Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Pennsylvania eating challenges and contests in database)
Stephanie Wu ate 15 hot dogs in 10 minutes to tie for first place at the Blossburg (PA) Fall Festival, then ate 7 hot dogs in 5 minutes to break the tie and claim the $200 prize. update Tiogapublishing.com has a contest report
Ivan "The Avocado" Mendoza won the first prize of $250 at the Karl Ehmer Bratwurst Eating Competition at Steelstacks in Bethlehem, PA.
The Blossburg Fall Festival will hold a hot dog eating contest on October 14 awarding $200 to the winner.
The Backyard Ale House in Scranton, PA will hold a hot dog eating contest on October 5 awarding $150 and a $100 gift card to the winner.
The Philadelphia Cheesesteak Festival will hold a sandwich eating contest on October 13 awarding $1000/$500/$250.
Philly.com has an article about Rene Rovtar titled "She never wins. But this skinny New Jersey school official keeps entering competitive-eating contests anyway".
Oktoberfest at Steelstacks in Bethlehem, PA will hold bratwurst eating contests on October 6 and 13 awarding $250 to thw winner.
2018 Taste of Hamburg-er eating contest
Results via Dan Kennedy from yesterday’s professional burger eating contest at Taste of Hamburg-er in Hamburg, PA. The contest was truncated to 8 minutes from 10 after running short on burgers.
| 1st | 24 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | |
| 2nd | 22 | Dan “killer” Kennedy | |
| 3rd | 20 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 4th | 17 | Andy Puhl | |
| 5th | 10 | Stephen “Barracuda” Hillegass |
Molly Schuyler finished Benny's 28 inch pizza challenge in 6:50 at Benny Fierro's in Pittsburgh to set a chain record. Brandon Clark also finished the challenge to win $500 earlier this week.
Taste of Hamburg-er in Hamburg, PA will hold a burger eating contest for professionals on September 1 awarding $1000/$500/$250/$125/$75. A contest for teams of three amateurs will award $150/$90/$60.
Dan "Killer" Kennedy ate 26 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win an eating contest at The Texas restaurant in Kane, PA yesterday.
The Greene Turtle in North Wales, PA will hold a hot wing eating contest on July 28 awarding $500 to the winner.
Dan Kennedy ate 36 4 inch blueberry pies in 10 minutes to win a eating contest at the Red White & Blueberry Festival in Reynoldsville, PA. Andy Puhl was the runner up with 27.
Registration is open for the National Fried Mushroom Eating Championship in Kennett Square, PA on September 8. Professioinals can win $1000/$500/$300; the top local amateurs will get $200/$100.
Bob Shoudt won the first prize of $500 and a pair of tickets to the Eagles home opener in last night's crab fries eating contest at Chickie's & Pete's in Philadelphia. Dave Brunelli was runner-up and Nick "The Lunatic" Volpi was 3rd.
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has a interview with Brad "The Lunatic" Sciullo, who has started his own competitive eating organization promoting Pittsburgh area contests.
Chickie's & Petes in Philadelphia will hold a crab fry eating contest on July 13 awarding tickets to the Eagles opener and cash.
2018 Dutch Wonderland Nathan’s qualifier
update June 10 WGAL article
| 1st | 50 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 2nd | 26 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 13 | Jack “Snack Jack” Diamond | |
| 4th | 11.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 5th | 7 | Patrick Ryan | |
| 6th | 4 | Brett Shepard |
| 1st | 17.5 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 2nd | 5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 3rd | 4.25 | Tysheema Holmes |
From Patch Ryan’s twitch video, it appears Carmen Cincotti won with 50 hot dogs. Larell Marie Mele was the female winner.
Carmen Cincotti, George Chiger, Bill Myers, Larell Marie Mele and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete at today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, PA.
2018 Hostess Donette eating contest
PhillyVoice has an article
Dizexhaled has a video
| 1st | 257 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 244 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 3rd | 204 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 176 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 139 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 124 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 7th | 122 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 8th | 116 | Ivan “The Avocado” Mendoza | |
| 9th | 44 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 10th | 24 | Rene Rovtar |
This will probably be the last meeting of Joey Chestnut and Carmen Cincotti before the Nathan’s finals. Joey Chestnut has not defeated Carmen Cincotti since the White Hut cheeseburg eating contest in West Springfield, MA on September 23.
Allanah Richman reports Bob Shoudt ate 7 sandwiches to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's eating contest held at the HoagieNation festival in Philadelphia headlined by Hall & Oates.
WIP is currently running a twitter poll asking if there should be one final Wing Bowl.
Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Gideon Oji and Darron Breeden are expected to compete in the World Hostess® Donettes® Eating Championship in Philadelphia on June 1.
Dan "Killer" Kennedy announced that he and Darron Breeden fiished the 25.5 pound burger challenge at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA.
Registration is open for a Hostess Donettes eating contest in Philadelphia on June 1. The purse of $8000 is the largest so far for a MLE contest in 2018.
The Courier Express has an article about Dan "Killer" Kennedy's attempt at a 48 inch submarine sandwich at Sub Hub in Reynoldsville, PA, which he thinks weighed 14+ pounds. The event raised $300 for multiple sclerosis research.
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