United States eating challenges and contests category

Mill Town in Combined Locks, WI is holding its second wing eating qualifier today. The winners of the qualifiers will receive a 1/4 barrel party and compete for a trip to Las Vegas in May.
Fox21 has a video about the Gut Buster pizza challenge at Fat Boys pizza in Colorado Springs which awards $300 to a team of 2 that finishes it in under an hour.
WBALTV reports that the Pannwich chicken and waffle sandwich at The Breakfast Shoppe in Severna Park, MD has raised over $6000 for the medical expenses of Ava Conklin.
The Dhuff & Nasty show announces that 'Matt (sic) "Deep Dish" Bertoletti" will appear on tomorrow's episode on 1450thesportsbuz.com.
TheSun.co.uk claims that the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama’s and Papa’s Pizzeria in Los Angeles has never been finished, which would be news to the six person team that finished it in June.
The Italian Festival of Mississippi will hold a spaghetti eating contest on Saturday in Cleveland, MS awarding $200 to the winner.
Rich Shea announces the 2013 Nathan's Boston qualifier will be held in conjunction with a Phantom Gourmet event (April 23, May 18 or June 21-23) and hints the entire circuit will be released next week. Possible sites that were not on the 2012 circuit include Atlanta and St. Louis. update The Calgary qualifier will take place on June 8.
The Fulton, TX Oysterfest will hold a men's oyster eating contest on March 9 and a women's oyster eating contest on March 10. Both contests will award $350 ($200 to the winner).
"Big" Brian Subich will MC the pierogie-eating contest held at the Men's Culinary Classic in Meadowlands, PA on March 9.
The Mill Pizzeria and Pub in Black Mountain, NC has a 40 inch pizza challenge that awards $1000 to a team of two that finishes it in under an hour. (via @JosephBentleyA)
Philly.com has a blog entry and gallery from last night's women-only wing eating contest at the Keswick Tavern in Glenside, PA.
The Syracuse University student newspaper has an article about Eric "Badlands" Booker accompanying ToTs, a peformer who bills himself as the "potato rap pioneer".
Naader Reda has posted a video from July 2011 of him eating two 5+ pound burgers burritos at Chile Red in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
Joey Chestnut will appear at the grand opening of the food rodeo at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds on Saturday.
Lola Star announces she is planning a "sexy, fabulous veggie hotdog eating contest/performance" in Coney Island and she has asked a Nathan's finalist to cross over to her competition.
Aniceto Mata won first place and a prize of $1,000 with a total of 122 peppers at the Annual Jalapeno Festival in Laredo, TX Saturday.
Naader Reda has uploaded a video of his girlfriend Von finishing the Triple King Challenge at Fatburger in Las Vegas. (picture).
On Saturday, Randy Santel and Ramsey Hilton combined to eat a 15 pound 30 inch pizza in 22:55 to win a contest at Philly's Pizza in Marthasville, MO. Yesterday, they did the 29 inch challenge at Schiappa's Italian Grill in O'Fallon, IL in 13:03.

2013 El Al Hamantaschen eating contest

update Feb 27 Jornoblogs has a contest report listing Nathaniel Siev as the amateur winner.

update Feb 26 TabletMag has a contest report and video Rake and Herald also has a contest report.

Jamie McDonald ate a record 48 hamantaschen at the National Hamantaschen Eating Championship

Amateur results from Kayla Epstein
1) Nathaniel Siev 34.5
2) The Ukraine Train 33
3) Kevin Sloan 24
4) Jake Zach just under 24

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The facebook for Ike's Sandwich Shop requests extras to appear in a music video to be recorded February 26 in Santa Clara. Joey Chestnut will appear in the video. update Feb 27 A picture from the recording. Joey brought his Nathan's belt.
Premio Sausage will hold a sausage eating contest awarding $225 in American Express gift certificates ($100 to the winner) in conjunction with the March 5 New Jersey Devils game.
Registration is currently open on IFOCE.com for the Magnify Credit Union World Ice Cream Eating Championship, to be held at the Florida Ice Cream Festival in Lakeland, FL on April 6. The Ledger announces that Joey Chest is expected to compete.
El Al Airlines’ second annual National Hamantaschen Eating Championship will take place on Sunday at the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun synagogue in Manhattan. update Don "Moses" Lerman offers competitive eating tips to hamantaschen competitor Adam Chandler in Tablet Magazine
ESPNLV.com has information about its 2013 Munch Madness circuit. The finals will take place on April 7 at Big Woody's in Allentown, PA and award $500 to the winner of a scrapple eating contest. The first qualifier will be held February 27 at Casey's Place in Quakertown.
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