Mitsuba Steakhouse in New Hartford, NY (Utica area) will hold a sushi eating contest on August 20 awarding $1500 to the winner.
Woody's BBQ locations (mainly in Florida) will hold a rib eating contest on July 23.
Pat Bruss won Saturday's Pastrami Joe's Reuben sandwich eating contest in Marshall, MI.
The 2011 Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest will take place at the NYC Dumpling Festival on September 17.
All Star Pizza in Marietta, GA will hold a pizza eating contest on Friday awarding $500 to the winner.
St. Louis Wings will hold wing eating contests at 8 Toronto area locations on July 18 and Wings Pub in Burnaby, British Columbia will hold a wing eating contest on July 21 awarding an Ipad 2 and a flat screen TV (prizes might be for best costume.)
Johnnie Excel won a wing eating contest held at East Village Tavern & Bowl in San Diego and Dave Brunelli won the "suicide" wing eating contest (via Nick Kehler email) held at The Starboard in Dewey Beach, DE.
The OC Register has a slideshow of today's "Pig's Trough" eating contest held at Farrell's in Mission Viejo, CA. Matt Cohen won the men's division and Andrea Barber won the women's contest.
2011 Bartolini’s meatballs results
Full results of today’s professional Bartolini’s meatball eating contest (via email)
1st Place Tom “GOOSE†Gilbert 53 Meatballs, new record
2nd Place Bob “KILLER†Kuhns 43 1â„4 Meatballs
3rd Place “Furious†Pete Czerwinski 35 Meatballs
4th Place Clay “LUNCH PAIL†Luttrell 34 Meatballs
5th Place Juan “JUAN MORE BITE†Rodriguez 32 Meatballs
6th Place “Gentleman†Joe Menchetti 30 3â„4 Meatballs
7th Place Steve “FREIGHT TRAIN†Moss 29 1â„4 Meatballs
7th Place Jake “THE GREAT LAKE†Larry 29 1â„4 Meatballs
8th Place Frank “THE FORK†Wach 26.5 Meatballs
9th Place Tom “SHREK†Topel 25.5 Meatballs
10th Place Tom “TOMMY BOY†Cortina 16 3â„4 Meatballs
11th Place Eric “THE STOMACH†Hucke 11 3â„4 Meatballs
Robert “THE AMATUER†Harms won the amateur division with 18.5 Meatballs
update The Southtown Star has an article about the contest.
Eric Dahl has emailed the top four from yesterday's pizza eating contest sponsored by American Pie in Richland, Minnesota 1) Eric "Silo" Dahl $700 28 slices $700 2) "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti $400 22 slices 3) Jon Boddy (from Denver) $200 21 slices 4) Mark Williams 20 slices (A video of the results announcement)
Bob Kuhns has emailed the top 3 from last night's 10 minute hot dog eating contest held at the Starlite Car Cruise in Wexford, PA: 1) 29.5 hot dogs Bob Kuhns, $500 2) 26 Pete Maurizio $300 3) 14 Tim "Obi Wing" Cain $200
The Starboard in Dewey Beach Delaware will hold a "suicide" (no drinks allowed) wing eating contest on Sunday awarding $500 to the winner.
The list of professionals expected to compete in Sunday's meatball eating contest in Midlothian, IL sponsored by Bartolini's has been posted and includes Joe Menchetti, Tom Gilbert, Bob Kuhns and Pete Czerwinski, who will be filmed by German television for an upcoming program.
Wienerville III in Elgin, IL (Chicago area) will hold a hot dog eating contest on Saturday awarding $200 to the winner.
The Brooklyn Trolley Blogger reports that "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti defended his title in the Brooklyn Burger eating contest held at tonight's Coney Island Cyclone game by eating 16 burgers in 5 minutes.
Buffalo's Chicken Shack in Wood Ridge, NJ will hold a spicy chicken wing eating contest on August 27 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
The Topeka Capital Journal has an article about Randy Santel's victory in a jalapeno eating contest.
SeaCoastOnline reports that Joe Menchetti won a qualifier for the Hampton Beach Lobster Roll eating contest by eating 14 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
DiSalvio's Trattoria in West Palm Beach, FL will hold a meatball eating contest on July 23 awarding $1200 ($1000 to the winner).
Prizes for the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge have been announced: 1st 5,000 2nd 1,000 3rd $500 4th $250. The contest will take place in Huntington Beach, CA on August 3 and Takeru Kobayashi and Pete Czerwinski are expected to compete. Competitors will need to email a link to a youtube video to receive a spot in a qualifier.
The website for Jake's Wayback Burgers has a page about the Fourth Chowdown Showdown burger eating contest. Ten qualifiers will take place in the northeast United States between August 2 and 11 and the finals on August 12 in Wilmington, Delaware will award $3,500 ($2,000 to the winner). The registration deadline is July 31.
Up Dog in Independence, Missouri (Kansas City area) will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 23 awarding $500 to the winner.
GWDToday.com reports that Dale Boone was booed after he repeated as the winner of the hot dog eating contest held at the Festival of Discovery in Greenwood, SC. Boone ate 18 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win, 7 less than he ate in 2010. update RGC reports that Boone said he was going to pace himself so he ate just one more hot dog than the runner-up because he was doing another hot dog eating contest later.
Will Millender reports that a team consisting of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Jon Squibb and Dave Brunelli won $2,500 at a wing eating contest for three person teams at the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship in Wildwood, NJ today.
Real BarBQ in Lincoln Park, MI (Detroit area) will hold a qualifier for an August contest awarding $1,000 to the winner as part of its grand opening celebration on July 16.
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