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Competitive Eating

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    November 25, 2011

    Takeru Kobayashi Gobbles 7.5 Pounds of Turkey in 10 Minutes, Devours Record

    ​In honor of day of the year when gluttony is not only accepted, but celebrated here in America (yeah, that would be all days that end in "y"), we'd only expect Takeru Kobayashi to show us how it's done. On Thanksgiving eve, the competitive eating superstar gobbled 7.5 pounds of turkey in 10 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Weekend Guide: Orange Int'l Street Fair, Oktoberfest and Hot Dog Mania

    Derby Deli​Here's your guide for this long Labor Day weekend!  TODAYDinner and a Movie at Taco Asylum What: Gourmet tacos and a rockumentary--not a bad way to spend a Thursday night. For this happy hour event, the hipster joint will be screening loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies, gi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2011

    West Coast Hot Dog-Eating Championship

    Derby Deli & Dueling Piano Bar

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    This Week in Food: Taco Gorging by Kobayashi, Beerfest and Junk Food!

    ​This edition of our weekly food roundup should be called "This Week in Junk" considering all of the stories related to Taco Bell, competitive eating and beer. We've got lots of other junk food stories, as well as some healthier ones, for you right after the jump!

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Kobayashi Destroys Competition in Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyKobayashi with Dexter Holland. Click here to see more photos from the event.​Yesterday afternoon, Dexter Holland's Gringo Bandito hot sauce hosted a taco throwdown challenge at Fred's Mexican Café in downtown Huntington Beach. Competitive eaters chowed down on stacks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Kobayashi Destroys Competition in Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyKobayashi with Dexter Holland. Click here to see more photos from the event. Yesterday afternoon, Dexter Holland's Gringo Bandito hot sauce hosted a taco throwdown challenge at Fred's Mexican Café in downtown Huntington Beach. Competitive eaters chowed down on stacks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Photos and Recap: Kobayashi Swallows 81 Tacos at the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly"He's gonna puke!" a spectator declares from the crowd in equal parts horror and amusement. A concerned mother motions her children away from the table, one that has suddenly been transformed into massive human garbage disposal. The five men standing behi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    This Wednesday: Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge Featuring The Return of Kobayashi

    ​Get ready for some food-scarfing mayhem. As our music blog Heard Mentality reported, the Offspring front man (and Weekly coverdude) Dexter Holland is bringing us the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge on Wednesday, Aug. 3 at Fred's Mexican Café in downtown Huntington Beach. Some of the world's g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Worldwide Mahi-Mahi Shortage Forces Fish Taco Purveyors to Stop Serving the Fish

    Flickr user Erik Charlton​This is scary shit: Gringo Bandito, the bueno hot sauce of Offspring head hombre Dexter Holland is set to host a taco-eating contest at Fred's in Huntington Beach August 3, with legendary competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi set to compete. The initial meat in the tacos was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Top 10 Video Games Based on Eating

    ​Food: It's one of the most important basic needs of human life. Human beings and just about every living being on Earth can live without any luxury, but cannot survive without food. We celebrate food. We spend large amounts of money on food. We explore diverse cultures through the food people eat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Dexter Holland's Gringo Bandito Sets Taco Challenge--with Kobayashi

    ​Dexter Holland's hot sauce brand Gringo Bandito teamed up with competitive eating champion Takeru Kobayashi for the Kobayashi Presents the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge, taking place Aug. 3 at Fred's Mexican Café in downtown Huntington Beach.Kobayashi and other renowned eating competitors will s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    UPDATED: No Participants So Far For Nutella Eating Contest

    ​UPDATE, 12:41 P.M.: Three participants! Stay tuned for photos!Last week, Edwin blogged the news of Crepes Bonaparte's Nutella eating contest--first one to finish an entire jar wins diabetic shock a month of free crepes!--but we've sent photographer Mary Bell to the scene and she reports that no o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Food Truck Hosts Nutella Eating Contest Next Week

    ​Next week, on Tuesday, November 2, at noon, Crepes Bonaparte, Orange County's own Great Food Truck Race celebrities with those darned funny French outfits they wear, are holding a Nutella eating contest for a chance to win free crepes from their truck for a month.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Sushi Eating Contest Next Weekend in HB

    Stock Sushi Photo From MonsterMunching.com​ There are only a few things that make my stomach turn: competitive eating is one of them. Man v. Food? Yeah, I watch it; but I switch it off before the actual eating challenge is shown. But if you aspire to be Adam Richman or that Coney Island hot d ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 29, 2009

    Superbowl Party

    Sharkeez

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines & Surprises

    Speed Eating: Would you eat 42 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes for $1,500? Patrick “P-Rock” Beroletti, a twentysomething-year-old Chicago cook, won the Drum Corps International World Peanut Butter and Jelly Eating Championship this week at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. (Ear ... More >>

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    Your Effing Country

    Chili cheese fries eating competition

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