Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Maryland eating challenges and contests in database)
The University of Maryland's competitive eating club team will be leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference to join the Big 10 when the school changes leagues in 2014-15. (The team's facebook page has not been updated since early 2011.) The move could create a competitive eating superconference with Eric Dahl, perhaps the nation's top collegiate competitive eater, already in the Big 10 at the University of Wisconsin.
Patch Ronald won the men's division of the pancake eating contest held this morning at Pete's Grille in Baltimore with a total of 15 pancakes in an hour and Carolyn Bozeman defended her women's title with 10. Both winners received $500. (gallery) update The Baltimore Sun has an article and video.
Patch.com announces that Pete's Grille in Baltimore will hold its annual pancake eating contest for amateurs on November 16. Previous year's contests have awarded $500 to the top male and female.
The Guardian has a preview of Barry Levinson's new movie, The Bay, which opens with a Maryland crab-eating contest where the competitors die from a fish parasite in their food which has mutated to consume human flesh.
Gazette.net has short article on Mike Longo's victory at the qualifier held at the BGR in Bethesda, MD last week. The runner-up, Tiran Hill, was the general manager of the restaurant where the contest took place.
Peter Jackson is competing in a sushi eating contest against Alexandra Fili at RA Sushi in Baltimore on Wednesday to benefit Living Classrooms. update Sept 26 A donation page for the event has been set up.
The magazine for Loyola University has an interview with Alexandra Fili, the two time winner of the bread pudding eating contest at Hampdenfest. (via Baltimore Fish Bowl).
Mike Longo, Dale Boone win BGR Burger qualifiers
update Sept 19 Chris (last name not given) won the Tampa qualifier
update 10:15 Dale Boone won the Atlanta qualifier with 20 sliders
WUSA9 has an article about the Bethesda qualifier with full results and a video
Tito Jackson has a video
update 4:15 Bethesda Now has a gallery and short article
update 12:54 Mike Longo has the top 3 for the Bethesda, MD qualifier
1) Mike Longo 17 sliders, $500
2) Tyron Hill 11
3) John Henderson 7 (additional results will be added as they come in)
A qualifier for the National Cheeseburger Slider Eating Championship will be held today at BGR in Tampa (female bodybuilder Emery Miller will apparently compete). The date was originally announced as September 28. Additional qualifiers awarding $500 and a trip to the championship in May 2013 will be held tomorrow in Bethesda, MD, Coral Gables, FL, Atlanta and possibly Point Loma, CA.
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.
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