Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle announced that he was withdrawing from the Creator Clash celebrity boxing event that was scheduled for June 28 in Tampa. It was originally announced that he would face Harley Morgenstein of Epic Meal Time, but his opponent withdrew earlier.
San Antonio's in Manhattan will hold a hot dog eating contest on June 22 awarding $333 to the winner.
Eric "Badlands" Booker is expected to appear on tonight's episode of America's Got Talent on NBC at 8pm Eastern. updateA video of Booker's appearance doing a hot sauce chug is online.
Juan Neave won the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's hot dog eating contest at Mala Vida in Austin.
Max Stanford ate 18 pies in 5 minutes to win yesterday's British Eating League pie eating contest at F.Cooke Bishop's Stortford.
updateJoey Chestnut ate 42 24 ounce containers of popcorn to set a record: TMZ | WIBQ The Rural King facebook has started a live video of today's popcorn record attempt in Terre Haute, IN
In Mr. Beast's latest video, "Professionals vs. Amateurs", Joey Chestnut faced off against four sumo wrestlers in a hot dog eating contest for a $100,000 donation to the winner's charity. (Joey's segment starts at 20:40).
Juan Neave won the first prize of $500 in Saturday's hot dog eating contest at Hot Dogs El Buda in Fort Worth, TX.
Greg "The Savage" Wilson ate 25 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $250 in today's hot dog eating contest in Killeen, TX. Greg billed himself as a former member of Major League Eating.
The British Eating League will hold a pie eating contest at F Cooke in Bishops's Stortford on Sunday awarding a minimum of £300.
Joey Chestnut did an interview for Action Network about his attempt to break his popcorn eating record on Monday in Terre Haute, IN. He says he will be doing a hot dog eating contest somewhere on July 4, but he is not sure if it will be at Nathan's Famous. update Joey also did an interviews with ClutchPoints The Blast in which he says he thinks his return to Nathan's this year is unlikely.
The stinging nettle eating contest, probably the most famous eating contest in South England, will return to the 16th century Bottle Inn pub for the first time since 2019.
Raina Huang is hosting a dumpling eating contest tonight at Dragon Gate awarding $500 to the winner.
Alex Waverly ate 10 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $5,000 at Sidewinder in Phoenix on Sunday, which is probably the highest cash prize / hot dogs ratio in competitive eating history. Entrants had to purchase lottery tickets to win contest spots.
Nitro, WV will hold a pickle eating contest on May 30 awarding $100 to the winner.
Mala Vida in Austin will hold a hot dog eating contest on May 25 awarding $1000 to the winner.
RIP George Wendt. The Norm Burger Challenge at the Cheers restaurant is probably the most famous restaurant challenge in the Boston city limits.
Jersey Roll in Seaside Heights, NJ will hold a pork roll eating contest on June 14 awarding $500/$200/$100 to the top three.
The Golden Flea Vendors Market in Killeen, TX will hold a hot dog eating contest on May 24 awarding $250/$150/$50 to the top three.
The Mainichi has a report on yesterday's Izushi soba noodle eating contest held in Toyooka, Japan. 278 competitors combined to eat a total of 10,375 bowls of noodles
Raina Huang announced that her completion of the Kodiak Arrest challenge at Humpy's in Anchorage, Alaska gave her restaurant challenge wins in all fifty states. I think she is the fifth person and first female to accplish that feat after Randy Santel, Ramsey Hilton, Ivan Mendoza and Nathan Klein.
2025 Smokeslam BBQ sandwich eating contest
Official results are on the MLE facebook page
| 1st | 24 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 23.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 21.5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 4th | 19.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 15 | Miki Sudo | |
| 6th | 14 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 12 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | first contest since July 2023 |
| 8th | 10 | Tanner Gray | |
| 9th | 8.25 | Nicholas Stahl | |
| 10th | 6 | Matthew Raible |
James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s SmokeSlam Eating Championship in Memphis, TN.
South Florida Insider has a report on last month's National Sweet Corn Eating Championship at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL.
Skyler "The Choking Hazard" won the first prize of $2000 in this morning's "Wieners and Wingettes" hot dog eating contest at Cheerleaders in Philadelphia.
Bikes and Bugs in Stafford, TX will hold a wing eating contest tomorrow awarding $500/$300/$200 Hooters gift cards to the top 3.
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