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Naader Reda ate a 5 pound Axle burrito in 11 minutes at Taco Station in Riverside, CA yesterday to win the first prize of $200. April 27, 2025 at 5:49 pm by
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Visalia, CA Harley Davidson will hold a hot dog eating contest on April 24 awarding $250 to the winner. April 23, 2025 at 11:51 pm by
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Topanga Social in Los Angeles will hold a tater tot eating contest on April 6 awarding $1000 to the winner. Raina Huang is expected to compete. At the last Topanga Social contest in August, Scott Eats was locked out of the competition after he had arrived from British Columbia, so traveling a long distance to this event may not be wise. April 1, 2025 at 10:21 pm by
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March 28, 2025 at 9:59 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, District of Columbia, Harrisburg, Hartford, Kansas City, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Oakland
Registration is now open for 6 Nathan’s qualifiers:
May 10 Bristol, CT
June 5 Parma, OH
June 7 Shawnee, KS
June 14 Pleasanton, CA
June 21 Hershey Park, PA
June 21 Washington, DC
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Busby's West in Santa Monica will hold a hot dog eating contest on March 27 for Dodgers opening day that will award $300 to the winner. March 14, 2025 at 10:25 am by
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Tom's Chiliburgers will hold a chili cheese dog eating contest in Ontario, CA on March 22 awarding $400 to the winner, $200 to the runner up. March 5, 2025 at 11:39 am by
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Island Pacific will hold 3 lumpia eating contests in March: March 8 in Las Vegas, March 15 in Santa Clarita, CA and March 22 in Union City, CA. Competitions will have amateur and professional divisions and award up to $500. February 25, 2025 at 7:34 am by
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Millbrae, CA Downtown will hold indomie eating contests on Saturday and Sunday this weekend awarding a 10th generation iPad to the winner and a 50 inch LG TV to the runner up. January 24, 2025 at 5:16 pm by
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Island Pacific Market will hold its "Superball" fish ball eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner in Los Angeles on February 8. January 16, 2025 at 2:15 am by
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PasadenaNow.com reports that the Beef Bowl, a steak eating contest held at Lawry's in Beverly Hills, CA, for members of Rose Bowl teams did not take place before today's game as a result of the new 12 team college football playoff format. The event was held every year from 1956 to 2023 except for Covid cancellations in 2020 and 2021. (Reddit thread about the termination) January 1, 2025 at 4:37 pm by
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Joey Chestnut did interviews with the San Diego Union Tribune and Times of San Diego to promote his appearance as the Grand Marshal of the Holiday Bowl. He plans to defend his title at Siegel's Bagelmania in Las Vegas in February. December 28, 2024 at 1:53 am by
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Joey Chestnut has been named the Honorary Chairman at the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on December. He will also serve as "Chief Egg Nog Official" and oversee dousing the winning coach in egg nog. It is not clear if he will perform an eating exhibition or contest at the event. December 12, 2024 at 11:43 pm by
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The Patches and Pins Expo will hold a taco eating contest in Santa Ana, CA on Friday, December 13 awarding $200 to the winner. December 10, 2024 at 11:58 am by
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The 909 open market will hold a pie eating contest tomorrow in Pomona, CA awarding a smart TV. November 15, 2024 at 9:28 am by
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Scott Eats ate 25 donuts in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 at the Donut Fun Run in Alameda, CA on October 19. October 29, 2024 at 6:22 pm by
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Joey Chestnut will attend the Ocean Beach, CA Oktoberfest tomorrow. He will be the toastmaster for an event sponsored by Jagermeister that will attempt to set a Guinness record for the most people toasting simultaneously. October 11, 2024 at 8:53 pm by
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The Donut Fun Run will hold a donut eating contest in Alameda, CA on October 19 awarding $1,000 to the winner. October 7, 2024 at 10:45 pm by
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Black Oak Casino Resort in Tuolumne, CA will hold a hot dog eating contest on October 5 awarding $250/$150/$100. October 3, 2024 at 8:44 am by
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Raina Huang will do a ramen eating contest at DTLA Ramen in Los Angeles on September 11. September 6, 2024 at 8:58 am by
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The Cilantro Lime Burrito Eating Contest at Topanga Social in Los Angeles will award $1,000 to the winner on August 17. Raina Huang is expected to compete. August 6, 2024 at 1:37 am by
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The 909 Night Market will hold a hot dog eating contest in Pomona, CA on July 28 awarding $100 and a flat screen TV July 24, 2024 at 12:53 am by
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The California State Fair in Sacramento has dropped its corn dog eating contest which paid out $6100. July 19, 2024 at 8:26 am by
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June 15, 2024 at 5:24 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Results, Derek Hendrickson, Oakland
update June 18 Results with full names are on the MLE contest page. Dan Downey has a contest video
Full results have been posted without full names:
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Raina Huang ate 33 tacos in 5 minutes to win Sunday's taco eating contest at All Season Brewing in Los Angeles. May 6, 2024 at 1:55 am by
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