Upcoming Houston eating contests
| 2012 Feb 25 | Hot Wing Eating Contest | Coaches | Katy, TX |
| 28 in pizza | 28 Inch Pizza | Russo's NY Pizzeria | League City, TX | |
| 2 lb. burger | The Gringo Burger | Cafe Espanol | Houston, TX | burger has 1 lb. pattie a double gringo burger is also available |
| Alamo Platter | Alamo Platter Wall of Fame | Hickory Hollow Restaurant | Houston, TX | also awarded for finishing Ranchers Chicken Fried Steak Meal, Fallbrook Drive location only |
The Mardi Gras Grill in Houston will hold a women-only crawfish eating contest on February 3 awarding over $300 in cash prizes.
Mardi Gras Grill in Houston will hold a muffaletta eating contest on Friday awarding $400.
Russo's New York in Houston has started a 28 inch pizza challenge awarding $500 for finishing it. The challenge is available Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
29-95.com has a list of Houston-area restaurants offering eating challenges.
The Houston Press has a blog entry about the 28 inch pizza challenge at New York Pizzeria in Houston, which awards $200 to a customer that finishes it in under an hour.
Pier 30 in Freeport, TX (Houston area) will hold a jalapeno eating contest on Sunday awarding $250 to the winner.
The Hot Dog Shop in Houston will hold an eating contest on Saturday awarding $300 ($250 to the winner).
2011 Niko Niko Gyros videos
Joey Chestnut wins 2011 Niko Niko Gyros, Matt Stonie 3rd
update May 16 #2 Houston Press has a gallery.
update May 16 Dana Miller has four videos.
update Niko Niko’s has a facebook gallery
The top 8:
1) Joey Chestnut 21.5 gyros
2) Pat Bertoletti 21
3) Matt Stonie 17
4) Adrian Morgan 14.75
5) Sean Gordon 14
6) Nate Biller 12
7) Donovan Busta 9.5
8T) Gary Klucken 5.5
8T) Bam Martinez 5.5
update 4:18 The eatingcontest twitter reports Joey Chestnut ate 21.5 gyros to win, Pat Bertoletti was the runner up with 21.
update 3:33 The contest has started
update The festival facebook is posting pictures.
The MLE facebook lists Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Sean Gordon, Adrian Morgan, Nate Biller, Matt Stonie, Gary Klucken, Bam Martinez and Randy Harrison as expected competitors.
The contest page on the festival’s website has not been updated from last year except for the new date; Ben Monson is listed as an expected entrant.
Muldoon's in El Campo, TX (southwest Houston area) will hold a crawfish eating contest on Thursday awarding $500 to the winner. ($50 entry fee)
CultureMap Houston has a poster promoting Niko Niko's World Gyro Eating Championship on May 15 listing Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark and Adrian Morgan as expected entrants.
Eldorado Jack's in Montgomery, TX (north Houston area) will hold a wing eating contest on Saturday that will reportedly award more than $1000 in cash (prize breakdown not listed).
The first episode of the second season of Outrageous Food will be televised on the Food Network tonight at 10 pm eastern. The restaurants will be Mallie’s Sports Grill and Bar in Southgate, MI (meal 100+ pound burger), Bad Boyz Bistro in Bedford, PA (meal hot wings) and Three Brothers Bakery in Houston, TX (meal pies baked into cakes). Altoona Mirror has an article about Bad Boyz Bistro's appearance.
MLE May 2011 contests announced
- May 7, Isle Boonville, MO boneless buffalo wings, $4,000 purse, registration opens tomorrow.
- May 14 World Salt Potato Eating Championship, Baldwinsville, NY (Syracuse area) $10,000 purse, registration opens Friday
- May 14 Niko Niko’s Gyro Eating Championship, Houston, TX, $4000 purse, registration opens Friday.
Outrageous Food November 19, 2010 episode (The Knishwich) links
Restaurants
- Lansky’s Delis New York City meal – “Ultimate New Yorker” 7 pound deli sandwich
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
The on-menu sandwich challenge is the Jackpot | Picture - Feast Houston meal – heart, black pudding & pig face
Home Page | Yelp | Citysearch
Culturemap blog entry about recording - Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor Dania Beach, FL (Fort Lauderdale area) meal – “Kitchen Sink” sundae
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
Serious Eats blog entry about the Kitchen Sink
The facebook for Katz's Deli in Houston announces that David "SyKoBOZO" Cagle won $1000 at a pickle eating contest yesterday by eating 10 pickles in 2:34:27. Gallery
SportsTalk 790 AM in Houston is holding a 5 pound burger eating contest. Qualifiers will take place on October 8 and 15 and the finals will occur on October 29.
29-95 reports that Brett Cady and James Beck both broke the record for the "El Diablo" spicy burger challenge at the Rockwell Tavern and Grill in Cypress, Texas.
29-95.com reports that Katz's Deli in Houston will hold a pickle eating contest on October 10 awarding $1000 to the winner.
The twitter for the Kolache Factory in Houston announces it will not hold an eating contest in 2010, but expects to hold contests in odd numbered years.
The Houston Press has a list of five Houston area eating challenges with additional challenges in the comments.
The Houston Press has an article on the Beer Mile, which entails running four quarter miles and drinking four beers.
The Houston Press has a blog entry about 4 members of the Jud Johnson Band attempting a 15 pound burger at the French Press Cafe.
Geri Maria Harris has a blog entry for the Houston Press about her attempt to eat 50 Chicken McNuggets in one sitting.
Traders Village in Houston has a gallery of a contest where competitors ate the 72 ounce steak meal from the Big Texan Steak Ranch. Bud Caudill finished his meal in 28 minutes and Donice Krueger was the runner up with a time of just under 40 minutes. (The only faster female time for the 72 ounce steak meal I am aware of is 30 minutes for Carlene LeFevre). 
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