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Jul 6 Higher quality video clips available in files section of Fast Metabolism Females Yahoo group
Jul 4 Congratulations to Sonya Thomas! pound-for-pound the world's greatest eater
Sonya: 37 hot dogs / 105 lb = .352 hot dogs / lb.
Kobayashi: 49 hot dogs / 144 lb = .340 hot dogs / lb.
Jul 1 added link to article about 30 - 35 lb Canadian hamburger
Jun 27 added link to Fast Metabolism Females Yahoo group
Jun 8 added video captures to video clip links on main page, also added video clip links to tv/radio page
May 27 Link to speedeat.com rankings added, Kate is #10 in marathon eating, #25 overall
May 26 Ahamburgertoday.com and dangeraus blog entry links added.
May 24 I have reduced the file size (and quality) of the video clips of Kate's January 21 TV appearances and uploaded them. I am planning to have the files available permanently, but I cannot make any guarantees, so go ahead and download and save them if you want them. I can make higher quality video clips available to anyone who would like to host them.

I changed my email name from admin to the less generic TomaccoRoad@katestelnick.com (see here for the meaning of tomacco) and placed the email addresses at the start of the page.
May 21 A few links addded: local news video of Zeus contest, Travel channel's 10 best places to pig out, Monsterburger article,  Kobayashi article and two blog entries
May 18 thumbnails of "Zeus" contest images hosted at competitiveeaters.com added to main page.
 
article from c-n.com added
May 17 19 pound "Carolina Colossus" article added
May 16 Denny's website has finally been expanded beyond a single page. The site hosts three previously unseen photos

Denny's menu is also now online, and contrary to the Hardee's ad, no 4 pound sourdough burger is to be found on it.

The only "Belly Buster" challenge listed on the website is for two people.
May 14 Belly Buster attempt photos added, more captions added to Badlands booker photo, more minor revisions to article including metric weights
May 12 Inaccurate column from heraldsun.com added

speedeat.com mentions Kate's appearance at the Zeus burger contest. It is too bad that no pictures or quotes from Kate were taken at that event.  The second and third place teams at that event ate 9.75 and 9.25 pounds in a combined time of 3:45.

Quarter Pounder comparison added to article
May 10 Another link about Zeus contest and factoid about contest results added.

Several sentences with quotes from Kate's TV appearances added to article.
May 9 Links added  - Zeus contest result (no mention of Kate judging), CNN eating challenges article, Letterman Top 10

Moved most forum threads to separate page

Made favorites icon for site
May 5 I have added to the article a paragraph about the new mega-burgers and revised the second to last paragraph.

The section on 96er challengers has been broken into 3 parts and several links have been added to it.
May 3 Added Pete Cilento foodmarket.com article about 15 pound burger. The article also mentions that Kate will return to Denny's this summer and judge the Zeus contest May 9 as stated below.

In response to the increased number of visits resulting from the 15 pound burger articles, I have removed the video captures and made some images thumbnails to reduce the bandwidth requirements of the home page.
May 2 I have learned that Kate will act as judge in the Zeus burger contest.

