Fatman Pizza Pub and Sports Bar in Gurnee, Illinois (North Chicago area) will hold a burger eating contest on August 21 awarding $300 to the winner.
A facebook page for the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, CA has been set up at http://www.facebook.com/EatDirtyWaterDog. The first prize will be $3,000 and Tom Gilbert is expected to defend his title. The contest T-shirt has already been designed.
Wings on the Water in Syracuse will hold a wing eating contest August 21 that will award $250 to the winner.
McGreevy's in Boston will hold a 25 ounce Big-Mouth Beckett Burger eating contest on August 25. Entrants must raise at least $125 for the Josh Beckett Foundation and the winner will receive a pair of Red Sox tickets from Josh Beckett.
The Habitat in Brooklyn will hold a wing eating contest on August 31. The first prize is $100 and Will Millender is expected to defend his title.
The Derby in Mission Viejo, CA will hold the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship on labor day weekend. Semifinals will take place on September 3 and 4 and the finals September 6 will award $5,000 (prize breakdown not listed.)
Jake Burgers facebook lists the finalists for the Chowdown Showdown in Wilmington, DE Friday: Joe Menchetti, Rocky Billitto, and Dave Brunelli.
Boulevard Blast in West Chester TWP, Ohio (North Cincinnati area) will hold a hot wing eating contest this weekend. Heats will be held on August 13 & 14, the finals awarding $500 will take place on Sunday. The contest will be judged not by speed or amount, but by who sweats the latest after eating wings that increase in spiciness.
A hot dog eating contest at Leo's Coney Island in Macomb Township, Michigan Saturday will award a 32 inch Sony TV to the first person that can eat 10 hot dogs.
Wienerville III in Elgin, IL (west Chicago area) will hold a hot dog eating contest on Sunday awarding $350 ($200 to the winner). The contest will benefit the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
TheDayCT has a video of Joe Menchetti winning today's Jake's Burgers Chowdown Showdown qualifier by eating 5 double burgers in 1:50 (Furious Pete ate 5 burgers in 1:36 in his Jake's qualifier last year.)
Registration for tomorrow's qualifiers for Jake's Chowdown Showdown will close today. The finals on August 13 in Wilmington, Delaware will award $3,500 ($2,000 to the winner)
A commenter reports that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a pizza eating contest at PIE in Barrie, Ontario (North Toronto area) August 22. The contest will award $1500 and the 24 fastest pizza eaters will qualify for the semifinals.
The Grub Street blog begs Kobayashi to compete in tonight's hot dog eating contest at Trophy Bar in Brooklyn tonight.
West Life News has a report on Bob Kuhn's victory in the Wing King of Cleveland. Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas was second with the margin of defeat less than an ounce.
Tomas Cortina's twitter announces that he defeated Dale Boone in Saturday's Bacci Pizza eating contest in Chicago, 6 giant slices to 5.5, to claim a prize of $1,500.
ShesCookin reports that Crystal won a cupcake eating contest at the Orange County Cupcake Camp by eating 23 mini-cupcakes. Her time was reportedly less than a minute.
The twitter for ESPN Cleveland reports that Bob "Killer" Kuhns repeated as Wing King of Cleveland in today's finals. Other finalists were the Mad Greek, Wing Assassin, Wags, Wing Blade and Bone Gobbler.
The Brooklyn Burger facebook page reports that Joe Menchetti won the burger eating contest at Friday night's New York Mets game.
The facebook for Old Home Week reports that Russ Keeler won today's pierogi eating contest in Forest City, PA. Russ also won the 2008 pierogi contest. update The Scranton Times-Tribune has a contest report. 2009 winner Chris Smith was the runner up with 42. Larell Marie Mele was third with 37.
The Lake County (Cleveland-area) Captains will hold the "Captains Competitive Eating Olympics" on Wednesday, August 4 that will award 4 tickets to the Cleveland Indians Fan Cave to the winner. Competitors will receive one food item per inning that must be finished by the end of the inning to advance.
The third Jake's Burgers eating contest has been announced. Four qualifiers (Newark, DE, Middletown, DE, Kennett Square, PA and Mystic, CT) will take place on August 7. The finals at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, DE August 13 will award $2,000 to the winner ($3,500 overall).
The second Pepe's soft taco eating contest will take place in Balmoral Park (south Chicago area) at 7:30 pm Saturday. The contest will apparently award $500 to the winner. Bacci Pizza will also hold a Chicago-area contest (total purse $2250) on Saturday.
The second Richmond, Virginia Wing Bowl will take place over the next month. Four Saturday qualifiers will take place at Buffalo Wild Wings starting on July 31 and award $250 to the winner. The winner of the finals August 28 will receive $1000.
First Food and Bar in Las Vegas will have a wing eating contest on Saturday awarding a $100 gift certificate to the winner.
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