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The Hwy 55 Burgers Five Five Challenge will take place April 23 at the NC Pickle Festival in Mount Olive, NC.

March 22, 2016 at 8:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eastern NC, Highway 55 Challenge | Permalink * Comments

Morey's Piers in North Wildwood, NJ will hold its Curley's Fry eating contest on June 15. The pro contest will award $1000 to the winner and the amateur victor will receive $500.

March 21, 2016 at 11:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Atlantic City, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Joey Chestnut wins 2016 Knott’s boysenberry pie contest

March 19, 2016 at 5:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Joey Chestnut, Orange County, Steve Hendry

update March 22 Mike from LA video

update March 21 Jon Davis & Carlene LeFevre tied with 3.5 pounds each

Blogs: MiceChat | Behind the Thrills

Videos: Coaster Guy | Janice Yamanaka | OldeCam

Coaster Guy picture of Joey

update Articles OC Register | LosAngeles.CBSLocal.com

DAPs Magic video

Picture of post-contest debris

Full Results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1st 14.5 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut record
2nd 10.25 Steve Hendry
3rd 9.5 Miki Sudo 2nd non-top 5 loss in 2016
4th 9 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
5th 8.5 Rich “The Locust” LeFevre
5th 8.5 Justin Mih
7th 3.5 Jon Davis
7th 3.5 Carlene LeFevre
9th 3 Lesley Ryder
10th 2.5 Daniel Lujan
11th 1.5 Lillian Canales
11th 1.5 Barbara LaBarge

The field: Daniel Luhan, Lillian Kanali (?), Justin Mih, Barbara LaBarr, Lesley Ryder, Carlene LeFevre, Steve Hendry, Rich LeFevre, Michelle Lesco, Miki Sudo, Joey Chestnut

Parks and Cons has a periscope

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Conti & Kassandra Zapata conquer qualifier

March 19, 2016 at 2:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2016 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Results, Crazy Legs Conti, Kassie Zapata, San Antonio

update SACurrent has a gallery

update News4SA.com has an article KEN5 has an article and gallery

Results via Aly Kent periscope
Full Results Part 1 | Part 2

Men
22 Crazy Legs Conti
16.5 Nate Biller
12 Clint Scott
11 Jeremy Farmer
7 Robert Silva
6.5 Chap Hupp
5.5 Mark Poland
5 Phil Taglieri
4.5 Juan Hernandez

Women
11 Kassandra Zapata
10.5 Mary Bowers
6 Vanessa Salazar

Aly Kent has a Periscope from today’s qualifier.

There are multiple women competing. If Mary Bowers wins, I think it will be the first qualifier she has claimed victory in a qualifier with 2 or more females.

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Champs Pizza in Glen Burnie, MD has a 36 inch pizza challenge awarding $1000 to a pair that can finish it in under an hour (picture). (via stilez)

March 19, 2016 at 7:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Baltimore, Pizza Eating Challenges, Prizes, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments

LA Beast will be a guest at Playlist Live Orlando, a gathering of youtube stars, in April. "Furious" Pete Czerwinski is another guest.

March 18, 2016 at 11:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Orlando | Permalink * Comments (6)

Michael Jenkins won the first prize of $250 at tonight's hot wing contest at Irish 31 in Tampa.

March 17, 2016 at 11:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Michael Jenkins, Tampa, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

The MLE eating contest at the Chicago Ribfest will return in 2016, most likely on June 10.

March 17, 2016 at 8:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago | Permalink * Comments (2)

Jenn Cheng, the 3rd place female in the eating contest at the 2015 New York City Dumpling Festival won tonight's episode of Chopped College Edition on the Food Network. update March 17 MCall.com article about the runner-up

March 15, 2016 at 11:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Jenn Cheng, New York City, Television, Women | Permalink * Comments

Defending champion Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo and Michelle Lesco are expected at the World Boysenberry Pie-Eating Championship at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA on Saturday. This would make the Palm Beach sweet corn eating contest April 24 the earliest possible 2016 meeting of Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie.

