Upcoming eating contests
(All New Jersey eating challenges and contests in database)
Dan Kennedy ate 10 bowls of ramen in 4 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 at last night's contest at Ani Ramen in Cranford, NJ. Molly Schuyler was the runner up and Wayne Algenio was third.
Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, NJ will hold a pie eating contest on November 7 aw part of its "Pie Palooza". The top three will receive $500/$250/$100.
Ani Ramen will hold a ramen eating contest in Cranford, NJ on October 6 awarding $1000/$500/$250 to the top three.
2026 Trenton Pork Rolls eating contest
| 1st | 41.25 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 41 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 30 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 4th | 25.1 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 5th | 19 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 6th | 16.75 | Peter “Dirty Pete” Ritter | |
| 7th | 10.5 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 8th | 10 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 9th | 7 | Madison Brown | |
| 10th | 6 | Camille O’Brien | |
| 11th | 5 | William Cooper | |
| 11th | 5 | Rene Rovtar |
James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ.
Taco Empreso in Edison, NJ will hold a taco eating contest on September 22 awarding $500 to the winner.
Patricia's will hold a meatball eating contest in Holmdel, NJ on August 23 awarding $500 to the winner.
Registration is now open for two September 12 Major League Eating Contests: the:Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ and the North Shore Beef's Three Way Slider World Championship in Boston.
Molly Schuyler ate 45 hot dogs on July 4 to win the first prize of $1,000 at Stewart's in Tuckerton, NJ. Dan Kennedy was runner up with 40. update The SandPaper has a contest report and gallery
Dogs Out in Manasquan, NJ will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 with a purse of at least $3500.
Stewart's in Tuckerton, NJ will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000/$350/$150 to the top three finishers.
Jersey Roll in Seaside Heights, NJ will hold a pork roll eating contest on June 20 awarding $500.
2026 Sun Bum banana eating contest
update The Philadelphia Inquirer has a contest report
Official results are on Instagram:
| 1st | 15 | 1m53s | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
| 2nd | 15 | 1m55s | James Webb |
| 3rd | 15 | 2m20s | Jerome Burns |
| 4th | 15 | 2m28s | Max Stanford |
| 5th | 15 | 2m34s | Radim Dvoracek |
| 6th | 15 | 2m41s | Nick Wehry |
| 7th | 14.95 | 2m41s | Cameron Meade |
| 8th | 14.74 | 2m41s | Tanner Gray |
| 9th | 14.5 | 2m41s | Miki Sudo |
| 10th | 9.3 | 2m41s | Camille O’Brien |
| 11th | 8.5 | 2m41s | Crazy Legs Conti |
| 12th | 6.6 | 2m41s | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
| 13th | 4.9 | 2m41s | Ben Gravy |
| 14th | 3.7 | 2m41s | Rene Rovtar |
Nick Wehry has the field for Saturday's Sun Bum Banana Eating World Championship in Wildwood, NJ: himself, James Webb, Pat Bertoletti, Mik Sudo, Rene Rovtar, Cherish Brown, Jerome Burns and Crazy Legs Conti.
Anglesea Ale Works in North Wildwood, NJ will hold a wing eating contest on January 31 awarding $500 to the winner.
Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle produced a video about competing in Monday's ramen eating contest at Ani Ramen in Cranford, NJ. Dan Kennedy won the first prize of $1,000, Molly Schuyler was runner up.
Ani Ramen in Cranford, NJ will hold a ramen eating contest on October 6 awarding $1000/$500/$250 to the top three.
2025 Trenton pork roll
update Results were posted 26 hours after the contest
| 1st | 45 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 44.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 43 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 31.5 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 5th | 21 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 6th | 18 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 15 | Peter “Dirty Pete” Ritter | |
| 8th | 9 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 9th | 8 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 10th | 6 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Camille O’Brien | |
| 12th | 5 | Julie Goldberg |
The Trentonian has an article.
Announced results (10 minutes)
1 Geoff Esper 45 pork rolls
2 James Webb 44.5
3 Nick Wehry 43
4 Radim Dvoracek
5 Larell Marie Mele
James Webb has started a livestream of today’s Trenton Thunder World Famous Case’s Pork Roll Eating Championship.
Defending champion Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Larell Marie Mele, Radim Dvoracek and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete in Saturday's World Famous Case’s Pork Roll-Eating Championship at the Trenton Thunder ballpark.
Crossing Broad reports that a competitor choked and was hospitalized during Saturday's hot dog eating contest at Ducktown in Atlantic City held in conjunction with a Micro Wrestling card. EMT were fortunately able to prevent a fatality. (Reddit thread about the incident)
Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle returned to competitive eating at a pizza eating contest in Maplewood, NJ, his first competition in four years.
Robert McGee won the first prize of $500 in yesterday's pork roll eating contest at Jersey Roll in Seaside Heights, NJ. update app.com has a gallery
Jersey Roll in Seaside Heights, NJ will hold a pork roll eating contest on June 14 awarding $500/$200/$100 to the top three.
Joseph Terwilliger has uploaded a video of him competing in the 1997 Nathan's qualifier at the Newport Center Mall in Jersey City, NJ. Three time champion Mike "The Scholar" DeVito won the qualifier, so a bye was not always given to past winners.
Connor Wolff finished a thin XXL pizza in 1:55 to set the record for the Whole Pie Eater's Club at Pete & Elda's in Neptune City, NJ.
El Lechon De Negron in Union, NJ will hold an empanada eating contest on April 8 awarding $300 to the winner.
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