James Webb will compete in a taco eating contest at Rio 150 in Lake Norman, NC on May 19.
James Webb will do a Puerto Rican food challenge at The Mason Jar Lager Company in Fuquay Varina, NC on May 11.
2024 Manor Palooza World Sausage Eating Championship
The top 8 from James Webb’s live video (10 minutes)
1) James Webb 51 sausages, new record
2) Geoff Esper 38
3) Nick Wehry 31
4T) Greg Wilson 20.5
4T) Christopher “Old Guy Eats” Dale 20.5
6 Tanner Gray, MLE debut
7T Yasir Salem 15
7T Alberto Bravo 15
Old Guy Eats has started a live video
2024 Uranus Fudge Factory eating contest
| 1st | 13.5 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 10.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 9.375 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 8.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 7.75 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 6th | 6 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 5.5 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 9th | 2.5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 10th | 2.375 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 11th | 2.25 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 2.25 | John Gebhard | |
| 13th | 1 | Daniel Hueppelshauser | |
| 14th | 0.9375 | Rene Rovtar |
Facebook Live video of the contest
James Webb wins Wonderful Pistachios, Joey Chestnut 5th
update Feb 28
Santa Monica Closeup and Ed Woo have videos
Santa Monica Daily Press has an article
Results from James Webb’s video (announcement starts at 33:35): 8 minute contest
1 James Webb 338 pistachios
2T Nick Wehry 221
2T Darrien Thomas 221
4 Steve Hammond 191
5T Joey Chestnut 167
5T Bartley Weaver 167
7 Joey Bosa 152
8 Gideon Oji 147
I think this is the first time Joey Chestnut’s contest total has ever been doubled. Even in his first Nathan’s finals in 2005, he still ate about 2/3 of what Takeru Kobayashi did (32 hot dogs vs. 49)
Joey Bosa finished ahead of MLE’s #6 eater, Gideon Oji.
In a post contest interview on stage, Darrien Thomas said he not only abstained from training, he had never eaten a pistachio before the competition. That handicap did not prevent him from finishing second.
TMZ has an interview with Los Angeles Chargers defender Joey Bosa about competing in today’s Wonderful Pistachios Get Crackin’ Eating Championship at the Santa Monica Pier. Bosa is not the first NFL defensive lineman to compete in a Major League Eating contest, In 2003 William Perry competed in the Nathan’s hot dog finals and ate 4 hot dogs before quitting midway through the competition. In 2005, Perry also particpated in the Trip Rewards World Birthday Cake Eating Championship and finished last.
Last week, James Webb finished the Mac Daddy Pancake Challenge at M.A.C. 24/7 in Waikiki in 9:02 to break "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's record of 10 minutes. Joey Chestnut is currently in third place with a time of 15 minutes.
Generation Iron announced plans to release a documentary about Australian competitive eater James Webb in 2024.
DallasNews.com reports that James Webb ate 37 meat pies in 36:22 at Aussie Grind Provisions in Farmers Branch, TX.
Khaleej Times has a profile of Australian competitive eater James Webb, who recently visited Dubai, UAE.
The Battalion has an article about James Webb eating 59 tacos in under 20 minutes at Raging Bull Street Tacos in Bryan, TX.
2023 Lewisville tamales contest
| 1st | 80 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 79 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 66.25 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 51 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 5th | 37.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 34 | Greg “The Savage” Wilson | |
| 7th | 25.5 | Albert Bravo | |
| 8th | 22.5 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 8th | 22.5 | Zach “MEEF” Pappert | |
| 10th | 21 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 11th | 18 | Jocelyn Young | |
| DQ | ? | Sean “MEEF” Pappert |
James Webb will do a livestream of this afternoon’s tamale eating contest in Lewisville, TX.
NBCDFW has a segment about James Webb, who will be competing in the Lewisville, TX tamales contest tomorrow. The Australian has been given the nickname "The Wonder from Down Under".
Raina Huang uploaded a video of a dumpling contest in which she faced off against James Webb and Bandana Eats.
James Webb wins Colorado State Fair Slopper contest
James Webb is the first person besides Geoff Esper to win the Slopper eating contest at the Colorado State Fair in the 2020s. Official results
| 1st | 32 | James Webb | first person besides Geoff Esper to win contest since 2019 |
| 2nd | 31.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 23 | Mo Mbengue | |
| 4th | 21.5 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 5th | 20 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 6th | 19 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 7th | 16 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 8th | 10.75 | Jon Ansell | |
| 9th | 9 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | |
| 10th | 8.75 | Chris Sealey |
After arriving in Colorado for tomorrow's Slopper eating contest, James Webb ate 6 pounds of chocolate at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Colorado Springs.
James Webb ate 20 Dagwood Dogs in 4:51 to win a contest held in Brisbane on Sunday. In September, he plans to compete in slopper, buffalo wings, pork rolls and tamale contests
Perth Now has an article about Compton Burgers in Perth, West Australia receiving a flood of one star reviews after James Webb criticized coffee he ordered from the restaurant on TikTok. Daily Mail also has an article about the feud.
James Webb ate 100 pieces of sushi and 2 wasabi balls in a record 3:24 to win a contest at Niji Sushi Bar in Hurstville, NSW (Sydney area) (contest video)
James Webb and Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran have received byes to the Nathan's finals.
Current has an interview with James Webb eating six Big Ugly Burgers at Bub's in Carmel, IN on May 25 to break a record previously held by Eli Lessig.
The Big Texan announced James Webb finished their 72 ounce steak challenge in 6:28, breaking Joey Chestnut's mark for the fastest male completion time and placing him 2nd behind Molly Schuyler (4:18) for the best overall time.
2023 Salvation Army donuts
| 1st | 59.5 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 54.75 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 53 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 40 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 5th | 36 | Mo Mbengue | |
| 6th | 28 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 7th | 26 | Kevin Ross | |
| 8th | 21.5 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda |
James Webb has started a livestream of today’s World Donut Eating Championship in San Diego.
9News.com.au has an article about Australian competitive eater James Webb training for Nathans' Famous hot dog eating contest.
Food Challenge News has an interview with Australian competitive eater James Webb. He recently got engaged and plans to return to the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
aa.com.tr has an article about Australian James Webb tour of Turkey to compete in eating contests. He has quit his job to focus on competitive eating.
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