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2025 Buffalo Wingfest Wing Championship

August 31, 2025 at 5:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Contest Results, James Webb

updateOver 24 hours after the contest end, full (but unsorted) results have been posted on Instagram.

1st 263.36 James Webb
2nd 197.44 Gideon Oji
3rd 191.68 Nick Wehry
4th 155.2 Miki Sudo
5th 154.88 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
6th 145.6 Radim Dvoracek
7th 100 George Chiger
8th 88 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
9th 82.88 Eric “Badlands” Booker
10th 75.52 Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman
11th 47.68 Camille O’Brien

James Webb is doing a livestream.

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2025 Colorado State Fair Sloppers

August 30, 2025 at 7:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Colorado Springs, Contest Results, Geoff Esper

update The Pueblo CHieftain has a gallery.

Major League Eating has posted the last names of the prize winners of the Slopper eating contest at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, CO. I assume these are the full names:

1st 39 Geoffrey Esper contest record
2nd 23 Miki Sudo
3rd 22 Radim Dvoracek
3rd 22 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
5th 17.5 Mark “the muncher” Williams
6th 9.5 Mark “toothless” Sutherburg
7th 8.5 Formanek

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2025 Buffalo Buffet Bowl

August 30, 2025 at 6:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Contest Results, James Webb

Announced results with the full field from the introductions

1st ? James Webb
2nd ? Nick Wehry
3rd ? Gideon Oji
? ? George Chiger
? ? Camille O’Brien
? ? “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
? ? Rene Rovtar
? ? Marlon Thompson
? ? Frank Velocci

James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s Buffalo Buffet Bowl.

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Joey Chestnut will attempt to eat 99 Impossible Foods nuggets during the San Francisco Giants game on September 12. Joey's partnership with the plant-based brand resulted in him missing the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest last year.

August 30, 2025 at 12:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, San Francisco | Permalink * Comments

Dan Kennedy announced the top three for the hot dog eating contest at A Taste of Pendleton, OR. The top 3: 1) Molly Schuyler 46 2) Dan Kennedy 44 3) Scott Watkins 36 fixed August 24

August 24, 2025 at 12:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Dan Kennedy, Molly Schuyler, Oregon, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (12)

"James Can Eat", the new James Webb documentary, can now be viewed on Amazon Prime. James did an interview with Muscle & Fitness about the film.

August 22, 2025 at 7:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, James Webb | Permalink * Comments (21)

The October 9, 2006 episode of "Wife Swap" in which Eric "Badlands" Booker and boxer Jennifer Alcorn exchanged families can be viewed on youtube.

August 21, 2025 at 10:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eric "Badlands" Booker, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Joe Menchetti ate an XL pizza in 8:28 to win the first prize of $1,000 in last night's eating contest at Sal's Pizza in Derry, NH.

August 21, 2025 at 7:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Joe Menchetti, New Hampshire, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Molly Schuyler will defend her Wing Bowl title in Las Vegas on February 7. Notorious B.O.B. will also compete and attempt to regain his 2017 title.

August 21, 2025 at 7:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Contest Previews, Las Vegas, Molly Schuyler, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments (3)

Generation Iron has a preview of "James Can Eat", James Webb's documentary that will be released Friday. The second trailer for the film has been released.

August 18, 2025 at 11:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, James Webb | Permalink * Comments (18)

Joey Chestnut and Bob Shoudt finished the "Land of 10,000 Calories" giant hot dog challenge at last night's St. Paul Saints game in 28:49. A WCCO video claimed that Stan "Bandana Eats" van Gorden was Chestnut's partner.

August 9, 2025 at 8:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Joey Chestnut, Minneapolis | Permalink * Comments (7)

Mo "Moh Motion" Mbengue is the first man to finish three Big Texan 72 ounce steak challenges in one day and the second person after Molly Schuyler. Unlike Molly's 2015 feat, which was accomplished in under 20 minutes, Moh took breaks between his meals.

