Unafilliated Eating Contests category

Philly.com has a blog entry and gallery from last night's women-only wing eating contest at the Keswick Tavern in Glenside, PA.
Aniceto Mata won first place and a prize of $1,000 with a total of 122 peppers at the Annual Jalapeno Festival in Laredo, TX Saturday.
Premio Sausage will hold a sausage eating contest awarding $225 in American Express gift certificates ($100 to the winner) in conjunction with the March 5 New Jersey Devils game.
Horsefeathers in Hobe Sound, FL will hold a spicy jerky eating contest on March 2 awarding $250 to the winner.
ESPNLV.com has information about its 2013 Munch Madness circuit. The finals will take place on April 7 at Big Woody's in Allentown, PA and award $500 to the winner of a scrapple eating contest. The first qualifier will be held February 27 at Casey's Place in Quakertown.
WSBTV has an article and gallery about Dale Boone's victory in a Krispy Kreme donut eating contest held at the Republic Social House in Atlanta Saturday which claims that Boone has competed in the Nathan's finals seven times.
Quaker Steak & Lube in Kent, Ohio will hold weekly atomic wing eating qualifiers on Tuesdays for a contest on May 7 that will award a flat screen TV.
Flossie's Bar in Fort Lauderdale will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow awarding $100 and a spot in the finals in June awarding $250 to the winner.
The prizes for the July 6 hot dog eating contest in Summerfield, NC have been increased to $1500/$1000/$500.
Wingstop in Louisville will hold an atomic wing eating contest on March 9 awarding a $500 gift card to the winner.
Creative Loafing reports that Dale Boone won an egg roll eating contest and a pho eating contest held during a Vietnamese New Year celebration in Charlotte on Sunday. update Feb 26 thesunnysideup also has a contest report update March 4 Mo has a blog entry about her contest experience.
Mahoney's Pub in Worcester, MA will hold a wing eating contest tonight awarding $300 to the winner.
The amateur-only wing contest awarding $1,800 that was to have taken place tonight at Phily Sports Bar in Runnemede, NJ has been moved to February 21.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein ate 77 wings in 5 minutes to win a wing eating contest held at the Atlantic City Boat Show. (via comment)

Jamie McDonald & Tommy Cortina win Bennison’s paczki eating contest

update Feb 12 Posh Ports has a video and Chicago Geek has a gallery

Mike Smail has posted the scorecard for the paczki eating contest held at Bennison’s Bakery in Evanston, IL today. The top 3 two-person teams:

1) Jamie McDonald & Tommy Cortina 39
2) Eric Dahl & Randy Santel 34
3) Benjamin Taylor & Michael Smail 17

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A hot dog eating contest will be held in Summerfield, NC on July 6 awarding $1000 to the winner ($total purse $1,800).
The 2013 KBPI (Denver) Wing Bowl has been announced. Qualifiers will be held at Kickin Chicken on February 15 and 22. The finals will take place at the March 2 Colorado Mammoth game and award $500 or a flat screen TV to the winner.
The Motor City Casino in Detroit will hold a hot dog eating contest on February 19 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Justin Vernon won the finals of Big Woody's Wing Off in Forks, PA Sunday for the fifth year in a row and received a prize of $500. (gallery)
The Mardi Gras Festival in Louisville will hold a king cake eating contest on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner.
Kevin Ross won the first place prize of $200 by eating two "Big Jess" burritos in 6:05 at Taco Hut in Riverside, CA on Saturday. (video)
Phily Sport Bar in Runnemede, NJ will hold a wing eating contest for amateurs only on February 11 awarding $1800 ($1000 to the winner). Entrants cannot have placed in any wing eating contest before.
Joe Menchetti won the $500 first prize at Pub 46 in Clifton, NJ by eating 25 wings in under 2 minutes.
NJ.com reports that Dave Wittenberg won today's Oyster Bowl in Princeton with a total of 93 oysters in 2 minutes. Trevor Lamb was the runner up and 2012 overall winner Lizzy McDaniel repeated as the women's division champion. (gallery)
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