Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Nevada eating challenges and contests in database)
Harrah's Reno has made a commercial to promote its new Big Bowl noodle eating challenge.
RxMuscle will hold a sushi eating contest in Las Vegas on September 23. (The contest date might be changed to allow Mr. Olympia competitors to participate after their contest.) update The contest has been moved to September 26.
A Buffalo Wild Wings in Las Vegas will hold a hot wing eating contest on Sunday awarding $100 to the winner.
Joey Chestnut wins 2010 JA Nugget Ribs eating contest
update #2 RGJ and the Daily Sparks Tribune have articles.
update The Nugget Ribs twitter confirms Joey’s victory
Crawfish has posted the top 4 to his twitter (via Ryan McKillop)
1st Joey Chestnut 8 lbs
2nd Patrick Bertoletti 6.8
3rd Erik Denmark 4.8
4th Ron Koch 4.1
Joey Chestnut says he is considering competing in the JA Nugget Rib Eating Championship in Sparks, NV tonight at 6 pm Pacific.
Daily Sparks Tribune has an article about amateur competitor David Headrick.
Fox 40 has a video of Ryan McKillop (via MLE facebook)
The MLE facebook lists Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark, Ryan McKillop and Jason Erb as expected competitors in the Nugget Rib eating contest on September 1 in Sparks, Nevada. update Joey Chestnut is also expected to compete according to the San Francisco Examiner.
Jessica "JigsawMofo" has uploaded a video of her becoming the first female to finish the the Iron Man omelet at The Broken Yolk in San Diego. She has also posted a video of her recent attempt at the B3 Burrito in Las Vegas, which she believes was considerably more massive than the listed six pound weight.
Esquire has a blog entry about the Firecracker Burger offered by the Skybox at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas, which has Bhut Jolokia peppers mixed into the hamburger meat.
Registration for the September 1 rib eating contest at the Nugget in Sparks, NV (Reno area) will open today at 4 pm eastern. Registration for the September 25 Upper Crust Pizza contest in Boston and the September 11 burrito eating contest at the New Mexico State Fair will open tomorrow.
Missosology has pictures of Miss Phillipines, Venus Raj winning the eating contest held for Miss Universe competitors in Las Vegas. (Miss Hungary did not show much hunger and does not appear to have touched her wings ;) )
The NASCAR Cafe's facebook page has a request for feedback about a possible B3 Burrito eating contest.
NuggetRibCookoff.com announces that this year's rib eating contest will take place on September 1 in Sparks, Nevada and that Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his title.
Gershwin9 has a video of a Dairy Queen Blizzard eating contest won by Ron Koch with 18 Blizzards in 10 minutes. Andrew Lane was the runner up. The Las Vegas Sun has an article about the contest, held to benefit the Children's Miracle Network.
The NASCAR Cafe's facebook has added a picture of Joey Chestnut after he ate the B3 Burrito in 6 minutes. There is also a new picture of Jessica "JigsawMofo" and Naader Reda's attempt Wednesday. Neither finished, but Jessica ate 3 pounds more than Adam Richman did in his attempt.
Emily’s Café at Club Fortune Casino in Henderson, NV (Las Vegas area) has started offering a 12 patty burger challenge that is free if finished in less than 20 minutes.
First Food and Bar in Las Vegas will have a wing eating contest on Saturday awarding a $100 gift certificate to the winner.
LBs Burgers in Las Vegas has created a poster for its "Undertaker" burger, which consists of 11 patties topped with bhut jolokia sauce. The burger received its name when Ron "The Undertaker" Koch was the first person to finish it last year .
Mas3423 has uploaded videos of Joey Chestnut's hot dog eating contest against Shaquille O'Neal. Shaq had four teammates and Tim Janus apparently served as coach for Shaq's team.
Las Vegas Weekly reports that Joey Chestnut and Shaquille O'Neal consumed a total of 60 hot dogs in recording a segment of Shaq vs. on Saturday. The episode will be televised in August.
The Vegas Cabbie twitter reports that Shaquille O'Neal claimed he would be Joey Chestnut at the hot dog eating contest at Serendipity in Caesar's Palace at noon.
The Las Vegas Sun has more information about Joey Chestnut competing against Shaquille O'Neal Saturday for an upcoming episode of Shaq vs. The site will be Serendipity 3 in Caesar's Palance and the competition food will be hot dogs.
Diablo's in Las Vegas will hold wing eating contests on May 21 and 28 awarding a Gibson guitar to the winner.
Ben Monson wins Nathan’s Las Vegas qualifier w/ 29 HDB
update From Las Vegas has a video of the end of the contest The second place finisher had 15 HDB according to the flip cards. Ron Koch had 14.
10:02 Steve Cofield of ESPN Radio 1100 confirms on the MLE facebook that Monson won with 29 HDB
An anonymous commenter claims Ben Monson won with 29 HDB.
7:19 pm KTNV has a picture, but no results
The qualifier is supposed to start at 6 pm eastern according to examiner.com
Top Nathan’s qualifier debuts since 2005
Here are the five best Nathan’s qualifier debuts since 2005 according to the eatfeats database:
| 2006 Jun 17 | 1st | 38 | 12 min | Chip “The Phenom” Simpson | Bloomington, MN |
| 2008 May 10 | 2nd | 30 | 10 min | Patrick Vandam | Apple Valley, MN |
| 2007 Jun 9 | 2nd | 28 | 12 min | Juliet Lee | Charlotte, NC |
| 2007 Jun 28 | 2nd | 26.5 | 12 min | Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo | West Chester, PA |
| 2007 May 19 | 2nd | 24 | 12 min | Tim “Gravy” Brown | East Hartford, CT |
The new poll asks how many hot dogs will Ben Monson eat in the Las Vegas Nathan’s qualifier. Examiner.com has an article about the contest.
A list of 15+ HDB Nathan’s qualifier debuts since 2005 in the eatfeats database follows after the jump:
SinCity 247 reports that Stoney's North 40 will have a challenge menu with a Habanero Pizza, a 6 pound Burrito, a 14 egg omelet and wings in bhut jolokia pepper sauce when it reopens in Las Vegas on April 30.
George Shea announces that Ben Monson will compete in the first Nathan's qualifier in Las Vegas on May 6.
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