United States eating challenges and contests category

On March 2, Andrew Dou from Champaign, IL finished the 26 inch pizza challenge at West Main Pizza in Jefferson City, MO and claimed a $2700 jackpot. The new unclaimed jackpot is currently up to $1650.
The Boudin Festival in Scott, LA will hold an amateur sausage eating contest on April 11 awarding $500/$250/$100 to the top three.
Registration is open for the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship in West Palm Beach, FL on April 26.
Lloyd Taco Factory in Buffalo will hold a burrito eating contest on April 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Route 66 Mother Road Festival will hold a MLE Cozy Dog eating contest in Springfield, IL on September 26.
Bam Adebayo scored 83 points for the Miami Heat tonight, the second highest total in NBA history (only surpassed by Wilt Chamberlains's 100 points). In 2019, he faced off against Takeru Kobayashi in a burger eating contest for charity.
The Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN will hold a slawburger eating contest on April 18 awarding $500 to the top male and female.

2026 Wings for Wishes

Full results are on the MLE Instagram

1st 221 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 176 James Webb
3rd 163 Nick Wehry
4th 125 Miki Sudo
5th 115 Gideon Oji
6th 62 Jacob Williams
7th 61 Steven Farlow
8th 50 Brad Barker
9th 35 Luke Sobieraj

James Webb is doing a live video

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Registration is open for the Mass Hole's Marathon Donut Eating World Championship in Medford, MA on April 18. This will be the first Major League Eating contest in Massachusetts since 2018.
The Hot Slaw Festival in Cleveland, TN will hold a Slaw Dog eating contest on April 11 awarding $500 to the winner.
Extreme Eating Championships will hold a cake eating contest at the USA FitFest in Tampa on April 4.
The Revel in Frisco, TX will hold a crawfish eating contest on March 15 awarding $750 to the winner.
The Sun-Sentinel has a interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in Saturday's Wings for Wishes wing eating contest in South Miami.
The Texas Country Reporter Fest will hold a Prairie Dog eating contest in Grand Prairie, TX on March 28 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Z Burger in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, DC has closed. The restaurant has been the site of one of the major non-MLE eating contests since 2009.
KOMU has an article about the 26 inch pizza challenge at West Main Pizza in Jefferson City, MO. The jackpot for the challenge has reached $1,500.
The University of Florida in Gainesville has an article about the Lettuce Club at the college. Jennifer Rodriguez Perez ate a head of lettuce in 2:42 to win the contest.
KEZJ has an article about Randy Santel's food challenge trip in southern Idaho. He attempted the Train Wreck breakfast challenge at the Depot Grill in Twin Falls, ID twice in one session.
The Fulton, TX Oysterfest will hold an oyster eating contest for men on March 7 and a competition for women on March 8. Both contests will award $200/$100/$50 to the top 3.
I Luv Pho in Kennesaw, GA will hold the Master Pho challenge on February 28. The winner will receive an iPhone 17 Pro Max and 2nd and 3rd place will receive $500 and $200 gift cards. The winner will also receive a spot in a finals competition that will award $10,000.
The Los Angeles Dodgers held a team wing eating contest yesterday. They also held wing eating contests during spring training in 2024 and 2025 and won the World Series both years. The Dodgers official social media asked their players what food they would choose for an eating contest.
Island Pacific Market will hold lumpia eating contests in Las Vegas on March 7, Temecula, CA on March 14 and Elk Grove, CA on March 21. Each competition will award $500 to the winner and $200 to the runner up.
Registration is finally open for Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship to be held in Miami on March 7.
Fairplay in San Diego will hold a hot dog eating conteston February 19 awarding $200/$100/$50 to the top three.
The team of Tim "Gravy" Brown and Teddy Delacruz ate 22 paczkis in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $200 in Saturday's eating contest at Bennison's Bakery in Evanston, IL.
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