Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Pennsylvania eating challenges and contests in database)
A Taste of Hamburg-er will hold a burger eating contest in Hamburg, PA on September 5 awarding $350/$200/$100/$50 to the top 4.
The hot dog eating contest from the "Beach Games" episode of "The Office" has been uploaded to youtube.
The Kennett Square, PA Mushroom Festival will hold an amateur fried mushroom eating contest on September 13 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three.
Horse Trading Days in Zelienople, PA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 18 awarding $1000/#500/$250. Competitors will need to eat at least 20 hot dogs to receive the full prizes.
Yunho Choi has posted a video of his trip to Pennsylvania to compete in the Nathan's qualifier held at Hershey Park for the Nathan's Famous hot dog qualifier. He believes a plate was missed which would have given him a winning total of 30 hot dogs.
George Chiger & Larell Marie Mele win Hershey Park qualifier
update July 13 Franky WooWoo has a video
update June 22 PennLive, WHTM and WGAL have videos. Penn Live has an article and gallery.
| 1st | 25.5 | George Chiger |
| 2nd | 25 | Yunho Choi |
| 3rd | 22 | Tanner Gray |
| 4th | 17 | Jacob Williams |
| 5th | 13.5 | Mitchell Ashe |
| 6th | 12 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
| 7th | 10.25 | Paul Chen |
| 1st | 12.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele |
| 2nd | 7.5 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
| 3rd | 5 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
| 3rd | 5 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado |
| 5th | 3.75 | Rori Hausman |
George Chiger and Larell Marie Mele won today’s Nathan’s Famous qualifier at Hershey Park in Hershey, PA.
The Reading, PA Fighting Phils will hold a tribute to Joey Chestnut at their May 30 game. A bobblehead doll will be available.
Saucey's Pizza in West Chester, PA has started a 28 inch pizza challenge with a jackpot. The current prize is $500. With every failed attempt, the jackpot will increase by $20.
2026 Nathan’s qualifier “line segment” announced
Registration is now open for the 2026 Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest qualifiers. With just two competitions, the qualifier schedule can be more accurately described as a line segment than a circuit. Both contests will be held at northeastern USA theme parks in the middle of June:
There were 16 qualifiers for the 2019 Nathan’s Famous finals, 6 for 2025.
A competitive eater who just ate 36 hot dogs was a patient on last night's episode of HBO's hospital drama, The Pitt. Men's Health had a doctor analyse the segment. (Video clip).
Dave "US Male" Goldstein annonced that he was runner up in the Wing Pole at Club Risque in Philadelphia with 187 wings. Dave Brunelli won the competition with 209 wings. updateMarcos Owens defended his title at the Wing Pole held at Cheerleaders
The Wing Pole will return to Cheerleaders in Philadelphia on February 6, 2026. The winner will receive $3,000.
Kildare's Irish Pub in West Chester, PA will hold a hot wing eating contest on November 2 awarding two tickets to the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Chicago Bears game on November 28.
Relish in Milmont Park, PA will hold an amateur-only hot dog eating contest on October 19 awarding $250 to the winner. The runner up will receive $100.
For their playoff series, the Philadelphia Phillies are offering a 9-9-9 Challenge meal containing 9 undersized hot dogs and 9 beers in shot glasses. Joey Chestnut was unimpressed with the menu item.
2025 Kennett Square mushrooms
The Kennett Square Mushroom Festival is doing a facebook live video of today’s eating contests. The spicy mushroom contest has just concluded. The main contest should start around 12:45 pm Eastern.
Frankie FLoats announces that Molly Schuyler, Dan Kennedy, Sean Yeager, Josh Krady and Peter Ritter will be competing in the mushroom eating contest at the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, PA on September 7.
The Mushroom Festival will hold a fried mushroom eating contest in Kennett Square, PA on September 6 awarding $1000/$600/$400/$300/$200 to the top 5.
Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith is the guest on the new episode of New Heights, Jason and Travis Kelce's podcast. After Smith mentions his victory in the Kelce Jam wing eating contest, Jason discusses his experience competing in the 2014 Wing Bowl and brings up Molly Schuyler's record of 501 wings for that event.
A Taste of Hamburg will hold an amateur burger eating contest in Hamburg, PA on August 30 awarding $350/$200/$100/$50 to the top 4.
Dan Kennedy faced off against Jordan Mailata and Cam Jurgens of the Philadelphia Eagles in an Uncrustables eating contest. Jason Kelce served as coach.
Joey Chestnut ate 14 banana dogs in 3 minutes to win a competition held at Saturday's Savannah Bananas game in Philadelphia. The contest was held on the field while gameplay was taking place.
Jack Legath ate 30 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in Saturday's ShuBrew hot dog eating contest at Horse Trading Days in Zelienople, PA.
Horse Trading Days in Zelienople, PA will hold the ShuBrew hot dog eating contest on July 19 awarding $1000/$500/$250 to the top 3. Prizewinners must exceed 20 hot dogs to receive the full amount.
Pittsbugh Magazine has an article about Wildcat Championship Belts in Latrobe, PA, producer of the belts for Nathan'Famous hot dog eating contest.
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