Eric "Badlands" Booker drank 7 cans of Moxie soda in under two minutes to win a chugging contest held at the Moxie Festival in Lisbon, Maine on Saturday.
James Webb wins Saugus wings
update July 12 WMUR has a video
update Full official results
| 1st | 249 | James Webb | 7.77 lbs |
| 2nd | 241 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 7.52 lbs, first loss for Joey Chestnut was a steak eating contest in Japan vs. Ryu in October. His last MLE defeat was the Wings for Wishes contest in Miami in March 2025. |
| 3rd | 209 | Geoffrey Esper | 6.54 lbs |
| 4th | 179 | Jerome Burns | 5.61 lbs |
| 5th | 158 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | 4.95 lbs |
| 6th | 149 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 102 | Matthew “mattachewsit” Stefanilo | |
| 8th | 97 | Brandon “The Titanium Jaw” Macey | |
| 9th | 96 | Steven Farlow | |
| 10th | 65 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 62 | Dave Rossi | |
| 12th | 44 | Harmon Cap | |
| 13th | 42 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
The top 6 from the Saugus wings eating contest in Seabrook, NH from James Webb’s video (results in pounds, 10 minutes)
1 7.77 James Webb
2 7.54 Joey Chestnut
3 6.54 Geoffrey Esper
4 5.61 Jerome Burns
5 4.95 Pat Bertoletti
6 4.65 Radim Dvoracek
The last loss for Joey Chestnut was a steak eating contest in Japan vs. Ryu in October. His last MLE defeat was the Wings for Wishes contest in Miami in March 2025.
Molly Schuyler ate 45 hot dogs on July 4 to win the first prize of $1,000 at Stewart's in Tuckerton, NJ. Dan Kennedy was runner up with 40. update The SandPaper has a contest report and gallery
The Hunter & Glizzy Lizzie win Las Vegas qualifier
update July 7 The MLE contest page has finally been updated with results
| 1st | 44 | Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins | |
| 2nd | 30 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 3rd | 20 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 4th | 12 | Mirza “Snowman” Selmic | |
| 5th | 7 | Jonathan Touzinsy | |
| 6th | 6 | Shawn Alvarez |
| 1st | 6.5 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado | |
| 2nd | 5 | Christine Gallis | |
| 2nd | 5 | Jazmin Wilcox |
“The Hunter” from Canada and Elizabeth Salgado won today’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog qualifier at NY NY in Las Vegas. update The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery. Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins won the men’s division.
2026 Nathan’s Famous men’s contest
Results from the MLE Instagram story
| 1st | 66 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 51 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 47.5 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 45 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 42.5 | Max Stanford | |
| 6th | 40.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 7th | 35.5 | Cameron Meade | |
| 8th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 30 | Gideon Oji | |
| 10th | 28 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 11th | 27 | Jerome Burns | |
| 12th | 26 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 22 | Yunho Choi | |
| 14th | 18.5 | Tanner Gray | |
| 15th | 10.5 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Unofficial results
1 Joey Chestnut 66
2 Pat Bertolett 52
3 James Webb 48
The ESPN2/ABC Nathan’s Famous appears to have been tabled. The livestream by Live Wallking is working.
2026 Nathan’s Famous womens finals
Here are the results from MLE’s Instagram story
| 1st | 38.75 | Miki Sudo | post contest boost of 6 appeared to put her above the gambling over/under line |
| 2nd | 22 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | first contest since July 4, 2025 |
| 3rd | 21.5 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | |
| 4th | 17 | Tandra Childress | |
| 5th | 16.75 | Semora Kludy | |
| 6th | 13.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 7th | 11 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 8th | 10.5 | Lainey Eaton | |
| 9th | 9 | Lauren Page-Fraunfelter | |
| 10th | 7.5 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Camille O’Brien | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Rene Rovtar |
update Miki Sudo appears to have defended her title. The last announced counts were 32 for Sudo, 21 for Michelle Lesco.
Live Walking NYC has started streaming from Coney Island and plans to show the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contests. The women’s division is expected to start at 10:45 am Eastern.
2026 Great Midwest Ribfest
update What Heidi Sees has a video
Official results
| 1st | 9.65 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 4.7 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 3rd | 2.85 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 4th | 2.4 | Jacob Williams | |
| 5th | 1.9 | Semora Kludy | |
| 5th | 1.9 | Matthew Raible | |
| 7th | 1.85 | Camille O’Brien |
Results via James Webb’s livestream 12 minutes
Geoff Esper defends strawberry shortcake title
Full results of today’s Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY. (8 minutes, results are in pounds)
| 1st | 21.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 18 | Max Stanford | |
| 2nd | 18 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 15.5 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 15 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 6th | 14 | Jerome Burns | |
| 7th | 9 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 8th | 8 | Joseph Norris | |
| 9th | 5.1 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 10th | 3 | Prudence DiBenedetto | |
| 11th | 2.5 | Julie Goldberg |
George Chiger & Larell Marie Mele win Hershey Park qualifier
update July 13 Franky WooWoo has a video
update June 22 PennLive, WHTM and WGAL have videos. Penn Live has an article and gallery.
