Male competitive eaters category

Max Stanford ate 29 hot dogs in 6 minutes to win an eating contest held Sunday at the Old Frizzle in Wimbledon, England. JJ Da Lion was runner up with 22.

Molly Schuyler wins 2026 Las Vegas Wing Bowl

Full results according to the scorecard Bob Shoudt posted

1st 189 Molly Schuyler 85/71/33, defends 2018 title
2nd 162 Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt 59/78/25
3rd 117 Dan “killer” Kennedy 57/60
4th 104 Jesse Pynnönen 46/58
5th 91 Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio 42/49
6th 80 Peter “Dirty Pete” Ritter 53/27
7th 70 Naader “Freak8r” Reda 41/29
8th 59 Tom “Goose” Gilbert 42/17
9th 51 Mirza “Snowman” Selmic 35/16
10th 32 Kevin Ross
11th 28 “El Toro” Jimenez
12th 26 Sabatino Ferino
13th 18 Nisha
14th 10 Godfrey Plaza employee
15th 7 Victoria “Brit Chick Vick” Webster

8NewsNow.com has an article with the official top 3:
1 Molly Schuyler 189 wings
2 Bob Shoudt 162
3 Dan Kennedy 117

Molly Schuyler won the Las Vegas Bowl with a total of 189 wings over a total of 25 minutes I think. Bob Shoudt’s total was not mentioned. Molly mentioned an esophageal hernia in her post-contest interview.

The final 2: Molly Schuyler and Bob Shoudt. Molly has 156, Bob has 137

Advancing to second round:
Molly, Peter Ritter, Dan Kennedy, Bob Shoudt, Mirza Selmic, Wayne Algenio, Jesse, Tom Gilbert, Naader Reda, El Toro Gimenez (El Toro did not come out for the second round)

Bob Shoudt has posted a picture of the first round scoresheet.

The field: Tom “Goose” Gilbert, Mirza Selmic, Sabatino Ferina, Neesha, Victoria “Brit Chick Vick” Webster,
Naader Reda, El Toro Jimenez, Peter “Dirty Pete” Ritter, Godfrey (Plaza employee), Bob Shoudt, Jesse Pynnönen, Wayne Algenio, Kevin Ross, Dan Kennedy, Molly Schuyler

Molly Schuyler was wearing a wedding dress. She and Dan Kennedy were announced as a married couple.

The Plaza Hotel & Casino will livestream tonight’s Wing Bowl starting at 10 pm Eastern / 7 pm Atlantic. update The Wing Bowl has started streaming on OneStream Live.

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Dave "US Male" Goldstein annonced that he was runner up in the Wing Pole at Club Risque in Philadelphia with 187 wings. Dave Brunelli won the competition with 209 wings. updateMarcos Owens defended his title at the Wing Pole held at Cheerleaders
NFL on CBS has a video in which Pro Bowlers are asked what food they would choose for an eating contest.

Siegel’s Bagelmania 2026

Full results are on the MLE Instagram

1st 16.875 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 16.75 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
3rd 16.125 Geoffrey Esper
4th 16 James Webb
5th 13.875 Nick Wehry
6th 11.5 Cameron Meade
7th 10.25 Gideon Oji
8th 9 Derek Hendrickson
9th 6.25 Jacob Williams
10th 4 Crazy Legs Conti
11th 2.5 Camille O’Brien
12th 2 Sam Stackhose

The livestream for the Siegel’s Bagelmania eating contest from Las Vegas has started.

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Curt Richy produced a video about Takeru Kobayashi and his relationship with Major League Eating focusing on his estrangement from the organization in 2010.
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.
Rural King, a farm and home retailer, announced a partnership with Joey Chestnut and a popcorn eating circuit in 2026-27. Several popcorn eating qualifiers for amateurs will be held during 2026. Winners of those competitions will take on Joey Chestnut in the finals on National Popcorn Day in 2027.
Dan Kennedy won the first prize of $1,250 in yesterday's World Muffin Eating Championship in St. Petersburg, FL. Nick Dompierre won the influencer division.
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.
Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran will be a commentator at the Las Vegas Wing Bowl on February 7.
James Webb will be doing British Eating League events in the United Kingdom in February.
RIP Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard, who passed away suddenly at the age of 40 on December 21 from a heart attack. Bryan's family has set up a gofundme page. Sports radio host Ben Maller did a tribute to Bryan on his show. 2012 Denver Post article about Bryan.
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
Zermatt Neo has uploaded a video about the fried rice eating contest held at the Singapore Comic Con on December 6. The top 3: 1) Zermatt Neo 28 bowls 7.84 kg in 30 minutes 2) Eater X King 3) Sarah Ow. James Webb choked on a piece of metal and left the stage with about 10 minutes remaining.
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.
"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.
Zermatt Neo did an Ask Me Anything interview session on the SingaporeEats reddit. update Mothership has a writeup of the session focusing on a burger challenge which crushed Zermatt's pancreas and hospitalized him for three days.
Zermatt Neo won the Food League SG fried rice eating contest held at the Singapore Comic Con on December 6, defeating James Webb, Eater X Kung and Kelvin "Zarkman" Medina. updateIt appears James Webb left the contest early due to poor health
World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall and the Dutch Giant (height 7'2") faced off in a pancake eating contest.

2025 Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship

Full results are on the MLE instagram

1st 242 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 187 Nick Wehry
3rd 144 Miki Sudo
4th 139 Gideon Oji
5th 110 George Chiger
6th 108 Cameron Meade
7th 96 Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz
8th 70 Crazy Legs Conti

The livestream has started. There is an undercard between an Ohio State and Indiana fan.

Major League Eating livestream

Joey Chestnut has mentioned a wing contest losing streak. It appears his last victory in a MLE wing competition was the 2018 Buffalo Wingfest with 8 wing defeats since then.

2025 Mar 8 2nd 192 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship Miami, FL
2024 Mar 9 2nd 198 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wings for Wishes World Wing Eating Championship Miami, FL
2023 Sep 3 2nd 240 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2022 Sep 4 2nd 224 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2022 Apr 2 4th 108.8 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship Miami, FL
2021 Sep 5 2nd 244 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2019 Sep 1 2nd 276 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2019 Jun 19 2nd 256 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Hooters World Wing Eating Championship South Lake Tahoe, CA
2018 Sep 2 1st 206 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY

All Joey Chestnut wing results

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The Indianapolis Recorder has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in tomorrow's Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship. The competition will be held inside unlike the St. Elmo shrimp cocktail competitions. (The projected high is 34 F).
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.
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.
Max Stanford, the British Eating League's eater of the year, was listed by The Guardian as one of seven unsung heroes.
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