Crust will hold a pie eating contest in Fenton, MI on August 4 awarding $500 to the winner. 12 entrants will be chosen randomly.
PIE Wood Fired Pizza will hold Let em Eat 6 at Kempenfest in Barrie, ON on August 1. Takeru Kobayashi and Pat Bertoletti are expected to compete and the contest will award $6001.
The National Fried Mushroom Eating Contest will award $1000/$500/$300 in Kennett Square, PA on September 10. There will also be a contest for local amateurs awarding $200/$100.
Arooga's Route 22 in Harrisburg, PA will hold a hot wing eating contest on July 30 awarding $300 to the winner.
Noshfest will hold a bagel eating contest in Marietta, GA on September 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
The California State Fair in Sacramento will hold a qualifier for its corn dog eating contest tonight. The main event tomorrow will award $2500/$2000/$1000/$500/$100. Bob Shoudt will be competing.
The Starboard in Dewey Beach, DE will hold a "suicide" wing eating contest on July 24 where liquids will not be allowed. The overall victor will receive $500 and the top person of the opposite gender of the winner will receive $200.
Chickie & Pete's in Philadelphia will hold a crab fry eating contest Wednesday awarding a $1000 Visa gift card to the winner. The contest is for amateurs only. (press release)
Fiesta Mexicana of Topeka will hold a jalapeno eating contest tomorrow awarding $500.
The American Polish Festival will hold a pierogi eating contest tomorrow in Sterling Heights, MI awarding $500/$300/$200.
American Burger Company has a page about its Roadstar burger Challenge at http://roadstarchallenge.com/ Amateurs can qualify for a contest awarding $500 on July 23 by having the fastest time at a location (mainly in Charlotte, NC area) as of July 15.
July 4 weekend contests awarding prizes
A list of contests this weekend that have listed prizes follows: Read the rest of this entry »
Rich Shea announces that places 6th-15th in the Nathan's finals will pay out $500/$450/$400/$350/$300/$250/$200/$150/$100 for both men and women. The total payout of $45,500 will make it the 2nd most lucrative event in MLE history after the 2009 Krystal Square Off.
Wild Wing Ottawa will hold a wing eating contest tomorrow awarding a $1000 shopping spree. Molly Schuyler will also attempt to eat 10 double burgers in 10 minutes. update Jun 24 At Fatboys Southern Smokehouse yesterday, Molly ate 2 Tailgator combos (4 pulled pork poutines, 2 BBQ nachos, 4 lbs of wings and 16 sliders) in 23 minutes.
The Tuolumne, CA Lumber Jubilee will hold a hot dog eating contest Saturday awarding a fully restored 1985 Honda Shadow 750 motorcycle.
Mardi Gras Casino in Hallandale Beach, FL (Fort Lauderdale area) will hold a hot dog eating contest July 2 awarding $1000/$500/$250. (via Michael Jenkins)
Bruce Rossmeyer's Harley Davidson in Ormond Beach, FL will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 2 awarding $400 to the winner.
The California State Fair in Sacramento will hold a corn dog eating contest on July 16 awarding $2500/$2000/$1000/$500/$100. A qualifier will take place on July 15.
ZBurger will hold an eating contest in Washington, DC on July 1 awarding $1500/$850/$500/$400 (via Eater DC).
American Burger Co will hold an eating contest for amateurs on July 23 in Charlotte awarding $500. Entrants will need to qualify to compete. The contest will precede a MLE contest that will be headlined by Joey Chestnut.
Fish Tales in Ocean City will hold a hot dog eating contest July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner. Entrants will need to qualify.
Mugshots Challenge schedule
Here is the schedule for the Mugshot Challenge contest. The finals July 2 in Covington, LA will award $5000. The other contests will award $1000 and a sport in the finals.
After being rained out on June 5, Rocco's pizza contest in Brooklyn has been rescheduled for June 24 and the purse has been upgraded to $2000/$1000/$500.
Stuart's Smokehouse in Alderson, WV will hold an amateur-only hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500/$100/$50.
In its first facebook update of 2016, All Pro Eating confirmed the $10K/$5K/$2500/$1K/$500 purse for the Caribbean Food Delights World Beef Patty Eating Championship in Tappan, NY June 26. The competition is billed as "The world's most LUCRATIVE Officially Sanctioned Competitive Eating World Championship". (Both the Nathan's men's & women's contest will award $20K).
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