Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Michigan eating challenges and contests in database)
Yahoo! has a list of several Detroit area eating contests.
Lucky's Pub & Grill in Detroit will hold a wing eating contest during the Super Bowl awarding a flat screen TV and a spin on the money wheel.
Mlive.com reports that Jake "LL Cool Jake" Larry won the $500 first prize at today's Crack Fries Eating Contest at Hop Cat in Grand Rapids, MI.
Dooley's in Roseville, MI will hold a 50 ounce corned beef sandwich eating contest on Friday awarding $200 to the winner.
Hopcat in Grand Rapids, MI will hold a "crack" fries eating contest on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner.
Roger's Roost in Sterling Heights, MI will hold a 2 pound burger eating contest on Thursday awarding $200 to the winner.
The first qualifier for the "Motor City Meatball Madness Tour" will take place in Mt. Clements, MI tonight. Qualifier winners will compete in a grand meatball eating championship in 2013.
Haley Martinez and Amber Sobleskey have uploaded pictures of their completion of the BLT challenge at Tony's in Birch Run, MI which contains one pound of bacon.
The Hamtramck (MI) Labor Day Festival will hold a kielbasa eating contest on September 3 awarding $350 to the winner.
Crust in Fenton, MI will hold a pie eating contest on August 12 awarding $500 to the winner.
A woman won yesterday's pierogi eating contest at the American Polish Festival in Sterling Heights, MI yesterday by eating 60 pierogis in 10 minutes. The victor appears to be Stephanie Torres in this video of the end of the contest.
MyFoxDetroit.com has an interview with Ryan Potter, author of the competitive eating e-novel, The Cleaner.
The American Polish Festival in Sterling Heights, MI will hold a pierogi eating contest on Sunday awarding $250 to the winner.
Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger has uploaded a video of the Hooters qualifier held in Roseville, MI on May 12.
Pat Bertoletti wins 2012 Detroit Hooters wing qualifier
update May 13 The Detroit News has a contest report
update 5:15 The top 3:
1) Pat Bertoletti 107 wings
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown 101
3) Meredith Boxberger 82
The Detroit News has a preview listing Sean Gordon as an expected entrant. The contest is expected to start at 4 pm eastern.
DiPiazza's Pizzeria in Grand Rapids, MI will award $500 to someone who can finish its 30 inch pizza challenge in under 30 minutes. ($225 to a pair than can complete it)
The Michigan Hooters wing qualifier will be held tomorrow in Roseville before the finals of the regional swimsuit contest that will award a trip to the finals in Florida. Expected entrants include Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown, Meredith Boxberger, and Craig Reed, who expressed interest in competing in the swimsuit competition (Since he did not compete in the first round on April 18, he is probably not eligible.)
Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger has produced a video about her first (and also last) place finish in the women's division at the Nathan's qualifier in Garden City, MI two weeks ago. update May 8 The Barrie Examiner has an article about Meredith, who was a figure skater for 15 years and now owns a Little Caeasar's Pizza franchise. She will be competing in the Hooter's qualifier in Detroit Saturday.
2012 Nathan’s field – In: Two “Deep”s
update April 23 Video of Alex Loiselle and Pat Bertoletti
update The only other announced results are Ben Taylor and Craig Reed w/14 HDB.
Winners via eating contest twitter
Men Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti 37
Women Meredith “Deep Fried Diva” 17
The qualifier is expected to start at noon and is being held in conjunction with a celebration of Kmart’s 50th anniversary (the Garden City location was the first Kmart and is now 50 years old). Will Pat Bertoletti break 50 HDB in honor of the event?
Bertoletti, Boxberger, (L. A.) Beast, Ben Taylor in Detroit qualifier
Pat Bertoletti, Meredith Boxberger and Ben Taylor are expected in the first 2012 Nathan’s qualifier in Garden City, MI on Saturday. Kevin “L. A. Beast” also says he will compete.
The next polls will ask which first-time Nathan’s competitors will have the best performances in the 2012 qualifiers. The current choices are listed below, additional ones will be added if requested.
Men: Kevin “LA Beast”, Marcos Owens, Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez, Dax “The Ginger” Swanson, Ben Do
Women: Jessica Abdul Hussain, Mary Bowers, Meredith “Deep Fried Diva” Boxberger
Meredith Boxberger, Benjamin Taylor and Craig Reed are expected to compete in the first Nathan's qualifier of 2012 in Garden City, MI on April 21.
Grand Coney in Grand Rapids, MI will hold a Coney dog eating contest on March 24 awarding $100 and 365 free Coney dogs.
HopCat in Grand Rapids, MI will hold a crack fry eating contest on January 28 awarding $500 to the winner.
Tailgator's in Port Huron, MD MI will hold a pizza eating contest on January 8 awarding a 32 inch TV to the winner.
Mallie's in Southgate, MI will hold a Hellfire Challenge Eat Off Competition tomorrow awarding $500 in cash and prizes to the winner.
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