Upcoming Cincinnati eating contests
| 2012 May 31 | Spaghetti Eating Contest | Frontier Days | Milford, OH | |
| 2012 Jun 15 | Coney Eating Contest | Fountain Square | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 2012 Aug 17 | Ice Cream Eating Contest | Fountain Square | Cincinnati, OH |
| 10 lbs pasta | 10 Pound Spaghetti Challenge | Padrino | Milford, OH | |
| 5 lb. burger | Mega Burger | The Marquee Cafe @ Hollywood Casino | Lawrenceburg, IN | |
| 3.5 lb. sub | Monster Sub Challenge | Sub Station II | Florence, KY | includes a pound of fries and a 32 oz. drink |
Cincinnati.com has an article about Joe LaRue eating 10 hot dogs bananas in 105 seconds at the Junk Food Showdown.
Jared Lorenzen, a former backup quarterback for the New York Giants, will be competing in a pizza eating contest at Raniero's in Cold Spring, KY on Sunday with Kentucky high school player of the year Patrick Towles as his teammate. (The listed weight of the team is 565 pounds. Towles' weight is 235 pounds which would give Lorenzen a current weight of 330 pounds.) via SBNation
Joe LaRue will attempt to eat 10 bananas in 3 minutes at the Kenton County Public Library’s Junk Food Showdown in Fort Mitchell, KY on Monday.
The student newspaper for Northern Kentucky University has a list of Cincinnati area eating challenges.
Joe LaRue's monologue about his competitive eating career at trueHunger in Cincinnati November 7 can be viewed on youtube. At the end of the video, Joe announces that he is retiring and has started a hunger charity.
Joe LaRue will talk about his competitive eating history for trueTHEATRE in Cincinnati tomorrow night.
Tonight's episode of Man vs. Food:Nation will feature Cincinnati restaurants. Adam Turer (interview) will attempt the 5.5 pound 110 Reuben sandwich at Izzy's.
FitVsFood.com documents Jeremiah's attempts at eating challenges while trying to remain in shape. He will attempt the 110 Izzy's Reuben Challenge tomorrow with coaching from Joe LaRue.
2011 Zinzinatti bratwurst contest
update 11:15 Full results have been posted. Oktoberfest Zinzinnati has a facebook gallery. Cincinatti.com has an article.
5:03 The top 3: 1) Joey Chestnut 35 2) Tim “Gravy” Brown 31.5 3) Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff.
4:46 Joey Chestnut reportedly won the contest with a total of 35 sausages.
4:20 The contest has started. Pat Bertoletti does not seem to be competing.
Pat Bertoletti is reportedly present at the contest site, but says he will not compete.
Joey Chestnut, Tim "Gravy" Brown, Aaron Osthoff and Bill Myers are expected to compete in Saturday's bratwurst eating contest in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati.com reports that Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his bratwurst title at Oktoberfest on September 17.
Joey of Kiss 107 will attempt to be the first woman to finish the 4 pound pasta challenge at Padrino's in Milford, Ohio tonight. Spectators can receive 20% off of their bill. update Aug 25 Joey ate 3.5 pounds of the challenge
Man vs. Food:Nation recorded at Izzy's in Cincinnati today (via email) after recording at the Findlay Market yesterday. update Aug 21 Thadd and Milan have a gallery of the recording.
Registration will open tomorrow at 2pm eastern on IFOCE.com for the World Bratwurst Eating Championship in Cincinnati on September 17.
On July 11, Izzy's Deli in Covington, KY will let diners record attempts at the 110 Reuben sandwich challenge to be submitted to Man vs. Food: Nation's casting call. (via Joe LaRue email)
Joe LaRue won today's coney eating contest held at Fountain Square in Cincinnati with a total of 14 coney hot dogs in 3 minutes. (a picture)
Joe LaRue won $100 at a contest held at Murphy's Pub in Cincinnati today by eating 7 hot dogs in 90 seconds.
Cincinnati.com reports Joe LaRue was prevented from officially competing in a five pound Reuben sandwich eating contest held to promote the 110th anniversary of Izzy's in Cincinnati due to being considered too good by the contest organizers.
Joe LaRue won yesterday's Rock the Tot tater tot eating contest at the Newport, KY Bar Louie with a total of 4 pounds and 6.5 ounces in six minutes.
Joe LaRue won two Reds opening day tickets by eating 10 coneys in 4:51 at Tina's in Cincinnati today.
Tina's in downtown Cincinnati will hold a cheese coney eating contest on March 20 awarding Reds opening day tickets.
Metromix has a list of 12 Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky eating challenges. update The article has a gallery of Joe LaRue attempting to eat the challenge burger at Joe's Diner.
A video of the Bardzilla burger eating contest held at Bard's Burger in Covington, KY is available. Bodybuilder March Lobliner won the contest with a time of 17:46
Metromix Cincinnati is looking for stories about attempts at southern Ohio / north Kentucky eating challenges.
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