March 15, 2016 at 5:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Orange County | Permalink * Comments (16)

Patch.com lists Matt Stonie, Michelle Lesco, Juliet Lee, Geoffrey Esper, Yasir Salem, Gideon Oji, Crazy Legs Conti, and Bill Myers as expected entrants in the April 2 peeps eating contest. Sonya Thomas is not listed despite the competition taking place in National Harbor, MD across the river from her hometown of Alexandria, VA.

March 14, 2016 at 6:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Maryland DC area | Permalink * Comments (8)

Salem Statesman Journal has a gallery and video of Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker and reporter Tom Mayhall Rastrelli attempting the burger challenge at The Hitchin' Post in Keizer, OR. OregonLive has a list of Portland area eating challenges. update Mar 15 The article is available

March 14, 2016 at 6:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Challenge Lists, Portland | Permalink * Comments (1)

Jubilee Joe's Crawfish Boil will hold a crawfish eating contest in Pelham, AL on April 23 awarding $500 to the winner.

March 13, 2016 at 11:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Birmingham, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Registration is now open for the crawfish eating contest at the Crawfish Mambo in New Orleans on May 7.

March 12, 2016 at 11:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:New Orleans | Permalink * Comments

The Scott Boudin Festival in Scott, LA will hold a boudin sausage eating contest on April 3 awarding $500 to the winner.

March 12, 2016 at 10:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Baton Rouge, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Takeru Kobayashi will attend tonight's charity ping pong contest between boxers Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson and Chris Galaeno at SPiN New York. Other guests include Susan Sarandon, Rosie Perez and Kenny Anderson.

March 11, 2016 at 10:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), New York City | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Phantom Gourmet BBQ & Music Festival will hold a hot dog eating contest on June 25 in Rochester, NH, so that is probably another Nathan's qualifier.

March 11, 2016 at 10:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2016 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New Hampshire | Permalink * Comments

NFL quarterback Josh Freeman was a member of the quartet that won a team oyster eating contest at Jax in Kansas City last month. The team wore Real Madrid soccer jerseys.

March 10, 2016 at 4:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kansas City, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

The American Diner in Liverpool, NY offers a one pound “The Anti-Michelle Obama, Don’t Tell Me What to Eat or Feed My Kids Burger” that awards a T-shirt or hat to a customer that finishes it. (via foxnews.com)

March 10, 2016 at 10:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Syracuse | Permalink * Comments

Nathan Figueroa ate 29 meatballs to win the first prize of $500 in tonight's contest at Fork & Balls in Fort Lauderdale.

March 9, 2016 at 10:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Darron Breeden, Fort Lauderdale, Nate Figueroa, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (4)

Registration is now open for the Niko Niko's World Gyro Eating Championship in Houston on May 15 and the Denver Outlaws World Burrito Eating Championship in Denver on May 28.

March 8, 2016 at 6:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Denver, Houston | Permalink * Comments

Pedram Esmaeelzadeh and Nathan Figueroa were the first pair to finish the 10 pound burger challenge at Burger Craze in Deerfield Beach, FL. update March 9 A challenge video is available.

March 8, 2016 at 7:35 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Darron Breeden, Fort Lauderdale, Nate Figueroa, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Food Challenge Bros report that they were the first person to finish the Brutus Burger at the Hard Rock in Tulsa.

March 7, 2016 at 10:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Tulsa | Permalink * Comments

The San Joaquin Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA will hold an eating contest in April awarding $250 to the winner.

March 6, 2016 at 1:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Stockton, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (10)

2016 Silver Slipper meat pies

March 5, 2016 at 3:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Biloxi, Contest Results, Joey Chestnut

update March 7 SunHerald also has a blog entry

update March 6 SunHerald has an article and video

Full results Part 1 | Part 2

1) Joey Chestnut 23 pies in 10 minutes
2) Miki Sudo 21.5
3) Adrian Morgan 19.25
4) Rich LeFevre 17
5) Gideon Oji 13.5
6) Matt Cohen 12.75
7) Crazy Legs Conti 10.5
8) Corey Fanguy 10
9) Matthew Raible 7.5
10) Nate Biller 6
11) Carlene LeFevre 5

The contest is expected to start around 2:30 central / 3:30 eastern.

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