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The Major League Eating youtube channel is scheduled to show the Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship on Saturday, its first contest livestream.
Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Gideon Oji are expected to compete at the World Famous Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship at the Big Ten Fan Fest in Indianapolis on December 6.
Ale Emporium will hold a MLE-sanctioned World Famous Hermanaki Wing Eating Contest at Big Ten Fan Fest in Indianapolis on December 6. It was not stated if this will replace the tradtional St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail eating contest that has been held at the event.
The Frankfort, IN Hot Dog Festival will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 26 awarding $1000 to the winner.
2025 Uranus Fudge contest
A live video of today’s Intergalactic Eating Uranus Fudge Galactic Championship in Anderson, IN has started.
Official results (8 minutes)
| 1st | 9.125 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 2nd | 9 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 6.625 | Tanner Gray | |
| 4th | 3.875 | Peter Ritter | |
| 5th | 3.25 | John Gora | |
| 6th | 2.75 | Matthew Raible | |
| 7th | 2.5 | Mason Bauer | |
| 7th | 2.5 | Jonathan Reed | |
| 9th | 2.125 | Zach Zona | |
| 10th | 1.125 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 10th | 1.125 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 0.75 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado |
The field: Jonathan Reed, John Gora (?), Mason Bower, Peter Ritter, Elizabeth Salgado, Zach Zona, Tanner Gray, Cherish Brown, Rene Rovtar, Matt Raible, Nick Wehry, Pat Bertoletti
Registration is now open for the Eating Uranus Fudge Galactic Championship in Anderson, IN on March 29.
2024 St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Contest
update Fox 59 article | WTHR video
update Dec 13 The Pat McAfee show did a segment about encountering Joey Chestnut after the contest
| 1st | 21 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | new record |
| 2nd | 14 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 11.2 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 10.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 8.2 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 7.3 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 4.5 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | 2.9 | Mark Enstrom |
St. Elmo facebook plans to livestream the contest starting at 3:30 pm Eastern
Announced results (8 minutes)
1 Joey Chestnut 21 pounds
2 Pat Bertoletti 14 pounds
3 Miki Sudo 11 pounds
Joey Chestnut has apparently reconciled with Major League Eating. He appeared on WISH and Fox59 this morning to promote Saturday's St. Elmo shrimp cocktail eating contest in Indianapolis. If Joey competes, it would be his first MLE contest since May. Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are also expected to compete. update Joey confirmed he will compete on the Fox 59 morning news. Geoff Esper and Pat Bertoletti are also expected to compete. update On the Bob & Tom Show, Joey says says he has yet to reconcile with Nathan's Famous and is not sure if he will compete to regain his title on July 4. He also hinted at a possible Unfinished Beef II matchup vs. Takeru Kobayashi in Tokyo.
The current weather forecast for Indianapolis on December 7 is high 32 F / low 22 F. This might make it the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship the coldest event in Major League Eating history.
Registration is now open for the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship at Big Ten Tailgate Town before the Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis on December 7.
Joey Chestnut faced off against two Indiana University students in a corn eating contest televised on Big Noon Kickoff before today's game against the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers.
2024 Jack’s Donut hole eating contest
Official results (8 minutes):
| 1st | 350 | James Webb | new record |
| 2nd | 317 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 285 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 209 | Valentin Ferrer | |
| 5th | 182 | Tanner Gray | |
| 6th | 118 | Michael “Mailman” Doolin | |
| 7th | 88 | Matthew Raible | |
| 8th | 82 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 9th | 75 | John Gebhard | |
| 10th | 60 | Tracy Goode | |
| 11th | 53 | Rene Rovtar |
James Webb has started a live video of the contest
Joey Chestnut did a White Castle eating contest at a 50th birthday party in Indianapolis and ate 42 sliders in 3 minutes.
Registration is now open for the Jack's Donuts World Donut Hole Eating Championship to be held in New Castle, IN on May 24.
Joey Chestnut will judge a Moon Pie eating contest held during Westfield, Indiana's Solar Eclipse festivities on April 8.
In his latest video, Young Mantis and Joey Chestnut both attempt a single Big Ugly Burger challenge at Bub's Burgers in Carmel, IN. Joey says he wants to return and break James Webb's house record of 6 Big Ugly Burgers.
2023 St. Elmo’s Shrimp Cocktail contest
| 1st | 16.7 | Geoffrey Esper | defends title |
| 2nd | 16 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 15 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 12.8 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 11.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 5 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
| 7th | 4.5 | Mark Enstrom | |
| 8th | 2.4 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
St. Elmo’s is running a live video of the contest
Nick Wehry announced he intends to compete in Saturday's St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail eating contest in Indianapolis along with Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo and Alex "Moose" Perez.
Registration is now open for the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship that will be held before the Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis on December 2.
The Seymour, IN Oktoberfest has dropped its bratwurst eating contest. Last year's contest awarded $500/$150/$50.
Current has an interview with James Webb eating six Big Ugly Burgers at Bub's in Carmel, IN on May 25 to break a record previously held by Eli Lessig.
Geoff Esper defends Jack’s Donut hole title
update Contest video by 5 after 5 Studios
update May 28 Video by James Webb
Official results from tonight’s Jack’s Donuts Donut Hole Eating Championship in New Castle, IN
| 1st | 344 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 310 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 308 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 295 | James Webb | |
| 5th | 266 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 217 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 7th | 191 | Mo Mbengue | |
| 8th | 133 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 9th | 94 | Michael Doolin | |
| 10th | 92 | John Gebhard | |
| 11th | 43 | Rene Rovtar |
Nick Wehry announced that he, Joey Chestnut, defending champ Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo and James Webb are expected to compete in Jack's Donuts donut hole eating contest in New Castle, IN on May 26.
On today's episode of Indy Now on Fox 59, it was announced that Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper will compete in Jack's Donut Holes Eating Championship in New Castle, IN on May 26.
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