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Irish 31 Pub House & Eater will hold a "Guinness Car Bomb" wing eating contest tonight awarding $250 to the winner.
Registration is now open for two Nathan's qualifiers at MLB ballparks next month: Miami Marlins (April 15) & St. Louis Cardinals April 28.

Carmen Cincotti conquers croquetas

<>update March 15 Carme Cincotti has a video

Update March 14 Nate Figueroa has a video

The Miami Herald reports that Joey Chestnut dropped out due to illness at the last minute.

Carnaval Miami croqueta results (Part 1 | Part 2)

1) Carmen Cincotti 158
2) Geoff Esper 144
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 92
4) Michelle Lesco 90
5) Nate Figueroa 80
6) Erik Denmark 74
7) Victor Aldrich 10

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El Nuevo Herald has the field for Sunday's croqueta eating contest in Miami: Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Geoff Esper, Gideon Oji, Adrian Morgan, Michelle Lesco and Erik Denmark.
The BBC World Service has a feature about Miki Sudo competing in the Orlando Chili Cookoff last month. She says that an injury hurt her training for that competition.
An amateur croqueta contest awarding $300/$150/$50 will take place before the MLE competition on Sunday at Calle Ocho in Miami.
Ginormous Food will record at three Atlanta area restaurants next week from February 28 to March 2. update Columbia, Charleston and Jacksonville will also be visited.

2017 Orlando Chili challenge

A birthday cake eating contest does not appear on Palm Beach Outlets events calendar. A MLE event was held at that location the previous two Februaries.
Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Miki Sudo, Geoff Esper, Gideo Oji, Badlands Booker and Nate Biller are expected to compete in the World Chili Eating Challenge in Orlando Saturday.
Registration will open today for the first Nathan's qualifier of 2017 at Germain Arena in Estero, FL on March 25. update Registration is also open for a San Antonio qualifier on March 18.
A croqueta eating contest in Miami awarding $3,500 has been added to the MLE calendar for March 12. Registration will open Monday.
The Florida Key Lime Pie Festival will hold a pie eating contest in Cocoa Beach, FL awarding $250/$150/$100 on January 14. The contest organizer says he will change the details each year and not publicize them until the start of the competition.
A clip about the Terminator breakfast challenge at Shelby's in Deerfield Beach, FL (now closed) has been seen over 34 million times according to the Food Network's facebook page (via Compeating.com.au)
MLE's contest page has been updated with the World Chili Eating Challenge in Orlando on February 18, 2017. Registration will open December 9. update There will also be a chili eating contest at the Spirit of Texas Fest in College Station, TX on March 4.
PizzeRizzo in Disney World's Hollywood Studios created a "hall of fame" for a fictional pizza eating contest.
Sparks Magazine has an interview with Nate Figueroa about his competitive eating hobby.
Polish national Waldemar Wojtczak was discovered to have ingested 53 pellets containing cocaine at Miami International Airport. The sacks contained over a pound of the illegal drug.
Nate Figueroa ate 41 tacos in 20 minutes on Taco Day Tuesday at Agave in Fort Lauderdale to win the first prize of a 32 inch TV.
Burger Craze in Deerfield Beach, FL will hold a slider eating contest on September 28 awarding a 2 night stay in Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort.
The University of Florida student paper has an article about Michael Jenkins' victory in a pho eating contest held at Taste Pho and Noodle House in Gainesville, FL last night. He ate 9 lbs. and 1.9 oz in 15 minutes to take the first prize of $300.

Dave Barry on cockroach contest fatality

Humorist Dave Barry has a column for the Wall Street Journal about his home state of Florida which includes the following account of a 2012 bug eating competition:
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Taste Pho & Noodle House in Gainesville, FL will hold a pho eating contest on September 1 awarding $300 to the winner. Entrants will need to qualify.
Cookout on the Bay will hold a Grace Patty eating contest in West Palm Beach, FL on September 4 awarding $1000 to the winner. Qualifiers will be held on August 27 and September 3.
Chelsey Novak won $2000 in an ice cream eating contest for models held yesterday in Hollywood Beach, FL.
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