Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Ohio eating challenges and contests in database)
Quaker Steak & Lube in Kent, Ohio will hold weekly atomic wing eating qualifiers on Tuesdays for a contest on May 7 that will award a flat screen TV.
The first All Pro Eating event of 2013 has been announced: The Riders 4 Relief 2013 National Onion Ring Eating Championship will take place on May 26 in Coshocton, Ohio and award $1400 ($700 to the winner).
A facebook page has been started for the Competitive Eaters of Southern Ohio Club.
NewNet5 reports that a fight broke out at the Circle Lounge in Eastlake, OH after a hot dog eating contest was proposed. update News Herald has a security camera video of the incident.
Barrio in Cleveland will hold a taco eating contest on October 19 awarding $400 to the winner.
Master Pizza in Cleveland is holding a pizza eating contest today awarding a trip to Las Vegas. update Chance DeWerth won the contest.
West Park Station in Cleveland is holding oyster eating contests on September 28 and 29 awarding a trip to Chicago on October 13 for the National Oyster Eating Contest. (I have not been able to find anything else about the October 13 contest.)
Joey Chestnut defends Zinzinnati bratwurst title
update Sept 23-2 Andrew Kogutkiewicz has a video of the overtime
update Sept 23 Fox19 has a video
Robert Bolson has a gallery.
Results from Zinzinnati Oktoberfest in Cincinnati (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)
| 1st | 32 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | ate 5 in 1 minute OT |
| 2nd | 32 | Tim “Gravy” Brown | ate 3 in 1 minute OT |
| 3rd | 24 | Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle | |
| 4th | 16.5 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 5th | 12 | Hunter Brankamp | |
| 6th | 11 | Sean Mulcahey | |
| 7th | 10.5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 8th | 10 | Brian Gee | |
| 9th | 8.5 | Tracy Goode | |
| 10th | 4.5 | Veronica | |
| 10th | 4.5 | Cameron Hanby | |
| 12th | 4 | Vance Van Drake |
A press release announces Joey Chestnut will defend his bratwurst title at Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati in Cincinnati on September 22. Other expected entrants include Tim "Gravy" Brown, Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle, Andrew Kogutkiewicz and Matthew Raible.
BBR in Columbus will hold a hot dog eating contest on Sunday awarding $500.
Registration for the Oktoberfest Zinzinnati World Bratwurst-Eating Championship in Cincinnati on September 22 will open at 5 pm eastern today on ifoce.com.
Sonya Thomas wins Akron Hamburger Festival contest
update Aug 26 Robert Kline has a video of the contest.
update Aug 23 The festival facebook and cleplusfreelancers have galleries
Bill Myers has entered full results into the database
George Shea has the top 3 in the US Hamburger Eating Championship at the Hamburger Festival in Akron:
1) Sonya Thomas 16
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 14.5
3) Yasir Salem 11
Lacey Hammersley defended her hot dog eating title at the Muskigum County Fair in Zanesville, OH by eating 12 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
The Cleveland Scene has an interview has an interview with Sonya Thomas about competing at the National Hamburger Festival in Akron on Sunday.
Sonya Thomas is expected to compete at the National Hamburger Festival in Akron, OH on August 19. (via Badlands Booker)
Chance "Chickenhawk" DeWerth emailed that he won last night's Cleveland Wing Bowl with a total of 2.9 pounds in 10 minutes. Mike Maxey was the runner-up.
Registration for the burger eating contest to be held August 19 at The National Hamburger Festival in Akron, OH will open Thursday on ifoce.com. The purse for the contest will be $1500 and an August 18 non-MLE eating contest is listed on the contest website.
Eater X wins Rhythm and Ribs pulled pork, Jamie McDonald second
update July 17 Brian Seiken has some videos from the contest and road trip to Ohio.
update July 16 The Columbus Dispatch and Port Clinton News Herald have articles.
The articles mention that the contest had to be divided into two five minute sections due to a lack of sandwiches. This is the second shortage in a MLE contest in three months; a contest in Iowa was truncated after running out of cupcakes.
update #2 “LA Beast” announces he was fourth
update The top 3:
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 61.5
2) Jamie McDonald 59
3) Juliet Lee 43
4) Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle 35 reports “mass confusion” at contest
Vince Nairn reports that Tim “Eater X” Janus is competing in the contest. It appears that Juliet Lee is also participating.
The Lancaster-Eagle Gazette has an article about "Big" Brian Subich, who will compete in the World Pulled Pork Sandwich Eating Championship at the Rhythm and Ribs BBQ Festival in Carroll, Ohio on Sunday. Other expected entrants include Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle and Jamie McDonald.
Registration for the World Pulled Pork Eating Championship at the Rhythm and Ribs BBQ Festival in Carroll, OH (Columbus area) on July 15 opens today at 5 pm eastern.
The Cleveland Wing Bowl will award $500 and a Weber grill at the Wing Warehouse in Northfield, OH on July 27. Wing Off qualifiers will be held on July 6/13/20.
Cleveland Scene has a report on yesterday's Rock the Tot finals. Jamie McDonald's winning total was 5.25 pounds. update June 26 A youtube caption has the full contest results.
Randy Santel announces that Jamie McDonald won the Bar Louie Rock the Tot finals held in Cleveland today, a day after he was runner-up in the Isle of Capri Boonville boneless wings contest. Bob Kuhns came in second.
A press release has information about the Rock the Tot finals in Cleveland June 24. The field will be Bob Kuhns, Randy Santel, Jamie McDonald, Chance DeWerth and Roland Alvarado, who replaces Kevin Ross. update June 20 Pitch Weekly has an article about Randy Santel competing in the finals.
The field for the Rock the Tot finals in Cleveland on June 24 has been announced: Bob Kuhns, Chance DeWerth, Kevin Ross, Randy Santel and Jamie McDonald. update The only announced female winner of a Rock the Tot contest is Beth "Beef" Berry in Kirkwood, MO, who also won the 2010 contest at that location.
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