Upcoming Boston eating contests
Boston eating challenges
(All Boston eating challenges and contests in database)
McGreevy's has more information about its wing eating contest for five person teams. Qualifiers will be held in Boston on the last Thursday of every month starting on October 25. The finals on February 22, 2013 will award $500 and 3 day - 2 night trips to Las Vegas.
McGreevey's in Boston is holding a wing eating contest for four person teams awarding a trip to Las Vegas and $500. A qualifier will be held on October 25.
Pete Davekos wins Phantom Gourmet tacos
update Oct 1 Margaritas Restaurant has a gallery
Brian Seiken has some videos
Chris Kurth has a video. He says he finished 4th with 10.5 tacos.
Top 5 according to anonymous comment
1 Pete Davekos 21
2 Joao Paolo 13.5 (updated with official result)
3 Brian Seiken 12.5 (updated with official result)
4 Chris Kurth 10.5
Christopher Smith 9
Mia Davekos 3
Britney Weinberg-Lynn
An anonymous commenter reports Pete Davekos won the taco eating contest held at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston today with a total of 21 tacos. Sponsor Magaritas Restaurant has some pictures, but no results: picture 1 | picture 2
Registration will open today on IFOCE.com for a taco eating contest that will be held at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston on September 30. The contest will award a $500 gift card.
The Lowell Sun has an article about Saoheng Young, who is working with the staff of Middlesex Community College in his goal to lose 120 pounds.
The Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston on September is holding "The World Championship Taco Eating Contest" . MLE Pizza eating contest were held in previous Phantom Gourmet Food Festivals.
The Chicken Bone in Framingham, MA will hold a wing eating circuit with three qualifiers starting tomorrow. The finals will take place on October 21.
Prince Pizzeria in Saugus, MA is holding a contest awarding a $50 gift certificate to the person guessing the top 3 in tonight's pizza eating contest. Joe Menchetti and Jamie McDonald are in the competitors list. update Joe Menchetti reports that he was the runner-up and Jamie McDonald was the winner. update July 27 ItemLive has an article and gallery (via Jamie McDonald)
Matt Stonie has produced a blog entry, long contest video, short contest video and vlog about his victory in the Boston Nathan's qualifier. update MassBytes has an interview with Matt Stonie.
A podcast (begins at 31:40 mark) of an interivew Pete and Mia Davekos did on WROR to promote the Boston Nathan's qualifier is available. Mia "Meatballz" Davekos was a competitor on CBS' Survivor in 2004. (via email)
Matt Stonie wins Boston qualifier with 42 hot dogs
update June 27 Matt Stonie has a gallery and training video
Matt Stonie’s performance resulted in Muff from Boston Drunks retirement from competitive eating
Boston.com has a gallery
update June 24 The Boston Herald has an article w/video (via comment)
1) Matt Stonie 42 hot dogs
2) Justin Mih 16.5
3) “Wild” Bill Myers 14
4) Bob O’Neil 10
5) Joao Paulo 9
1W) Mia “Meatballz” Davekos 8
Matt Stonie was the male winner of today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Boston with a total of 42 hot dogs. Matt had to compete in a different area from the other competitors because the contest area was in the beer zone.
Matt Stonie's June calendar implies the only Nathan's qualifier he will do will take place in Boston on June 23. update June 5 Matt Stonie has a blog entry about his preparations.
Matt Stonie’s Spike’s hot dog record broken?
The Spring 2012 issue of SUMOSkinny has a list of Boston eating challenges (page 5) reporting that the same woman holds the house hot dog record at all Spike’s Junkyard Dogs Boston locations. If that is accurate, Matt Stonie’s Spike’s record with 23 hot dogs set in late 2010 has been surpassed. A commenter on a 2009 livejournal entry encountered the record-holder at Spike’s during an attempt to surpass her mark, who said she would come in the next day to reclaim her record if it was broken.
Boston.CBSlocal.com has a list of eating challenges and an iPhone/Android app for locating challenges.
Prince Pizzeria in Saugus, MA will hold a pizza eating contest on July 26 awarding $850 ($500 to the winner). Qualifiers will take place on Thursdays starting June 14. The registration deadline is May 15.
The Toasted Owl Tavern in Northhampton, MA will hold a wing eating contest for mixed-gender pairs on April 18 awarding Red Sox tickets.
Competitors are needed for a women-only hot dog eating contest to be held at Lizzy's in Cambridge, MA on April 22. Men will be competing in a wet T-shirt and shorts contest.
Joe Menchetti announces that he repeated as the winner of the eating contest held at Maxie's Deli in Stoughton, MA with a total of 57 matzo balls in 8 minutes. Mark Lyle was the runner up with 54. update April 2 EnterpriseNews.com has a gallery and video
Patch.com has a preview of the Matzo Ball Mania contest that will award $700 ($500 to the winner) on April 1 at Maxie's in Stoughton, MA.
The qualifier for the Toasted Owl Tavern wing eating contest on March 14 will award two Boston Celtics tickets.
Kristen Macher won Rhett's challenge, an eating contest held at Boston University to benefit the greater Boston Food Bank. Kirsten finished a triple bacon cheeseburger, fries, root beer and an 8 scoop sundae with a record time of 13:14.
The Harvard Crimson has a report on the Chickwich Challenge, in which competitors are required to eat a chickwich sandwich from 12 different Harvard dining halls. The winning team consisted of a pair of conceptual artists.
When asked a question about the site of the 2012 Boston Wing Bowl, the twitter for the Toucher & Rich radio show responded that the contest would probably not take place.
Bobby Valentine was announced as the new manager of the Boston Red Sox today. The former New York Mets manager ate 120 pancakes to win an eating contest when he was in college. As a manager in Japan, he was visited by female competitive eater Natsuko "Gal" Sone at the Chiba Lotte Marines training camp in February 2008. and did a photo shoot with a lot of pancakes.
NESN.com has a video of Sonya Thomas eating 41 meatballs (with the flu) and Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos eating a fruit basket at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston on Saturday.
Joe Menchetti won yesterday's roll up eating contest at Andre's Cafe in Boston with a total of 7 roll up halves in 10 minutes. Andrew "A-Mack" MacIntosh was runner-up. (gallery)
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