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The MLE facebook announces the Jell-O Pudding Prix, where the public will submit videos in which they attempt to best the times for eating a cup of pudding posted by five ranked MLE eaters. (No prizes are listed.)
This competition appears to be in complete violation of the Major League Eating safety standards which are posted at http://www.ifoce.com/safety.php
MLE will not sanction or promote any events that do not adhere to the highest safety regulations. MLE believes that speed eating is only suitable for those 18 years of age or older and only in a controlled environment with appropriate rules and with an emergency medical technician present.
MLE is against at-home training of any kind. MLE strongly discourages younger individuals from eating for speed or quantity under any circumstances. MLE urges all interested parties to become involved in sanctioned events — do not try speed eating home.
Presumably “at” should be the second to last word of the above paragraph.
update Oct 12 CKKraft calls the Pudding Prix a “huge advertising mistake”
Previous edition of list (last updated Dec 2009)
1983 North Carolina Marine dies in donut eating contest at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
1999 Chicago, a 12 year old school girl dies playing “Chubby Bunny” in an unsupervised classroom. The goal of “Chubby Bunny” is to say “Chubby Bunny” after stuffing one’s mouth with as many marshmallows as possible.
2002 Japan, school boy dies in cafeteria after attempting a stunt seen on a televised eating contest.
2004 Canada man dies after choking in chicken wing eating contest held at Regina bar.
2004 Japan, housewife dies in bread eating contest in Fukusaki, Hyogo Prefecture
2006 Canada, woman dies in “Chubby Bunny” contest held at Ontario fair
2007 Sacramento, woman dies of water intoxication after competing in a bladder endurance contest sponsored by a radio station.
2007 India, man (believed to be epileptic) dies from breathing complications in an idli eating contest
2008 Wales, man dies in unplanned post party cupcake contest to use up left over buffet food. Articles about the contest do not make it clear if the contest was a mouth-stuffing contest or a speed eating contest
2008 Taiwan graduate student dies after victory in a steamed bun eating contest
2008 India, engineer at Nokia Siemens of India chokes after making a pastry eating bet at a company party.
2009 Kaliningrad, Russia Boris Isaev chokes in pancake eating contest
2009 Hyderabad, India Bandu Joshi dies after stuffing 6 laddus into his mouth
2010 Phetchchaburi, Thailand 66 year old Hing Laichan dies after choking in noodle eating contest
2010 San Pedro, California 13 year old Noah Akers choked on a hot dog topped with whipped cream at a fundraiser for Haiti
2011 Tokmak, Ukraine 77 year old Ivan Mendel wins dumpling eating contest, then dies
2011 Timonium, Maryland (near death experience) Michael Solano lacks a pulse for four minutes after choking at a crab cake eating contest, then recovers after hospitalization
2012 Deerfield Beach, Florida Eddy Archbold dies after winning an insect eating contest held at a reptile store
update Oct 9 The reptile store has posted a statement from its attorney on its facebook page
Urban Jungles Radio was present at the contest and recorded a podcast
Palm Beach Post article | interview with Eddy Archbold’s girlfriend
Miami Herald article
Local10 article and news video
CBSMiami news video
update Oct 8 The AP has an article which has been picked up by numerous outlets.
BuzzFeed has a thread
“The governing body of all stomach centric sports” may not be the optimal motto because it implicitly makes incidents like this IFOCE/MLE’s responsibility.
Six Flags amusement parks are holding a series of cockroach eating contests awarding a season pass (these might be cancelled due to the death) Texas | Maryland | Chicago
Topix.com has a thread about the death of Eddy Archbold after winning a roach eating contest held at Ben Siegel’s Reptiles in Deerfield Beach, FL Friday night. A post on the store’s facebook page says it currently lacks any details about the incident. (announcement for the contest) update The store’s UStream channel has a video of the contest (starts around 2 hour mark) in which there are no obvious signs of distress. Another video has been uploaded to youtube, but is now private. Pretty Ninjaa’s twitter feed has tweets about the incident.
The unified (MLE and non-MLE) list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past year for people who have results for five or more contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Takeru Kobayashi (T Ko) | 100% | 21-0 |
| 2 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 98.2% | 112-2 |
| 3 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (P Be) | 90.8% | 138-14 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 85.7% | 71-11-2 |
| 5 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 84.1% | 53-10 |
| 6 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 82.1% | 75-16-1 |
| 7 | Jamie “Bear” McDonald (J Mc) | 81.5% | 44-10 |
| 8 | Damon “The Omen” Wells (D We) | 80% | 16-4 |
| 9 | Tom “Goose” Gilbert (T Gi) | 79.4% | 13-3-1 |
| 10 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 72.6% | 81-30-2 |
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past year for people who have results for four or more non-IFOCE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10
| 1 | Takeru Kobayashi (T Ko) | 100% | 23-0 |
| 2 | Jamie “Bear” McDonald (J Mc) | 89.7% | 35-4 |
| 3 | Damon “The Omen” Wells (D We) | 82.4% | 14-3 |
| 4 | Tom “Goose” Gilbert (T Gi) | 76.7% | 11-3-1 |
| 5 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli (D Br) | 68.6% | 34-15-2 |
| 6 | Eric “Silo” Dahl (E Da) | 68% | 17-8 |
| 7 | Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres (S To) | 67.7% | 32-15-1 |
| 8 | “Furious” Pete Czerwinski (P Cz) | 67.2% | 19-9-1 |
| 9 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti (J Me) | 61.3% | 19-12 |
| 10 | Kevin Ross (K Ro) | 53.1% | 7-6-3 |
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past year for people who have results for three or more MLE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 98.4% | 121-2 |
| 2 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (P Be) | 91.4% | 148-14 |
| 3 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 85.7% | 77-12-2 |
| 4 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 84.8% | 56-10 |
| 5 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 84.1% | 87-16-1 |
| 6 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 75.6% | 95-30-2 |
| 7 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 72.3% | 87-33-1 |
| 8 | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff (A Os) | 68.3% | 40-18-2 |
| 9 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) | 64.8% | 59-32 |
| 10 | Jamie “Bear” McDonald (J Mc) | 64.7% | 11-6 |
Loading ...| 2026 Nov 11 | San Diego, CA | Hot Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 11 | multiple sites | King of Wings | ||||
| 2026 Nov 12 | Denver, CO | Slider Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | Cedar Park, TX | Dumpling Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | DeLand, FL | Hot Dog Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | St. Augustine, FL | Key Lime Pie Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | Cedar Park, TX | Pad Thai Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | Philadelphia, PA | World Pickle Eating Championship | ||||
| 2026 Nov 15 | West Chester, PA | Hot Ones Hot Sauce Hot Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 15 | Fayetteville, NC | Ramen Eating Contest |
| 2026 Nov 8 Lahaska, PA
Apple Pie Eating Contest |
| 2026 Nov 8 Helendale, CA
Big Momma Challenge |
| 2026 Nov 8 Brevard, NC
Hot Wing Eating Contest |
| 2026 Nov 8 Tarpon Springs, FL
Stone Crab Eating Contest |
| 2026 Nov 8 Corsicana, TX
Wing Eating Contest |
| $100.00 | "The Ginger Giraffe" |
| $500.00 | Paola |
| $200.00 | Rich "The Walkup" |
| $500.00 | Vito "The Spoon" |
| $50.00 | Colby Aiton |
| $100.00 | "plonksmash" |
| $300.00 | "The Village Inn" |
| $100.00 | Jayden "FitnessCheatMeals" |
| $500.00 | Jean Christophe |
| $3,000.00 | Wayne "wayneywonder" Algenio |