Upcoming Kansas City eating contests
Kansas City eating challenges
(All Kansas City eating challenges and contests in database)
FOX4KC and PrimeMagKC has previews of tomorrows qualifier for the Burnt Ends Battle to be held at Zarda BBQ in Lexena, KS
A burnt ends eating contest awarding $1000 ($600 to the winner) will be held at American Royal in Kansas City on October 6. A qualifier will take place at Zarda BBQ on September 20.
KSHB has a video and article about Randy Santel's victory at the Kansas City Bacon Fest yesterday where he ate two pound of bacon in five minutes.
Examiner.net has a report on Randy Santel's victory in the UpDog eating contest last night where he ate 16 hot dogs.
Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, KS will hold a Johnsonville bratwurst eating contest on June 22 awarding a Weber Kettle Grill.
Nightlife KC is holding the "The Fat Kid Showdown", a competitive eating tournament for up to 32 competitors. Five rounds will be held at Kansas City area restaurants starting June 6. The finals on July 11 will award $500 to the winner, $250 to the runner up.
Randy Santel has uploaded a professionally produced video of his attempt at the 10 hot dog challenge at Cafe Chilingo in Leavenworth, Kansas.
The Leavenworth Times has an interview with the owner of Cafe Chilingo about the hot dog eating challenge that Randy Santel will attempt today.
Ben Fredrickson has a report in the Columbia Missourian about partnering with Randy Santel to attempt the nine pound pizza challenge at Minsky's in Blue Springs, MO. Randy also has a video of his attempt at the Monster Burger at Hickok's Bar & Grill in Kansas City.
Randy Santel reports that the king cake contest to be held in Kansas City on Tuesday with a first prize of $500 has been cancelled. The contest no longer appears on the event flyer.
Randy Santel reports that Brooksider in Kansas City canceled its Super Bowl eating contest even though it was publicized in NightlifeKC. The weekend was not a total waste for Randy since he set the challenge burger record at Hickok's Bar & Grill after losing a contest there last week.
Randy Santel announces he was the runner-up in last night's burger eating contest at Hickok's. The winner is known as Bubba.
King cake eating contests in Louisville and Kansas City on February 18 will both award $500.
Randy Santel is one of the subjects in an end of year "Where are they now?" article on KansasCity.com. Randy has returned to his job as a concrete estimator and hopes to have 50 competitive eating wins in 2012.
Dickey's BBQ facebook has a list of all the qualifier sites and dates for its pork barbecue sandwich eating contest: "Raleigh, NC- 9/15; San Antonio, TX 9/16; Overland Park, KS 9/17; Plano, TX 9/23; Meridian, ID 9/24 & Pleasanton, CA 9/24"
Randy Santel and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez finished the 12 pound Gigunda pizza at Monetti's Italian Restaurant in Warrensburg, MO in under 15 minutes. The previous record was 40 minutes.
The Pitch has a blog entry about Randy Santel's quest to appear on Man vs. Food: Nation
Examiner.net has a report on Randy Santel's victory at a hot dog eating contest held at Up Dog in Independence, MO on Saturday.
"Tiny" Tim Rauscheder won a contest at The Happy Dog in Cleveland by eating 27 hot dogs in 10 minutes (the contest ran out of hot dogs) and Randy Santel won a competition held at Up Dog in Independence, Missouri by eating 21 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
The Kansas City Star has a long article about Randy Santel, who recently quit his job to focus on competitive eating.
Up Dog in Independence, Missouri (Kansas City area) will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 23 awarding $500 to the winner.
C. J. Moore has a blog entry about competing in a sushi eating contest at Eddoko in Lenexa, KS won by Randy Santel. (contest video).
KMBC has a video about Randy Santel being the first person to finish the burger challenge at Double Nickel Bar & Grill in Olathe, Kansas. Randy also won $500 at a king cake eating contest Saturday. (via Atlas & Zeus facebook)
A king cake eating contest at the Mardi Gras Festival in Kansas City Saturday will award $500 to the winner.
Randy Santel reports he won yesterday's Belly Buster Challenge at Brooksider Sports Bar and Grill in Kansas City by eating a 1.5 pound burger, 1 pound of fries and a 32 ounce milkshake in 4:33 (gallery)