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Reddit has a thread with over 100 comments about the health hissues Takeru Kobayashi's discussed in the Netflix documentary: "Hack Your Health - The Secrets of Your Gut".

February 14, 2026 at 8:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Kobayashi (小林尊) | Permalink * Comments (14)

A competitive eater who just ate 36 hot dogs was a patient on last night's episode of HBO's hospital drama, The Pitt. Men's Health had a doctor analyse the segment. (Video clip).

February 14, 2026 at 12:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Pittsburgh, Television | Permalink * Comments

Fat Shack has produced a video about its Fat Shack 5K Challenge held in Fort Collins on January 10. Molly Schuyler won the cotest.

February 12, 2026 at 8:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fort Collins, Molly Schuyler, Prizes, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

MLE Chowdown: Ham N Eggs

February 8, 2026 at 9:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Spike TV, Videos

I have uploaded Spike TV’s MLE Chowdown: Ham N Eggs from 2008 to X. Hard boiled eggs contest | ham contest | ham results announcement. (The program got a copyright violation on youtube).

During halftime of Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008, Spike TV televised two Major League Eating contests that were recorded in Las Vegas in October 2007. The first competition was hard boiled eggs and featured eaters ranked outside the top 10. The undercard field: Erik Denmark, Chris Abatsas, Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, Allen “Shredder” Goldstein, Arturo Rios Jr., Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and “El Toro” Jimenez.

The second televised competition was ham. The field was
Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Tim “Eater X” Janus, Tim “Gravy” Brown, Rich LeFevre, Hall Hunt, Juliet Lee (RIP) and Juris Shibayama. Takeru Kobayashi withdrew due to jawthritis; he appears as a spectator at 5:55.

Even though the telecast had 863K viewers, a record for a Spike TV eating contest, Spike TV did not sponsor any more Major League Eating events. Ham N Eggs would be the last non-Nathan’s hot dog MLE competition televised on a national cable network.

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NFL on CBS has a video in which Pro Bowlers are asked what food they would choose for an eating contest.

February 6, 2026 at 8:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Curt Richy produced a video about Takeru Kobayashi and his relationship with Major League Eating focusing on his estrangement from the organization in 2010.

January 31, 2026 at 9:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contracts, Kobayashi (小林尊), Nathan's History, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Saturday's World Bagel Eating Championship in Las Vegas will be livestreamed on Triller TV. The page for the broadcast has already been set up.

January 28, 2026 at 1:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Television | Permalink * Comments

A 2012 episode of "Hell's Kitchen" in which Joey Chestnut faced off against the chefs in a chicken wing eating contest can be viewed on the Kitchen Nightmares youtube channel.

January 24, 2026 at 12:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Nathan's Famous will be acquired by Smithfield Foods, which was sold in 2013 to Shuanghui (later renamed WH Group) a Chinese conglomerate listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The following year, Smithfield became the sole meatpacker and distributor for Nathan's Famous. (press release) update A Smithfield spokesperson stated the company plans to continue the eating contest.

January 21, 2026 at 11:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, China, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | Permalink * Comments (26)

USA Network announces that "Everything on the Menu" starring former WWE star Adam "Braun Strowman" Scherr will return for a second season of 12 episodes. He will be accompanied by additional diners in this season, included WWE wrestler Alexa Bliss.

January 15, 2026 at 11:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Television | Permalink * Comments

Abema has an interview (select English subtitles) with Takeru Kobayashi about his development of a hot dog made with Japanese Wagyu beef. He hopes to release the frankfurter by his birthday, March 15, and aspires to export it to the United States. (article corresponding to the video) update The Wagyu beef hot dogs will not be Kobayashi's first attempt at a frankfurter line. In 2013 he launched "Kobi Dogs", which was the food item for his July 4, 2013 eating competition

January 2, 2026 at 12:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Kobayashi (小林尊), Merchandise | Permalink * Comments

Carlos Cerasomma passed away after choking while competing in a hands-free watermelon eating contest held at a resort in Sao Pedro, Brazil. None of the resort's staff offered assistance and a guest attempted CPR without success. (Portuguese article)

December 31, 2025 at 1:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities | Permalink * Comments (1)

George Chiger ate 36 wings in five minutes to win a contest held at the Buffalo Convention Center on December 20. The competition had 499 participants which broke the Guinness World Record for the wing eating competition with the largest field size.

December 28, 2025 at 12:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, George Chiger, Records, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Registration is now open for the first event by Ultimate Eating Championship, the new organization founded by former Man v Food host Casey Webb. The competition will take place at the Shed in Ocean Springs, MS from January 14 to 17. Entrants will need to pay $50 with no guarantee of getting a spot. No prizes are listed.

December 26, 2025 at 1:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Biloxi, Organizations | Permalink * Comments (5)

"Sweet Little Chippy Tea" is Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran's song for Christmas 2025. All proceeds from the download of the single will benefit the Stroke Association.

December 24, 2025 at 11:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Music | Permalink * Comments

South Korean mukbang star Togimochi, who has 854K followers for her youtube channel, uploaded a video of her spitting out food onto the floor while dining. Videos showing the cheating have gone viral, with two videos already having more than 10 million views.

December 22, 2025 at 7:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Korea, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

Over 500 people participated in a wing eating contest in Buffalo to set the record for the largest field size for a wing competition. The previous record was 397 entrants in a wing eating contest held at an Amazon Web Services convention in Las Vegas in 2018.

December 21, 2025 at 2:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Records | Permalink * Comments

RIP director and actor Rob Reiner. The pie eating contest in "Stand By Me" is probably the most famous competitive eating scene in American cinematic history. updateThe filming location for the movie, Brownsville, Oregon, holds an annual pie eating contest to commemorate the film. In 2007, the competition was a MLE event won by Pat Bertoletti with 9.2 pounds in 8 minutes.

December 15, 2025 at 12:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies | Permalink * Comments

World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall and the Dutch Giant (height 7'2") faced off in a pancake eating contest.

December 12, 2025 at 1:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Netherlands, Videos | Permalink * Comments

To celebrate 100,000 youtube subscribers, Scott Eats attempted 100 White Castle sliders.

December 12, 2025 at 1:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (6)

The Major League Eating youtube channel is scheduled to show the Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship on Saturday, its first contest livestream.

December 4, 2025 at 11:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Indianapolis, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Craig Harker, founder of the British Eating League, announces that he will be publishing a book titled "Competitive Eating - the Ultimate Guide".

December 1, 2025 at 12:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (1)

Geoff Esper did a livestream yesterday in which he answered questions from fans. Starting at 10:45 he discussed his plans for 2026. His MLE contract will expire in February and he does not plan to immediately extend it, but might re-sign in the Spring if he wants to do a Nathan's qualifier.

November 30, 2025 at 1:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contracts, Geoff Esper, Videos | Permalink * Comments (27)

Andrew Levitt produced a video of his family's Thanksgiving dinner. He invited Pat Bertoletti to the meal with the goal of seeing how long it took the diners to realize their guest was a competitive eater.

November 29, 2025 at 1:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Bertoletti, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Zach Zona, billed as New England's fastest eater, is the guest on the latest So New England podcast. He discusses having stomach inflammation while competing in the Uranus Fudge eating contest. When asked about competitive eaters throwing up after contests, Zach pleads the Fifth Amendment.

November 28, 2025 at 1:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Massachusetts, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (7)

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