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.
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.
Model Sammi Marsh ate 44 pancakes to win an eating contest held at Grosvenor Casino in Blackpool, England.
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
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)