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Michael Jenkins won the first prize of $500 in a taco eating contest held Wednesday at Social Distance Bar & Grill in Satellite Beach, FL.
Darron Breeden broke Raina Huang's house record for the ramen challenge at Temple Street Eatery in Fort Lauderdale. George Chiger also completed the challenge.

2021 Sweet Corn Fiesta

update Full results

1st 57 Gideon Oji defends 2019 title
2nd 52 Darron Breeden
3rd 39 Crazy Legs Conti
4th 32 George Chiger
5th 20 Jocelyn Walker
6th 18 Katie Prettyman
7th 17 Alex “Moose” Perez
8th 12 Rene Rovtar

The contest ended about two hours ago. I have yet to find any results. The PR Czar has a facebook gallery of the competition.

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Nick Wehry has posted the field for Sunday's contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL: defending champion Gideon Ojj, Darron Breeden, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Alex Perez and others.
Randy Santel and Katina Eats Kilos will face off against military members at Helen Back Pizza in Fort Walton Beach, FL on Monday.
Last month's Draft Kings Big Game Snackdown is the topic of episode 116 of Fink Beats the Stomach. Episode 115, in which the hosts talked about their malaise with the current state of competitive eating, has been deleted.
Michael Jenkins defended his Super Mega Corn Dog Eating Contest title at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City, FL. He does not have the longest streak at that event, Cortney Greeson won the Strawberry Spaghetti Eating Contest for the third year in a row.
Randy Santel and Katina DeJarnett did an interview for WKMG's Florida Foodie podcast.
YourSun.com has a report on Randy Santel and Jack Diamond attempting the 12 pound TQ Titan Torta food challenge for two person teams at Taqueria Queretaro in Arcadia, FL.
Registration opens Friday for the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL on April 25. The purse is $2500/$1500/$1000/$600/$300/$200.
Fox13News has a video about Randy Santel and Katina DeJarnett attempting a 4 foot sandwich at Richie Cheesesteak in Spring Hill, FL. sThe challenge will award $200 to a pair that completes it. (youtube video)
The 2021 Florida Strawberry Festival will hold its traditional slate of eating contests in Plant City, FL: March 5 Amish Donuts | March 8 Strawberry Spaghetti | March 10 Super Mega Corn Dog | March 11 Strawberry Shortcake | March 12 Strawberry Mashed Potato Pie.
Darron Breeded posted a video of the grilled cheese challenge at Fo Cheezy Twisted Meltz in St. Pete Beach, FL he attempted with George Chiger. He says the restaurant reneged on the $50 reward they would receive if the challenge was completed.
The Sweet Corn Fiesta currently plans to have an in-person event in West Palm Beach, FL on April 25. Previous festivals held a MLE corn eating contest.
Darron Breeden's girlfriend Caroline Freeman produced a vlog of their trip to Tampa for the Draft Kings Big Game Snackdown.

2021 Draft Kings Big Game Snackdown

Foods: pepperoni pizza, chili, pigs in blanket, eight-layer dip, cheese balls, boneless chicken wings, sub sandwich, Jalapeno poppers.

Official results
1 Geoff Esper 5:43 completion time
2 Joey Chestnut 7:32
3 Nick Wehry 7:59
4 Darron Breeden Stage 8 (15 poppers eaten)
5 Gideon Oji Stage 8 (8 poppers eaten)
6 Michelle Lesco Stage 6 (12 wings eaten)

George Chiger beat Matt Hazzard in the the Cheese Whiz undercard

The pregame show has started on Draft Kings youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91VvvseKFT4. They are currently interviewing Joey Chestnut. The contest is scheduled to start at 4:30 pm Eastern.

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The Draftkings Big Game Snackdown undercard will feature George Chiger vs. Matt Hazzard in a spray cheese chugging contest. Badlands Booker was originally expected to compete, but withdrew.
The current field for the Draft Kings Big Game Snack Down in Tampa on February 7 is Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji and Michelle Lesco after Miki Sudo will miss the competition due to her pregnancy. It is interesting that Matt Stonie is not expected to compete after his victory in the previous Draft Kings event, a Halloween candy eating contest.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry announced that they have moved from Connecticut to Florida, most likely the Tampa Bay area.
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.
Raina Huang will attempt to eat the entire Taco Bus menu, including a 2.5 pound El Jefe burrito, in Clearwater Beach, FL on November 29.
Flasback May 1997: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore serves as a judge for a Nathan's qualifier held in Boca Raton, FL. She would receive national publicity three years later due to the "butterfly ballot" controversy following the 2000 Florida presidential election.
Andrew Martin wrote an article for SportsRaid about outfielder Ping Bodie facing off against an ostrich in a spaghetti eating contest held at the New York Yankees training camp in Jacksonville, FL on April 3, 1919. He does not believe the competition was fatal for the bird, as some accounts have described.
Juan-A-Taco in New Port Richey, FL will hold a taco eating contest on October 4 awarding $200 to the winner.
Gatorland in Orlando held a humans vs. alligators wing eating contest yesterday in honor of National Chicken Wing Day.
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