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(All Maryland eating challenges and contests in database)
Joe Menchetti won the first prize of two Baltimore Ravens club level seats at the 2012 Roma Gourmet Ed Reed Chicken Sausage Eating Contest at the Maryland State Fair on Sunday (video).
The Maryland State Fair will hold the Roma Ed Reed Chicken Sausage Eating Contest on Sunday. The winner will receive two club level Ravens tickets, $100 cash and a $100 gift certificate to Michael's Cafe (site of a 2011 choking in a crabcake eating contest which required hospitalization).
Bethesda Now reports that BGR The Burger Joint will hold a slider eating contest in Bethesda, MD on September 18 that will award $500 to the winner and serve as qualifier for a national contest. Four other qualifiers will be held; Sites and dates are not listed. The Washington Post also has a blog entry about the competition which does not provide the location. update Washingtonian reports that 2nd and 3rd places will receive $250 and $100 gift certificates and the national finals will take place on May 28, 2013.
Fat Boys Crab Shack in Gambrills, MD will hold a wing eating contest on Saturday awarding 2 Washington Nationals all you can eat/drink suite tickets.
Dave Brunelli won the suicide wing eating contest at The Starboard in Dewey Beach, DE for the third year in a row on Sunday. Johnnie Excel also competed. the women's winner was not named.
DelMarVANow.com has a preview of Sunday's "suicide" wing eating contest to be held at The Starboard in Dewey Beach, DE on Sunday. The men's contest will award a first prize of $500 and the women's division will pay out $200 to the winner. Two time winner Dave Brunelli says he is not sure if he will go for a threepeat.
The Starboard in Dewey Beach, DE will hold a "suicide" wing eating contest on Sunday awarding $500 to the winner. (A women's division awarding $500 has been held in previous years.)
(via twitter) Jamie McDonald won the hot dog eating contest held at Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD on July 4 with a total of 35 hot dogs. Nick Rivers and Dale Boone were originally tied for runner-up with 25 hot dogs, but deductions put Boone in third place. (gallery)
The overall winner of the Natty Boh brat eating contest will receive $3,000 and two club tickets to a Baltimore Orioles game. The next qualifier will take place at Jimmy's Famous Seafood in Baltimore on July 9. update Jessica won the qualifier held Tuesday by eating 2.5 lb sausage in 4:08.
The Hagerstown (MD) Suns need one more competitor for a July 4 hot dog eating contest awarding a gas grill.
Ocean City Today and DelMarVANow.com have previews of the hot dog eating contest to be held July 4 at Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD that will award $1,000 to the winner. Last year's winner, Dave Brunelli, will be competing in the Crif Dog Classic in New York City on July 4.
The qualifier circuit for the Roma Sausage Natty Boh Brats eating contest starts tomorrow at Bill Bateman's in Perry Hall, MD. Nine other Baltimore-area qualifiers will be held.
The Natty Boh Brat Eating Contest will award $2,500 cash and over $500 of additional prizes to the winner. The contest will take place in Baltimore at an unspecified date.
The Baltimore Sun has a gallery of five Maryland eating challenges.
The Wingstop in South Holland, IL (south Chicago area) will hold a wing eating contest on April 14 awarding a round trip airfare to anywhere in the United States. The Baltimore Wingstop will hold an eating contest on Saturday as part of its grand opening celebration.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein has uploaded a video of him completing the Great Steak Challenge at Steak and Main in North East, Maryland in under 25 minutes. Shawn Switec holds the record of 12 minutes. (via email)
Jon "Super" Squibb has a link to a video of his appearance on Fox 45 in Baltimore this morning.
Kevin "LA Beast" announces he finished the 74 oz steak challenge in 25 minutes at Steak & Main in North East, MD and is now retired from eating challenges.
The finals of the 2012 Washington, DC area Wing Bowl will take place on March 1 and award $2,500. Qualifiers will be held at Hard Times Cafes throughout February starting in Springfield, VA on Thursday.
Baltimore.CBSlocal.com has an interview with Mike Solano about the visions he experienced after choking in a crab cake eating contest in Timonimum, MD in September. Solano was technically dead for four minutes and suffered a mini-stroke.
Carolyn Bozman won the women's division of this morning's pancake eating contest at Pete's Grille in Baltimore with a total of 12 pancakes, tying the female record. The men's winner has not been announced. Baltimore RA Sushi Maki Madness winner Peter Jackson was blocked from competing due to previous competitive eating experience.
Alexander's Tavern in Fells Point, MD announces that it will no longer maintain a house taco record after Julia Woods ate 44 tacos yesterday.
Pete's Grille in Baltimore will hold its annual pancake eating contest on November 18 awarding $500 to both the top male and female competitor.
The Baltimore Sun has a list of Howard County eating challenges.
BelAir.Patch.com has an update on Michael Solano, who had a near death experience and lacked a pulse for four minutes after choking during a crab cake eating contest held September 24 at Michael's Cafe in Timonium, MD. Solano thinks that he might have experienced a mild stroke and received the $500 that was designated for the contest winner.
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