Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Nevada eating challenges and contests in database)
"Demolition" Denney Lin has produced produced a video about competing in the Las Vegas Wing Bowl Wing Off at Mango's on Thursday. His total of 40 wings was the top performance on the 2013 circuit.
Sarah Jane has a blog entry about competing in last week's Wing Off held at Brewske's in Las Vegas. The report does not mention her wearing a tube top while competing.
THAVEG.com has a blog entry about being in Miki Sudo's entourage for the Las Vegas Wing Bowl finals.
The New York Times recently ran a report about the filming of "The Canyons", an upcoming movie directed by Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver" & "Raging Bull" screenwriter) starring Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen. The male lead's next project will be "James Deen loves Food" that will record tonight at The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.
Miki Sudo reports she finished the 11 patty burger challenge at LBS Burger Joint in 53 minutes and has acquired naming rights from former finisher Ron "The Undertaker" Koch.
Miki Sudo qualified for the finals of the Las Vegas Wing Bowl.
The LA Times has a blog entry about the 8 pound burger challenge at The Pub at Monte Carlo in Las Vegas.
X1075 announces the fourth Las Vegas Wing Bowl will award $5,000 to the winner on January 31. Four qualifiers will be held starting January 10. The contest rules restrict entry to non-professionals from Clark County, NV. (via Miki Sudo)
Stephanie Torres was the fifth finisher of the Sumo Bowl challenge at Anime Ramen in Las Vegas and received a jackpot of $180. (via Miki Sudo).
The Henderson Press has a report on the pizza and wing eating contest held December 1 at Hammer's Bar and Grill in Henderson, NV. Miki Sudo ate two large pizzas and 24 wings to win the contest and "El Toro" Jimenez was the runner-up.
Naader Reda & Miki Sudo finish team pizza challenges w/o assistance
Naader Reda has a video of Miki Sudo (13 minutes) and himself (41) both finishing the 9+ pound team pizza challenge without assistance at Naked City Pizza in Las Vegas. Here are some other famous challenges for teams that a single person might be able to finish (no sole individual has finished any of these challenges to my knowldege):
- Venezia’s 24 inch pizza, Phoenix area
- 30 inch pizza, Luigi’s at the Beach, San Diego, CA
- Grand Sicilian Pizza, Beau Jo’s, Denver area
- 22 Inch stuffed pizza, Randy’s Wooster St. Pizza Shop, Enfield, CT
- Carnivore Challenge, Big Pie in the Sky, Kennesaw, GA
- Pointersaurus Pizza, Pointer’s Pizza, St. Louis
- King Kookamunga Burger, Kooky Canuck, Memphis
- Polito’s Monster Pizza Contest, Polito’s Pizza, Stevens Point, WI
Naader Reda claimed a prize of $225 after he was the fourth person to finish the challenge at Anime Ramen in Las Vegas. (video)
Blog.Vegas.com has a list of 10 Las Vegas eating challenges.
Hammer's Grill & Bar in Henderson, NV will hold a pizza and wings eating contest tomorrow awarding $100 to the winner.
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez announces that he will attempt the 8 pound burger at The Pub at Monte Carlo in Las Vegas on November 30 for an upcoming episode of Travel Channel's Trip Flip.
Miki Sudo announces she will attempt a 120 ounce steak challenge tonight. If successful, this would probably be the largest steak challenge eaten by a woman. (Sarah Manifold ate 100 ounces of steak over five hours in a 2005 competition in England.) update Juan Rodriguez reports that Miki finished the steak at Herbs & Rye in 54 minutes. update Nov 15 Miki has posted pictures: picture 1 | Picture 2
The facebook for Naked City Pizza in Las Vegas annouces that Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez and Miki Sudo finished the ten pound Frickin Huge Pizza challenge in a little over seven minutes.
Tom Gilbert was the first person to finish the 120 ounce steak challenge at Herbs and Rye in Las Vegas, winning a prize of $200.
In the Las Vegas Sun, five writers attempt to eat as many items as possible from the new 500+ item Bacchanal Buffet at Caesar's Palace. The restaurant seats 600, has 25,000 square feet and reportedly cost $17 million.
Thomas Wong reports that Miki Sudo won a Quadruple Bypass Burger eating contest held at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas today. update Sept 26 LightSwitchStudios has a blog entry about the contest report Miki's time for the burger was 3:39. This beats Jed Donahue's time of 3:55, but is short of Joey Chestnut's time of 1:47.
The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas will hold a Quadruple Bypass Burger eating contest for three amateurs on September 24 that will appear on national television.
The Village Pub in Las Vegas has a gallery of last Saturday's rib eating contest where Miki Sudo won $1,299.
Joey Chestnut wins Nugget Ribs eating contest
update Aug 30 #2 RGJ.com has a gallery. Drake Nelson has a video.
update Aug 30 Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 8 lb
2) Matt Stonie 7.5
3) Pat Bertoletti 5.8
4) Michelle Lesco 4.6
5) Juan Rodriguez 4.5
6) Steve Hendry 4
7) Erik Denmark 3.7
8) Allen Tripplett 3.1
9) Jason Erb 2.6
10) David Solomon 2.5
10) Matt Raible 2.5
12) Drake Nelson 2
13) Michael Norton 1.8
Contest reports RGJ | Sparks Tribune | KOLO
update 7:12 Pacific EricJ8 announces Joey Chestnut has defended his title
The contest is underway @ericj8 is posting pictures.
North Nevada Buisness Weekly has an article about Joey Chestnut defending his title at the Nugget Best in the West Rib Cook-off, in Sparks, NV on Wednesday where he discusses his post-competitive eating career plans which include opening a boutique hot dog restaurant in San Jose. (Presumably it will not serve Hoffman hot dogs.)
Miki Sudo wins Village Pub rib contest
update #2 Miki Sudo has uploaded a contest video.
update The following results have been entered into the database:
1) Miki Sudo 35 ribs
2) Tom Gilbert 31
3) El Toro 29
4) Rich LeFevre 25
5) ? 20
6) Carlene LeFevre 18
Miki Sudo announces she won the rib eating contest held at the Village Pub in Las Vegas and received a prize of $1,299. Tom Gilbert was the runner-up. The event was her first ever head-to-head eating competition.
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