James Webb announced that he has been classified as an "American talent" and has secured his working visa for the USA
Joey Chestnut has apparently reconciled with Major League Eating. He appeared on WISH and Fox59 this morning to promote Saturday's St. Elmo shrimp cocktail eating contest in Indianapolis. If Joey competes, it would be his first MLE contest since May. Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are also expected to compete. update Joey confirmed he will compete on the Fox 59 morning news. Geoff Esper and Pat Bertoletti are also expected to compete. update On the Bob & Tom Show, Joey says says he has yet to reconcile with Nathan's Famous and is not sure if he will compete to regain his title on July 4. He also hinted at a possible Unfinished Beef II matchup vs. Takeru Kobayashi in Tokyo.
In a Hot Ones Heat Eaters video, Matt Stonie attempted to eat 100 dumplings filled with spicy peppers grown by Smokin' Ed Currie.
Bob Shoudt training video
In a new video, Bob Shoudt discusses “How I trained my body to eat more food than anyone”. He has the following commentary
I know that this is not my typical content but it does provide a lot of background info. I get asked all the time about how I can do the things I do in my videos. The truth is all this past training makes it very easy for me to attempt any restaurant challenge. Not that I win them all, but if I know what I am getting into then I usually fair well. That said, I don’t feel that anyone should attempt to do what is in this video. It is just not worth it and I can almost guarantee that you will not make any money in competitive eating. There are probably more continents on Earth than there are people making any real $ in competitive eating.
The latest episode of the Flex Success bodybuilding podcast has an interview with James Webb.
LiveScience.com has an article asking "How Much Can Your Stomach Expand After a Big Meal?"
The current weather forecast for Indianapolis on December 7 is high 32 F / low 22 F. This might make it the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship the coldest event in Major League Eating history.
Joey Chestnut ate 47 pierogies in 90 seconds during halftime of last night's Cleveland Cavaliers game.
Kelce brothers on competitive eating
In the latest New Heights podcast, Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs and retired Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce discussed competitive eating near the start of the podcast at around the 13 minute mark. Jason talked about receiving a Guinness record for catching with a bun the longest hot dog thrown which followed with Travis talking about his fears of being forced to compete in a hot dog eating contest. The next topic was mayonnaise and Michelle Lesco’s mayonnaise record video was brought up and discussed. Here is the transcript from the competitive eating segment: Read the rest of this entry »
Bo Tomlinson ate 60 eggs to win the first prize of $1,000 in Saturday's egg eating contest in Ada, Oklahoma.
Out of the Blue has an interview with Jack Legath.
The Japanese television program Dekamori Hunter has uploaded a video of Ryuchiro Nabeshima taking on Bob "Notorious BOB" Shoudt in a rib eating contest held at Times Square in New York City.
Matt Stonie ate 20 hot dogs and 50 wings in 16 minutes to defeat Kai Cenat and five of his friends on the Mafiathon streaming session yesterday Badlands Booker also appeared and drank a bottle of Welch's grape juice in 11 seconds.
Cherish "Five Pounds" Brown was the guest on the latest Food Challenge News podcast. She says she was inspired to start competitive eating by her high appetite while cutting weight to make a MMA class. The "Five Pounds" nickname did not originate with competitive eating, but was given to her by her weightlifting coach since she was increasing the weight she lifted by five pounds with each training session. Spice specialist Alexandria of the Never Better Club was the guest on the first podcast.
Registration is now open for the 'Wing Pole" wing eating contest at Cheerleaders in Philadelphia on February 7. Entry is restricted to local amateurs. The prizes have yet to be determined, last year's competition awarded $3000 to the winner.
The Tokes y Tacos festival will hold a taco eating contest in Laveen, AZ on December 8 awarding $150 to the winner.
"Battle of the Super Eaters", a 2019 Channel 4 documentary about UK competitive eating starring Leah Shutkever, Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran and Kyle Gibson can be viewed on the I Love Docs youtube channel.
Food Challenge News has a report on the Hungarian Eating Contest Championship League (MESZ) championship in August. James Webb participated but was not an official competitor.
EggFest in Ada, OK will hold a deviled egg eating contest on November 23 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Registration is now open for the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship at Big Ten Tailgate Town before the Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis on December 7.
A video of a Mormon misionary defeating locals at a pupusa eating contest in El Salvador has gone viral and received over 12 million views on X. TMZ wrote an article about the competition.
Benny’s Invitational Pizza Eating Championship
Full results (10 minutes)
| 1st | 11 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 9.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 8.25 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 5.25 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 3.75 | Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein | |
| 6th | 3.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 7th | 2.875 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 8th | 1.25 | Rene Rovtar |
James Webb did alive video
James Webb appeared on PHL 17 yesterday to promote Benny’s Invitational Pizza Eating Championship in Manayunk, PA today.
The 909 open market will hold a pie eating contest tomorrow in Pomona, CA awarding a smart TV.
That's Kava will hold a hot dog eating contest in Englewood, CO on November 23 awarding $200 to the winner, $50 to the runner up.
“Eat Fighter” kickstarter begun
A Kickstarter funding page has been started to publish a graphic novel of “Eat Figher”, a 2018 webtoon with a female competitive eater protagonist. $3000 must be raised by December 12 for the project to go forward. The volume is expected to have 250 pages and has the following synopsis:
Eat Fighter is a competitive eating, zombie murder epic that follows Missy, a thirty-something fitness nut who throws away her kale and step-counting ways to become a superstar on the competitive eating circuit. Following the lifestyle of her late brother, who was a champion competitive eater himself, she embarks on a quest to Seoul to become the World Champion Eat Fighter. But eating barrels of barbecue and acres of apple pie doesn’t come without a price—so what’s Missy’s secret as to why she can eat as much as she wants and never gain a pound?
A video trailer for the project has been produced.
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