Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Indiana eating challenges and contests in database)
Kilroy's on Kirkwood in Bloomington, IN will hold a hot wing eating contest on February 18 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Indiana Pacers announced that a record of 13 seconds was set for the St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail eating contests that are held during game breaks.
Hopcat will hold fry eating qualifiers at its 17 locations (mainly in the midwest, but also Port St. Lucie, FL) on January 19. Winners will receive a $500 prize package and the chance to compete for a $2000 prize in Ypsilanti, MI in July. The chain previously called its signature side dish used in the competition "crack fries", but will changing the name because it was considered insensitive to drug addicts.
The Chicago Tribune has a report on "Mommy's Little PIggy" mashed potato eating contest held as part of "A Christmas Story Comes Home" in Hammond, IN on December 15.
2018 St. Elmos Shrimp Cocktail contest
| 1st | 18.6 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | record, 11th MLE win of year |
| 2nd | 18.4 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 14.4 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 8 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 8 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 7th | 5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 8th | 3 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers |
St. Elmo Steak House has a Facebook Live video
Joey Chestnut & Geoff Esper to face off for most 2018 victories
The field for tomorrow’s World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship before the Big 10 football championship has been announced: Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper will seek the most non-qualifier MLE victories in 2018 (currently tied at 11) while Darron Breeden, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Derek Jacobs, Matt Raible and Mary Bowers will look to preserve the draw. If Mary Bowers does not pull of the upset, there will be no female winners of a mixed-gender MLE competition in 2018.
A list of all 2018 MLE non-qualifier winners sorted by name follows:
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Joey Chestnut will appear at the Kroger in Indianapolis on Thompson Road on Thursday and offer samples of his condiment line.
Brandon Clark ate 36 sausages to win $500 and defend his bratwurst title and win $500 at the Seymour, IN Oktoberfest.
The Seymour (IN) Ocktoberfest will hold a bratwurst eating contest on October 6 awarding $500/$150/$50.
Joey Chestnut will be in Carmel, IN Saturday to promote his new line of Joey Chestnut Select condiments.
2018 Indiana State Fair ice cream eating contest
update Aug 9
Articles: Indy Star | RTV6
Videos: Hungry Hazzard | Naptown Buzz | News Now | RTV6 | Crotin
Joey Chestnut Interviews: Nuvo | Colts.com (says he had a motorcyle accident which damaged his teeth)
Indiana Dairy Association gallery
| 1st | 15.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 14.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 12 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 6th | 11.25 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 7th | 11 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 7th | 11 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Matt “Sweet Tooth” Cohen | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Matthew Raible | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Meliss Klabel |
Joey Chestnut interview with Geist Magazine | WTHR.
Indianapolis Monthly has an interview with Juan "Juan More Bite" Rodriguez about competing in the ice cream eating contest at the Indiana State Fair on Sunday.
2018 Hopcat Crack Fry qualifiers
Here are the results I have for yesterday’s Crack Fry eating qualifiers held at Hopcat locations in the Midwest. Sam Pohlen was the first female to win a crack fry contest. update Ethan Teske won the Minneapolis contest.
| 2018 Jan 20 | 1st | 3.6 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Chicago, IL |
| 2018 Jan 20 | 2nd | 3.34 | Brandon Clark | Chicago, IL |
| 2018 Jan 20 | 1st | ? | Kyle “The Hammer” Hanner | Indianapolis, IN |
| 2018 Jan 20 | 1st | 1.8625 | Sam Pohlen | Grand Rapids, MI |
| 2018 Jan 20 | 1st | ? | Rob Chopp | Kalamazoo, MI |
| 2018 Jan 20 | 1st | ? | Nick Adanczyk | Kansas City, MO |
Joey Chestnut drank 12 pints of beer in under 75 seconds last night in a New Year's Eve show in Indianapolis hosted by Pat McAfee of Barstool Heartland.
2017 St. Elmo’s shrimp cocktail eating contest
Official Results (in pounds, contest duration 8 minutes)
| 1st | 10.4 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | wins for 5th year in a row |
| 2nd | 8 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 5.1 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 4th | 4.6 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 5th | 4.2 | Ivan “The Avocado” Mendoza | |
| 6th | 4 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
| 6th | 4 | Matthew Raible | |
| 8th | 3.4 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 9th | 2.4 | Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard |
The contest is expected to be livestreamed on https://www.facebook.com/stelmosteakhouse/
Registration will open Monday at noon Eastern for the World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship before the Big Ten Championship football game in Indianapolis on December 2.
Brandon "Da Disposal" Clark announces he ate 30 bratwurst in 10 minutes to set the contest record for the Seymour, IN Oktoberfest and take the first prize of $500.
Valpolife has an article about Stephanie Wu finishing the 96 ounce steak at Kelsey's in Valporaiso, IN in 41 minutes, making her the first woman to complete the challenge.
Molly Schuyler wins Arni’s Pizza contest
Results of today’s eating contests at Arni’s Pizza in Lafayette, IN from Stephanie Wu
Pro Division – # of small pizzas eaten, all prizewinners also ate 3 large pizzas, contest length 1 hour
| 1st | 8.5 | Molly Schuyler | |
| 2nd | 4 | Brandon Clark | |
| 3rd | 1.5 | Tony Mitchell | |
| 4th | 0.5 | Stephanie Wu |
Amateur Division – # of small pizzas eaten, all prizewinners also date 1 large pizza, contest length 1 hour
| 1st | 5.5 | Eric Dreifuerst | |
| 2nd | 3.5 | Steve Lancette | |
| 3rd | 3.3 | Jeremy Scott Rumpza | |
| 4th | 3.25 | Alex Lukens | |
| 5th | 3 | Raymod Carlisle |
Oktoberfest in Seymour, IN will hold a bratwurst eating contest on October 7 awarding $500/$150/$50.
Arni's Pizza will hold a pizza eating contest in Lafayette, IN on October 1 awarding $1000/$500/$300/$200/$100.
ValpoLife.com has an article about Brandon "Da Disposal" Clark finishing the 6 pound steak challenge at Kelsey's in Valparaiso, IN in 20:40, less than half of the previous record held by Randy Santel.
Miki Sudo sets MLE ice cream record at Indiana State Fair
update Aug 18 Hungry Hazzard has a video
Update Aug 14
Fox59 video | NapTown Buzz video | Indiana State Fair Facebook video | CBS4Indy article and gallery | Crowemojo video
IndyStar.com has a contest report
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 16.5 | Miki Sudo | announced as MLE ice cream record |
| 2nd | 15 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 3rd | 13 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 4th | 10.5 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 9 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 6th | 8 | Sophia Devita | |
| 6th | 8 | Matthew Raible | |
| 8th | 7.5 | Ivan “The Avocado” Mendoza | MLE debut |
| 9th | 5 | Stacy Fitzsimmons | |
| 10th | 4.5 | Marcus Feldman |
Ivan Mendoza will make his MLE debut at the contest.
Miki Sudo, Juan Rodriguez, Derek Jacobs, Brian Dudzinski and Sophia DeVita are expected to compete in the The World Ice Cream Eating Championship At The Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis on Sunday.
Registration is now open on MLE.com for the The World Ice Cream Eating Championship At The Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis on August 13.
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