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Crust in Fenton, MI will hold a pie eating contest on August 12 awarding $500 to the winner.

2012 Hooters World Wing Eating Championship

update July 28 TampaBay.com and Patch.com have articles
TBO.com has a gallery
ClearwaterHag2 has a video of the pre-contest activities

update July 27 Full revised results are available inserting Pat Bertoletti and Juliet Lee at #4 and #5 which knocks Erik Denmark and Nate Biller out of the money.

1st 144 $7,500.00 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut San Jose, CA
2nd 140 $3,000.00 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan Baton Rouge, LA
3rd 131 $2,000.00 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Alexandria, VA
4th 120 $1,000.00 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti Chicago, IL not in original results
5th 119 $750.00 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee Germantown, MD not in original results
6th 115 $500.00 Tim “Gravy” Brown Chicago, IL originally listed at 119
7th 102 $250.00 “Notorious” Bob Shoudt Royersford, PA originally listed at 115
8th 88 Erik “The Red” Denmark Seattle, WA originally listed at 102
9th 85 Nate Biller originally listed at 88
10th 55 Lewis Richards from England
11th 53 Crazy Legs Conti New York City, NY about 1/3 of the 148 wings he was credited with in the qualifer
12th 21 Aasif Mandvi The Daily Show contributor, claimed wings tasted like bleach after contest

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Prince Pizzeria in Saugus, MA is holding a contest awarding a $50 gift certificate to the person guessing the top 3 in tonight's pizza eating contest. Joe Menchetti and Jamie McDonald are in the competitors list. update Joe Menchetti reports that he was the runner-up and Jamie McDonald was the winner. update July 27 ItemLive has an article and gallery (via Jamie McDonald)
Dani's House of Pizza in Queens, NY will hold a pizza eating contest on August 18 awarding $1250 ($750 to the winner). Qualifiers will be held on August 4 and 18.
The first qualifier will be held today for Hudson's Tap House (locations in Edmonton, Calgary & Saskatoon) Really Really Hot Wing Challenge. The grand prize will be a trip for two to Las Cabos, Mexico.
The Journal Sentinel has an article about Milwaukee competitive eating.
Inside Socal has an article about Naader Reda being the first person to finish the challenge at Pho Century in Upland, CA.
TNT Wings & Pizza in York, PA will hold a pizza eating contest tomorrow awarding $200 to the winner.
Dave Brunelli won the suicide wing eating contest at The Starboard in Dewey Beach, DE for the third year in a row on Sunday. Johnnie Excel also competed. the women's winner was not named.
Broadway World reports that the Fest of San Gennaro will hold its cannoli eating contest on September 13 in Little Italy in lower Manhattan.
Sara Bozich reports that Arooga's 22 in Harrisburg, PA will hold a hot dog eating contest on Friday awarding a trip to Jamaica, a spicy wing eating contest on Saturday awarding a trip to Las Vegas and a volume wing eating contest on Saturday awarding $100.
Day-Lee Foods facebook has a list of the expected entrants in the World Gyoza Eating Championship.
Rules for the burger eating contest held at HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL are available. The first prize of $1000 will go to the person who eats the most burgers in a 10 minute session from July 27 to August 12. The contest is closed to professionals and people who have won any type of previous eating contest.
The All American Diner in Delhi, India is holding a hot dog eating contest Saturday.
Joe Menchetti reports that Jack McDonald (not Jamie) defeated him at a hot dog eating contest at a Portland (Maine) Sea Dogs game.
Village Pub locations in Las Vegas are holding a rib eating contest in August awarding $2198 ($1299 to the winner). Presumably qualifiers will be held on August 4/11/18 and the finals on August 25, but that is not explicitly stated.
A press release announces that 230 Fifth in Manhattan will sell a hot dog costing $2300 with all proceeds being donated to the City Harvest charity. The rooftop bar was the site of a 2011 exhbition where Takeru Kobayashi reportedly ate 69 hot dogs.
Dani's House of Pizza in Queens announced its pizza eating contest will award $500 to the winner. (No other details are provided.)

Jamie McDonald wins Bartolini’s meatballs

update The Southtown Star has an article.

Bartolini’s faceboook page has the top four in the meatball eating contest held today in Midlothian, IL: 1) Jamie McDonald 45 meatballs
2) Tom Gilbert 43 (defending champion)
3) Bob Kuhns 32.5 meatballs
4) Frank Wach 22

Yesterday, Bob Kuhns broke Jamie McDonald’s record for the 10 pound meatball sandwich challenge. Jamie McDonald later reclaimed the record with a time of 33:26.

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HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL will hold a burger eating contest for amateurs from July 27 to August 12 awarding $1750 ($1000 to the winner).
Will Millender has the top 3 in today's hands-free watermelon eating contest held at the Public House in Manhattan: 1) "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti 2) Dave Brunelli 3) Will Millender. Johnnie Excel (who has moved to the east coast) and Pat Philbin also competed. There was a choking incident, but everyone is reportedly all right now. update July 23 Will Millender has a contest report
Eric Dahl has the top 5 from today's corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair: 1) Eric Dahl 20 2) Erik Franks 18 3) Roy Bustillo 17 4) Kevin Ross 16 5) Damon Wells 15.5 update July 23 Capital Public Radio has an article and podcast.
Farrell's facebook page has official results for the ice cream eating challenge held Sunday. For the amateur men & women, Catalina Hernandez had the fastest time for eating a "Pig's Trough" sundae (1:58).
Durbin's in Burbank, IL will hold a pizza eating contest awarding a trip for 2 to Las Vegas on August 25. A qualifier will be held in Midlothian, IL on July 25.
Eric Dahl reports that he qualified for the finals of the corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair tomorrow along with Kevin Ross, Damon Wells and 5 others.
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