Upcoming Trenton eating contests
Trenton eating challenges
(All Trenton eating challenges and contests in database)
Joey Chestnut and Carmen Cincotti will attend Friday's Trenton Thunder game. A qualifier awarding a spot in the September 24 MLE pork roll eating contest will also take place.
Joey Chestnut edges Geoffrey Esper to win Trenton pork rolls
update Sep 30 Jeff Edelstein has a report on his last place finish.
update Sep 28 MILB.com has an article
update Full Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
NJ.com article
1st | 32 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
2nd | 28 | Geoffrey Esper | |
3rd | 22 | Yasir Salem | |
4th | 21.75 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
5th | 20 | Gideon Oji | |
6th | 18 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
7th | 16 | Carmen Cincotti | |
8th | 13 | Micah “Wing Kong” Collins | |
9th | 12 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
10th | 10 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
11th | 8 | Andrew Kossuth | |
12th | 3.25 | Jeff Edelstein |
The Trentonian has a contest report with some results and a gallery. MLE has yet to post any news.
JZig12 reports that Joey Chestnut won today’s pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ.
The roster for the September 26 pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ has been posted and includes Joey Chestnut, Juliet Lee, Geoffrey Esper, Badlands Booker, Yasir Salem, Crazy Legs Conti, Gideon Oji, Micah Collins and Bill Myers. update Sep 22App.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in the contest. update Sep 23 Jeff Edelstein has a column about competing in the contest
OursportsCentral.com has an article about Carmen Cincotti, who will compete in the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship on September 26 after winning the qualifer.
Tickets are on sale for the Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ on September 26. A qualifier will be held at the September 5 Trenton Thunder game.
The Trentonia reports that Joey Chestnut will compete in a pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ on September 26. Another pork roll eating contest will be held in East Rutherford, NJ on June 20. update Jun 7 A page about the contest is available on the Trenton Thunder's website.
NJ.com reports that Dave Wittenburg ate 96 oysters in 2 minutes to win the Princeton Oyster Bowl for the third year in a row and donated his prize of a trip for two to the Dominican Republic to a breast cancer survivor. Theza Friedman was the runner up with 82 oysters.
Dave Wittenburg won the Oyster Bowl held in Princeton, NJ yesterday. update Full results (individual | team) have been posted.
The Oyster Bowl will take place in Princeton, NJ on Sunday and award a trip for two to Punta Cana. Dave "US Male" Goldstein will commpete and appeared on Talk Philly with Theza Friedman to promote the contest.
Dan Mangiapane has a report for MyCentralJersey about competing in the World Ice Cream Eating Championships in Lakeland, FL. He finished 8th and hopes to receive a slot in the Meadowlands Nathan's qualifier June 29.
NJ.com reports that Dave Wittenberg won today's Oyster Bowl in Princeton with a total of 93 oysters in 2 minutes. Trevor Lamb was the runner up and 2012 overall winner Lizzy McDaniel repeated as the women's division champion. (gallery)
Defending champion Lizzy McDaniel and 2011 women's division winner Theza Friedman competed in a promo contest for the Princeton Oyster Bowl on CBS Philly earlier this week (gallery). The contest will award a Caribbean trip to the overall winner on Sunday. Dave "US Male" Goldstein is listed as a 3.5- 1 underdog for the contest.
Lizzy McDaniel won Oyster Bowl XIII in Princeton, NJ today with a total of 99 oysters in 2 minutes, denying Bill Forrest, who ate 94, a chance at a threepeat. update Dave "US Male" Goldstein has a gallery update Feb 6 The top 10 and a gallery are available.
NJ.com has an article about the Oyster Bowl that will award a trip for two to the Caribbean in its oyster eating contest in Princeton, NJ on Sunday.
The Washingtonian has an interview with Sonya Thomas about her first eating contest, the 2003 Nathan's qualifier at the Molly Pitcher Travel Plaza on the New Jersey Turnpike.
The Witherspoon Grill in Princeton, NJ will hold a pumpkin pie eating contest tomorrow awarding a gift basket with a listed value of $300.
EveJersey has a slideshow of Saturday's Premio Italian Sausage Eating Contest held at Six Flags in New Jersey won by Dave "US Male" Goldstein.
The Daily Princetonian reports that Bill Forrest repeated as Oyster Bowl winner with a total of 87 oysters in 2 minutes. update Central Jersey reports Theza Friedman needed a one-minute overtime period to defeat Lizzy McDaniel 125 oysters to 124 after they tied at 78 oysters after 2 minutes.
Registration is now open for the 2011 Oyster Bowl that will take place on February 6 in Princeton, NJ. Registration fees will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
ItalianIce.net has a preview of the June 19 Little Jimmy’s National Italian Ice Eating Championship in Englishtown, NJ listing Ian Hickman, Jill Stoler, George Van Laar, Paul Arcaria and Chris Schlesinger as expected entrants.
WCBSTV reports that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan encouraged Eliot Spitzer to enter a spaghetti eating contest when they were students at Princeton. The former New York governor appeared on the front page of the student paper after he ate 7 bowls of pasta. (It is not stated if Ms. Kagan participated in the contest.)
The facebook for Sportsmens Pub in Trenton, NJ reports that Joel Podelesky won their wing eating contest on Friday. Joel also won a wing eating contest at McGuinn's on April 17.
NJ.com has a report and video from yesterday's Oyster Bowl XI contest held in Princeton, NJ won by Bill Forrest with 93 oysters in 2 minutes.
The Trentonian has an interview with Charles Plohn, who has competed in the previous 10 Oyster Bowls. Oyster Bowl XI will be held in Princeton, New Jersey on Sunday.