Jake Melnick's Corner Tap in Chicago, Illinois will hold a bhut jolokai wing eating contest on November 5 awarding 4 theater box tickets to a Bulls or Blackhawks game.
The Derby Piano Bar in Mission Viejo (Orange County California) will hold a hot dog eating contest on Sunday awarding $1,000 to the winner.
JGriffs reports that Dale Boone won today's Man vs. Taco contest held at El Borracho in St. Louis by eating 29 tacos in 10 minutes.
The Queens Chronicle reports that Eloisa Castanar became the first female winner of the "Slurp Off" oyster eating contest held at Grand Central Station earlier this month by eating a dozen oysters in 13 seconds.
Wee-man of MTV's Jackass will appear at a spicy taco eating contest Saturday at Chronic Tacos in Boise, Idaho.
DumplingFestival.com announces that registration for the October 24 Chef One dumpling eating contest will close on Friday. update A press release announces that registration closes October 20 and that Joe Menchetti & Floria Lee are expected to defend their title.s
Fire & Ice Restaurant in Richmond will hold a hot dog eating contest on Saturday that will award $250 to the winner.
A jalapeno eating contest at A Taste of Greenville (SC) tomorrow will award $600 ($300 to the winner).
Orange Tree Hot Dogs will hold an eating contest on October 29 that will award tickets to the Florida / Georgia football game on Halloween.
The Carolina (Raleigh/Durham) Ale House will host the second of five qualifiers for its Wing Fling contest tonight. The finals on October 30 will award a year of wings and beer.
Registration is now open for the 6th Annual Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest that will take place at the NYC Dumpling Festival on October 24. Previous contests awarded $1,800 for both the men's and women's division.
Citing "religious sensitivities and halachic issues", Brooklyn Burger Boyz has cancelled the kosher hot dog eating contest that was to be held later this month.
Today is the last day to register for Sunday's taco eating contest at Mad Dog & Beans Mexcian Cantina in New York City. The first prize is $100 gift certificate and a bottle of tequila.
The New York Post has a preview of next month's kosher hot dog eating contest at Brooklyn Burger Boys.
Natural007 (from Portland, OR) has posted the following twitter announcement:
Hotdog eating contest,$500 to the winner.Time is short. If your man or woman enough,get at me. Powermove007@yahoo.com / Northwesthotdogs.com
A clam eating contest awarding Philadelphia Eagles tickets will be held in Sea Isle, NJ on Saturday. Howard Eskin of 610 WIP will serve as judge.
The Red Bluff Daily News reports that Patrick Vandam won the finals of the corn dog contest held at the Tehama County Fair on Saturday.
The Texas State Fair twitter has announced each competitor in today's corny dog eating contest. (update Mike Wilkes threepeated)
A taco eating contest awarding $1,000 to the winner will be held at El Borracho Taqueria Y Cantina in St. Louis on October 10. Qualify by eating 20 tacos (no time limit) by October 9.
A bacon eating contest consisting of five rounds will be held in Portland on October 3. The final round will be bacon ice cream sundaes.
The Red Bluff Daily News reports that Patrick Vandam had the best performance in yesterday's corn dog eating qualifier at the Tehama District Fair.
A wing eating contest will be held in Spokane that will award a trip to Seattle and a suite at the Eastern Washington vs. Portland State football game at Qwest field. Two qualifiers (Sept 26, Oct 3) will be held and the registration deadline is today.
Full results for Saturday's finals of the Battle of the Bone wing eating contest have been posted. Tom Gilbert is not listed, but Chillin Peng (#2), Gus Beisel (#3) and David Cohn (#8) were allowed to compete even though they have competed in IFOCE contests.
Gazette.net has a report on Saturday's Whiz Bowl in Bethesda, MD. Phillip "The Fury" Fiore won the contest with 8.5 cheesesteak sandwiches in 15 minutes. Ian Hickman was the runner up with 8.25.