Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Indiana eating challenges and contests in database)
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.
The Indianapolis Star has an article about Jug Eckert eating 102 White Castle sliders to win a $1000 bet some time during the mid-1970 containing a quote from Joey Chestnut.
Joey Chestnut 4-peats St. Elmo’s Shrimp contest
Contest video on St. Elmo’s facebook
Joey Chestnut has won the contest for the fourth year in a row with a record total of 15 pounds.
Official results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 15 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 14.25 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 3rd | 10.1 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 10 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 5.33 | Matthew Raible | |
| 6th | 5 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
| 7th | 4.75 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 8th | 4.5 | Matt “Sweet Tooth” Cohen | |
| 9th | 3.5 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz |
Joey Chestnut responded to reader comments in this indystar.com video
Previous winners
| 2015 Dec 5 | 1st | 12.25 | 8 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship | Indianapolis, IN |
| 2014 Dec 6 | 1st | 10.42 | 8 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship | Indianapolis, IN |
| 2013 Dec 7 | 1st | 9.25 | 8 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship | Indianapolis, IN |
IndyStar has an interview with Joey Chestnut about defending his St. Elmo Steak House Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship Saturday in Indianapolis where he will face off against Carmen Cincotti.
CentralVoiceOnline.com has an article about the competitive eating career of Dillan Gibbons, a high school offensive linemane who has committed to play football at Notre Dame.
Bob Shoudt wins Arni’s pizza
Results from today’s pizza eating contest at Arni’s in Lafayette, IN
| 1st | 11 | $1,000.00 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | Royersford, PA | 1 large pizza & 10 small ones |
| 2nd | ? | $500.00 | Teddy Delacruz | Wood Dale, IL | |
| 3rd | ? | $300.00 | Eric Dreifuerst | ||
| 4th | ? | $200.00 | Raymond Maas | ||
| 5th | ? | $100.00 | Steve Lancette | ||
| 6th | ? | Derek Jacobs |
Oktoberfest in Seymour, IN will hold a bratwurst eating contest on October 1 awarding $500/$150/$50.
Arni's Pizza in Lafayette, IN will hold an eating contest on September 25 awarding $1000/$500/$300/$200/$100.
Emily Glamb wrote a report for Spoon University: Purdue about her attempt at the Mini Monster challenge at Silver Dipper in West Lafayette, IN containing 42 mini-scoops.
Frank Wach won today's "Mommy's Little Piggy" mashed potato eating contest held at the "A Christmas Story" Comes Home event in Hammond, IN.
The Telegraph has a report on Kyle Hanner winning the fruitcake eating contest at Santa's Candy Castle in Santa Claus, IN for the third yaear in a row.
2015 St. Elmo’s shrimp cocktail eating contest
WISH-TV has an article and gallery (youtube)
Fox59 has a video
| 1st | 12.25 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | new record |
| 2nd | 7.42 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 6 | Yasir Salem | |
| 4th | 5.5 | Steve Hendry | |
| 5th | 4.75 | Matthew Raible | |
| 6th | 3.5 | Tracy Goode | announced as final MLE contest |
| 7th | 2.67 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | ? | Jeremy “PhilosoFonzie” Ildefonso | did not finish |
update Joey Chestnut ate a record 12.25 pounds in 8 minutes.
Joey Chestnut appeared on RadioNOW and WIBC to promote the contest.
Kyle Hanner will attempt to win the fruitcake eating contest at Santa's Candy Castle in Santa Claus, IN tomorrow for the third year in a row. WWE legend Mick Foley will not return, but an unnamed bigger celebrity is promised.
NUVO has an interview with Joey Chestnut about defending his St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail title in Indianapolis on Saturday. Interestingly, no mention is made of Matt Stonie's 2015 dominance. update The interview was from 2014.
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