The Cleveland Pizza CHallenge will award a trip to Las Vegas to the winner of a pizza eating contest at Columbus Day Parade in Little Italy on Monday October 13. A qualifier will be held on Sunday at ESPN Cleveland Tailgate.
Wishbone in Philadelphia will hold a hot wing eating contest on October 17 awarding $1000 to the winner.
The Dexter, MO Fall Fest will hold pie eating contests on Saturday for men & women awarding $450 each ($250 to the winners).
The Kickin' Chicken Wingfest will hold a wing eating contest on October 19 awarding $500 to the winner. Qualifiers start today at Richmond-area Buffalo Wild Wings.
The Andouille Festival will hold a sausage eating contest in La Place, LA on October 18 awarding $600 ($300 to the winner).
Tonelli's Pizza Pub in Horsham, PA will hold a wing eating contest tomorrow awarding $500.
Wayne Algenio won today's pie eating contest at Luna Park in Coney Island to claim a prize of $250.
Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA will hold a burger eating contest on October 11 awarding $1350 ($1000 to the winner).
The Backyard Ale House in Scranton, PA will hold a pumpkin pie eating contest on October 11 awarding $250 to the winner.
The Fishermen's Fall Festival will hold a lutefisk eating contest in Seattle on October 4 awarding $500 ($300 to the winner).
Oktoberfest in Seymour, IN will hold a bratwurst eating contest on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner.
Old Glory BBQ in Washington, DC will hold a rib eating contest Thursday awarding 2 football tickets.
The top 3 nationally for Jake's Wayback Burgers Triple Triple Challenge have been announced: 1) Molly Schuyler 38.95s 2) Dave Brunelli 41s 3) Sam Soworda 54s.
Luna Park in Coney Island will hold a pie eating contest on October 4 awarding $250 to the winner.
Balitang America has a report on Wayne Algenio winning the balut eating contest at the Hester Street Fair in Brooklyn for the third year in a row. update Sept 24 Bandila has a news video NBC News has an article about the contest.
The Whole Enchilada Fiesta will hold a hot enchilada eating contest on September 28 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Rock 94 1/2 reports that Molly Schuyler won tonight's Grub Bowl contest in Spokane, WA. She ate over 11 pounds of food in 5 minutes to claim the $2500 prize. update Sept 24 Eric Klamper and FocusFirstMedia have videos.
Uncle Dan's Grub Bowl will take place tomorrow in Spokane, WA and award $2,500 to the winner of the professional contest. (Limited to entrants from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana). (Entrance fee is $100)
The Hundreds has a report on the taco eating contest held Labor Day in Redondo Beach, CA sponsored by Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce. The original count was Pat Bertoletti 141 tacos, Takeru Kobayashi 140 (Kobayashi won by 8 after debris deductions.) Naader Reda and shokutsuclub have videos.
Stephanie Wu has started a twitter and has posted the results of last night's corn dog eating contest at the Tulare County Fair: 1) Molly Schuyler 25 corn dogs 2) Eric Chin 11 3) Stephanie Wu 7.75. update Sept 14 Stephanie Wu reports that Molly Schuyler did the Grand Slam challenge at Batter Up Pancakes in a record 3:49 before the contest.
Brooklyn Daily has a report on Wayne Algenio's victory in the Jimmy’s Famous Heros Hero-Eating Contest at the Sheepshead Summer Stroll on Sunday.
The NC Hot Sauce Festival in Oxford, NC will hold a pepper eating contest on Saturday awarding $300 to the winner.
This year's Chef One Dumpling eating contest will take place in Brooklyn on October 18. Both the men's & women's divisions will have a purse of $2000; the winners will receive $1100.
Jamie McDonald reports he won yesterday's New England Fried Dough Eating Championship at the Bethlehem (CT) Fair.
Haymaker in Austin will hold a corn eating contest on September 20 awarding $250 to the winner.