On December 6 James Webb will be doing a waffle eating contest at the Singapore Comic Con, so he will not be doing the wing eating contest in Indianapolis. Other expected entrants include Zermatt Neo, Eater-X Kung and Kelvin "Zarkman" Medina.
2026 Fat Shack 5K field
Qualifying for the 2026 Fat Shack Challenge closed November 30. The top 8 times made the finals in Colorado on January 10.
| 1st | 4m03s | Molly Schuyler | Harwood, MD | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2nd | 4m59s | Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins | Kelowna, BC, Canada | Bellingham, WA | |
| 3rd | 5m52s | Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio | Hollis, NY | Orlando, FL | |
| 4th | 6m05s | Dan “killer” Kennedy | West Decatur, PA | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 5th | 7m40s | Justin Thomas | Orlando, FL | ||
| 6th | 11m28s | Mirza “Snowman” Selmic | Las Vegas, NV | ||
| 7th | 12 min | Teddy Delacruz | Wood Dale, IL | Chicago, NV | |
| 8th | 12m11s | Jesse Pynnönen | Fort Worth, TX |
Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Gideon Oji are expected to compete at the World Famous Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship at the Big Ten Fan Fest in Indianapolis on December 6.
Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Jacob Bales are expected to compete in the World Pancake Eating Championship in Williamsburg, VA on Saturday. update Geoff Esper and George Chiger will also compete.
2025 Taco Cabana Championship
Full results and names are on Instagram
| 1st | 51 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 48.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 32 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 31.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 23 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 17.5 | Christopher “Old Guy Eats” Dale | |
| 7th | 10.5 | Jacob Carr | |
| 8th | 10 | Alfred Godines | |
| 8th | 10 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 10th | 6 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
James webb has started a livestream of the Taco Cabana World Taco Eating Championship in San Antonio. KABB is also doing a livestream
The San Antonio Report has an interview with Miki Sudo about competing in the Taco Cabana World Taco Eating Championship tomorrow. James Webb and Geoff Esper are also expected to compete.
Pat Bertoletti, Nick Wehry, Derek Hendrickson, Darrien Thomas and Domenica Dee are expected to compete in tomorrow's Norm's Hotcake Eating Championship in Ontario, CA.
Joey Chestnut is expected to compete in the Padrino Foods World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX on September 27 for the first time since 2020. James Webb, Adrian Morgan, Greg "The Savage" Wilson, Jocelyn Young, Radim Dvoracek, Nathan Biller, ALex Perez, Alex Bravo and Cristopher Dale are also expected entrants.
Defending champion Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Larell Marie Mele, Radim Dvoracek and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete in Saturday's World Famous Case’s Pork Roll-Eating Championship at the Trenton Thunder ballpark.
James Webb, Gideon Oji and Sean Yeader will headline the field at the Battle of the Bay: Wild Caught Blue Catfish Chowdown at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium, MD tomorrow. This will be Yeager's first MLE contest since July 2024. update Sean Yeager says he will not compete
Frankie FLoats announces that Molly Schuyler, Dan Kennedy, Sean Yeager, Josh Krady and Peter Ritter will be competing in the mushroom eating contest at the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, PA on September 7.
Joey Chestnut, Geoffrey Esper, James Webb and Miki Sudo are expected to compete in the World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto on September 6.
Molly Schuyler will defend her Wing Bowl title in Las Vegas on February 7. Notorious B.O.B. will also compete and attempt to regain his 2017 title.
Defending champion Dan Kennedy, Molly Schuyler and Scott "Scott Eats" Watkins are expected to compete in the professional division of the hot dog eating contest at A Piece of Pendleton, OR on August 23.
2025 Nathan’s Famous field
MajorLeagueEating.com has a page about the 2025 Nathan’s finals listing the fields. Ricardo Corbucci from Brazil will be the only international bye.
Men
Champion byes: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti
Qualifier winners
| 2025 May 10 | 43 | Geoffrey Esper | Bristol, CT |
| 2025 Jun 5 | 47.5 | Nick Wehry | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 7 | 29.5 | Radim Dvoracek | Shawnee, KS |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 33.5 | Derek Hendrickson | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 Jun 21 | 26.5 | George Chiger | Hershey, PA |
| 2025 Jun 21 | 48 | James Webb | Washington, DC |
Wild Cards
| 2025 Jun 5 | 37 | Max Stanford | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 21 | 33 | Gideon Oji | Washington, DC |
| 2025 Jun 21 | 32 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | Washington, DC |
| 2025 Jun 5 | 29.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 7 | 25 | Cameron Meade | Shawnee, KS |
International bye: Ricardo Corbucci (Brazil)
Women
Champion byes: Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco
Qualifier Winners
| 2025 May 10 | 12 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | Bristol, CT |
| 2025 Jun 5 | 10.5 | Kelly Lewis | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 7 | 11.25 | Jocelyn Young | Shawnee, KS |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 23.5 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 Jun 21 | 8 | Laura Beitel | Washington, DC |
| 2025 Jun 21 | 8.5 | Camille O’Brien | Hershey, PA |
Wild Cards
| 2025 Jun 14 | 16 | Tandra Childress | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 15 | Katie Prettyman | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 11.5 | Isabeau Pearl Prettyman | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 Jun 5 | 8.5 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 8.5 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 May 10 | 8.5 | Madison Barone | Bristol, CT |
The page says that both the men’s and women’s contests will be televised live on ESPN News and also streamed on ESPN3. This contradicts ESPN’s schedule page which says the men’s competiton will be live on ESPN2.
Geoff Esper, James Webb and Nick Wehry are expected to compete in the Mattituck Lions Club World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY tomorrow.
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.
Pat Bertoletti, Miki Sudo, James Webb, Nick Wehry and Radim Dvoracek are expected to compete in the pulled pork slider eating contest at SmokeSlam: The World's Ultimate BBQ Showdown in Memphis on May 17.
James Webb, Greg "The Savage Wilson", Radim Dvoracek and Tanner Gray are expected to compete in the ManorPalooza World Texas Sausage Eating Championship in Manor, TX on May 3.
Miki Sudo will attempt to win the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship for the fourth year in a row at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL on April 27. Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji and Darrien Thomas are also expected to compete. There will also be a contest for amateurs.
With the contest over two months away, the field for the Ultimate Bologna Showdown in Knoxville, TN on May 10 has already been announced: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Geoff Esper, James Webb, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Derek Hendrickson.
The field for Friday's Wing Pole at Cheerleaders in Philadelphia has been announced. Marcos "The Monster" Owens will return to competitive eating after a 9 year hiatus.
Joey CHestnut appeared on News 3 Las Vegas to promote Saturday's Siegel's Bagemania World Bagel Eating Championship.
Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Geoffrey Esper, James Webb, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji and George Chiger are expected to compete in Siegel’s Bagelmania World Bagel Eating Championship.in Las Vegas on February 1.
The field for the Fat Shack 5K Challenge finals in Wheat Ridge, CO on January 25 has been announced: Dan Kennedy, Wayne Algenio, Chris "Old Guy Eats" Dale, Scott "Scott Eats" Watkins and Jacob Medina.
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