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The Lopez Island Creamery in Anacortes, WA will hold a "Scooper Bowl" eating contest on February 7 awarding $400 to the four person team that can eat the most of a 2.5 gallon tub of ice cream.
The listed entrants for the Wing Bowl in Las Vegas on Saturday include Molly Schuyler, Dan Kennedy, Bob Shoudt, Jesse Pynnönen and Naader Reda. Moh Motion and Raina Huang also earned spots in a July qualifiers, but Raina will not be competing since she will be doing an event in Hawaii on that day.

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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http://wingsforwishesmiami.org">Spectator tickets are available for Wings for Wishes in Miami on March 7. Joey Chestnut is expected to compete. The competition has yet to be listed on the MLE calendar.
Island Pacific will hold its "Super Ball" fish ball eating contest in Los Angeles with amateur and professional divisions on February 7. The top prize is $1000.
Saturday's World Bagel Eating Championship in Las Vegas will be livestreamed on Triller TV. The page for the broadcast has already been set up.
Island Pacific in Elk Grove, CA will hold a polvoron eating contest on January 31 awarding $200 to the winner, $100 to the runner up.
Anglesea Ale Works in North Wildwood, NJ will hold a wing eating contest on January 31 awarding $500 to the winner.
Overtime in Bowling Green, KY will hold a hot wing eating contest on February 8 awarding $250 cash and a $250 gift card to the winner.
The Hudson Valley King of the Wings will hold three qualifiers this weekend awarding $104 and a spot in the finals on January 31, which will award $5,000 if the contest record is broken.
The Mega Night Market will hold amateur banh mi eating contests in St. Peterburg, FL on January 23, 24 and 25 awarding $250 to the winner.
Christopher "Old Guy Eats" Dale won the first prize of $400 in today's kolache eating contest at Hruska's Store & Bakery in Ellinger, TX.
Over Under Sports Bar in Dallas will hold a wing eating contest at halftime of the Super Bowl on February 8 awarding $500 to the winner.
The St. Petersburg, FL Taco & Tequila Festival will hold taco eating contests on January 17 and 18 awarding $100 to the winner.
Taste of Folly in Folly Beach, SC will hold a hot dog eating contest on January 17 awarding $250/$125/$75 to the top three.
The Wings for Wishes wing eating contest in Miami on March 7 has yet to be listed on the Major League Eating calendar, but the field has already been announced: defending champion James Webb, Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are expected to compete.
Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran will be a commentator at the Las Vegas Wing Bowl on February 7.

2026 Fat Shack 5K

The top 4 from the livestream
1 Molly Schuyler
2 Dan Kennedy
3 Scott Watkins
4 Wayne Algenio

The first 3:30 of the competition

The Fat Shack 5k will be livestreamed on Instagram and youtube today from Fort Collins, CO starting at 11:30am Mountain Time (1:30 pm Eastern)

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Mexicali Cantina in Hagerstown, MD will hold a jumbo burrito eating contest on January 24 awarding $200 to the winner.
Defending champion Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Geoff Esper, James Webb, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji and Derek Hendrickson are expected to compete in Siegel’s Bagelmania World Bagel Eating Championship in Las Vegas on January 31.
Molly Schuyler and Dan Kennedy are expected to compete at the Extreme Eating Championships Muffin World Championship at Champs Elysium in St. Petersburg, FL on January 17. The prizes for that competition will be $1250/$800/$400.
The Tap House Grill in Palatine, IL will hold a wing eating contest on January 24 awarding $250 to the winner. The runner up will receive $100.
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.
Hruska's Store & Bakery in Ellinger, TX will hold a kolache eating contest on January 17 awarding $400 to the winner. The runner up will receive a $200 gift card.
The Mega Night Market will hold amateur dim sum eating contests in Pinellas Park, FL on January 3 and 4 awarding $250 to the winner.
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