| 1st | 25.5 | George Chiger |
| 2nd | 25 | Yunho Choi |
| 3rd | 22 | Tanner Gray |
| 4th | 17 | Jacob Williams |
| 5th | 13.5 | Mitchell Ashe |
| 6th | 12 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
| 7th | 10.25 | Paul Chen |
| 1st | 12.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele |
| 2nd | 7.5 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
| 3rd | 5 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
| 3rd | 5 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado |
| 5th | 3.75 | Rori Hausman |
George Chiger and Larell Marie Mele won today’s Nathan’s Famous qualifier at Hershey Park in Hershey, PA.
Max Stanford, Semora Kludy win Lake Compounce qualifier
update June 29 Jerome Burns and Lake Compounce have videos
Fox61 has an article about the qualifier
Results from today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT via MLE instagram
| 1st | 32 | Max Stanford | |
| 2nd | 24 | Jerome Burns | |
| 3rd | 15.5 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Joshua Norris | |
| 5th | 13 | Brandon “The Titanium Jaw” Macey | |
| 6th | 10 | Crazy Legs Conti |
| 1st | 15 | Semora Kludy | |
| 2nd | 8.5 | Lainey Eaton | |
| 3rd | 7 | Lauren Fraunfelter | |
| 4th | 5.5 | Madison Barone | |
| 5th | 4.5 | Lily Krigelski | |
| 6th | 3.25 | Julie Goldberg |
2026 Salvation Army donuts
Full results are on Instagram
| 1st | 63 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 56 | Max Stanford | |
| 3rd | 50 | Cameron Meade | |
| 4th | 43 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 5th | 35 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 6th | 31 | Jerome Burns | |
| 7th | 21 | Steven Farlow | |
| 8th | 16.5 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 9th | 16 | George Chiger | |
| 10th | 12 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 10th | 12 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 12th | 7 | Rene Rovtar |
WUSA9 is doing a livestream of today’s Salvation Army National Donut Day Donut Eating Championship in Washington, DC. James Webb is also doing a livestream.
Dan Kennedy won the first prize of $4,000 in today's Zoi's Pizza eating contest in Seymour, CT. Molly Schuyler and Joe Menchetti also competed.
2026 Mountain Mile wings
Full results are on Instagram
| 1st | 256 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 213 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 193 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 4th | 179 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 160 | Miki Sudo | |
| 6th | 154 | Cameron Meade | |
| 7th | 149 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 8th | 134 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 9th | 122 | Tanner Gray | |
| 10th | 81 | Matthew Raible | |
| 11th | 64 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 12th | 31 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
James Webb has started a livestream of the Kickoff to Summer at Mountain Mile wing eating contest at Pigeon Forge, TN.
2026 Sun Bum banana eating contest
update The Philadelphia Inquirer has a contest report
Official results are on Instagram:
| 1st | 15 | 1m53s | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
| 2nd | 15 | 1m55s | James Webb |
| 3rd | 15 | 2m20s | Jerome Burns |
| 4th | 15 | 2m28s | Max Stanford |
| 5th | 15 | 2m34s | Radim Dvoracek |
| 6th | 15 | 2m41s | Nick Wehry |
| 7th | 14.95 | 2m41s | Cameron Meade |
| 8th | 14.74 | 2m41s | Tanner Gray |
| 9th | 14.5 | 2m41s | Miki Sudo |
| 10th | 9.3 | 2m41s | Camille O’Brien |
| 11th | 8.5 | 2m41s | Crazy Legs Conti |
| 12th | 6.6 | 2m41s | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
| 13th | 4.9 | 2m41s | Ben Gravy |
| 14th | 3.7 | 2m41s | Rene Rovtar |
2026 Ultimate Bologna Showdown
update WVLT and WATE have articles
Full results are in an Instagram story
| 1st | 16 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | contest record |
| 2nd | 12.75 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 10 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 9 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 5th | 8 | Cameron Meade | |
| 6th | 7.5 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 5.25 | Tanner Gray | |
| 8th | 3 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 9th | 2.75 | Matthew Raible | |
| 10th | 2.5 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 2 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 12th | 1.5 | Rene Rovtar |
WVLT8 will livestream the Ultimate Bologna Showdown from Knoxville, TN.
2026 ManorPalooza sausage
update full results are on Instagram
| 1st | 55 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 41 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 35 | Cameron Meade | |
| 4th | 32.5 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 5th | 31 | Tanner Gray | |
| 6th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 7th | 20.33 | Christopher “Old Guy Eats” Dale | |
| 8th | 15.5 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 9th | 12.5 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | |
| 10th | 8.25 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
The City of Manor is doing a live stream of the contest James Webb is also doing a livestream
After cancelling the entire Friday night schedule, ManorPalooza has been moved to Manor Senior High School. The sausage eating contest is still scheduled for 5PM central.
