoe and The Doginator a run for their money.

3/22/05- The 2nd Avenue Deli, NYC in conjunction with the AICE is pleased to announce the World's Pastrami Eating Championship on Monday, May 16th, 2005 at 10:00 AM. The Deli that gives you the World's Best Pastrami Sandwich now gives you the World's Pastrami Eating Championship. Proceeds for this event will go to City Harvest. There will be a $20 donation for all participants wishing to enter.

      Winners will receive Cash Prizes, 1st place-$300, 2nd Place-$150 and 3rd place $75. The first Eater, who eats 10 half-pound Pastrami sandwiches or comes the closest in 10 minutes, will be crowned the "World Pastrami Eating Champion". All contestants will be required to wash down their sandwiches with Dr Brown's Cel-Rey soda.

      No more bragging "I can eat more pastrami sandwiches than anybody in the world"~ it’s time to step up to the plate and show the world’s greatest city, New York, that you got what it takes to be the Pastrami King. It won't be easy; several Heavy Hitters from the world of competitive eating will be vying for top honors. On hand will be celebrity guests and judges

If you think you got, click here to register.

3/22/05- According to Steve Leibowitz of United Pickle there will not be a Pickle Eating Contest at his Bronx location this year.  The World Pickle Eating Contest will resume in May 2006 at the famous Carnegie Deli in Manhattan.

3/22/05 Reminder: The next airing of Unwrapped's Protein Power (episode CW1H03) will be on tonight, March 22, 2005 at 7:30pm ET/PT on the Food Network Channel.

3/20/05- The Clare City Donut Eating Competition celebrated its third year on Saturday, March 12, 2005. This years contest had some additional features and format changes. Instead of a two minute contest the winner had to be the first eater to finish the bag of 30, 1 oz. donut holes. This year’s winner Bill Conn finished the bag of 30 in four minutes, while second and third place finishers, David Krohn and Koty Howell polished off their bags in 5:00 minutes. Bill Conn received $500 fist prize for his 1st place effort while David Krohn and Koty Howell each received $100 each. This year’s contest also featured a group of army sergeants who dutifully performed as judges. The three sergeants all from the local Reserve Recruiting Command were a big crowd favorite and made the eating contest very exciting. There was an amazing 62 contestants who competed for the title of Clare City Donut Hole Champion and many spectators to cheer them on. The eating contest was just one of the many exciting events scheduled during the Annual Clare City Michigan St. Patrick’s Day Celebration which occurred from March 8th through March 12th, 2005.

**Thanks to Mitzi Mitchell of the Clare City Bakery who provided this info to AICE and who was also an excellent MC fro the event.

3/18/05- Chowhound Chapman falls short at the Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop. With 25 minutes remaining in the 2.5 hours allotted, and 13 Hamburgers remaining (Along with the realization that breaking the previous record of 32 wasn't’t going to happen) Chowhound began to cough which created and unexpected involuntary launching response. In total, before this most unfortunate occurrence, Chowhound had consumed 33 buns and 20 hamburgers.

3/18/05-REMINDER: All American Festivals Episode FE1F13- Pizza Festival will air March 19, 2005 5:00 PM ET/PT on the Food Network.

3/18/05- Chowhound Chapman’s quest for Burger Stardom- In what could best be described as a continuation of a beef eating frenzy, 44 year old Chowhound Chapman will attempt to break the prestigious Doodle Burger Hamburger record of 33 hamburgers at the Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop in New Haven Connecticut today. Chowhound has just come off a real close 2nd place finish to New England’s #1 Competitive Eater, Gentleman Joe Menchetti in a steer Burger Eating Contest in Albany and the March 13th conquering of the 7lb “Atlas Burger” (3lbs of meat, 2lbs of bread/roll and two pounds of toppings) at the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, New Jersey.

Consuming 33 burger (3.5 oz a piece, bun and burger) in the 2.5 hours allotted will not be an easy task. Several well established Eaters have made this journey only to fall short. Current record holder is “Badlands Booker” who has many titles and World Records to his credit. Apparently, “Badlands” who set the record in October, needed most of the 2.5 hours to squeeze in the 32nd Burger. Before “Badlands Booker”, Ed “Cookie” Jarvis one of America’s Greatest Competitive Eaters, held the record by consuming 31 burgers in a mere 23 minutes! When asked about his attempt this Friday and the previous record holders, Chowhound commented, “I know it’s a matter of time before Cookie shows up and eats 40-45 of these hamburgers. He is a terrific capacity eater. I want to take a shot at it before he brings the record beyond reach”. Chowhound plans to eat 25 in the first hour, take a 40 minute break and use the last 50 minutes to get in the final eight and then get the hell outta there!

3/14/05- AICE and Clinton Station Diner of Clinton, NJ are happy to announce America's Biggest Burger Eating Competition.

The Clinton Station Diner is the home of the Zeus burger which weighs in at 12.5 pounds (7 pounds of burger, 5.5 of toppings). This is the World's Largest Burger.

This burger eating competition will feature 5 three-person teams. The team to finish the 12.5 Zeus monster wins. Date, time and prizes will be announce shortly. If you or your team are interested in participating, please contact AICE.  

AICE will keep a list of interested individual eaters to create a team for the competition as well.  All are welcome to participate.

3/12/05- Congratulations to Ray "The Bison" Meduna who is a Jefferson Award Nominee. The Jefferson Award recognizes individuals who work in service to others. Five people will eventually be picked for the award and one of them will go onto Washington D.C. and represent the state of Washington. You may remember Ray's outstanding donut eating feat where he consumed an amazing 22 donuts in 99 seconds at a local Radio Station and raised $9,000 for a coworker who was battling brain cancer. Although the list of nominees is formidable, "The Bison" certainly has our vote to receive the award.

For the complete list of nominees and the article in the Seattle-Post Inteligencer click here

3/11/05- All American Festivals Episode FE1F13- Pizza Festival will air March 19, 2005 5:00 PM ET/PT on the Food Network.
See Adam “Tiny” Goldstein (3rd place), Skinny Scott Soifer (2nd place),Gentleman Joe Menchetti (1st place) at the Long Island Pizza Festival held at Adventureland in Farmingdale.  Top pizzerias vie for the prestige and title of best pizzeria on the island. Watch as they battle for oven space, and heavyweight pizza eaters battle full bellies. Mamma Mia!

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