2026 Trenton Pork Rolls eating contest

North Shore Beef’s Three Way Slider World Championship

updateOfficial results

1st 46 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
2nd 43 Geoffrey Esper
3rd 40.5 Max Stanford
4th 26 Jerome Burns
5th 16.25 Yasir Salem
6th 15.5 Semora Kludy
7th 10 Crazy Legs Conti
8th 9.5 Lauren Pace-Fraunfelter
9th 6 “DanBob”

update The video went down, but Pat Bertoletti won the contest via Game On Fenway’s instagram stories

North Shore Beefs is doing an Instagram Live video of today’s Three Way Slider World Championship

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“Hungry” Charles Hardy and rembering 9/11

On September 11, 2001, “Hungry” Charles Hardy, runner up in the 1998 and 1999 Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contests, was working as a corrections officer in New York City. The 2006 book, “Eat This Book” documents Hardy’s recovery efforts at the disaster site over the next several weeks. The carcinogenic chemicals at Ground Zero resulted in cancer which claimed Hardy’s life in 2023.
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First MLE top 50 of 2026

For the first time in over 8 months, the MLE top 50 has been updated. Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins is not ranked, so presumably he declined the MLE contract. updateHere is the full list with the previous ranking

1st Joey “Jaws” Chestnut 1 previously
2nd Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti 2
3rd James Webb 4
4th Geoffrey Esper 3
5th Nick Wehry 6
6th Max Stanford 8
7th Miki Sudo 5
8th Cameron Meade 18
9th Gideon Oji 9
10th Radim Dvoracek 12
11th Derek Hendrickson 10
12th Jerome Burns 21
13th Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas 11
14th George Chiger 13
15th Ricardo Corbucci 7
16th Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco 14
17th Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee 22
18th Tanner Gray 18
19th Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan 15
20th Josh “The Goat” Krady unranked
21st Tandra Childress 23
22nd Yunho Choi unranked
23rd Jacob Williams unranked
24th Semora Kludy unranked
25th Steven Farlow unranked
26th Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele 27
27th Sergio Reyes-Raya 32
28th Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz 34
29th Matthew Raible 35
30th Crazy Legs Conti 24
31st Katie Prettyman 26
32nd Jocelyn Young 29
33rd “Buffalo” Jim Reeves 42
34th Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond 17
35th Kylan Lee 25
36th Eric “Badlands” Booker 31
37th Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman 20
38th Greg “The Savage” Wilson 28
39th William Lyon 30
40th Elaine Eaton unranked
41st Lauren Pace-Fraunfelter unranked
42nd Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown 45
43rd Rene Rovtar 43
44th William “Wild Bill” Myers 44
45th Alex “Moose” Perez 49
46th Camille O’Brien unranked
47th “Nasty” Nathan Biller 46
48th Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker 37
49th John Gebhard 41
50th Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado unranked

Dropping out:
20 Mayoi Ebihara
33 Max Suzuki
36 Zosan Pacpac
38 Erik Denmark
39 Kelly Wong
40 Pablo Martinez
47 Joey Przybylowicz
48 Julie Goldberg
50 Michael Dietz

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Billy Robbin won the first prize of $1,000 in Monday's pizza eating contest at Gino's in Ronkonkoma, NY.
Chinese mukbanger Chen Ziyi passed away at the age of 24, reportedly due to a heart attack resulting from extreme eating challenges. On August 14, she announced she was suffering from extremely low potassium, the same condition responsible for the fatality of Stephanie Torres in 2015.
The Wing Pole will hold a qualifier awarding spots to the top 3 finishers in the 2027 Wing Pole on September 13 at Big Carm's Tailgate in Philadelphia.
Muz Fest at Victory Hall at the Boxyard in Seattle will hold a hot wing eating contest on September 12 awarding $500 to the winner.
Results from Saturday's hamburger eating contest at Taste of Hamburg-er in Hamburg, PA: 1) Sean Yeager 2) Liam Weyand 3) Peter Ritter 4) Jack Diamond
Pizza Nine in Gallup, NM will hold a pizza eating contest on October 8 awarding $1000/$500/$250 to the top three.
GuinnessWorldRecords.com reports that Leah Shutkever ate a burrito in 30.75 seconds to reclaim a record set by Miki Sudo in 2022 with a time of 31.47 seconds
Scott Watkins ate 43 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1,333 in today's eating contest in Milbrook, AL.
Rosie's Ice Cream in Buffalo will hold an ice cream eating contest on September 26 awarding $1,000 to the winner. A $1,000 donation will also be made to a charity of the victor's choice.
Taco Empreso in Edison, NJ will hold a taco eating contest on September 22 awarding $500 to the winner.
Crossing Broad reviewed the Wing Bowl documentary "No One Died" and gave it a 9.2 out of 10 wings rating.
Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon, MO will hold a hard boiled egg eating contest on October 3 awarding $4000/$2000/$1000 in the pro division. The top 3 amateurs will receive $500/$300/$200.
Copper's Dog House in Kalamazoo, MI will hold a hot dog eating contest on September 12. The intermediate division will award $500 to the winner; the top amateur will receive $200.
The Pueblo Chieftain has an article about the discontinuation of the World Slopper Eating Championship which was held at the Colorado State Fair from 2019 to 2025. The fair says the competition might be brought back in the future.
AllSports Cafe in Salem, VA will hold a wing eating contest on September 9 awarding a 70 inch Samsung television.
Joey Chestnut will attend MustardFest in Springfield, OH on September 12. He will oversee but not compete in Woeber's Hot Mustard & Horseradish Eating Contest.

2026 Buffalo Wing Festival wing championship

Grumpy Dog in Wetumpka, AL will hold a hot dog eating contest on September 7 awarding $1333 to the winner.

2026 Buffalo Buffet Bowl

update Totals have been posted for the non-prize winners. Cherish Brown’s result of .39 lb. (6.24 oz) might be the lowest poundage ever in a weight-based MLE contest. Assuming a duration of 8:59, she ate less than 7/10 of an ounce per minute.

Official results, first to finish five pounds of Buffalo food items

1st 5 4m12s $1,000.00 James Webb Sydney, NSW, Australia
2nd 5 4m55s $750.00 Geoffrey Esper Oxford, MA
3rd 5 6m27s $500.00 Max Stanford Brixton, England, UK
4th 5 8m44s $250.00 Miki Sudo Tampa, FL
5th 5 8m59s Nick Wehry Tampa, FL
6th 4.72 8m59s Jerome Burns Danbury, CT
7th 1.69 8m59s George Chiger Pocono Pines, PA
8th 1.47 8m59s Camille O’Brien Jeffersonville, NY
9th 1.45 8m59s William “Wild Bill” Myers Breinigsville, PA
10th 0.88 8m59s Rene Rovtar Basking Ridge, NJ
11th 0.39 8m59s Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown Edon, OH might be lowest poundage ever in a weight-based MLE contest

James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s Buffet Bowl eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival.

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Japan Village in Brooklyn will hold a wanko soba eating contest on August 29 awarding a trip to Japan.
Gino's Pizza in Ronkonkoma, NY will hold a pizza eating contest on September 7 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
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