Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Maryland eating challenges and contests in database)
Dan Kennedy announced that he and Molly Schuyler both ate 14 gyros in 14 minutes to tie for first place at the Big Greek Gyro eating contest at the Saints Constantine & Helen Green Festival in Silver Spring, MD on Saturday. Mo Mbengue also competed.
Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Festival will hold a gyro eating contest in Silver Spring, MD on September 7 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Cross Street Market in Baltimore will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Molly Schuyler ate 42 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the 1st prize of $1,000 in Saturday's Glizzy Fest at RAR Brewing in Salisbury, MD. She is the only woman to exceed 40 hot dogs in a 10 minute contest in 2023, having previously eaten 53 and 54 this year.
Banditos in Nottingham, MD will hold a street corn eating contest on October 28 awarding two tickets to UFC 295 in Madison Square Garden.
Glizzy Fest in Cambridge, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest on October 21 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Hollywood Casino in Perryville, MD will hold a hot wing eating contest on October 15 awarding $400 to the winner.
Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin, MD will hold a watermelon eating contest on August 3 awarding $250 to the winner.
Joey Chestnut will attempt the 7 pound "UFO" seafood sandwich challenge at Jimmy's Famous Seafood in Baltimore on August 13.
Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 19 awarding $250 to the winner.
Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest for amateurs on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Cross St. Market in Baltimore will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Polock Johnny's will celebrate the opening of its first restaurant in ten years with a hot dog eating contest in Baltimore tomorrow. Its competition was probably the best publicized frankfurter eating contest in the 1970s, with coverage in publications like National Geographic.
Hollywood Casino in Perryville, MD will hold a slider eating contest on May 28 awarding $500/$250/$100.
Molly Schuyler wins Big Dill pickle contest
Dan Kennedy has posted the top five from Sunday’s professional pickle eating contest at The Big Dill in Baltimore:
1st Molly Schuyler 10 lbs 3 oz
2nd Dan Killer Kennedy 9 lb 9 oz
3rd Andy Puhl 8 lb 4 oz
4th Sean Yeager 7 lb 11 oz
5th Josh “The Goat” Krady 7 lb 4 oz
According to an email, The Big Dill Pickle Festival will hold a professional pickle eating contest on Sunday in Baltimore awarding $2500/$1000/$750/$500/$250. An amateur contest will be held on Saturday.
The Big Dill will hold a MLE pickle eating contest in Baltimore on September 24 or 25. update The web page has removed the claim the event will be a MLE competition.
Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest for amateurs on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Dan "Killer" Kennedy and Andrew Puhl attempted the Great Steak Challenge at Steak & Main in North East, MD.
Geoff Esper and Molly Schuyler attempted the 36 inch pizza challenge at Champs Pizza in Glen Burnie, MD.
Chesapeake Bay Magazine has a post about Raina Huang attempting all the crab dishes at Phillips Seafood in Baltimore.
Molly Schuyler produced a video of her eating a 15 foot long sushi roll from Steak and Main in North East, MD, which she claims is a record.
Blackwater Distilling & Tavern in Stevensville, MD will hold a hot wing eating contest on November 21 for amateurs awarding $150/$100/$75.
One year anniversary of Juliet Lee’s passing
Today marks the one year anniversary of Fox 5 DC’s article about the passing of Juliet Lee, which was announced on the MLE website the day before. This remains the only significant information about the shock death, with no additional salient media coverage, autopsies, or criminal investigations having been promulgated since that date. A statement about the passing was picked up by Patch.com and several other outlets, which gave a date for the tragedy as September 9, 2019. Several social media comments contradicted that infomation, and gave her final date as August 16, 2019.
Searching the Montgomery County (MD) police database for mid-August 2019 events in Germantown, MD (Juliet’s hometown) brings up the following incident on which appears to correspond to Juliet Lee’s passing. The record is of minimal interest until the penultimate field, which is “SUDDENDEATHUNDETERMIND”. [I have redacted the address field even though it has only a street name and lacks a house number]
Direct linking to the entry is not allowed; if you want to view it for yourself, the easiest way is probably to go the police database website and search for Crime Report #190039103. This brings up the question: if the incident was labeled a crime, what was the result of the criminal investigation? Other unanswered questions include:
- If the August 16 date is accurate, why did 24 days elapse between the tragedy and any announcement of it?
- Who contacted Major League Eating about the fatality and when was that information provided?
- Was Juliet Lee transported to a hospital and what medical personnel attended her?
- Other than the Fox 5 article, why was there minimal media coverage of the incident? As far as I know. the Washington Post (Motto: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”) and its associated social media outlets have made absolutely no mention of Juliet Lee’s passing. (Washington Post search link)
- Why was the record in the Montgomery County police database categorized as “WORKING CODE” ?
- Why was Juliet Lee’s husband (or ex-husband), Joe Callow, not mentioned in the statement about her death; Juliet’s daughters are the only relatives mentioned.
- Juliet Lee’s final video for Major League Eating was uploaded on August 22, six days after August 16. When was that video filmed and who recorded and uploaded it?
- Why was there was no posting about Juliet Lee’s passing on MLE social media until the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest in July? A post at the bottom of majorleagueeating.com was the sole mention by the organization.
2019 EatFeats post about the fatality. An anonymous comment appears to have some inside information about the incident.
State Fare in Catonsville, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow awarding $500 to the winner.
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