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Oh My Grill in Honolulu will hold a burger eating contest on August 9 awarding $1,500 to the winner. Raina Huang is expected to compete.

August 3, 2026 at 11:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Honolulu, Prizes, Raina Huang, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Native Grill and Wings will hold a hot wing eating contest in Phoenix on September 3 awarding $2,500 to the winner. Qualifiers will be held on August 5, 12, 19 and 27.

August 2, 2026 at 11:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Phoenix, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Shrimpy's in Massapequa Park, NY will hold a mini burrito eating contest on August 12 awarding $1,000 to the winner. The registration fee is $100.

August 1, 2026 at 10:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Long Island, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (4)

Garver Family Farm Market in Monroe, OH will hold a corn eating contest on August 8 awarding $500 to the winner.

July 30, 2026 at 12:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dayton, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (29)

Sushi Simon in Boynton Beach, FL will hold a sushi eating contest on August 2 awarding $1500 in cash (prize breakdown not given)

July 29, 2026 at 1:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Palm Beach, Prizes | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Hampton Beach, NH Seafood Festival will hold a lobster roll eating contest on September 13 awarding $600/$250/$150 to the top three.

July 28, 2026 at 3:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:New Hampshire, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (6)

Scott Watkins, also known as "Scott Eats" ate 48 hot dogs in 10 minutes to claim the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's eating contest at the Frankfort, IN Hot Dog Festival. This event would not be allowed if Scott signed a MLE contract after winning the Las Vegas Nathan's qualifier on July 4. update July 30 Clinton County Daily News has an article.

July 26, 2026 at 8:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Indianapolis, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (78)

Molly Schuyler won today's corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento. update The top 3 1) Molly Schuyler 40.5 corn dogs, contest record 2) Dan Kennedy 39.5 3) Mirza Selmic 18

July 26, 2026 at 1:42 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Prizes, Sacramento, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (11)

The hot dog eating contest from the "Beach Games" episode of "The Office" has been uploaded to youtube.

July 24, 2026 at 11:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Humor, Scranton, Television | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Schuyler, NY Cornfest will hold a corn eating contest on August 8 awarding $1,000 to the winner.

July 24, 2026 at 12:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Syracuse, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Kennett Square, PA Mushroom Festival will hold an amateur fried mushroom eating contest on September 13 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three.

July 22, 2026 at 11:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Enrico's will hold a spaghetti eating contest at the Frankfort, IL Fall Festival on September 5 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three. Qualifiers will be held on July 25, August 13 and August 27.

July 22, 2026 at 12:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Registration is now open for two September 12 Major League Eating Contests: the:Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ and the North Shore Beef's Three Way Slider World Championship in Boston.

July 21, 2026 at 12:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Trenton | Permalink * Comments (5)

The Southern Illinoisan has an article about Molly Schuyler completing the 12.5 pound, 28 inch pizza challenge at Pizza Villa in Anna, IL in 12 minutes.

July 19, 2026 at 11:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Carbondale, Molly Schuyler, Pizza Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (4)

Joey Chestnut ate a five pound BBQ nacho plate in 2:12 to win a contest held after tonight's Memphis Redbird game. (video)

July 19, 2026 at 1:35 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Memphis, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (44)

Registration is open for the Buffalo Wing Festival contests: the Buffet Bowl on August 29 and the Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship on August 30.

July 18, 2026 at 3:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo | Permalink * Comments (20)

Mamma Mia's Trattoria will hold a pizza eating contest in Lake Worth, FL on August 1 awarding $700 to the winner, $300 to the runner up.

July 17, 2026 at 12:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Palm Beach, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Burgers Never Say Die will hold a burger eating contest on August 1 awarding two tickets to that night's Red Sox at Dodgers game along with a limo ride to the Dodger Stadium.

July 14, 2026 at 11:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Prizes | Permalink * Comments

Eric "Badlands" Booker drank 7 cans of Moxie soda in under two minutes to win a chugging contest held at the Moxie Festival in Lisbon, Maine on Saturday.

July 13, 2026 at 10:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Portland, ME | Permalink * Comments (3)

Boonedogs in Lexington, KY will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 15 awarding $500 to the winner.

July 13, 2026 at 7:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Lexington, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Bartolini's will hold a meatball eating contest for amateurs on July 18 in Midlothian, IL awarding $1000/$500/$250 to the top three. $1,000 in gift cards will also be awarded to the top 5. Entrants will need to qualify at the restaurant by July 17. Molly Schuyler will serve as head judge.

July 12, 2026 at 7:49 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (19)

James Webb wins Saugus wings

July 11, 2026 at 8:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, James Webb, Joey Chestnut, New Hampshire

update July 12 WMUR has a video

update Full official results

1st 249 James Webb 7.77 lbs
2nd 241 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut 7.52 lbs, first loss for Joey Chestnut was a steak eating contest in Japan vs. Ryu in October. His last MLE defeat was the Wings for Wishes contest in Miami in March 2025.
3rd 209 Geoffrey Esper 6.54 lbs
4th 179 Jerome Burns 5.61 lbs
5th 158 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti 4.95 lbs
6th 149 Radim Dvoracek
7th 102 Matthew “mattachewsit” Stefanilo
8th 97 Brandon “The Titanium Jaw” Macey
9th 96 Steven Farlow
10th 65 Crazy Legs Conti
11th 62 Dave Rossi
12th 44 Harmon Cap
13th 42 Alex “Moose” Perez

The top 6 from the Saugus wings eating contest in Seabrook, NH from James Webb’s video (results in pounds, 10 minutes)
1 7.77 James Webb
2 7.54 Joey Chestnut
3 6.54 Geoffrey Esper
4 5.61 Jerome Burns
5 4.95 Pat Bertoletti
6 4.65 Radim Dvoracek

The last loss for Joey Chestnut was a steak eating contest in Japan vs. Ryu in October. His last MLE defeat was the Wings for Wishes contest in Miami in March 2025.

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The Frankfort, IN Hot Dog Festival will hold an eating contest on July 25 awarding $1,0000 to the winner.

July 11, 2026 at 2:42 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Indianapolis, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Registration is open on MajorLeagueEating.com for The Mother Road Festival Cozy Dog Eating Championship in Springfield, IL on September 26.

July 9, 2026 at 6:26 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Central Illinois | Permalink * Comments

USA Today on Nathan’s Famous gambling

July 8, 2026 at 2:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City, Nick Wehry

Josh Peter of USA Today has has written an article about the post contest jumps for Miki Sudo (33->38.75) and Nick Wehry (39->45) in Saturday’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest. The increments enabled over/under bettors who wagered on overs to declare victory. Sam Barclay was responsible for boosting Miki Sudo’s count by 5, claiming a missed plate. In the ESPN Miki Sudo camera, it appears that she came into contact with at most 34 hot dogs for the duration of the contest. Retired eater Darron Breeden had the following quote:

I agree that standards need to be raised for the eaters, the fans and especially for anyone that has money tied to it,’’ said Breeden, who finished second twice. “…You want to preserve the integrity of the contest.

Miki Sudo did a radio interview for Q105. When asked about the counting issues, she said she did not know where the extra five hot dogs came from. (AI transcript from youtube)
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