United States eating challenges and contests category

MyFoxChicago.com held a promo contest to promote Bartolini's meatball eating contest on Sunday.
Jamie McDonald will be taking on challengers in a Hungry Home Wrecker eating contest at Real Urban Barbecue in Vernon Hills, IL on Saturday.
Emporia, Kansas held a festival yesterday to celebrate the reopening of its Twinkie factory. Heidi Cooper ate 10 Twinkies to win an eating contest at that event.
Patch reports that the site of the Hooters finals in Clearwater, FL was damaged by a driver Sunday, but will be repaired by July 25, date of the contest. This is the second MLE contest site to be damaged; the Nathan's finals site was closed for several months following Hurricane Sandy.
KSEE 24 has a video segment and article about Pablo Martinez competing in the Nathan's finals.
A segment (probably from 2008) about Juris "Dr. Shibayama" was recently replayed by Fox 17 for its "Video Vault" series.
Henry Hudson's Pub is holding a jalapeno eating circuit at its Oklahoma City area locations this month. The finals on August 1 will award a trip to Mexico.
The entrants list for next month's Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship has been announced. Top 10 ranked competitors are Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Bob Shoudt and Miki Sudo. "LA Beast" is listed, so apparently he has decided to unretire after announcing competitive eating was too small an arean for his talents on July 4.
Balmoral Park in Crete, IL will hold Pepe's Taco Eating Contest on July 27 awarding $500 to the winner.

Will Millender: Molly Schuyler wins Lake Quassy contests

update July 16 Rake & Herald has a contest report
Wayne Algenio has videos of the bun & cheese and beef patty contests
Joel Podelsky has a video of the beef patty contest

Will Millender reports that Molly Schuyler won the bun & cheese and beef patty contests held at Lake Quassy in Middlebury, CT today to continue her career undefeated streak.

Official Times (Top 3)
Bun & Cheese (first to finish 7)
1) Molly Schuyler 1:29
2) Joe Menchetti
3) Jamie McDonald

Beef Patty (first to finish 8)
1) Molly Schuyler 1:46
2) Jamie McDonald
3) Wayne Algenio

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Michael Diebold ate 18 hot dogs in 12 minutes to win a $500 prize at The Festival of Discovery in Greenwood, SC.

Matt Stonie upsets Joey Chestnut in Slugburgers

update July 16 Main St. Corinth has a video of the whole contest

Rake & Herald has a contest report

update #2 WCBI has an article and video

update WTVA has an article and video

Official results Part 1 | Part 2

Ronnie Hartman has the top 4:
1) Matt Stonie 31
2) Joey Chestnut 30
3) Juan Rodriguez 17.5
4) Ronnie Hartman 13
5) Matt Raible 9
6) Damien Boykin 8.75

Leslie Lewis reports that Matt Stonie defeated Joey Chestnut

Casey Greene reports that Joey Chestnut has yet to show up at the contest site. The contest start time is 4:30 central. upddate Joey Chestnut is at the contest site

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Will Millender reports that the team consisting of Dave Brunelli, Joe Menchetti and Jon Squibb won the wing eating contest in a controversial manner at the New Jersey State Barbecue Eating Championship in North Wildwood, NJ today. The winning 3 person team received $2500.
"Snack" Jack Diamod ate 2.8 pounds of pickles in 5 minutes to win a contest held at Bally's in Atlantic City today. update A video of the contest is available
Jamie McDonald will attempt to eat 10 pounds of pork in 10 minutes at tonight's New Britain Rock Cats baseball game. update Jamie McDonald ate 9.6 pounds in less than 10 minutes.
Mitchell Manresa won yesterday's hot dog eating contest at Mardi Gras Casino in Hallandale Beach, FL which awarded $1,000 to the winner. Michael Parish was runner-up and Liam Burt was 3rd.
Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to set a record for most cupcakes eaten in one minute ate Uncle Bob's Self Storage Facility in Upper Saddle River, NJ tomorrow. update July 13 Kobayashi ate 30 cupcakes in a minute.
Spencer Redmond reports a woman (possibly Molly Schuyler) won today's hot dog eating contest at Up Dog in Independence, MO with a total of 34 hot dogs.update The facebook page for the Mac, the Missouri Mavericks mascot confirms Molly's victory with a total of 34 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Gallery update July 13 KansasCity.com has a video of an interview with Molly recorded at the City Diner where she set the house record of 7 pancakes. update July 16 The Up Dog facebook has a gallery.
Tableau Software has a graph of the performance of the top male competitors at the Nathan's finals. Indyweek has produced a graphic about the hot dog eating contest held at Foster's market in Durham, NC (the unnamed winner ate 8 hot dogs).
The Cooking with Jack Show has a video about Saturday's hot dog eating contest held at Dog Haus Dogs in Pasadena won by Jimmy Lin (the contest starts around the 9:30 mark). The video is part of the Ford Fiesta Mission.
Qualifying times for Farrell's Splendiferously Superific Summer Spectacular Ice Cream Eating Challenge have been updated. Naader Reda is the only pro to have qualified, which will guarantee him $300 in the finals on July 21 in Brea, CA if no one else qualifies as a professional. Qualifying ends July 14.
TampaBay.com reports that Parker East finished the Inferno Soup challenge at Nitally's in St. Petersburg, FL to claim a bounty that had increased to $1500.
The American Polish Festival in Sterling Heights, MI will hold Srodek's Pierogi Eating Challenge on Sunday awarding $1000 ($500 to the winner) Stephanie Torres won last year's contest.
The facebook event page for Bartolini's meatball eating contest on July 21 in Midlothian, IL lists Pat Bertoletti and defending champion as expected entrants. The pro division of the contest will award $4950 ($2500 to the winner). Entrants will need to eat 12 meatballs to attempt to qualify; the top 20 times will receive a contest spot.
The World Pulled Pork Eating Championship has been dropped from the Rhythm and Ribs Festival in Carroll, Ohio due to cost concerns.
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