Nate's Sports Bar and Grill in Gulfport, MS will hold a hot wing eating contest on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner.
Wayne Algenio reports that he was the runner up in both the mild and spicy wing eating contests at the Long Island Buffalo Wing Festival yesterday. Joe Menchetti was the victor in both.
Jamie McDonald has defended his title at Buffalo's Spicy Wing Challenge in Wood Ridge, NJ today.
Molly Schuyler won an eating contest held at BaconFestKC today. update August 25 KansasCity.com has an article where Molly announces her next contest will be the Fox & Hound finals in Chicago.
Glenn Hovanec won the "Maine Event" lobster eating contest at Valley View Casino & Hotel in Valley Center, CA today. Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen also competed.
The Niagara Food Festival in Welland, ON will hold a wing eating contest on September 7 awarding two tickets to the Buffalo Bills vs. Carolina Panthers game.
The Long Island Wing Festival will hold two wing eating contests on Sunday awarding $250 in Bayshore, NY.
The Two Parrots Perch & Grill in Vancouver will hold a taco eating contest on September 15 awarding $350. The winner will receive $200 and a Budweiser Cruiser bike valued at $400.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein, John "Oink Oink" Bradley, Dimitry "The Ukraine Train" Shchupak and Wayne "Wayney Wonder" Algenio will be competing in a King Cheesesteak eating contest at Gaetano's in Maple Shade, NJ on September 7. Joel Podelsky will MC.
The Bethlehem (CT) Fair will hold a fried dough eating contest on September 7 awarding $1500 ($1000 to the winner).
Banger & Lace in Chicago will hold a hot dog eating contest on Labor Day (Sept 2) awarding two Chicago Bears tickets.
Taste of Hamburg-er will hold a burger eating contest for teams of three amateurs awarding $525 ($300 to the winning team) on August 31 in Hamburg, PA. As of August 12, a few spots remained for the professional burger contest awarding $1,800 ($900 to the winner).
Taste of Freemore will hold a Dunkin Donuts eating contest in Charlotte, NC on October 5 awarding $250 to the winner. Entrants must produce a video application.
Jamie McDonalds's new restaurant, Bear's Smokehouse in Windsor, CT will award $500 to the first person to finish its Grizzly Challenge after it debuts in two weeks.
The Star and Shamrock in Washington, DC will hold a matzo ball eating contest on Tuesday awarding a trip to NYC for a tour of the new Schmaltz brewery.
London Lennie's in Queens will hold a hands-free oyster eating contest on September 20 awarding $500 to the winner.
Pluckers in Round Rock, TX will hold a wing eating contest on August 24. Competitors will be separated by gender and the male winner will receive a package for the Formula 1 US Grand Prix on Nov 15-17 valued at $4,000; the prize for the female division is not listed. Entrants will need to qualify at an Austin-area Pluckers from August 11 to August 23.
The Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races will hold a dumpling eating contest on September 7 awarding a round trip ticket on China Air from Boston, MA to Taiwan.
The Wilmington (DE) Blue Rocks will hold a hot dog eating contest after Friday's game awarding $500 to the winner.
Chef One Dumplings will has increased the purses for the men's & women's divisions of the dumpling eating contests at the NYC Dumpling Festival on September 28 to $3500 ($2000 to the winner) from $1800 in previous years. update August 8 Registration is now open.
Brad Sciullo won an eating contest held on July 28 at Wintzell's Oyster House in Pittsburgh with a total of 260 oysters in 5 minutes. Katie "Mothballs" was the runner up with 170.
The Hampton Beach (NH) seafood festival will hold its lobster roll eating contest awarding $1000 ($600 to the winner) on September 7. A qualifier will take place at McGuirk's Ocean View restaurant on August 8.
Qualifying begins today for Bacci's Pizza eating contest in Chicago on September 21. Last year's contest awarded $2500.
Pizza 9 will award $1750 ($1000 to the winner) at its eating contest in Albuquerque on September 7.
Jamie McDonald announces he set a record of 15 slices in 10 minutes at Dani's House of Pizza eating contest in Queens today. update Leistnerphoto has a gallery