United States eating challenges and contests category

The Houston Press has a list of five Houston area eating challenges with additional challenges in the comments.
The Derby in Mission Viejo, CA will hold the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship on labor day weekend. Semifinals will take place on September 3 and 4 and the finals September 6 will award $5,000 (prize breakdown not listed.)

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Jake Burgers facebook lists the finalists for the Chowdown Showdown in Wilmington, DE Friday: Joe Menchetti, Rocky Billitto, and Dave Brunelli.
Joey Chestnut has an interview in Austin 360 where he says that he hopes to eat a gallon and a half of ice cream at the Austin Ice Cream Festival Saturday.
Registration for the September 25 6th Annual World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX will open tomorrow at noon eastern.
Mallie's in Southgate, Michigan has created a 284.7 pound burger that will appear in an upcoming episode of Modern Marvels on the History Channel.
Boulevard Blast in West Chester TWP, Ohio (North Cincinnati area) will hold a hot wing eating contest this weekend. Heats will be held on August 13 & 14, the finals awarding $500 will take place on Sunday. The contest will be judged not by speed or amount, but by who sweats the latest after eating wings that increase in spiciness.
Pat Bertoletti has an interview in DenvEater about competing in the Jimmy John's Makers vs. Eaters contest at the Mile High Music Festival on Saturday. Bertoletti also offers eating contest advice in the Ice Cream Journal.
In the press conference announcing his signing with the Boston Celtics, Shaquille O'Neal stated he intends to compete against Glen "Big Baby" Davis in a chowder eating contest. NESN lists Crazy Legs Conti as another possible eating contest opponent for Shaq.
In a blog entry about a trip to Denver and Rocky Mountain National Park, The Void Remains reports that an unnamed woman has finished the 7 pound burrito challenge at Jack n Grill five times. (She returns frequently to receive her prize of free food, so that total will probably be increasing.)
A hot dog eating contest at Leo's Coney Island in Macomb Township, Michigan Saturday will award a 32 inch Sony TV to the first person that can eat 10 hot dogs.
Tim Hola has a blog entry about attempting the Wing King challenge in Boulder (50 wings in under 30 minutes) after competing in the Ironman Boulder 70.3 triathlon.
The Houston Press has an article on the Beer Mile, which entails running four quarter miles and drinking four beers.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski's facebook announces that he will participate in a hot dog eating contest in Venice Beach, California on Labor Day (September 6).
Wienerville III in Elgin, IL (west Chicago area) will hold a hot dog eating contest on Sunday awarding $350 ($200 to the winner). The contest will benefit the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
The New York Times reports that 85 year old former New York City mayor Ed Koch ordered a 32 ounce steak in Buffalo called the Brontosaurus and quit after eating seven bites.
Cape Cod Online has an article about several eating challenges offered on the southeastern Massachusetts coast.
Several people on the Man vs. Food facebook stream report that the program is currently recording at Trimbo's in Butte, Montana where the challenge is a giant stromboli called the Jumboli. update The Billing Gazette has an article about the recording.
tweetphoto has pictures of tmonkjcoltrane and PWLawrence completing the Colossal Challenge at Chick and Ruth's Delly in Annapolis.
TheDayCT has a video of Joe Menchetti winning today's Jake's Burgers Chowdown Showdown qualifier by eating 5 double burgers in 1:50 (Furious Pete ate 5 burgers in 1:36 in his Jake's qualifier last year.)
Gershwin9 has a video of a Dairy Queen Blizzard eating contest won by Ron Koch with 18 Blizzards in 10 minutes. Andrew Lane was the runner up. The Las Vegas Sun has an article about the contest, held to benefit the Children's Miracle Network.
The eatingcontest twitter reports that Joey Chestnut defeated a team of 5 amateurs at Bite of Oregon, 32 slices (in 7 minutes) to 30. update Oregon Live has an article. update #2 The Tishendorfs have a gallery
The NASCAR Cafe's facebook has added a picture of Joey Chestnut after he ate the B3 Burrito in 6 minutes. There is also a new picture of Jessica "JigsawMofo" and Naader Reda's attempt Wednesday. Neither finished, but Jessica ate 3 pounds more than Adam Richman did in his attempt.
LA Downtown News lists Ben Monson and Eric "Badlands" Booker as expected entrants in the August 21 gyoza contest. Joey Chestnut has not confirmed, probably because he will be at the San Francisco Street Food Festival that day.
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