Eating Contests category

Slackers locations in San Antonio will hold 4 eating contests during the Super Bowl Sunday awarding a total of $1000: 2 hot wing eating contests awarding $300, a hot taco eating contest awarding $300 and a pizza eating contest awarding $100.
The Sports Bar at the Star in Sydney, Australia will hold a hot dog eating contest during the Super Bowl awarding $2000 to the winner.
Crazy Horse Saloon in Palm Beach Gardens, FL will hold a wing eating contest during halftime of the Super Bowl on Sunday awarding $300 to the winner.
The field for Friday's Wing Pole at Cheerleaders in Philadelphia has been announced. Marcos "The Monster" Owens will return to competitive eating after a 9 year hiatus.

2025 Siegel’s Bagelmania eating contest

update The Las Vegas Review Journal has an article. Joey Chestnut says he has yet to reconcile with Nathan’s.

Full results are on Instagram. MLE appears to have abandoned X

1st 15 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 14.5 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
3rd 13.125 Geoffrey Esper
4th 13 James Webb
4th 13 Nick Wehry
6th 9 Gideon Oji
7th 8.625 Tanner Gray
8th 7.375 Stan “Bandana Eats” van Gorden
9th 7.25 George Chiger
10th 4 Mirza Selmic
11th 3.75 Naader “Freak8r” Reda
12th 2 Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado

The field: Stan “Bandana Eats” van Gorden, Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzy” Salgado, Naader Reda, Tanner Gray, the 2024 MLE rookie of the year, Mike Zeldish ?, George Chiger, Gideon Oji, Nick Wehry, James Webb, Geoff Esper, Pat Bertoletti, Joey Chestnut

Fro14 has started a livestream of today’s World Bagel Eating Championship at Siegel’s Bagelmania in Las Vegas.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer has a retrospective on the first Wing Bowl held on January 29, 1993 at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel. Carmen "Beast of the East" Cordero won with 100 wings in 30 minutes.
Joey CHestnut appeared on News 3 Las Vegas to promote Saturday's Siegel's Bagemania World Bagel Eating Championship.
Registration is now open for the La Costeña Jalapeño Eating Contest to be held at the WBCA Jalapeño Festival in Laredo, TX on February 22. Previous competitions have awarded $3000/$1500/$750 to the top 3 finishers.

Fat Shack 5K Challenge finals

The Fat Shack youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/live/-9onBN8njls“>will livestream the Fat Shack 5K Challenge finals from Wheat Ridge, CO starting at 2:45 Mountain time / 4:45 Eastern. update results 1) Dan Kennedy $3000 2) Wayne Algenio $1500 3) Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins $500

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Millbrae, CA Downtown will hold indomie eating contests on Saturday and Sunday this weekend awarding a 10th generation iPad to the winner and a 50 inch LG TV to the runner up.
The Big Texas Fun festival will hold a crawfish eating contest on March 15 in Selma, TX awarding $600/$250/$100/$50.
The Chicago Street Pour House will hold a wing eating contest in Elgin, IL on February 2 awarding $250 to the winner. The runner up will receive $100.
Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Geoffrey Esper, James Webb, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji and George Chiger are expected to compete in Siegel’s Bagelmania World Bagel Eating Championship.in Las Vegas on February 1.
The Mount Angel, OR Volksfest will hold a sausage eating contest on February 1 awarding $300/$150/$50.
Island Pacific Market will hold its "Superball" fish ball eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner in Los Angeles on February 8.
Trap Hibachi will hold a hibachi eating contest in Las Vegas on February 15 awarding $300 to the winner.
The audience Q & A session after the premier of "No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story" has been uploaded to youtube. The panel consisted of five time champion Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, WIP Radio Host Angelo Cataldi, director Pat Taggart and producer Frank Petka.
The field for the Fat Shack 5K Challenge finals in Wheat Ridge, CO on January 25 has been announced: Dan Kennedy, Wayne Algenio, Chris "Old Guy Eats" Dale, Scott "Scott Eats" Watkins and Jacob Medina.
Caldwell County BBQ will hold an eating contest at Pecan Lake Entertainment in Queen Creek, AZ on January 23 awarding $500 to the winner. Entrants will need to submit a video by January 9.
The ESPN Throwback youtube channel has uploaded a video of the 5 hot dog overtime eat-off session between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi at the 2008 Nathan's Famous finals.
Tampa resident Miki Sudo, billed as an Upper East Side native, is included in a New York Post list of New Yorkers who broke a Guinness record in 2024. Her total of 51.5 hot dogs on July 4 was the all time best for a woman in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
Cheating allegations against Nick Wehry in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest made the New York Post's list of the weirdest and wackiest stories of 2024.
PasadenaNow.com reports that the Beef Bowl, a steak eating contest held at Lawry's in Beverly Hills, CA, for members of Rose Bowl teams did not take place before today's game as a result of the new 12 team college football playoff format. The event was held every year from 1956 to 2023 except for Covid cancellations in 2020 and 2021. (Reddit thread about the termination)
Devils Liquor in Tempe, AZ will hold a taco eating contest at halftime of the Peach Bowl on New Years Day awarding $500 to the winner.
The King of the Wings contest at the Hudson Valley Wingfest will award $5,000 if the contest record of 1:31 for 18 wings is broken on February 1 in Poughkeepsie, NY. Four qualifiers will be held.
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