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Eric "Badlands" Booker announces that he will compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the Marlins ballpark on Saturday. Unlike last year's qualifier in Miami, the competition will be held outside the stadium before the game, so there might be the possibility for walk-on entrants which could avoid an all-male field like the 2017 qualifier had.

March 25, 2018 at 10:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Miami | Permalink * Comments (5)

A hot dog eating contest will be part of the "Fan Pro Day" the Ole Miss football program will hold in Oxford, MS on March 25. The event was inspired by the testing sessions that NFL draftees undergo.

March 23, 2018 at 11:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Mississippi | Permalink * Comments (3)

Cooper's Alehouse in Seattle will hold a Peeps eating contest on March 31 awarding $250 to the winner.

March 21, 2018 at 9:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Seattle, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (9)

Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark ate 10 tacos in 53 seconds to win a Jack Daniel's electric guitar at Leinenkugel's in Kansas City.

March 21, 2018 at 7:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brandon Clark, Contest Results, Kansas City, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (9)

Joe Menchetti won the first prize of $500 in Saturday's wing eating contest at Arooga's at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT.

March 20, 2018 at 11:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Connecticut, Contest Results, Joe Menchetti, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers posted a meatball eating contest on his Instagram story. He claimed to have bet $40,000 on the contest.

March 20, 2018 at 9:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Philadelphia, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Jalen Mills of the Philadelphia Eagles was impressed with a video of Bob Shoudt eating 31 Wendy's Double Stackers to pay homage to the defensive back's jersey number.

March 19, 2018 at 12:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Male Athletes, Philadelphia, Videos | Permalink * Comments (7)

Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle ran the New York City Half Marathon in 2:06:39 this morning.

March 18, 2018 at 3:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, New York City | Permalink * Comments (4)

All Pro Eating announced that The Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries World Hamburger Eating Championship will return to Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, NC on June 2. The contest format has been changed to a fixed time of 5:55 and the purse will be $2500/$1250/$500/$250. Beard Meats Food reported that Leah Shutkever had received an invitation in a recent podcast with Wayne Algenio an Darron Breeden. (around 19 minute mark)

March 18, 2018 at 10:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Raleigh | Permalink * Comments (3)

Leinenkugel's in Kansas City will hold a taco eating contest on March 20 awarding a Jack Daniels electric guitar.

March 16, 2018 at 11:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kansas City, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (3)

Chronic Tacos will hold a taco eating contest in Raleigh, NC on March 24 as part of its grand opening celebration. "Wee Man" of Jackass is expected to attend. (I have not seen anything about the return of the Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Challenge in 2018; the Sabroso Taco Fest website has no mention of an eating contest.)

March 16, 2018 at 11:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Raleigh, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (3)

Nathan Figueroa has uploaded a video of his victory of in the amateur division of Sunday's eating contest at Carnaval Miami where he ate 25 croquetas to win the first prize of $500.

March 14, 2018 at 7:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Darron Breeden, Miami, Nate Figueroa, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

The team consisting of Raina Huang, Naader Reda, Jimmy Lin, Nadia White, Doug Sakmann and Matt Slayer and two others came close to finishing the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's in Northridge, CA, but had about 9 slices left.

March 14, 2018 at 12:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Los Angeles, Naader Reda, Nadia White, Raina Huang, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments (2)

Irish 31 in Tampa will hold a "Guinness Car Bomb Wing Eating Contest" on March 17 awarding $250 to the winner.

March 14, 2018 at 9:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Tampa, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Registration is open on majorleagueeating.com for the John's Incredible Pizza World Pizza-Eating Championship at the Westminster Mall in Orange County, CA on April 22. The purse is $4,000.

March 13, 2018 at 11:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Orange County | Permalink * Comments (1)

AVN has an article about the new trailer for "Eating Out With Nadia White" a youtube channel documenting the adult film actress' competitive eating career. Tim "Gravy" Brown makes an appearance as an eating coach. Nadia will attempt the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama's & Papa's in Northridge, CA tonight with a team of seven other diners.

March 13, 2018 at 6:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Nadia White, Pizza Eating Challenges, Tim Brown, Videos, Websites | Permalink * Comments (2)

Erik Denmark and Sarah Reinecke discuss their victories in the Nathan's qualifier at the Bite of Oregon in Portland in the latest Fink Beats the Stomach podcast.

March 12, 2018 at 8:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Erik Denmark, Podcasts, Portland, Sarah Reinecke | Permalink * Comments (3)

2018 Miami Croquetazo

March 11, 2018 at 5:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Geoff Esper, Miami

update Mar 20 Darron Breeden has a video

update Rise Miami News has a contest video

Results

1st 154 Geoffrey Esper falls short of Carmen Cincottis record of 158 by 4
2nd 141 Darron Breeden
3rd 116 Gideon Oji 4 croqueta deduction
4th 80 Eric “Badlands” Booker
5th 38 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
6th 34 Jia Lee
7th 26 Alex “Moose” Perez
DQ ? Victor Aldrich

The contest can be viewed on Facebook Live

Comments (4)

Bob Shoudt & Wayne Algenio teamed up to eat a bucket of meatballs in 32 seconds at the Meatball Shop in Williamsburg, NY and win the first prize of a 10 person food and drink party on Daniel's Chicken Bus. Bob Shoudt also ate 48 meatballs at That Meatball Place in Patchogue, NY to win $1000. update Wayne Algenio video

March 10, 2018 at 12:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Long Island, New York City, Wayne Algenio | Permalink * Comments (6)

The Festival of the Kite at the Redondo (CA) Beach Pier will hold a hot dog on a stick eating contest tomorrow awarding $200 to the winner.

March 10, 2018 at 12:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Long Beach, Los Angeles, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (5)

10 Tavern in Washington, DC will hold a 4 round wing eating contest starting tomorrow. The final round on March 31 will award a viewing party for the NCAA Championship basketball game on April 2.

March 10, 2018 at 11:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:District of Columbia, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Watching Randy Santel videos is apparently a class assignment for a course at Southern Arkansas University.

March 9, 2018 at 10:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Arkansas, Randy Santel | Permalink * Comments (10)

Arooga's at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT will hold a wing eating contest on March 10 awarding a $150 Visa gift card. The second round on March 17 will award a $500 Visa gift card. Other Arooga's locations will also hold contests; the total amount of prizes on the circuit is listed as $1,300.

March 9, 2018 at 9:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Connecticut, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (3)

Amamda Kessel, a member of the hockey team that won the Olympic gold medal last month, says she could defeat her brother Phil Kessel, who plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins, in a hot dog eating contest.

March 8, 2018 at 12:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Pittsburgh | Permalink * Comments (3)

George Shea did an interview on the Hochman and Crowder show in CBS Miami this afternoon and announced Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden and Badlands Booker as expected entrants in Sunday's World Championship Croqueta Eating Contest on Sunday.

March 6, 2018 at 7:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Miami, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (2)

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