An eight person team is forming to attempt the 54 inch pizza challenge offered by Big Mama's & Papa's in Los Angeles that awards $1000 if completed. Porn actress Nadia White will be one of the octet.
Archive for February, 2018
Foodbeast.com has a writeup of an interview Adam Richman did with Mike Chen of Strictly Dumpling. The former Man v. Food host claims that Munchies in Sarasota, FL put an entire bottle of ghost chili extract into its 420 hot wings challenge, which made breathing difficult.
Nela Zisser ate 4 pies in 1:55 to win a pie eating contest yesterday held at Hollywood Bakery at the University of Auckland. (video)
Sarah "Unstoppable B. A. B." Reinecke has started a youtube channel with a video of her attempt to eat a 5.5 pound cake from Cubes Baking in Seattle.
Niji Sushi in Sydney, Australia will hold a sushi eating contest on March 19 awarding $500 to the winner and $200 to the runner up. The victor will also receive a flight to Japan if the time of 1:42 is broken for the 1.5 kg meal.
That Meetball Place will hold meatball eating contests in Patchogue, NY and Farmingdale, NY on March 9 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Craft and Slice has an interview with "Beard Meats Food" focusing on his pizza challenges.
Finnish competitive eater Jesse Pynnönen, a competitor in last year's Gringo Bandio Chronic Tacos eating contest, produced a video about Carmen Cincotti calling him the "Future of Competitive Eating".
The Fulton, TX Oysterfest will hold an oyster eating contest for men on March 3 and a competition for females on March 4. Both events will award $200/$100/$50 to the top 3.
The James Madison University student newspaper has an article about the 28 inch challenge pizza offered by Benny's pizzeria throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The challenge pays $500 to people considered amateurs who finish it in under an hour, but does not offer the same reward to professionals, which has lead to people using fake names to compete. The article incorrectly says one person has finished the challenge: Molly Schuyler, Teddy Delacruz, Ariana and "Fat Melo" have all completed the challenge.
Jesse "Food Coma" Freeman ate a metre long pizza in under 9 minutes to win the first prize of $1000 Tuesday at Arrivederci Pizza in Brisbane.
The official MLE twitter @eatingcontest appears to have been "shadowbanned", with none of its tweets appearing in search results. The account does not appear in twitter user search either.
The Atlantic City Boat Show will hold a wing eating contest on March 3 awarding a 42 inch TV to the winner.
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.
Nadia White finishes Great Steak challenge in 14 minutes
Porn Star Nadia White finished the 5.5 pound Great Steak Challenge at Steak and Main in Nort East, MD in 14 minutes. This is the second fastest challenge completion time for a female after Molly Schuyler.
The fastest documented times for any 72+ ounce steak challenge by women excluding Molly Schuyler I am aware of are:
- 14:00 Nadia White, Steak and Main, North East, MD 2018
- 16:52 Stephanie Wu, Sayler’s, Portland, OR 2015
- 21:47 Tracy Dalkin, Cattlemens, Harrogate, England, 2012
- 22:00 “Lucy”, Steak and Main, North East, MD
- 29:00 Stephanie Wu, Steak and Main, North East, MD
- 29:? Meredith Boxberger, Lone Star Grill, Newmarket, Ontario, 2012
- 32:? Carlene LeFevre, Big Texan, 2002
- 32:40 Johanna Hickey, Big Texan, 2005
Orlando Food Guys have an Instagram video of Joey Chestnut finishing the challenge burger in 40 seconds at Beth's Burger Bar while he was in Orlando for the World Chili Eating Challenge.
Airtasker.com has a casting call for Australia's best eater. The winner will receive $1,000 and tour the country doing challenges at Menulog restaurants. The competition closes March 5 and entrants must be Australian residents. Menulog has a FAQ about the project.
The New York City Hot Sauce Expo will hold 7 spicy eating contests over April 21 and 22. $1000 will be awarded if the Guinness record for eating Carolina Reaper peppers is broken.
2018 Orlando Chili Festival
| 1st | 9.75 | Carmen Cincotti | new record |
| 2nd | 8.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 8.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 7.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 2nd finish out of top 3 since 2005 |
| 5th | 6.75 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 6.75 | Miki Sudo | |
| 7th | 4 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 8th | 1.5 | Silvia Tough |
update Facebook Live contest video
The Orlando Sentinel has an interview with Joey Chestnut.
Darron Breeden practice video
2017 Eatfeats MLE rankings according to system
Here are the MLE rankings for 2017 using the EatFeats ranking system (system description). The new poll asks who you think should be ranked #2.
| win % | Prize $ | HDB | $HDB | %$HDB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 95.6 | 1 | $41900 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Carmen Cincotti | 87.6 | 3 | $20750 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 2 |
| 3 | Geoffrey Esper | 86.2 | 4 | $27700 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 2.5 | 3.25 | 3 |
| 4 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 92 | 2 | $15450 | 6 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 5 | Gideon Oji | 74.4 | 5 | $17700 | 5 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 6 | Miki Sudo | 71.2 | 7 | $19350 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 4.5 | 5.75 | 6 |
| 7 | Darron Breeden | 72.3 | 6 | $6250 | 8 | 38.5 | 6 | 7 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 8 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | 67.7 | 10 | $3600 | 9 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 9.5 | 8 |
| 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | 67.3 | 11 | $9750 | 7 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | 69.7 | 8 | $2100 | 11 | 28 | 16.5T | 13.75 | 10.875 | 10 |
2018 Laredo Jalapeno Festival
Results announcement video (pro results begin at 13:00) (A HREF=”https://twitter.com/MexicoRicoTips/status/964940065704153089″>via Mexico Rico) contest video
1) Molly Schuyler 265, $3000
2) Pat Bertoletti 226, $1500
3) Brandon “Da Garbage Disposal” Clark, 153, $750
Results from Brandon Clark
Pictures: Z93 Laredo | Broadcast Laredo
Molly Schuyler, Brandon “Da Garbage Disposal” Clark and Pat Bertoletti are listed as expected entrants.
Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate, MI produced a 72 inch pizza. The restaurant hopes to claim the status of largest deliverable pizza from the 54 inch square pizza produced by Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in southern California. update Today.com has a post about the pizza.
2017 MLE head to head results
Here are the head to head results for 2017 MLE contests for people with two or more contest results in the database:
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 95.6% | 162-7-1 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 92% | 92-8 |
| 3 | Carmen Cincotti (C Ci) | 87.6% | 95-13-1 |
| 4 | Geoffrey Esper (G Es) | 86.2% | 131-21 |
| 5 | Gideon Oji (G Oj) | 74.4% | 128-44 |
| 6 | Darron Breeden (D Br) | 72.3% | 73-28 |
| 7 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 71.2% | 94-38 |
| 8 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) | 69.7% | 23-10 |
| 9 | Meredith Boxberger (M Bo) | 69.4% | 12-5-1 |
| 10 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 67.7% | 44-21 |
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez and Sarah "Unstoppable Bab" Reinecke both broke the record for the burger challenge at Sam's Tavern in Seattle.
Last night's episode of WWE Smackdown Live had a pancake eating contest where the objective was to break Matt Stonie's record of 113 pancakes in 8 minutes. Joey Chestnut was also mentioned.
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