Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Missouri eating challenges and contests in database)
Former St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith's new restaurant, Ozzie's Sports Bar & Gril, will offer a spicy wing challenge.
The Pitch has a report on Jamie McDonald attempting the 10 pound "Sumo" breakfast challenge at Succotash in Kansas City before he competed in a hot dog eating contest at the KC Kosher BBQ Festival.
St. Louis Magazine has a gallery of yesterday's falafel eating contest at Cafe Natasha won by Kyle "The Hammer" Hanner.
At the Kansas City Kosher BBQ Festival, Jamie McDonald ate 37 hot dogs in 8 minutes to outeat all the 3 person teams he was competing against.
Jamie McDonald will compete in the hot dog eating contest at the Kansas City Kosher BBQ Festival in Overland Park, KS on August 17.
The Riverfront Times has a blog entry about Cannibal Corpse singer George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher reportedly eating 112 hot dogs at the Gathering of the Juggalos' Hot Dog Eating Challenge.
The Saint Louis Rams twitter reports that Takeru Kobayashi will judge the best burger contest at the Fan Fest on Saturday.
The Lincoln County Journal has a report on a hot dog eating contest held at Sami's on Main in Troy, MO July 23 to benefit five year old Leukemia patient Gram Edwards.
St. Louis Magazine has a long article about Ramsey "The Mantis" Hilton's competitive eating career.
Salute to America will hold a hot dog eating contest in Jefferson City, MO on July 4 awarding $300 to the winner.
Kyle Hanner reports he won today's taco eating contest at T Mo's in Bethalto, IL. John Palmgren was runner-up and Dale Boone was third.
Tomorrow, Kyle "The Hammer" Hanner will start his day with a 50 mile bike ride to raise money for the American Diabetes Association, then he will face defending champion Dale Boone in T Mo's Taco eating contest and he will conclude with a frozen yogurt eating contest.
Angela Lutz has a report for Pitch Kansas City on her attempt at the 9+ pound Sumo breakfast challenge at Succotash.
Marlene Wigginton appeared on Fox 2 this morning to talk about her victory in the women's division of Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in St. Louis.
2014 Nathan’s St. Louis qualifier
update May 19 The Riverfront Times has a slideshow
update May 18 StlToday has an article giving the female winner’s last name was Wigginton
MLB.com has a video
update 1:13 Central George Shea has the top 3
1) Sean Gordon 27.5
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 27
3) Kyle Hanner 20
Nic Zamora 16 former Missouri State hockey player
1W) Marlene Wiggenstein Wigginton 9.5
?) Rachel Steele 6
Advantage News has an article about Kyle Hanner competing in today’s qualifier at Busch Stadium. Rachel Steele is another local competing.
Fox2Now has an article
StLouis.CBSLocal.com has a podcast of an interview Joey Chestnut did with KMOX about attending Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in St. Louis.
Badlands Booker, Sean Gordon, Matt Raible and Josh Miller are listed as expected entrants in the Nathan's qualifier before Saturday's St. Louis Cardinal game (Kyle Hanner will also compete) Joey Chestnut will throw out the first pitch of the game.
The St. Louis Wing Company in Rock Hill, MO will hold a wing eating contest today awarding two St. Louis Blues tickets.
BND Magazine has a profile of Kyle "The Hammer" Hanner.
Screen capture of “Little” Arlene from “Free Spirits” doc
This is a screen capture of “Little” Arlene from the montage in ESPN’s Free Spirits documentary of halftime entertainment acts the St. Louis Spirits of the American Basketball Association used in the 1970s. She was credited with consuming 23 hot dogs, 22 large slices of pizza and 16 large Cokes during a Philadelphia 76ers game. (click for larger size)
Pitch.com has an article about City Diner's pancake challenge in Kansas City mentioning Molly Schuyler's record (but not her name).
Jamie McDonald ate 60 tacos in under 30 minutes to set the house record at Fric N Frac in Kansas City.
Haydo of Australia has started a website at http://hungryhaydo.com/. Kyle "The Hammer" Hanner of St. Louis has set up a facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/hammerhanner
The Riverfront Times has an article about the author's attempt to finish six St. Louis area eating challenges. update The Riverfront Times is requesting stories about St. Louis eating challenges.
The Riverfront Times reports that The Precinct in St. Louis (owned by former Cardinal Jim Edmonds) changed the name of its "Officer Down" hot wing challenge after disapproval from the local police department. The new name will be the "Hot Pursuit" challenge.
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