August 8, 2025 at 9:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Amarillo, Big Texan, Mo Mbengue | Permalink * Comments (13)

Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith is the guest on the new episode of New Heights, Jason and Travis Kelce's podcast. After Smith mentions his victory in the Kelce Jam wing eating contest, Jason discusses his experience competing in the 2014 Wing Bowl and brings up Molly Schuyler's record of 501 wings for that event.

August 5, 2025 at 4:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kansas City, Male Athletes, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 22 | Permalink * Comments

Bob Shoudt has replaced Stan "Bandana Eats" van Gorden as Joey Chestnut's partner in attempting "The Land of 10,000 Calories" 23.5 pound hot dog at next Friday's Saint Paul Saints game.

August 1, 2025 at 7:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Minnesota, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments (19)

Dan Kennedy faced off against Jordan Mailata and Cam Jurgens of the Philadelphia Eagles in an Uncrustables eating contest. Jason Kelce served as coach.

July 30, 2025 at 6:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dan Kennedy, Male Athletes, Philadelphia, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Rich and Carlene LeFevre are expected to appear on tonight's episode of "America's Got Talent" at 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central on NBC. update Collider has a post about the LeFevres' appearance. They did not advance to the next round. A video of the appearance is on youtube.

July 29, 2025 at 2:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Carlene LeFevre, Rich LeFevre, Television | Permalink * Comments (4)

Joey Chestnut ate 14 banana dogs in 3 minutes to win a competition held at Saturday's Savannah Bananas game in Philadelphia. The contest was held on the field while gameplay was taking place.

July 27, 2025 at 1:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Philadelphia | Permalink * Comments

2025 Great Midwest Ribfest

July 26, 2025 at 3:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:James Webb, Minneapolis

James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship in Prior Lake, MN.

Official results (12 minutes)

1st 9.11 James Webb
2nd 2.78 Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz
3rd 2.37 Matthew Raible
4th 2.06 Andrew Krawczyk
5th 1.06 Rene Rovtar first MLE cash prize
6th 0.98 Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown
7th 0.88 Lily Krigelski
8th 0.82 Rick Lavigne

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Joey Chestnut and Stan "Bandana Eats" van Gorden will attempt the "Land of 10,000 Calories" challenge, a 6 foot hot dog weighing 23.5 pounds, at the August 8 St. Paul Saints game.

July 26, 2025 at 8:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Joey Chestnut, Minneapolis, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments (4)

Iguana's in San Jose will be closing permanently tomorrow due to the retirement of its owners. The restaurant was featured in an episode of Man v Food in which Joey Chestnut attempted the five pound "Burritozilla" challenge. Matt Stonie made a video of his final Burritozilla attempt.

July 26, 2025 at 8:23 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burritozilla, Matt Stonie, San Jose | Permalink * Comments

Takeru Kobayashi's shirt with signatures of the 2009 Nathan's Famous finalists was appraised at 300,000 Yen ($2031). Kobayashi has shaved his head.

July 25, 2025 at 8:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Kobayashi (小林尊), Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (1)

RIP Hulk Hogan. To promote the opening of his Pastamania restaurant at the Mall of America in 1995, the Hulkster faced off against Randy "Macho Man" Savage in a pasta eating contest

July 24, 2025 at 11:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

A trailer for "James Can Eat", a new documentary starring James Webb has been released. The film will be available on Amazon Prime and other platforms on August 22. I think James is the third competitive eater to have a documentary after "The Story of Furious Pete" and Crazy Legs Conti's "Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating". update July 26A clip of James discussing vomiting and the possibility of water intoxication is available.

July 23, 2025 at 7:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, James Webb, Videos | Permalink * Comments (7)

Joey Chestnut and 8 Barstool Sports personalities will attempt to consume a combined 99 hot dogs and beers at tonight's Chicago Cubs game. Joey will restrict himself solely to beverage consumption.

July 22, 2025 at 8:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (7)

Jack Legath ate 30 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in Saturday's ShuBrew hot dog eating contest at Horse Trading Days in Zelienople, PA.

July 21, 2025 at 2:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Jack Legath, Pittsburgh, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (11)

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