Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
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.
The Schuyler Corn Competition and Car Show will hold a corn eating contest in Schuyler, NY on August 10 awarding $1000 to the winner.
2024 Wendy’s chicken nugget contest
Announced results (8 minutes)
1 Pat Bertoletti 220
2 James Webb 213
3 Geoff Esper 211
4 Sean Yeager 166
5 Australian (Kylan Lee?) 131
James Webb is running a video of today’ Wendy’s chicken nugget eating contest.
Pat Bertoletti, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, James Webb and Nick Wehry are expected to compete in Wendy's Chicken Nugget Eating Championship before Friday's Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip, NY. Webb is now billed as a resident of Little El, TX.
Registration is now open on majorleagueeating.com for the Wendy's Chicken Nugget Eating Championship. The contest will take place before the July 26 Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip, NY.
2024 Nathan’s Famous mens finals
| 1st | 58 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | personal best |
| 2nd | 53 | Geoffrey Esper | personal best |
| 3rd | 52 | James Webb | personal best, UK Commonwealth record |
| 4th | 51.75 | Nick Wehry | personal best |
| 5th | 46 | Takuya Yamamoto | best Japanese result since Kobayashi |
| 6th | 43 | Ricardo Corbucci | Latino record |
| 7th | 38.5 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 8th | 33 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 32 | Max Stanford | |
| 10th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 11th | 28.75 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 12th | 28 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 27.5 | William Lyon | |
| 14th | 23 | Radim Dvoracek |
Badlands Booker has defended his chugging championship. One of the other competitors had a “reversal” which appears to rival Sloth in the Wing Bowl as one of the greatest reversals in competitive eating history.
Dutch Mazz is also doing a live video that will hopefully have clearer audio than Gigi’s.
Miki Sudo sets Nathan’s Famous women’s record
| 1st | 51 | Miki Sudo | new Nathan’s womens record |
| 2nd | 37 | Mayoi Ebihara | Japanese women’s record |
| 3rd | 23.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 5th | 13 | Tandra Childress | |
| 6th | 12 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 7th | 8.75 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 8th | 8 | Rubianne Garcia | |
| 9th | 7.4 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 10th | 7.25 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 11th | 7 | Crystal Ocampo | |
| 12th | 6 | Ellen Straub | |
| 13th | 5.5 | Elizabeth Salgado | |
| 14th | 5.25 | Julie Goldberg |
Gigi’s Time is running a livestream
The New York Mets ballpark has not held a Nathan's hot dog qualifier since 2019, but it will hold a Premio sausage eating contest tomorrow. The winner will throw the first pitch for the game and the top 3 will receive Amex gift cards.
Grub Street has a behind the scenes look at the decision by Shea Communications decision to lock Joey Chestnut of the Nathan's Famous for endorsing Impossible Foods plant-based frankfurters.
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