United States eating challenges and contests category

Registration is now open for the Siegel’s Bagelmania World Bagel Eating Championship in Las Vegas on January 31, 2026.
George Chiger ate 36 wings in five minutes to win a contest held at the Buffalo Convention Center on December 20. The competition had 499 participants which broke the Guinness World Record for the wing eating competition with the largest field size.
Registration is now open for the first event by Ultimate Eating Championship, the new organization founded by former Man v Food host Casey Webb. The competition will take place at the Shed in Ocean Springs, MS from January 14 to 17. Entrants will need to pay $50 with no guarantee of getting a spot. No prizes are listed.
The Mega Night Market will hold apple pie eating contests in St. Petersburg, FL on December 26, 27 and 28. All three competitions will award $250 to the winner.
Topanga Social in Los Angeles will hold a Cilantro Lime Taquito eating contest on January 31 awarding $1,000 to the winner. Raina Huang is expected to compete.
Over 500 people participated in a wing eating contest in Buffalo to set the record for the largest field size for a wing competition. The previous record was 397 entrants in a wing eating contest held at an Amazon Web Services convention in Las Vegas in 2018.
The next Extreme Eating Championship event will be a muffin eating contest at the grand opening of Champs Elysium Gym in St. Petersburg, FL on January 17. The prize pool is $1,000.
Pixel Palace Arcade in Round Rock, TX will hold a cereal eating contest on December 21 awarding $100/$50/$25 to the top three.
Patches and Pins will hold a taco eating contest in Santa Ana, CA on December 14 awarding $200 to the winner.
The Wing Pole will return to Cheerleaders in Philadelphia on February 6, 2026. The winner will receive $3,000.
The Asian Night Market in Jacksonville will hold eating contests on December 12 and 13 awarding $100 both nights.
The Mega Night Market in St. Petersburg, FL will hold bao bun eating contests on December 12, 13 and 14. All three competitions will award $250 to the winner.

2025 Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship

Full results are on the MLE instagram

1st 242 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 187 Nick Wehry
3rd 144 Miki Sudo
4th 139 Gideon Oji
5th 110 George Chiger
6th 108 Cameron Meade
7th 96 Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz
8th 70 Crazy Legs Conti

The livestream has started. There is an undercard between an Ohio State and Indiana fan.

Major League Eating livestream

Joey Chestnut has mentioned a wing contest losing streak. It appears his last victory in a MLE wing competition was the 2018 Buffalo Wingfest with 8 wing defeats since then.

2025 Mar 8 2nd 192 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship Miami, FL
2024 Mar 9 2nd 198 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wings for Wishes World Wing Eating Championship Miami, FL
2023 Sep 3 2nd 240 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2022 Sep 4 2nd 224 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2022 Apr 2 4th 108.8 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship Miami, FL
2021 Sep 5 2nd 244 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2019 Sep 1 2nd 276 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2019 Jun 19 2nd 256 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Hooters World Wing Eating Championship South Lake Tahoe, CA
2018 Sep 2 1st 206 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY

All Joey Chestnut wing results

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The Indianapolis Recorder has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in tomorrow's Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship. The competition will be held inside unlike the St. Elmo shrimp cocktail competitions. (The projected high is 34 F).
The Major League Eating youtube channel is scheduled to show the Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship on Saturday, its first contest livestream.

2026 Fat Shack 5K field

Qualifying for the 2026 Fat Shack Challenge closed November 30. The top 8 times made the finals in Colorado on January 10.

1st 4m03s Molly Schuyler Harwood, MD Philadelphia, PA
2nd 4m59s Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins Kelowna, BC, Canada Bellingham, WA
3rd 5m52s Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio Hollis, NY Orlando, FL
4th 6m05s Dan “killer” Kennedy West Decatur, PA Philadelphia, PA
5th 7m40s Justin Thomas Orlando, FL
6th 11m28s Mirza “Snowman” Selmic Las Vegas, NV
7th 12 min Teddy Delacruz Wood Dale, IL Chicago, NV
8th 12m11s Jesse Pynnönen Fort Worth, TX

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The Poteet Flea Market in San Antonio will hold a taco eating contest on December 13 awarding $100 to the top male and female.
Zach Zona, billed as New England's fastest eater, is the guest on the latest So New England podcast. He discusses having stomach inflammation while competing in the Uranus Fudge eating contest. When asked about competitive eaters throwing up after contests, Zach pleads the Fifth Amendment.
A wing eating contest will be held in Buffalo on December 20 that will attempt to receive Guinness World Record recognition as the largest wing eating competition.
Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Gideon Oji are expected to compete at the World Famous Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship at the Big Ten Fan Fest in Indianapolis on December 6.
The Ultimate Eating Championship will hold its first event in January at the The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint in Ocean Springs. Former Man v Food host Casey Webb will MC the competition.
The 2026 Fat Shack 5K Challenge will be held in Colorado on January 10. The top 3 will receive $2500/$1500/$1000. Entrants will need to qualify before November 30 by eating a Whole Fat Shack Sandwich, a Classic Double Cheeseburger, a Side of French Fries, 12 Mac N’ Cheese bites, and 5 Deep-Fried Oreos in under 15 minutes. Dan Kennedy plans to defend his title.
Scott Watkins won the first prize of $1,000 in the spicy taco eating contest held November 11 at Mas Por Favor in Las Vegas
Monchi's Night Market will hold a taco eating contest in Los Angeles on November 22 awarding $400 to the winner. Raina Huang and Naader Reda are expected to compete.
Molly Schuyler won the first prize of $1,500 in yesterday's pizza eating contest at Sal's Pizza in Chelmsford, MA. Dan Kennedy was runner-up and Joe Menchetti was third.
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