Upcoming eating contests
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(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
Molly Schuyler ate 19 meatballs in 4 minutes to defend her title at Millie's of Staten Island. Wayne Algenio was third.
Joe Menchetti won the first prize of $400 in Thursday's wing eating contest at The Coop in Farmingdale, NY. Marcos "The Monster" Owens was runner-up.
Millie's meatball eating contest will take place in Staten Island, NY on March 8. Last year's contest awarded $1750. Molly Schuyler is expected to defend her title.
San Antonios in New York City will hold a hot dog eating contest on March 16 awarding $333 to the winner.
The Coop in Farmingdale, NY will hold a wing eating contest on March 6 awarding $400 to the winner.
Milk and Tea in Buffalo will hold a pho eating contest on March 15 awarding $350/$150/$50 to the top 3 finishers.
Raina Huang will compete in a popcorn eating contest at Clinton Hall in New York City on February 21. Casey Webb of "Man v Food" will host.
Tampa resident Miki Sudo, billed as an Upper East Side native, is included in a New York Post list of New Yorkers who broke a Guinness record in 2024. Her total of 51.5 hot dogs on July 4 was the all time best for a woman in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle has produced a video about his first Major League Eating contest, the Wild Turkey 81 turkey eating contest in New York City on Thanksgiving Eve 2011. He says he will never sign another Major League Eating document again.
Food Challenge News has an article about the mysterious disappearance of extreme food challenger Chuck Saragossi, whose "Chuck from the Bronx" youtube channel stopped updating without any retirement announcement in 2016.
A sleeping woman was set on fire while on a subway car at the Coney Island subway station at Surf & Stillwell. The location is adjacent to the site of Nathan's Famous July 4 hot dog eating contest.
The King of the Wings contest at the Hudson Valley Wingfest will award $5,000 if the contest record of 1:31 for 18 wings is broken on February 1 in Poughkeepsie, NY. Four qualifiers will be held.
The Japanese television program Dekamori Hunter has uploaded a video of Ryuchiro Nabeshima taking on Bob "Notorious BOB" Shoudt in a rib eating contest held at Times Square in New York City.
La Nova Wings will hold a Wing Bowl awarding $1000 to the winner before the Buffalo Bills game on November 17.
Carlos Rodon is the New York Yankees starting pitcher for tonight's World Series game versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2014 after being drafted by the Chicago White Sox, he discussed his competitive eating fandom in an episode of the Cespedes Family Barbecast podcast.
PR News Online has an interview with Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest co-founder Mortimer Matz, who turned 100 in July.
Robert McGee ate 84 pierogies in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in the eating contest at Pierozek in Brooklyn on Tuesday.
Molly Schuyler ate 46 sausages in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in Wednesday's bratwurst eating contest at Clinton Hall in Manhattan.
Pierozek in Brooklyn will hold a pierogie eating contest on October 8 awarding $500 to the winner and $300 to the runner up.
2024 US Chicken Wing Eating Championship
update Sept 5Four days after the contest, MLE has posted full results
| 1st | 236 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 205 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 187 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 148 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 140 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 132 | Joey Przybylowicz | |
| 7th | 118 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 8th | 110 | Brandon “The Titanium Jaw” Macey | |
| 9th | 93 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 10th | 76 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 11th | 61 | Kirby Shawn |
Announced results from James Webb live video
1 James Webb 236 wings (12 minutes)
2 Miki Sudo 205 wings
3 Nick Wehry 187 wings
WGRZ is currently running a live video of the US Chicken Wing Eating Championship from the Buffalo Wing Festival in Orchard Park, NY.
Nick Wehry wins Buffalo Buffet Bowl
update Sep 5 Full results have been posted on the contest page
Nick Wehry’s time was 5:42. All other times are 5:52
| 1st | 5 | Nick Wehry | first contest since “Plategate” |
| 2nd | 5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 2.84 | George Chiger | |
| 4th | 1.85 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 5th | 1.72 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 6th | 1.71 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 1.5 | Shawn “The Vacuum” Kirby | |
| 8th | 1.13 | Rene Rovtar |
The top 3 of today’s Buffalo Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wing Festival via Joel Hansen’s video
1 Nick Wehry
2 Miki Sudo
3 George Chiger
Yonkers Brewing in Yonkers, NY will hold a wing eating contest on August 31 awarding $300 to the winner.
The Last Stop in The Bronx will hold a wing eating contest on August 29 awarding $500 to the winner.
Joe Menchetti won Sunday's clam eating contest at Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY.
Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY will hold a clam eating contest on August 11 awarding thousands in cash prizes.
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