Jack's Cosmic Dogs "Double Dog Dare Challenge" in Mount Pleasant, SC will award $1,000 on September 30 to the person who has eaten the most spicy hot dogs in a 30 minute session.
Onmanorama reports that a fifty year old man passed away choking during an idli eating contest in Palakkad, India.
The South China Morning Post has a long profile of Singaporean food challenger Zermatt Neo. He says he hopes to compete in next year's Nathan's hot dog eating contest and hopes for a top 6 finish.
The Viet Cultural Fest in Houston will hold a bahn mi eating contest on September 14 awarding $200/$100/$50.
Geoff Esper, James Webb, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Derek Hendrickson are expected to compete in the Padrino Foods World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX on September 28.
Zambrero in Florence, KY will hold a taco eating contest on September 21 awarding $1000 and a year of free burritos to the winner.
Defending champion Geoff Esper, James Webb, Nick Wehry, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Larell Marie Mele, Bill Myers and Julie Goldberg are expected to compete in the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ on September 21.
WMUR reports that New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu applied the Heimlich maneuver during today's lobster roll eating contest at the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival in Hampton, NH. The choking competitor, Christian Moreno, continued with the competition after the incident was resolved. update news video
Joey Chestnut ate 18 sausages in 3 minutes to surpass the combined total of five amateurs during halftime of today's Cincinnati Bengals game.
Dan Kennedy announced that he and Molly Schuyler both ate 14 gyros in 14 minutes to tie for first place at the Big Greek Gyro eating contest at the Saints Constantine & Helen Green Festival in Silver Spring, MD on Saturday. Mo Mbengue also competed.
TMZ has an interview with Pat Bertoletti in which he claims that his Nathan's title should have an asterisk since Joey Chestnut did not compete.
Raina Huang will do a ramen eating contest at DTLA Ramen in Los Angeles on September 11.
MassLive.com reports James Webb will compete in a fried chicken eating contest at Nan's Kitchen in Stow, MA on September 8.
The Expo in Central Point, OR will hold hot dog eating contests on September 14 awarding $250 to the top male and female.
Joey Chestnut will be facing off against five amateurs in a bratwurst eating contest during halftime of Sunday's Cincinnati Bengals game.
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef
Joey Chestnut has defeated Kobayashi 83 hot dogs to 67 to set a world record for a 10 minute hot dog contest.
In the first undercard, Matt Stonie defeated three aquatic Olympians (Ryan Lochte, Ryan Murphy and Max Irving) in a 3 minute wing eating contest, 53 wings to 36.
Some links about Unfinished Beef
Decider has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi
Brobible has an interview with Chestnut and Kobayashi
NYTimes article
Netflix has an instagram post about the Chestnut / Kobayashi rivalry with two major errors: Kobayashi did not reverse in the 2007 Krystal Square Off, he missed it due to “jawthritis” and Kobayashi did not compete in the 2010 Nathan’s finals, he attended as a spectator and was arrested afterwards.
In the undercards for "Unfinished Beef", Matt Stonie will face off against water polo player Max Irving and Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and Ryan Murphy in a 1 vs. 3 wing eating contest. Leah Shutkever will attempt to break the Guinness World record for watermelon eating. WWE wrestlers Rey Mysterio and Omos will present the championship to the winner of the main event.
All time Chestnut vs. Kobayashi results
Here are the all time head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Takeru Kobayashi. They have faced 15 times from 2005 to 2010; Kobayashi finished ahead in 8 of the matchups. (This excludes the 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating, a 32 entrant tournament won by Kobayashi in which he did not face Chestnut.)
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2024 US Chicken Wing Eating Championship
update Sept 5Four days after the contest, MLE has posted full results
| 1st | 236 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 205 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 187 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 148 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 140 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 132 | Joey Przybylowicz | |
| 7th | 118 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 8th | 110 | Brandon “The Titanium Jaw” Macey | |
| 9th | 93 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 10th | 76 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 11th | 61 | Kirby Shawn |
Announced results from James Webb live video
1 James Webb 236 wings (12 minutes)
2 Miki Sudo 205 wings
3 Nick Wehry 187 wings
WGRZ is currently running a live video of the US Chicken Wing Eating Championship from the Buffalo Wing Festival in Orchard Park, NY.
Josh Krady won today's scrapple eating contest at the Allentown, PA Fair.
Nick Wehry wins Buffalo Buffet Bowl
update Sep 5 Full results have been posted on the contest page
Nick Wehry’s time was 5:42. All other times are 5:52
| 1st | 5 | Nick Wehry | first contest since “Plategate” |
| 2nd | 5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 2.84 | George Chiger | |
| 4th | 1.85 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 5th | 1.72 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 6th | 1.71 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 1.5 | Shawn “The Vacuum” Kirby | |
| 8th | 1.13 | Rene Rovtar |
The top 3 of today’s Buffalo Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wing Festival via Joel Hansen’s video
1 Nick Wehry
2 Miki Sudo
3 George Chiger
2024 Colorado State Fair Slopper contest
The Pueblo Chieftain has a gallery
Announced results 8 minutes
1 Geoff Esper 31.5 Sloppers
2 James Webb 31
3 Steve Hammond 19.5
4 Tanner Gray 15
5 Mo Mbengue 14
6 Sergio Reyes Raya 10
7 Mark Sutherberg 8.5
James Webb is running a live video
The field: Mark Sutherberg, Tanner Gray, Mo Mbengue, Sergio Reyes Raya, Steve Hammond, James Webb, Geoff Esper
Molly Schuyler ate 47 hot dogs to defend her title at the Cricket Car Hop in Stratford, CT today. Dan Kennedy was runner up with 3646. (video) update Sept 6 CTPost has an article reporting Molly's prize was $2000. Robert "The Works" McGee was amateur winner.
The Daily Mail has an article about the health risks of competitive eating.
MLive.com has an article about Jack LeGath breaking two cookie eating records at Heidi’s Darn Good Cookies in Kochville Township, MI.
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