United States eating challenges and contests category

El Toro has emailed that Rich LeFevre has been prohibited from ordering Chicken Bonz' all-you-can-eat wings for $12.95. They have a sign saying that only Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi are not allowed to order AYCE wings.
The facebook for Kooky Canuck says that there is a possibility that Pat Bertoletti might appear Friday night at the Memphis restaurant, where he is the record holder for the Kookamonga Challenge burger.
The City Tap House in Philadelphia will hold a pumpkin pie eating contest on Sunday awarding a $500 bar tab.
Fall for Greenville (SC) will hold a jalapeno eating contest on Friday awarding $600 ($300 to the winner).
Tim "Eater X" Janus and Adrian "The Rabbit" Morgan are listed as expected entrants in Saturday's Moon Pie Eating Word Championship at Lady Luck Casino in Caruthersville, MO on Saturday. Meredith Boxberger has also announced she will compete. The contest will be webcast at 4 pm central on MakinThePlay.com.

Taste of DC Ben’s Chili Bowl contest

update Oct 13 Travel Seminar has a gallery from the chili eating contest held at A Taste of DC last Sunday.

update Oct 11 Ben’s Chili Bowl has 8 videos, including interviews with Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas.

update Oct 10 #2 NBC Washington and MyFoxDC have videos and DC.Eater.com has a gallery. The Washington Post calls fourth place finisher Sonya Thomas the runner-up.

update Oct 10 The rest of the results have been posted. Brian Seiken has a contest video and interviews with Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee. Mix 107.3 also has a contest video.

update 11:24 WTOP has an article and gallery.

update 2:05 WJLA has a gallery

update 1:35 Melissa Savoy has the top 4
1) Joey Chestnut 2 gallons
2T) Tim Janus 1.5 gallons
2T) Bob Shoudt 1.5 gallons
4) Sonya Thomas 1.25 gallons

update 1:30 Joshua R Hicks reports that Joey Chestnut won the contest with a total of 2 gallons of chili (16 pounds).

The contest is expected to start at 12:35 eastern. Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Juliet Lee, Micah Collins, Crazy Legs Conti, Brian Subich, Maria “Edible”, Brian Dudzinski, Bill Myers, Brian Seiken, Andrew Kossuth, Tim Connelley (amateur) and Andrew Petrick (amateur) are expected to compete.

I think this will be the first IFOCE non-qualifier contest on the east coast between Palm Beach and Atlantic City since the funnel cake eating contest at Kings Dominion in Virginia in May 2009.

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The Witherspoon Grill in Princeton, NJ will hold a pumpkin pie eating contest tomorrow awarding a gift basket with a listed value of $300.
In a Washingtonian interview, Sonya Thomas said that she thinks it will take 15 pounds or more to win Sunday's chili eating contest at A Taste of DC. She also said that she has no plans to retire. update WMAL has a radio interview of Sonya Thomas about the chili contest.
Eggspectation of Westfields in Chantilly, VA is holding a wing eating contest awarding free wings for a year and a signed DeAngelo Hall jersey.
The Washingtonian interviewed Joey Chestnut about competing in Sunday's chili eating contest at the Taste of DC Festival. (An interview with Sonya Thomas will be posted tomorrow.)
CBS Chicago reports that Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL will hold live cockroach eating contests as part of its Fright Fest on Friday and Saturday.
The Duquesne student newspaper lists several Pittsburgh area eating challenges.
The Hi Desert Star has an article about Naader Reda eating 33 pancakes in 80 minutes at the Denny's in Yucca Valley, CA. Reda was denied $1,260 for finishing a pho challenge in Las Vegas due to his status as a "professional" eater.
Registration for the Battle of the Bhut spicy wing eating contest to be held November 6 at Jake Melnick's in Chicago will open tomorrow at 11 am central.
The Fargo Oktoberfest will hold a hot dog eating contest on October 8 awarding $500 ($300 to the winner).
Wicked Wolf Tavern in Hoboken, NJ will hold weekly wing eating contests on Monday. The grand champion of all the Wicked Wolf locations will be awarded a trip to the Super Bowl in Indianapolis.
Registration will open tomorrow at 11 am for the Maid-Rite Sandwich Eating Championship. The contest will be held October 22 at the Isle Casino in Bettendorf, Iowa (Quad Cities area).
BobbleMike1 has a video of Sonya Thomas competing in an eating contest held at the Fort Lewis Wing Zone in Tacoma.
Marcos Owens has posted the top 3 of today's chili eating contest held at the Chit Chat Diner in Hackensack, NJ: 1) Dave Brunelli $1,000 prize 2) Pat Philbin $250 3) Marcos Owens $100. update The diner has posted a gallery. The prizewinners do not have to worry about their checks bouncing.

Sonya Thomas wins 2011 Jacksonville, Arkansas Wing Ding

update 6:57 CWArkansas has an article

update The top 4 | #5-#11:
1) Sonya Thomas 4.59 lb in 10 min
2) Adrian Morgan 4.14
3) Aaron Osthoff 3.64
4) Erik Denmark 3.23
5) Nate Biller 2.95
6) Steve Ramirez II Jr. 2.68
7) Chuck Stuart 2.63, 2010 winner
8) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 2.43
9) “Bam” Martinez 2.01
10) Matt Raible 1.72
11) Steve Ramirez 1.08

Sonya Thomas, Erik Denmark, Adrian Morgan and Aaron Osthoff are expected to compete in the wing eating contest.

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A wing eating contest at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 15 will award a $500 Quaker Steak & Lube gift card to the winner.
The Las Cruces Bulletin reports that Tom Gilbert won Sunday's eating contest at the Enchilada Fiesta and donated $900 of his $1000 prize. Stephanie Torres was the runner-up.
Ian's Pizza has a gallery of the pizza contest held last Friday in Madison, WI won by Eric "Silo" Dahl.
FitVsFood.com documents Jeremiah's attempts at eating challenges while trying to remain in shape. He will attempt the 110 Izzy's Reuben Challenge tomorrow with coaching from Joe LaRue.
"Soft Shell" has a blog entry about finishing second (22 tacos in 20 minutes) at the women-only taco eating contest held at Mezcal in Denver.
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