Three random Miami eating challenges
| big sundae | The Great Wall | Walls Old Fashioned Ice Cream | Miami, FL | |
| 30 in. pizza | 30 Inch Pizza | Steve's Pizza West | Miami, FL | for three person teams |
| 1.25 lb. burger | Super Godzilla Challenge | Cine-It Burger & Grill | Pinecrest, FL | burger has 5 patties, 5 cheeses & four topping, must also eat family size fries |
Geoff Esper wins Wings for Wishes, Joey Chestnut 4th
Official Results of today’s Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship in Miami (10 minutes):
1 Geoff Esper 192
2 Nick Wehry 166.4
3 Miki Sudo 160
4 Joey Chestnut 108.8
5T Crazy Legs Conti 57.6
5T Marcos from Only in Dade 57.6
7 Jay Ruppert 44.8
Sports Grill South Miami will hold a qualifier for the MLE Wings for Wishes contest on March 23.
Nick Wehry has posted the field for the April 2 Wings for Wishes contest in Miami which includes Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, George Chiger, Gideon Oji and Badlands Booker.
The Calle Ocho Music Festival will not hold a croqueta eating contest in Miami this weekend. The 2020 competition was the first MLE event to be cancelled by Covid-19.
Registration opened today on majorleagueeating.com for the Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship to be held in Miami on April 2. Prizes are $2000/$1000/$500/$350/$100/$50.
Nate Figueroa produced a video of his attempt at the 30 inch pizza challenge at Steve's Pizza in Miami. His teammates were Joel Hansen and Dan Kennedy.
Former Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula, who has the most wins in NFL history with 347, passed away at the age of 90. His chain of steakhouses probably had the most famous 48 ounce steack challenge in the USA.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson lead the list of "Five Five Miami Celebrities Who Could Hold Their Own in Competitive Eating" posted by the Miami New Times.
Registration is now open for the MLE croqueta contest to be held at Carnaval Miami March 15. There will also be an amateur contest.
Carnaval Miami will hold a MLE croqueta eating contest as part of El Croquetazo on March 15.
Takeru Kobayashi ate 20 BurgerFi burgers in five minutes in Pinecrest, FL today to defeat a team consisting of Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, former NBA guard Walter Bond and former Miami Hurricane defensive lineman Russell Maryland, who combined for 9 burgers. BurgerFi will donate $5000 to Feeding South Florida for every burger eaten. (Kobayashi podcast on the Hochman & Crowder show).
Nate Figueroa ate 9 burgers in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in Saturday's Miami New Times Burgerfest Burger Throwdown.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear at the Burger Fi in Pinecrest, FL September 18 and face off against current and former pro athletes in a burger eating contest.
The Wild Fork Foods Burger Throwdown at the New Times Burger Fest in Miami Beach will award $500 to the winner on September 14.
Sandbar in Miami will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $250 to the winner.
Sandbar Sports Grill in Coconut Grove, Miami has a request for a challenger to face off against strongman Eddie Hall in a five pound burrito eating contest on May 11.
Brandon Clark defends Bodega taco title
Brandon “Da Garbage Disposal” Clark ate 24 tacos in 10 minutes to defend his title at Bodega in Miami Beach and win $1000.
Bodega in Miami will hold a taco eating contest on May 5 awarding $1000 to the winner.
2019 Miami Marlins qualifier
Official results. This might be the first time women have taken 3 of the top 5 overall places in a Nathan’s qualifier.
| 1st | 27.25 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 2nd | 26 | Brett Healey | |
| 3rd | 8 | Brian Roselar | |
| 4th | 7.75 | Mike Anderson | |
| 5th | 7 | Jason Ruppert | |
| 6th | 5 | Richard Rusak |
| 1st | 11.5 | Kelly Wong | |
| 2nd | 10.5 | Doris Garcia | |
| 3rd | 8.5 | Tracie Dickerson | |
| 4th | 4 | Brittany Broder |
Pablo Martinez, Brett Healey, Jay Ruppert and Tracie Tiburon are expected to compete.
George Shea did an interview on the Hochman & Crowder Show yesterday (starts 14:30) about today's Nathan's qualifier at the Miami Marlins ballpark (Pablo Martinez is the only mentioned competitor). The most intersting part of the interview is about the documentary "The Good, The Bad, The Hungry", premiering at the Tribeca Films Festival Friday, which the MLE commissioner says portrays him as a villain.
2019 Carnaval Miami croqueta eating contest
| 1st | 185 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 140 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 108 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 101 | Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran | |
| 5th | 85 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 64 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 6th | 64 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 8th | 28 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 9th | 27 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 10th | 20 | Tracie Dickerson |
Amateur contest results from Michael Jenkins (5 minutes)
1) Joel Hansen 87
2) Michael Jenkins 46
3) Jay Figueroa 33
Katie Prettyman’s live stream
The Miami Herald has a column about the disclamier that entrants in Sunday's croqueta eating contests are required to sign with quotes from Joey Chestnut.
Joey Chestnut appeared on the Hochman and Crowder show yesterday to promote Sunday's croqueta eating contest in Miami.
A press release announces that Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran is expected to make his MLE debut at the World Championship Croqueta-Eating to be held during El Croquetazo At Calle Ocho Music Festival in Miami on March 10. Other expected entrants include Joey Chestnut, Darron Breeden, Adrian Morgan, George Chiger, Matt Hazzard, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Katie Prettyman, Tracie Dickerson and Jocelyn Walker.
Registration is now open for the croqueta eating contest at Croquetoza in Miami on March 10, which will probably be the first MLE contest of 2019.
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