Gideon Oji defends Sweet Corn Fiesta title
Results from today’s National Sweet Corn Eating Championship held at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL are on the MLE Instagram
| 1st | 58 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 54 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 48 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 36 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 5th | 30 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 6th | 29 | Tanner Gray | |
| 6th | 29 | Jacob Williams | |
| 8th | 16 | Rene Rovtar |
Paola won the first prize of £500 in today's hot dog eating contest held at Smashburger in Bath, England.
2026 Mass Hole Donuts
Results of today’s Mass Hole’s Marathon Donut Eating World Championship in Medford, MA (10 minutes) can be found on Instagram.
| 1st | 100.5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 2nd | 99 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 94 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 4th | 75 | Cameron Meade | |
| 5th | 60 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 6th | 50 | Jerome Burns | |
| 7th | 47 | Tanner Gray | |
| 8th | 35 | Matthew Stefanilo | |
| 9th | 26.25 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 10th | 18 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 11th | 13 | Rene Rovtar |
2026 Wings for Wishes
Full results are on the MLE Instagram
| 1st | 221 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 176 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 163 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 125 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 115 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 62 | Jacob Williams | |
| 7th | 61 | Steven Farlow | |
| 8th | 50 | Brad Barker | |
| 9th | 35 | Luke Sobieraj |
James Webb is doing a live video
British Eating League chicken patty contest
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ReThe British Eating League is livestreaming its chicken patty eating contest at the Patty Freaks in Litchfield, England. James Webb is competitng. update Results are on the youtube video
1 James Webb 60 chicken fillets
2 Max Stanford 45 chicken fillets
3 Reese vs. Food
4 Radim Dvoracek
5 Stef2Hungry
The team of Tim "Gravy" Brown and Teddy Delacruz ate 22 paczkis in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $200 in Saturday's eating contest at Bennison's Bakery in Evanston, IL.
Max Stanford ate 29 hot dogs in 6 minutes to win an eating contest held Sunday at the Old Frizzle in Wimbledon, England. JJ Da Lion was runner up with 22.
Molly Schuyler wins 2026 Las Vegas Wing Bowl
Full results according to the scorecard Bob Shoudt posted
| 1st | 189 | Molly Schuyler | 85/71/33, defends 2018 title |
| 2nd | 162 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | 59/78/25 |
| 3rd | 117 | Dan “killer” Kennedy | 57/60 |
| 4th | 104 | Jesse Pynnönen | 46/58 |
| 5th | 91 | Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio | 42/49 |
| 6th | 80 | Peter “Dirty Pete” Ritter | 53/27 |
| 7th | 70 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda | 41/29 |
| 8th | 59 | Tom “Goose” Gilbert | 42/17 |
| 9th | 51 | Mirza “Snowman” Selmic | 35/16 |
| 10th | 32 | Kevin Ross | |
| 11th | 28 | “El Toro” Jimenez | |
| 12th | 26 | Sabatino Ferino | |
| 13th | 18 | Nisha | |
| 14th | 10 | Godfrey | Plaza employee |
| 15th | 7 | Victoria “Brit Chick Vick” Webster |
8NewsNow.com has an article with the official top 3:
1 Molly Schuyler 189 wings
2 Bob Shoudt 162
3 Dan Kennedy 117
Molly Schuyler won the Las Vegas Bowl with a total of 189 wings over a total of 25 minutes I think. Bob Shoudt’s total was not mentioned. Molly mentioned an esophageal hernia in her post-contest interview.
The final 2: Molly Schuyler and Bob Shoudt. Molly has 156, Bob has 137
Advancing to second round:
Molly, Peter Ritter, Dan Kennedy, Bob Shoudt, Mirza Selmic, Wayne Algenio, Jesse, Tom Gilbert, Naader Reda, El Toro Gimenez (El Toro did not come out for the second round)
Bob Shoudt has posted a picture of the first round scoresheet.
The field: Tom “Goose” Gilbert, Mirza Selmic, Sabatino Ferina, Neesha, Victoria “Brit Chick Vick” Webster,
Naader Reda, El Toro Jimenez, Peter “Dirty Pete” Ritter, Godfrey (Plaza employee), Bob Shoudt, Jesse Pynnönen, Wayne Algenio, Kevin Ross, Dan Kennedy, Molly Schuyler
Molly Schuyler was wearing a wedding dress. She and Dan Kennedy were announced as a married couple.
The Plaza Hotel & Casino will livestream tonight’s Wing Bowl starting at 10 pm Eastern / 7 pm Atlantic. update The Wing Bowl has started streaming on OneStream Live.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein annonced that he was runner up in the Wing Pole at Club Risque in Philadelphia with 187 wings. Dave Brunelli won the competition with 209 wings. updateMarcos Owens defended his title at the Wing Pole held at Cheerleaders
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