In response to the Zeus Burger, Denny's has added a 15 pound burger (This gives Sonya Thomas (see FAQ #15)  the opportunity to validate her claimed 16 pound stomach capacity)
Apr 28 Reorganized home page and split out factoids and 5 × S (other female competitive eaters) pages. Also listed two email addresses (one will be forwarded, the other is for site comments)
Apr 24 Removed invalid links and also added link to article about "Zeus" (12.5 lb) burger competition.
Apr 16 Added part of article about Lynda Kuerth
Apr 6 Added transcript and video captures of 96er segement from the "Protein Power" episode of Food TV's Unwrapped which reportedly inspired Kate's attempt. The most interesting fact from this show is that 6 pounds is the post-cooking weight of the meat (the meat weighs over 8 pounds before cooking.)
Apr 4 I saw Hardee's ad for its big sourdough burger while watching the national championship game. The commercial is supposedly set at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub and claims that Denny's has a 4 pound sourdough burger which no one has been able to finish.
Mar 27 added caption and URL to Badlands booker picture
Mar 23 added Lynda Kuerth picture
Mar 21 added article about 2002 Food TV show
Mar 17 added some links to 96er burger section
Mar 16 Politically incorrect sports factoid added.
Mar 15 12.5 lb "Zeus" burger article added. Put links about 96er rivals in separate section.
Mar 13 Made main page <TITLE> tag alliterative
Mar 12 Broke out section for 96er attempts from 96er info section.
Mar 11 Retitled home page. The longest alliterative sentence I can think of similar to the new title is: Conquering co-ed completely consumes collosal cheeseburger, claims Clearfield challenge championship.
Mar 10 Jan 21 GMA introduction transcribed and capture added.
Mar 9 Other eating feats section renamed and reorganized and a few links added.
Mar 8 Jan 21 GMA video captures added.
Mar 7 Some minor changes to transcripts page
Mar 6 Jan 21 Tony Danza video captures added. Apologies for the low quality of the images, but I guess they are better than nothing.
Mar 5 "Zeus" Burger link and (picture) from Clinton Station Diner added
Mar 4 Changed Food TV link to the Protein Power episode of Unwrapped. Kate learned of the 96er on January 3 or 4 when this show originally aired (just 8 or 9 days before her trip to Denny's). This episode will be rerun on March 22.
Mar 3 Added Jan 21 TV Appearance thumbnails
Mar 2 Takako Akasaka 赤阪尊子 (2000 Hot Dog #3 finisher) links added
Mar 1 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest projected finish factoid added.
Feb 28 Laurie Ginden 1975 Hot Dog Champion links added
Feb 27 Tony Danza interview from January 21 transcribed.
Feb 26 New Largest (12.5 lb.) Burger? from Clinton (NJ) Station Diner links added
Feb 25 Ripley's Believe It or Not Big Texan 72 oz. steak link added
Feb 24 TV/Radio appearances moved to separate page.

Restaurant links added to eating feats section.

Badlands Booker weight comparison factoid added.
Feb 23 January 21 Good Morning America segment transcribed. Email katestelnickpage@yahoo.com if you would like some (low quality) video captures added to the transcripts. I hope to have the Tony Danza show transcribed by the weekend.
Feb 22 Links added:
nj.com link removed - article unavailable
Feb 21 Non-English links section added

Lori Weiss factoid added
Feb 19 Captions and links added for Randy Reali and Erik Cheng
Feb 18 Web host apparently went down Friday night. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Google now ranks this site #2 for "Kate Stelnick" searches. Hopefully a top 5 position will be will be retained. Google might have been penalizing this site because both katestelnick.com and stelnick.com pointed to the same page. I redirected stelnick.com to point to this update page Thursday instead of the home page to remove this condition.

Yahoo has the geocities version of this site #4 and the now defunct Wikipedia entry for "Kate Stelnick" ranked #3

Picture of Badlands Booker added. (If you own the copyright to that image and don't want it hosted here, let me know and I will remove it.)
Feb 17 We're in the top 10 for MSN Jared & Subway searches

Link added:
Picture (US 1 sign) added at end
Feb 16
I have no idea what's going on with this site and Google. Their search engine ranked the initial version of this site, which was just a short page of non-HTML links, #4 for "Kate Stelnick" searches. Then Google did not list it at all, which I assumed was due to losing track of the site as it was moved between servers. By this previous weekend, Google had located the site and restored its original ranking of #4.

Now Google has apparently lost this site again and it will not be found anywhere in the results of "Kate Stelnick" searches, but the page must be in its database because it will be returned if the query includes an uncommon word, such as "Kate Stelnick" & "vanquisher". (MSN search ranks this site #1 or #2 for "Kate Stelnick" searches.) I hope this is due to a quirky or flawed algorithm and will be rectified in the near future.

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Feb 5 Site moved off of geocities.com to a real web host. No more annoying ads.

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Jan 29
site (with working HTML links) set up at geocities.com
Jan 23
plain text starter page for site consisting mainly of non-HTML links set up while Ben Roethlis-berger was being devoured by the New England defense.
Jan 22
katestelnick.com registered

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