Archive for June, 2025

Joey Chestnut ate 79 boneless wings in 5 minutes at last night's Syracuse Mets game, defeating a team of three amateurs who combined for 67.

June 5, 2025 at 5:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Syracuse | Permalink * Comments (2)

Villa Capri in Doylestown, PA will hold a pizza eating contest on June 7 awarding $200 to the winner.

June 4, 2025 at 5:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Semora Kludy has started a youtube channel to complement her facebook page documenting her Michigan food challenges, Semora's Competitive Bites.

June 4, 2025 at 1:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Michigan, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (18)

Nick Wehry announced that he expects to compete in Thursday night's Nathan's qualifier at Rib N Rock in Parma, OH along with Max Stanford Darrien Thomas, Dominic Mandato and Cherish Brown.

June 4, 2025 at 12:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Cleveland, Contest Previews | Permalink * Comments (13)

Stadium Swim at Circa Las Vegas will hold "Weenies & Bikinis" on July 4, an invitational women's hot dog eating contest that will award $2500/$1500/$1000 to the top 3.

June 4, 2025 at 12:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Mackinaw City, MI will hold a wing eating contest on June 8 awarding a robot valued at $2500.

June 2, 2025 at 8:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:North Michigan, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

RIP John Brenkus, host of ESPN Sport Science. In 2014, he did a segment about the science of competitive eating.

June 2, 2025 at 5:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Science, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Jack Legath ate the Homewrecker Hot Dog in 2:34 at Hillbilly Hot Dogs in Huntington, WV to set the all time record for the 23 year old challenge.

June 1, 2025 at 8:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Jack Legath, West Virginia | Permalink * Comments (11)

Frank Wach ate 9.5 hot dogs in 5 minutes to win yesterday's eating contest at the Windy City Hot Dog Fest.

June 1, 2025 at 7:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Contest Results, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Max Stanford is the guest on the new Food Challenge News podcast. Other recent episodes: Hendrika "The Punk Gardner" Guanz | Geoff Esper | Naader Reda

June 1, 2025 at 5:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Max Stanford, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (5)

Vice Sports produced an Instagram video titled "The Dark Side of Competitive Eating" containing the Tim "Eater X" Janus quote: "Throwing up after the contest is a necessary part of the sport"

June 1, 2025 at 5:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Videos | Permalink * Comments (9)

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