The Crispy Chick in Cleveland will award $500 to an amateur who finishes 20 chicken tenders, 4 large fries and 4 Texas toasts in under 15 minutes.
Chicago Bros Pizzeria in San Diego will award $500 to the first person to finish a 14 inch Chicago-style deep dish pizza in under 30 minutes.
The Hudson Valley Pizza, Mozzarella & Italian Festival will hold a Sicilian Delight pizza eating contest in Poughkeepsie, NY on December 13 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Lemonade House Grill in Jonesboro, AR will hold a hot dog eating contest on November 6 awarding $500 to the winner.
The DMV Night Market will hold a grilled giant squid and matcha cheese eating contest in Annandale, VA on October 31 awarding $100 to the winner, $50 to the runner up.
Scoreboard Sports Bar & Grill will hold a wing eating contest on December 1 awarding a prize package valued at over $1,000 to the winner. Qualifiers will be held on Tuesdays.
The MySA Tamale Throwdown will hold a tamale eating contest on November 15 in San Antonio awarding $500 to the winner.
Devil's Liquor in Tempe, AZ will hold a hot dog eating contest on October 30 awarding $300 to the winner.
Central BBQ in Southaven, MS will hold a wing eating contest on October 24 awarding $500 to the winner.
Houston Hot Chicken in Las Vegas will hold a hot chicken eating contest on October 30 awarding $500 to the winner. Entrants must be wearing a costume.
Creepy's in Portland will hold a burger eating contest on October 25 awarding $250 to the winner.
The Cisco, TX pie eating contest will hold a pie eating contest on October 17 awarding $400/$200/$100 to the top three.
The NC Liver Mush Festival will hold a liver mush eating contest in Shelby, NC on October 17 awarding $150/$100/$50 to the top three.
RJ's Sports Bar and Grill in Methuen, MA will hold an apple cider donut eating contest on October 17 awarding $250 to the winner.
Kildare's Irish Pub in West Chester, PA will hold a wing eating contsst on November 15 awarding Eagles tickets to the winner.
Title 9 Sports Grill in Phoenix will hold a hot wing eating contest on October 10 awarding $500 to the winner.
Dan Kennedy ate 10 bowls of ramen in 4 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 at last night's contest at Ani Ramen in Cranford, NJ. Molly Schuyler was the runner up and Wayne Algenio was third.
Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, NJ will hold a pie eating contest on November 7 aw part of its "Pie Palooza". The top three will receive $500/$250/$100.
Blanca's Latin Kitchen in San Juan Capistrano will hold a taco eating contest on October 15 awarding $300 to the winner. Raina Huang will compete.
Ani Ramen will hold a ramen eating contest in Cranford, NJ on October 6 awarding $1000/$500/$250 to the top three.
The Karl Ehmer Bratwurst Eating Competition at Oktoberfest in Bethlehem, PA on October 11 will award $250 to the winner.
The Donut Fun Run will hold a donut eating contest for amateurs awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three in Alameda, CA on October 17.
Joey Chestnut wins Williamsburg pancake eating contest
| 1st | 40 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | contest record |
| 2nd | 28 | Max Stanford | |
| 3rd | 27 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 23.25 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 20.75 | Miki Sudo | |
| 6th | 15 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | |
| 7th | 13.25 | Mitchell Gillen | |
| 8th | 5.5 | Jacob Bales | |
| 9th | 5.25 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 10th | 4.25 | Rene Rovtar |
Joey Chestnut has won the World Pancake Eating Championship in Williamsburg, VA with a new record.
The Glizzy Hole in Atlanta will hold a hot dog eating contest on September 26 awarding $500 to the winner.
Usinger's Brat Eating Competition at Milwaukee Oktoberfest will award $1,000 in cash and prizes to the winner on October 3.