Oh My Grill in Honolulu will hold a burger eating contest on August 9 awarding $1,500 to the winner. Raina Huang is expected to compete.
Native Grill and Wings will hold a hot wing eating contest in Phoenix on September 3 awarding $2,500 to the winner. Qualifiers will be held on August 5, 12, 19 and 27.
Shrimpy's in Massapequa Park, NY will hold a mini burrito eating contest on August 12 awarding $1,000 to the winner. The registration fee is $100.
New York Sliders in Brampton, ON will hold a hot tender eating contest on August 2 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
"No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story" will be available for online rental or purchase from Apple TV, Amazon or Youtube on August 15. (via comment) A new trailer is available.
Garver Family Farm Market in Monroe, OH will hold a corn eating contest on August 8 awarding $500 to the winner.
Sushi Simon in Boynton Beach, FL will hold a sushi eating contest on August 2 awarding $1500 in cash (prize breakdown not given)
The Hampton Beach, NH Seafood Festival will hold a lobster roll eating contest on September 13 awarding $600/$250/$150 to the top three.
Scott Watkins, also known as "Scott Eats" ate 48 hot dogs in 10 minutes to claim the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's eating contest at the Frankfort, IN Hot Dog Festival. This event would not be allowed if Scott signed a MLE contract after winning the Las Vegas Nathan's qualifier on July 4. update July 30 Clinton County Daily News has an article.
Molly Schuyler won today's corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento. update The top 3 1) Molly Schuyler 40.5 corn dogs, contest record 2) Dan Kennedy 39.5 3) Mirza Selmic 18
Garlo's will hold a pie eating contest at Coogie Bay Hotel in Coogie, NSW, Australia on September 20 awarding $5,000 to the winner. Entrants need to submit a video of themselves eating two Garlo's pies as fast as possible.
The hot dog eating contest from the "Beach Games" episode of "The Office" has been uploaded to youtube.
The Schuyler, NY Cornfest will hold a corn eating contest on August 8 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
The Kennett Square, PA Mushroom Festival will hold an amateur fried mushroom eating contest on September 13 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three.
Enrico's will hold a spaghetti eating contest at the Frankfort, IL Fall Festival on September 5 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three. Qualifiers will be held on July 25, August 13 and August 27.
Registration is now open for two September 12 Major League Eating Contests: the:Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ and the North Shore Beef's Three Way Slider World Championship in Boston.
The Southern Illinoisan has an article about Molly Schuyler completing the 12.5 pound, 28 inch pizza challenge at Pizza Villa in Anna, IL in 12 minutes.
Joey Chestnut ate a five pound BBQ nacho plate in 2:12 to win a contest held after tonight's Memphis Redbird game. (video)
Registration is open for the Buffalo Wing Festival contests: the Buffet Bowl on August 29 and the Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship on August 30.
Mamma Mia's Trattoria will hold a pizza eating contest in Lake Worth, FL on August 1 awarding $700 to the winner, $300 to the runner up.
Total hot dogs eaten and lifespan truncation
Happy National Hot Dog Day. In 2021, University of Michigan of researchers posted a study claiming that eating a hot dog would shorten the lifespan of its consumer by 36 minutes. Using that figure, the following table list the amount of lifespan truncation for competitive eaters from the combined totals of hot dog events in the eatfeats database. The statistics inclunde MLE contests, non-MLE competitions and exhibitions. The first column is the number of hot dog events for a given competitor.
| # | Hot Dogs | Avg. | Minutes | Days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1870 | 60.32 | 67320 | 46.75 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 27 | 1085.33 | 40.2 | 39071.88 | 27.13 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
| 45 | 1057.75 | 23.51 | 38079 | 26.44 | Eric “Badlands” Booker |
| 59 | 988.83 | 16.76 | 35597.88 | 24.72 | Crazy Legs Conti |
| 25 | 976.25 | 39.05 | 35145 | 24.41 | Tim “Eater X” Janus |
| 32 | 941.75 | 29.43 | 33903 | 23.54 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt |
| 34 | 921.25 | 27.1 | 33165 | 23.03 | Erik “The Red” Denmark |
| 15 | 876.25 | 58.42 | 31545 | 21.91 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| 33 | 876 | 26.55 | 31536 | 21.9 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre |
| 26 | 869.5 | 33.44 | 31302 | 21.74 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas |
| 20 | 864.12 | 43.21 | 31108.5 | 21.6 | Geoffrey Esper |
| 26 | 863.12 | 33.2 | 31072.5 | 21.58 | Molly Schuyler |
Burgers Never Say Die will hold a burger eating contest on August 1 awarding two tickets to that night's Red Sox at Dodgers game along with a limo ride to the Dodger Stadium.
Top Nathan’s Famous debuts
A list of the top first-time results for Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contests follows. Scott Watkins set the record for a qualifier debut on July 4. All the top 6 debuts are by non-Americans.
Eric "Badlands" Booker drank 7 cans of Moxie soda in under two minutes to win a chugging contest held at the Moxie Festival in Lisbon, Maine on Saturday.
Boonedogs in Lexington, KY will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 15 awarding $500 to the winner.
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