Lincoln City Homepage has an article about Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker's victory in a Pronto Pup eating contest held at Otis Pizzeria in Lincoln City, OR.
Michael Jenkins won the first prize of $250 in the pie eating contest at the Florida Key Lime Pie eating contest in Merrit Island, FL.
Martin Appleton-Clare ate his pie in a record 19.6 seconds to take his fifth title at the World Pie Eating Championships at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England. To reduce competitors' flatulence, the pies were changed from meat and potatoes to chicken.
Sarah "Unstoppable Bab" Reinecke announced she won the Simple Burger division of last night's eating contest and a $200 prize at Stoopid Burger in Portland. Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker took the Stoopid Burger division to win a $250 prize and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez ate an 8 pound Super Ignorant Burger in 24 minutes to win $300.
The Toronto Star has a report on yesterday's Supreme Donair eating contest held at King of Donair in Halifax, NS. Nathan Richard defended his title and Joel Hansen was runner up. Both competitiors had choking scares.
2018 St. Elmos Shrimp Cocktail contest
| 1st | 18.6 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | record, 11th MLE win of year |
| 2nd | 18.4 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 14.4 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 8 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 8 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 7th | 5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 8th | 3 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers |
St. Elmo Steak House has a Facebook Live video
Russ Keeler won yesterday's Middleswarth Chip Eating Contest in Exeter, PA yesterday (gallery).
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark ate 55 wings in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's Wing King Challenge at Lost River Pizza in Bowling Green, KY. Bartley Weaver IV ate 44 wings to take 2nd place. (video)
Brooklyn Paper has an article about Wayne Algenio's victory in the Sky Ice ice cream eating contest in Brooklyn on Saturday, his third win in the Park Slope neighborhood since July.
ABC 7 has an article and video about yesterday's bao eating contest at Wow Bao in Chicago won by Teddy Delacruz. Jennifer Saito was runner up.
2018 Fortune Bay Indian tacos
| 1st | 30.5 | Geoffrey Esper | new record |
| 2nd | 23.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 23.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 20 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 19 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 6th | 15 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 11 | Brett Healey | |
| 8th | 10 | Matthew Raible | |
| 9th | 3 | Peter Boney | |
| 10th | 2.5 | Alex Cook |
MLE (non-qualifier victories in 2018)
11 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
10 Geoffrey Esper
3 Carmen Cincotti
3 Darron Breeden
1 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie
1 Miki Sudo
1 Gideon Oji
A win today for Joey Chestnut would clinch the most calendar-year victories for him with just one more competition remaining in 2018.
Joey Chestnut appeared on KBJR yesterday
ThePress.net has an article about Jon Davis' victory in a pie eating contest at Hot Rods 4 Paws in Brentwood, CA Saturday.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark won the first prize of $300 in today's pumpkin pie eating contest at Casino Queen in East St. Louis, IL.
Dave Brunelli (69 wings in 8 minutes) and Jenn Cheng (47 wings) defended their titles in tonight's eating contest at Stitch in Manhattan. (via https://www.instagram.com/wayneywonder29/ stories)
Dave Brunelli ate 24 sausages to win the first prize of $500 in last night's bratwurst eating contest at Bierhaus in Manhattan. Bob Shoudt and Joe Menchetti tied for runner up with 20 and both received $500. update Wayne Algenio competed as "Notorious B.O.B"
Wayne Algenio ate 15 pork rolls in 2 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in last night's pork roll eating contest at Meadowlands Racing in East Rutherford, NJ. Joe Menchetti was runner-up and Will Millender was 3rd.
Stephanie Wu ate 15 hot dogs in 10 minutes to tie for first place at the Blossburg (PA) Fall Festival, then ate 7 hot dogs in 5 minutes to break the tie and claim the $200 prize. update Tiogapublishing.com has a contest report
2018 Great Pumpkin Farm Pie Eating Contest
| 1st | 44 | Molly Schuyler | defends title |
| 2nd | 34 | Dan “killer” Kennedy | won eat off |
| 3rd | 34 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | |
| 4th | 30 | Brandon Clark |
Badlands Booker ran into Molly Schuyler at JFK airport this morning.
The top 3 from last night's Lumpy's Diner Burger Eating Contest in Antioch, CA: 1) Molly Schuyler 25 $1000 (12 minutes) 2) Edward Chin 16 $250 3) Sergio Reyes Raya 10.75 $100
2018 Smoke’s Poutinerie contest
Official results. Miki Sudo was announced on stage as the runner up
| 1st | 17.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | regains lead for 2018 MLE non-qualfier wins with 11 |
| 2nd | 16 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 15 | Miki Sudo | announced as runner-up on stage |
| 4th | 12.5 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | announced as 3rd place on stage |
| 5th | 11.5 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 10 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 9.5 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 8th | 8 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 7.5 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 10th | 5.5 | Jesse Kankula | |
| 10th | 5.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
Joel Hansen ate 8.5 pounds in 5 minutes to win the amateur contest, which is more than 4 of the 11 professionals ate in 10 minutes
Matt Stonie has posted a livestream video of the contest
2018 Bass Pro Shops Moon Pie contest
| 1st | 78 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 48 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 46.5 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 46 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 42 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 35 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 7th | 25 | Brett Healey | |
| 8th | 22 | Matthew Raible |
update Rich Shea says Geoff Esper won with 78 Moon Pies.
Brett Healy appeared on WMC yesterday to promote the contest.
Ivan "The Avocado" Mendoza won the first prize of $250 at the Karl Ehmer Bratwurst Eating Competition at Steelstacks in Bethlehem, PA.
Dan "Killer" Kennedy ate 34 slices of pizza in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 at a contest in Hartville, OH.
Brandon Clark ate 36 sausages to win $500 and defend his bratwurst title and win $500 at the Seymour, IN Oktoberfest.
Joel Hansen wins Cheboygan, MI hot dog contest
Results from Dukes Dogs hot dog eating contest in Cheboygan, MI via Stephanie Wu (5 minute contest)
1) Joel Hansen 20, $500
2) Stephanie Wu 11.5, $300
3) Teddy Ormsbee 11, $200
4) Sean Nichols 9.5, $100 (initially announced as 3rd)
5) Oliver Hill 8
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