United States eating challenges and contests category

The Cross Street Market in Baltimore will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Side Quest Arcade in Garland, TX will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 5 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Red's Beer Garden in Atlanta will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 5 awarding $200/$75/$50 to the top three.

Geoff Esper wins Lake Compounce qualifier

Taqueria Acosta in Pittsburgh will hold a taco eating contest on May 25 awarding $200 to the winner.
Clawdaddy's in Monroe, LA will hold a crawfish eating contest on May 29 awarding $500 to the winner.
Daves Famous T & L Hot Dogs will hold a hot dog eating contest in Bridgeport, WV on May 31 awarding $500 to the winner.
Registration is open for the World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY on June 14.
Joey Chestnut will attempt to set the popcorn record at a Rural King in Terre Haute, IN on Memorial Day, May 26.
Hot Dogs El Buda in Fort Worth will hold a hot dog eating contest on May 24 awarding $500 to the winner.
Pat Bertoletti, Miki Sudo, James Webb, Nick Wehry and Radim Dvoracek are expected to compete in the pulled pork slider eating contest at SmokeSlam: The World's Ultimate BBQ Showdown in Memphis on May 17.
Fridha's Mexican Kitchen in Springdale, AR will hold a taco eating contest tomorrow awarding $250/$100/$50 to the top 3.

James Webb sets ManorPalooza sausage record

Official results

1st 53 James Webb contest record
2nd 33.5 Radim Dvoracek
3rd 30 Tanner Gray
4th 23 Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave first MLE contest since 2019
5th 21.75 Christopher “Old Guy Eats” Dale
6th 18 Albert Bravo
7th 13.75 Garrett Smith
8th 11.25 Steve Bennett

James Webb’s livestream (results start at minute 37) (10 minutes)

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Joseph Terwilliger has uploaded a video of him competing in the 1997 Nathan's qualifier at the Newport Center Mall in Jersey City, NJ. Three time champion Mike "The Scholar" DeVito won the qualifier, so a bye was not always given to past winners.
Nonna Artemisa's Pizza will hold a pizza eating contest for amateurs in Southington, CT on May 24 awarding $500 to the winner. Shawn "BasketLockerBall" Butler and Jerome Burns will be the professional eaters at the event.
James Webb, Greg "The Savage Wilson", Radim Dvoracek and Tanner Gray are expected to compete in the ManorPalooza World Texas Sausage Eating Championship in Manor, TX on May 3.
The ABB Summer Kickoff and Food Truck Festival in Bridgeport, WV will hold a hot dog eating contest on May 31 awarding $500 to the winner.
Connor Wolff finished a thin XXL pizza in 1:55 to set the record for the Whole Pie Eater's Club at Pete & Elda's in Neptune City, NJ.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry will compete in a Cuban sandwich eating contest at cigar manufacturer J.C. Newman's Founder's Day celebration in Tampa on May 3.
Qualifying has started for the Super Duper Cheesesteak Challenge. The ten fastest times to eat a 16 inch Super Duper Philly CHeesesteak at its Dayton, OH locations before July 20 will move on to semifinals held on July 21 and 28. Winners of the semifinals will compete in the finals August 9 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Naader Reda ate a 5 pound Axle burrito in 11 minutes at Taco Station in Riverside, CA yesterday to win the first prize of $200.

Gideon Oji wins 2025 Sweet Corn Fiesta

update Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry appeared on CBS 12 before the contest.

Results from the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL

1st 52 Gideon Oji
2nd 44 Miki Sudo
3rd 43 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
4th 38 Nick Wehry
5th 23 Andrew Krawczyk
6th 17 Sergio Reyes-Raya
7th 14 Tammy Pollock
8th 8 Rene Rovtar
9th 5 Latoya Howell

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Haley Yu ate 12 pickles in 5 minutes to win a contest at the NC Pickle Festival in Mount Olive, NC yesterday.
Registration is open on MajorLeagueEating.com for the SmokeSlam Eating Championship in Memphis, TN on May 17. The purse will be $10,000.
WITL.com has a post about Potterville, MI food challenger "Kyle Can Eat", who has 102K subscribers for his youtube channel despite having no more than 2.5K views for any video.
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