United States eating challenges and contests category

2023 Buffalo Wing Fest fields

Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji, James Webb, George Chiger, Ronnie Hartman, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, Jim Reeves and Mike Harris are expected to compete in the Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship at the Buffalo Wing Fest September 3.

Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Ronnie Hartman, Badlands Booker, Crazy Leg Conti, Jim Reeves, Rene Rovtar and Cherish Brown are expected to compete in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl Eating Championship on September 2.

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The pumpkin pie eating contest does not appear on the Great Pumpkin Farm's 2023 Fall Festival schedule. The competition on Clarence, NY had previously awarded $1,800.
PMQ has an article about the 28 inch pizza challenge offered by PIE.ZAA in Asheville, NC that was attempted by Raina Huang in June.
Joey Chestnut will appear at the Newport, KY Hooters on August 29 and attempt to eat as many wings as possible in an hour. The event is to promote an all you can eat wing special available for $15.99.
Joe Menchetti, competing as "Joe Merchetti" ate 174 clams to win today's clam eating contest menat Peters's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY.
The NC Hot Sauce Contest & Festival will hold a pepper eating contest on September 9 in Oxford, NC awarding $1000 to the winner.
Taste of Hamburger Festival in Hamburg, PA on September 2 has dropped its burger eating contests for professionals and amateurs and replaced it with an eating competition between teams of professional wrestlers.
Joey Chestnut ate 13 olive burgers in 5 minutes to win a contest at tonight's Lansing Lugnuts game, which was billed as a world record.
Matt Stonie will compete against fans in the 3K Mega Dog (a 22 inch hot dog with 3000 calories) Challenge at Waamava Resort and Casino in Highland, CA on August 11. This will be his first public contest since the Draft Kings Red Carpet Film Feast in April 2021.
The Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, PA will hold a mushroom eating contest for amateurs on September 10 awarding $300/$200/$100. The professional division has apparently been dropped
The Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship will be held at the Riverfest - New Jersey Fall Festival on September 23.
There will be no Brat Days festival in Sheboygan, WI in 2023. The event had a sausage eating contest that was televised on ESPN in 2006.
Cricket Car Hop will hold a hot dog eating contest for professionals in Stratford, CT on September 2 awarding $2000. An amateur division will award $500.
Enrico's Italian Restaurant will hold a spaghetti eating contest in Frankfort, IL on September 2 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top 3. Qualifiers will be held August 3 and 10.
Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin, MD will hold a watermelon eating contest on August 3 awarding $250 to the winner.
St. Albans, WV will hold a hot dog eating contest on August 12 awarding $250/$100/$50

Miki Sudo wins Great Midwest Rib Fest contest

Official results from today’s Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, MN (12 minutes, results in pounds)

1st 5.2 Miki Sudo first victory over Esper since Buffalo Wing Fest contest in September 2022
2nd 4.2 Geoffrey Esper
3rd 4 Nick Wehry
4th 3.8 Mo Mbengue
4th 3.8 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
6th 2.4 Ethan Teske
7th 2 Seth Bower
8th 1.8 Matthew Raible
9th 1.6 Eric Hucke

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Slice of Flint in Flint, MI will hold a pizza eating contest tomorrow awarding $500 to the winner.
Joey Chestnut will attempt the 7 pound "UFO" seafood sandwich challenge at Jimmy's Famous Seafood in Baltimore on August 13.
Tony's Taco Shop in Salem, OR will hold a four pound burrito eating contest on August 5 awarding $100/$75/$50.
Defending champ Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji, Darrien Thomas and Matt Raible are expected to compete in Saturday's Great Midwest Rib Eating Championship in Prior Lake, MN.
Andy Puhl ate 38 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in Saturday's ShuBrew hot dog eating contest at the Zelienople, PA Horse Trading Days festival. Sean Yeager was runner up with 37 hot dogs.
Dan "Killer" Kennedy ate a record 35.75 corn dogs to win the first prize of $2,500 at Milo's Corn Dog Eating Contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento. Molly Schuyler was runner up with 33. update The Sacramento Bee has an article with full results. Naader Reda was 3rd with 10.75 update July 26 Jon Davis has a video
The IL Hot Sauce Expo will hold a Carolina Reaper pepper eating contest in Joliet, IL July 23 awarding $1000 if the Guinness record is broken. The event will also hold 9 other spicy eating challenges over the weekend.
Jungly in Long Island City, NY will hold a hot wing eating contest July 23 awarding a pair of UNC Michael Jordan 1 shoes.
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