Andrew Lane reports that Tom Gilbert won a hot dog eating contest held at Ellis Island Casino in Las Vegas last night with a total of 32 hot dogs.
Johnnie Excel announces he won today's Dash Burger eating contest in San Diego today with a total of 13 burgers on 10 minutes.
A wing eating contest will be held in Batesville, Arkansas on September 8 awarding $500 to the winner. Qualifiers will be held on May 19 and June 9.
The Sacramento County Fair will hold a corn dog eating contest on May 25 awarding $800 ($500 to the winner).
Legendary Doughnuts in Auburn, WA reports that Evan Denmark won $250 by having the fastest time (1:36) for eating its 1 pound doughnut over the period April 13 - May 13. (Randy Santel's time was 1:46)
The grand opening of Tony Luke's new location in Sicklerville, NJ on June 9 will feature a sandwich eating contest awarding $500 to the winner. Bill "El Wingador" Simmons will serve as judge.
Go!Go!Curry! has announced the current leaders in qualifying for its curry eating championship on May 26 (the top 5 times will compete in the finals): "Japanese Champ Mr. Okamura 0:53sec US Joe Menchetti 0:46sec Paul Arcaria 0:51sec Louis Wong 1:50 sec Rex Feng 1:53 sec Ryan Wynn 2:16 sec". The final qualifying session will take place tomorrow.
DashBurger will hold a burger eating contest at the Australian Pub in San Diego on Saturday. The pro winner will receive $400 and the amateur victor will get $150.
Wrestler Joey Saint, who finished 4th place in TooJay's amateur contest in March, won $300 at a taco eating contest held at T-Mex Cantina in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday.
Dave "Hurricane" Solomon won a taco eating contest held Saturday at Mont Bleu Resort in Lake Tahoe.
The Stand will hold a hot dog eating contest in Dallas on June 2 awarding $1,750 ($1,000) to the winner.
Ed Dravecky ate 43 enchiladas in 10 minutes to win a Caribbean trip at Enchilada's in Dallas Saturday.
Kobayashi to compete in Crif Dog Classic in NYC July 4
(via Darren Rovell) CrifDogClassic.com has a press release announcing that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Roberta’s in Brooklyn on July 4. Other listed competitors are Stephanie Torres, Tom Gilbert, Johnnie Excel, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Brad Sciullo. No prizes or qualifiers are listed; two entrants will be selected using reddit.com. The competition will be streamed on SI.com.
Montbleu Resort in South Lake Tahoe, CA will hold a taco eating contest tomorrow awarding $500 to the winner.
Wingman Wings will hold a wing eating contest on June 15 in Parker, CO awarding $750. Qualifiers will be held on May 19 in Parker, CO and June 2 in Brighton, CO.
Mulligan's in Harrisburg, PA will hold a chile pepper eating contest on Saturday awarding $500.
Prince Pizzeria in Saugus, MA will hold a pizza eating contest on July 26 awarding $850 ($500 to the winner). Qualifiers will take place on Thursdays starting June 14. The registration deadline is May 15.
Woody's in Brighton, Colorado will hold a foot long hot dog eating contest on June 2 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Mouth by Southwest reports that Jimmy Peng repeated as winner of Flancer's pizza contest in Gilbert, AZ with a record total of 18.5 slices. Gus Beisel was the runner up with 17.5 slices.
Surfing is not an activity associated with Colorado, but Geisty's in Boulder will hold a slider eating contest tomorrow awarding a Pabst Blue Ribbon surf board.
The website for Go!Go!Curry! has a page about its 2012 eating contest. As in previous years, the finals on May 26 at the Times Square location will award a $500 AmEx gift card.
T-Mex Cantina in Fort Lauderdale will hold a taco eating contest on May 5 awarding $300 and free tacos for a year to the winner.
The Tamale Fest in San Antonio on April 29 will award $500 to both the male and female winners of its tamale eating contests.
Pickle Me Pete will hold a pickle eating contest in Manhattan on May 27.
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