NBCChicago has an article and slide show about the wing eating contests held at the Chicago Wingfest. 4-time women's division winner Danielle Young had the overall best performance with 12 wings in 3 minutes.
Sopressata has a blog entry about Mark Lyle's victory in the coney (cheese covered hot dog) eating contest held in Columbus, OH on Saturday.
Will Millender's blog reports that he won a Scotch Egg eating contest held in Philadelphia yesterday.
A corned beef eating contest will be held at Hash House a Go Go in Las Vegas the morning of St. Patrick's Day. The first prize is $780 in gift certificates.
The page about the Wing Madness contest on ESPN radio 1250's website reports that Brad the Lunatic won last night's qualifier by eating 60 wings in 12 minutes and 50 seconds.
A sushi contest will be held in Baltimore on March 22.
2009 Wing Madness qualifier list
The list of Pittsburgh-area qualifiers for the Wing Madness contest sponsored by ESPN 1250 is included in the contest rules. The next qualifier will be held tomorrow night.
Tuesday, March 10th at Strikers Sports Bar in Zelienople (7p-9p), Thursday, March 12th at The Wildside at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (7p-9p), Thursday, March 26th at Todds by the Bridge in McKeesport (7p-9p), Tuesday, March 31st at Ugly Dog Saloon on Noblestown Road (7p-9p), and on Thursday, April 2nd at the Doublewide Grill on East Carson Street (7p-9p);
The top 2 finishers from last night’s contest have been posted.
(from comment) Andrew "Skinnyboy" Lane has posted a report about his experience at yesterday's Rocky Mountain Oyster eating contest.
2009 Pittsburgh Wing Madness (formerly WCS)
The website for 1250 ESPN in Pittsburgh has information about their 2009 wing eating contest, which is now called “Wing Madness” (Previous contests were called the “Wing Championship Series”) The first qualifier will take place at Strikers Sports Bar in Zelienople, PA on Tuesday, March 10 and the top two finishers will advance to the finals on April 17. The grand prize is a 3 night stay at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and a $1,000 resort gift card.
As Will Millender mentioned, the wing eating contest at Play in Queens, NYC has been rescheduled for tomorrow.
Caller.com has a gallery from yesterday's men's oyster eating contest held at the Fulton Oysterfest. Bryan Tiner won the contest by eating 178 raw oysters in 5 minutes.
A "Rocky Mountain Oyster" eating contest awarding $100 will be held tomorrow at the Frozen Dead Guys Days Festival in Nederland, Colorado tomorrow.
A hot dog on a stick eating contest awarding $200 will be held tomorrow at the Redondo Beach Pier in California.
TBO.com reports that Michelle Stringer, a graduate student from Philadelphia, became the first female winner of the strawberry shortcake eating contest at the Florida Strawberry Festival by eating 4 pounds of shortcake in about 10 minutes.
(via emdashes) The first qualifier for the 2009 Battle of the Bone will take place in Tempe, Arizona on March 11.
Billy the Fridge has posted a recap of the donut eating challenge held during his Million Dollar Fantasy Freak Show last week.
The Brownsville (TX) Herald has a report on yesterday's jalapeno eating contest held at the Sombrero Festival yesterday.
A twitter update reports that Manni Balignasay has won the eating contest held at the Bacon Festival in Des Moines, Iowa for the second year in a row. Metromix Des Moines has an interview with Manny, who works as a personal trainer.
ConnPost reports that "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti has won the paczki eating contest held at Eddy's Bakery in Ansonia, Connecticut for the sixth year in a row by eating 11 paczkis in 5 minutes.
LMTOnline reports that Luis "El Chef" Bruni won last night's contest at the Jalapeno Festival in Laredo by eating 82 peppers after a competitor who ate more than 100 was DQed.
Joseph Garcia wins the jalapeno eating contest held at Jalapenos de Ybor in Tampa on Valentine's Day: blog entry | gallery
Columbus, OH Wings of Fire contest Saturday, Feb 21 with hot & "insanely hot" divisions
Justin Wu wins San Diego musubi contest
A news video of yesterday’s musubi eating qualifier in San Diego reports that Justin Wu won a trip to Hawaii by eating 8.5 musubis in 5 minutes. Brian Bruggeman was the runner-up.
updateLa Jolla Light & 10news have articles
Tampa jalapeno contest Saturday at Jalapenos de Ybor, $300 first prize
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