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The Food Network's new eating challenge program "Ginormous Food" will record at Bard's Burgers & Chili in Latonia, KY later this month. The challenge meal will be an 11 patty "Triple Cincinnasti Burger.
Foodbeast has a preview of this weekend's "No Hands Pizza Eating Challenge" at Oozefest in Santa Ana, CA where the eater is not allowed use of hands and will be fed by an assistant. Naader Reda is expected to compete.
TMZ reports that Verne Troyer, who played Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, ate a 32 ounce Tomahawk steak at the D casino hotel in Las Vegas.
The field for Saturday's Astra Foods Cheesesteak Challenge at the Cheesesteak & Food Fest in Philadelphia includes Bob Shoudt, Dave Brunelli, "The Ukraine Train" and Jack Diamond. update Oct 13 Moe's Train Tracks says spots are still available.

2016 Nathan’s Nashville qualifier

Results from the first qualifier in the 2016-17 Nathan’s circuit: Part 1 | Part 2

Men
1 Brian Dudzinksi 27.5
2 Badlands Booker 25.5, takes wild card lead
3 Nate Biller 18

Women
1) Liz McClurg 9.5
2) Taylor Coombs 8.5, takes wild card lead
3) Noelle Morgan 8, thinks she had 8.5

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Molly Schuyler is expected to defend her title at the National Bratwurst Eating contest at Bierhaus in Manhattan on October 29.
Tennessean.com has an article about Ethan Teske competing in Tuesday's Nathan's qualifier in Nashville.

Gideon Oji wins Grants, NM green chile

Results Part 1 | Part 2 (32 oz bowls, duration not given)

1st 5.25 Gideon Oji
2nd 4.75 Miki Sudo
3rd 4.25 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
4th 4 Josh Miller
5th 3.875 Rich “The Locust” LeFevre
6th 2.25 Kobi Bauer
7th 2 Stevie Bauer
8th 1 Jamie West

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Tony Mitchell ate 5 jumbo slices to win the first prize of $1000 in today's contest at Bacci Pizza in Chicago. Malack was the runner up and Teddy Delacruz was third.

2016 Taste of DC Chili

The Andouille Festival in LaPlace, LA will hold a sausage eating contest on October 15 awarding $300/$200/$100.
Taco in a Bag will host the World Cereal Eating Competition at Sidecar in Chicago on October 9. The winner will receive free Taco in a Bag for a year.
Stitch Bar & Lounge in Manhattan will hold a wing eating contest on October 12 awarding $250/$100/$50 to the top 3 men and women. The champions will also receive a party at Stitch for 20.
Nate Figueroa ate 41 tacos in 20 minutes on Taco Day Tuesday at Agave in Fort Lauderdale to win the first prize of a 32 inch TV.
Youtube has a video of the 2004 pickle eating contest held at the Carnegie Deli won by Ed "Cookie" Jarvis. Joe Menchetti, "Badlands" Booker, Arnie Chapman and defending champion Brian Seiken also competed. This might be the only contest in competitive eating history where competitors wore both IFOCE (Booker) and AICE (Chapman) T-shirts.
Defending champion Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas are expected at Ben's World Chili Eating Championship at Taste of DC Saturday.

2016 Elk Grove pumpkin pie

update Oct 2
Elk Grove Laguna News has an article
Contest video from Elk Grove News | Facebook

Full Results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Results are pounds over 8 minutes

1st 19.375 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 16.6875 Carmen Cincotti
3rd 11 Miki Sudo
4th 8 Steve Hendry
5th 6.625 Pablo Martinez
6th 5.4375 Sergio Reyes-Raya
7th 3.5 Jon Davis
8th 3.25 Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers
9th 3.125 “Coach Davis”
10th 2.9375 Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks
11th 2 “Coach Marty”

Molly Schuyler reports Joey Chestnut won today’s pumpkin pie eating contest in Elk Grove, CA with 19 pounds of pie.

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CentralVoiceOnline.com has an article about the competitive eating career of Dillan Gibbons, a high school offensive linemane who has committed to play football at Notre Dame.
Molly Schuyler finished a five pound Burritozilla in 1:25 to win the first prize of $1000 in today's contest at Iguana's in San Jose. (video)

Amarillo high school tortilla eating contest results in school board meeting

Amarillo.com reports that a tortilla eating contest held at a Amarillo High School pep rally has resulted in a meeting of the Amarillo Independent School District Board of Trustees:

Last week, there was a “fiesta-themed” pep rally at Amarillo High School prior to its football game against Caprock High School, a school with a predominantly Hispanic student body. The rally caused a stir on social media.

At the pep rally there was a tortilla-eating contest, and later that night things escalated on social media, where initial claims were made that students were throwing tortillas at the pep rally as well as at the football game.

It was later determined that no tortillas were actually thrown.

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The Carnegie Deli announced that it would close its Manhattan location at the end of 2016. The restaurant was famed for its giant sandwiches including a 7 3.5 pound "#13" challenge that was attempted by Don Lerman, Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, Kevin Lipsitz, Japanese female competitive eater Takako Akasaka (who ate 2) and others. In 2010, Brian Seiken ate a 5 pound "Lebron MVP" sandwich created to entice LeBron James to sign with the Knicks.
Brooklyn Eagle reports that the Corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Coney Island were named Nathan and Ida Handwerker Way on September 24 in honor of the founder of Nathan's Famous and his wife.
Joe Menchetti won the first prize of $500 in Tuesday night's wing eating at Smoke & Barrel in Washington, DC.
Adrian Morgan, Gideon Oji and defending champion Matt Stonie are expected to compete in the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World MoonPie Eating Contest in Memphis on October 15. update Carmen Cincotti (called "Cameron Cincotti") will also compete.

Bob Shoudt wins Arni’s pizza

Results from today’s pizza eating contest at Arni’s in Lafayette, IN

1st 11 $1,000.00 Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt Royersford, PA 1 large pizza & 10 small ones
2nd ? $500.00 Teddy Delacruz Wood Dale, IL
3rd ? $300.00 Eric Dreifuerst
4th ? $200.00 Raymond Maas
5th ? $100.00 Steve Lancette
6th ? Derek Jacobs

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