Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All District of Columbia eating challenges and contests in database)
Two letters to the editor of the Washington Post criticize the recent article about area eating challenges.
The Washington Post has a list of eating challenges in Washington, DC and northern Virginia. Sonya Thomas is listed as the sole finisher of the BGR challenge burger even though Brad Sciullo finished it a Washington Wizards game last year. (gallery)
McFadden's in Washington, DC will hold a fried pickle eating contest as part of Jersey Shore theme party on February 16. "The Unit" from MTV's Jersey Shore will attend the party.
The finals of the 2012 Washington, DC area Wing Bowl will take place on March 1 and award $2,500. Qualifiers will be held at Hard Times Cafes throughout February starting in Springfield, VA on Thursday.
A Washington Post blog has a gallery of the staff attempting to eat the 15+ pound challenge burger from BGR. The Washington Post will have an article about local food challenges on February 17.
Taste of DC Ben’s Chili Bowl contest
update Oct 13 Travel Seminar has a gallery from the chili eating contest held at A Taste of DC last Sunday.
update Oct 11 Ben’s Chili Bowl has 8 videos, including interviews with Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas.
update Oct 10 #2 NBC Washington and MyFoxDC have videos and DC.Eater.com has a gallery. The Washington Post calls fourth place finisher Sonya Thomas the runner-up.
update Oct 10 The rest of the results have been posted. Brian Seiken has a contest video and interviews with Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee. Mix 107.3 also has a contest video.
update 11:24 WTOP has an article and gallery.
update 2:05 WJLA has a gallery
update 1:35 Melissa Savoy has the top 4
1) Joey Chestnut 2 gallons
2T) Tim Janus 1.5 gallons
2T) Bob Shoudt 1.5 gallons
4) Sonya Thomas 1.25 gallons
update 1:30 Joshua R Hicks reports that Joey Chestnut won the contest with a total of 2 gallons of chili (16 pounds).
The contest is expected to start at 12:35 eastern. Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Juliet Lee, Micah Collins, Crazy Legs Conti, Brian Subich, Maria “Edible”, Brian Dudzinski, Bill Myers, Brian Seiken, Andrew Kossuth, Tim Connelley (amateur) and Andrew Petrick (amateur) are expected to compete.
I think this will be the first IFOCE non-qualifier contest on the east coast between Palm Beach and Atlantic City since the funnel cake eating contest at Kings Dominion in Virginia in May 2009.
In a Washingtonian interview, Sonya Thomas said that she thinks it will take 15 pounds or more to win Sunday's chili eating contest at A Taste of DC. She also said that she has no plans to retire. update WMAL has a radio interview of Sonya Thomas about the chili contest.
The Washingtonian interviewed Joey Chestnut about competing in Sunday's chili eating contest at the Taste of DC Festival. (An interview with Sonya Thomas will be posted tomorrow.)
A WJLA article about Ben's Chili Bowl Eating contest mentions Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee (but does not explicitly say that they are expected to compete.) update Sept 30 Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Juliet Lee, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Crazy Legs Conti and Brian Subich and others are listed as entrants.
Registration will open tomorrow at 11 am on IFOCE.com for the World Chili Eating Championship to be held at the Taste of DC Festival on October 9. A qualifier for amateurs will take place on October 8.
Jay Gorman won a wing eating contest held in Washington, DC this evening (Mike Longo was the runner-up) (contest video) and Will Millender won a wing eating contest held in Brooklyn.
The Capitol Lounge in Washington, DC will hold a wing eating contest on Tuesday awarding a prize package with a reported value of $600.
Hurricane Irene cancellations
The following eating contests have been cancelled or postponed due to Hurricane Irene:
- Sticky Fingers cupcake eating contest, Washington, DC
- Johnny Law Dogs hot dog eating contest, Lancaster County & South Central PA food truck
Blount Clam Shack clam eating contest, Warren, RI
The Star and Shamrock Tavern & Deli in Washington, DC will hold a hot dog eating contest on August 20 awarding a trip to Coney Island for a tour of Shmaltz Brewing Company. Qualifiers will be held on August 15, 16 & 17.
BWFPR has videos of the eating contests held by Z-Burger in Washington, DC (28:31) and White Marsh, MD
Sonya Thomas' appearance on NBC4 this afternoon can be viewed online on NBC Washington.
Dale Boone & Furious Pete almost come to blows at Z-Burger contest
update July 5 BrightestYoungThings and DC Metromix have been posted.
update July 2 NBCWashington has a video MyFoxDC has an article and video and WUSA9 has a slideshow
update WJLA has an article and NBC Washington and Snark Infested have galleries.
WTOP reports that Dale Boone and “Furious” Pete Czerwinski almost came to blows at a contest held at Z-Burger in Washington, DC today after Czerwinksi accused Boone of cheating. Czerwinski defeated Boone in overtime.
The top 5 from Mike Longo
1) Pete Czerwinski
2) Dale Boone
3) Joe Menchetti
4) Jay Gorman
5T) Mike Longo
5T) Harshey
DQ David Brunelli, ate the most during the contest
Z-Burger has placed a craigslist request for Z-Girls who will welcome guests and keep track of the numbers of burgers eaten at the July 1 burger eating contest in Washington, DC. The "Burgerettes" will receive $45 and a free lunch.
ZBurger.net announces two upcoming burger eating contests. A June 30 contest in Nottingham, MD will award $2050 in cash and $950 in Z-Burger tokens and a July 1 contest in Washington, DC will award $3400 in cash and $2150 in Z-Burger tokens.
Z Burger announces its third Independence Burger Eating Championship will take place on July 1. Last year's contest awarded over $5,000.
Hot N Juicy Crawfish in Washington, DC will hold a crawfish eating contest tomorrow awarding $350 in cash & gift cards ($200 to the winner).
On Tap Magazine has a video of the Washington, DC area Wing Bowl.
Jamie "Garbage Disposal" Jill repeated as the winner of the Washington, DC area Wing Bowl with a total of 92 wings (On Tap gallery)
The Third Edition in Georgetown, Washington, DC will hold a Super Bowl party with a "Ladies of DC Wing Eating Contest" awarding $300 to the winner.
WUSA9 has an article about the Washington, DC area Wing Bowl which is closed to professional competitive eaters like last year's contest.
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