United States eating challenges and contests category

Billy Robbin ate 75 pierogies in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in tonight's eating contest at Pierozek in Brooklyn. Wayne Algenio was runner up and Rober McGee was third.
Title 9 Sports Grill in Phoenix will hold a hot wing eating contest on October 10 awarding $500 to the winner.
Dan Kennedy ate 10 bowls of ramen in 4 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 at last night's contest at Ani Ramen in Cranford, NJ. Molly Schuyler was the runner up and Wayne Algenio was third.
Happy retirement Lane Johnson. In 2023, Dan Kennedy attempted to eat the Philadelphia Eagles 5000-6000 calorie daily diet in under 10 minutes
Joey Chestnut will be competing in a chicken tender eating contest at Tenderfest in Chicago on October 10. Entrants need to submit a 30 second video.
Robert McGee ate 12 quarter pound hot dogs in 7 minutes to win the first prize of $208 in yesterday's hot dog eating contest at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, MA.
Molly Schuyler defended her title and claimed the first prize of $4,000 at the Cackle Hatchery's hard boiled egg eating contest today in Lebanon, MO. Dan Kennedy was the runner up.
Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, NJ will hold a pie eating contest on November 7 aw part of its "Pie Palooza". The top three will receive $500/$250/$100.
Blanca's Latin Kitchen in San Juan Capistrano will hold a taco eating contest on October 15 awarding $300 to the winner. Raina Huang will compete.
Ani Ramen will hold a ramen eating contest in Cranford, NJ on October 6 awarding $1000/$500/$250 to the top three.
The Karl Ehmer Bratwurst Eating Competition at Oktoberfest in Bethlehem, PA on October 11 will award $250 to the winner.
The Donut Fun Run will hold a donut eating contest for amateurs awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three in Alameda, CA on October 17.

Pat Bertoletti wins Cozy Dogs eating contest

James Webb wins Lewisville, TX tamale eating contest

The Glizzy Hole in Atlanta will hold a hot dog eating contest on September 26 awarding $500 to the winner.
Usinger's Brat Eating Competition at Milwaukee Oktoberfest will award $1,000 in cash and prizes to the winner on October 3.
The Keweenaw Canal Colors Festival will hold a pie eating contest on October 3 awarding $400 to the winner.
Centrella's Deli will hold a meatball eating contest in Haverford, PA on October 3 awarding $600 to the winner.

September 26 MLE contest fields

Fields for the MLE contests on September 26:

  • Williamsburg, VA pancakes: Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Max Stanford, Gideon Oji, Jerome Burns, Josh Krady, Rene Rovtar, William Myers
  • Lewisville, TX tamales: James Webb, Geoff Esper, Radim Dvoracek, Derek Hendrickson, Adrian Morgan, Sergio Reyes Raya, Jocelyn Young, Greg Wilson, Alex Perez, Nathan Biller, Elizabeth Salgado, Albert Bravo
  • Springfield, IL Cozy Dogs: Pat Bertoletti, Darrien Thomas, Jerome Burns, Matthew Raible

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The Los Angeles Korean Festival will hold a corn dog eating contest on October 3 awarding $500/$200/$100 to the top three.
Matt "Mattachewsit" Stefanilo ate 24 lobster rolls in 10 minutes to defend his title at the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival. Joe Menchetti was runner up.

George Shea’s 9/11 experience on NY1

On September 11, 2001, George Shea was riding in a car in south Manhattan when the first airliner crashed into the World Trade Center. He called into the local cable news channel NY1 and reported hearing multiple explosions and that an airplane tire fell near his vehicle. NY1’s full morning telecast is available on youtube, George Shea’s call begins’s at 21:30 (Tip: Rob Guy)
Segment transcript follows:
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2026 Trenton Pork Rolls eating contest

North Shore Beef’s Three Way Slider World Championship

updateOfficial results

1st 46 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
2nd 43 Geoffrey Esper
3rd 40.5 Max Stanford
4th 26 Jerome Burns
5th 16.25 Yasir Salem
6th 15.5 Semora Kludy
7th 10 Crazy Legs Conti
8th 9.5 Lauren Pace-Fraunfelter
9th 6 “DanBob”

update The video went down, but Pat Bertoletti won the contest via Game On Fenway’s instagram stories

North Shore Beefs is doing an Instagram Live video of today’s Three Way Slider World Championship

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“Hungry” Charles Hardy and rembering 9/11

On September 11, 2001, “Hungry” Charles Hardy, runner up in the 1998 and 1999 Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contests, was working as a corrections officer in New York City. The 2006 book, “Eat This Book” documents Hardy’s recovery efforts at the disaster site over the next several weeks. The carcinogenic chemicals at Ground Zero resulted in cancer which claimed Hardy’s life in 2023.
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