San Antonio eating challenges and contests category

Upcoming San Antonio eating contests
San Antonio eating challenges
(All San Antonio eating challenges and contests in database)

Big Texas Fun will hold a crawfish eating contest in Selma, TX on March 8 awarding $600/$300/$150/$50
Magnolia Pancake Haus in San Antonio will hold a pancake eating contest tomorrow (Sept 26) awarding prizes billed at over $10,000 in value. The winner will receive $500 or 50% of the entry fees and 2 courtside Spurs tickets. The runner up will receive a South African safari and a Hog Hunt in Gonzales, TX.
The Twist and Pinch Crawfish Festival will hold a crawfish eating contest in San Antonio on June 10 awarding $300 to the winner.
ExpressNews.com has a list of five San Antonio restaurant challenges.
The Big Texas Fun Crawfish Festival will hold a crawfish eating contest on March 11 awarding $500/$150/$50
A burger eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner will be held at the All American Burger Fest in San Antonio on October 15. 8 qualifiers will be held on the first and fourth Fridays every month at Mark's Outing starting June 3.
Big Texas Fun will hold crawfish eating contests in Selma, TX on March 12 and 19 awarding $500/$150/$50.
Mark's Outing in San Antonio will hold a burger eating contest in October awarding $1000 to the winner. Monthly qualifiers start on Friday.
Lulu's in San Antonio, home of a 3 pound cinnamon roll and a chicken fried steak challenge, announced they were closing permanently. The restaurant received criticism for ejecting Randy Santel and calling the police on him.
Slacker's in San Antonio will hold a hot wing eating contest tomorrow awarding $300 to the winner, $100 to the runner up.
The Crawfish Festival in San Antonio will hold crawfish eating contests on March 23 and 30 awarding $250 to the winner.
Cici's Pizza will hold a 28 inch pizza eating contest for two person teams in San Antonio on March 15. The winning pair will receive a $1,500 Visa gift card and the chance to compete in a national championship.

2019 San Antonio Nathan’s qualifier

update MySanAntonio.com has a gallery

Results from Fox San Antonio video
1 Juan Neave 27
2 Nate Biller 16.5

1W Kathryn Tesch 9.5

Juan Neave, Nate Biller, Alex Perez and Kathryn Tesch are expected to compete. Kassandra Zapata will apparently terminate her streak of San Antonio area qualifiers at three.

Previous San Antonio area qualifier winners

2018 Apr 14 1st 24 10 min Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Poteet, TX
2018 Apr 14 1st 10 10 min Kassandra Zapata Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Poteet, TX
2017 Mar 18 1st 22.5 10 min Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – men San Antonio, TX
2017 Mar 18 1st 11 10 min Kassandra Zapata Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women San Antonio, TX
2016 Mar 19 1st 22 10 min Crazy Legs Conti Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – men San Antonio, TX
2016 Mar 19 1st 11 10 min Kassandra Zapata Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women San Antonio, TX

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Slackers in San Antonio will hold a wing eating contest on Sunday awarding $300 to the winner.

2018 Poteet Strawberry Festival Nathan’s qualifier

Winners according to Fink Beats the Stomach Official results
1) Juan Neave 24
2) Crazy Legs Conti 17
3) Nate Biller 15

1W) Kassie Zapata 10

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The second episode of the MLE podcast, Men in Boaters, was released today and mentioned the expected entrants of Saturday's Nathan's qualifiers. Pablo Martinez and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete in Fort Myers, FL while Juan Neave, Nate Biller, Crazy Legs Conti, Steve Schuster and Kassie Zapata headline the Poteet, TX field.

2018 Nathan’s qualifier schedule

Update: The schedule has been posted and registration is open for all qualifiers on http://www.majorleagueeating.com/contests.php
Notable omissions include all NASCAR qualifiers and the NYNY Casino in Las Vegas which has held a qualifier every year since at least 2003. The Mets ballpark takes over as the longest running qualifier site.

MLE announces that the 2018 Nathan’s qualifier schedule will be released at 2pm Eastern today.

The Cincinnati Reds May 18 and the New York Mets June 24 are probable sites since Nathan’s Famous is listed as a sponsor for those game dates.

A qualifier will not be held at the San Antonio Big League Weekend next month since that event will not take place in 2018 due to the NCAA Final Four being held at the Alamo Dome.

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Randy Santel announces that he finished the 28 inch pizza challenge at Carmine's in Kerrville, TX and won $150. The restaurant opened solely for him to do the challenge. He did not win the announced $500 prize because Juan Neave claimed it on December 30.
Carmine's in Kerrville, TX has a 28 inch pizza challenge that will award $500 to a diner that can finish it in under an hour.   

2017 Nathan’s San Antonio qualifier

update KSAT and FoxSports Ohio have videos. KingCarb has a video breakdown.

Results Part 1 | Part 2

1) Juan Neave 22.5 (“Juanito wants Food” instagram)
2) Nate Biller 21
3) Steve Schuster 19

1W Kassie Zapata 11

Steve Schuster, Nate Biller and Kassie Zapata are expected to compete.

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Multichannel.com reports that the Food Network will produce 6 episodes of Ginormous Food, a program about restaurants' oversized meals starring comedian Josh Denny. The pilot episode featuring San Antonio eateries was televised on July 22.
Las Palapas will hold a burrito eating contest in San Antonio on August 27 awarding $1000/$250/$150. Qualifiers will be held on August 13 and 20.
The UT - Rio Grande Valley student paper has an article about Kassie Zapata competing in the Nathan's finals. Her status as a college student could justify showing the women's Nathan's finals live on ESPNU.
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