United States eating challenges and contests category

Boomtown Brewery in Los Angeles is holding an amateur only vegan hot dog eating contest awarding $500 to the winner.
Sean Yeager and Andrew Puhl are expected to compete in Saturday's ShuBrew hot dog eating contest in Zelienople, PA. The competition will award $1000 if the winning total exceeds 20 hot dogs.
Dountown Jeaux's in Houma, LA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 19 awarding $200/$100/$50 to the top 3.
Gabriel Davison ate a MOAB challenge burger in about two minutes to win the first prize of $500 in Saturday's eating contest at B-52 Burgers and Brews in Lakeville, MN. Ethan Teske was runner up.
Bristol Republic in Columbus, OH will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 20 awarding $500 to the winner.
Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 19 awarding $250 to the winner.
Registration will open today for a Nathan's Famous qualifier to be held in Selsey, West Sussex, England on August 26. I think this will be the first Nathan's qualifier held outside the USA since a Beijing qualifier in 2011. Registration is now open for the Slopper championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo on September 2, the Buffalo Buffet Bowl on September 2, the USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship in Buffalo on September 3 and the Lewisville, TX tamale contest on September 30.
A hot dog eating contest awarding $200 to the winner will be held July 29 in Huntsville, AL.
Scott "Scott Eats" Wagner ate 27 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win Saturday's eating contest in Pendleton, OR. Some people were not happy that a "professional" eater won the competition.
The Schuyler Corn Competition and Car Show will hold a corn eating contest in Schuyler, NY on August 12 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Dale Boone ate 13 hot dogs to win Sunday's hot dog eating contest at Red's Beer Garden in Atlanta.
B 52 Burgers and Brew in Lakeville, MN will hold an eating contest for its challenge burger on July 15 awarding $500 to the winner.
Joel Hansen won the Canton, TX hot dog eating contest for the fourth year in a row and claimed a $1,500 prize
Eli Lessig ate 82 donut holes in 4 minutes to win the first prize of $1000 in the July 4 eating contest held at Paristown Point in Louisville.

Joey Chestnut wins 16th Nathan’s Famous title

The 2023 Nathan’s men’s contest has been cancelled due to lightning and rain. I am not sure why the 2020 contest setup could not be recreated in the second floor of Nathan’s Famous’ building and the competition held later today.

update Ronnie Hartman says the contest will start around 2pm eastern

Official results:

1st 62 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut 16th title
2nd 49 Geoffrey Esper
3rd 47 James Webb UK Commonwealth record
4th 45 Nick Wehry
4th 41 Bartley Weaver, IV
6th 36 Gideon Oji
7th 29.75 Zozan Paku Paku
8th 29.5 Max Suzuki
9th 27.5 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
10th 27 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan
11th 26 Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran
12th 25.75 Derek Hendrickson
13th 22 Joey Przybylowicz
14th 16 Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman
15th 15 Crazy Legs Conti

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2023 Nathan’s Famous women’s contest

2023 Zburger eating contest

Fox 5 is running a live video of today’s Z-Burger eating contest.

The top 5
1 Molly Schuyler 34 burgers
2 Dan Kennedy 32
3 Joel Hansen 27
4 Andrew Puhl 26
5 Sean Yeager 25

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News 12 has a video about Eric "Badlands" Booker attempt to threepeat the chugging undercard competition before Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on July 4.
A Piece of Pendleton in Pendleton, OR will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 8 awarding $1000 to the winner.
CapeGazette reports Sean Yeager ate 13.5 burgers in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $250 in Saturday's eating contest at Smashmouth Burgers in Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks, CA will hold a pie eating contest on July 4 awarding $300 to the winner.
WNEP has an article about Larell Marie Mele, who will be competing in her 13th straight Nathan's Finals Tuesday, a streak only exceeded by Joey Chestnut (19).
Telegram.com has an interview with Geoff Esper about competing in the Nathan's finals. He does not expect to beat Joey Chestnut.
Max Casino in Carson City, NV will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner, $100 to the runner up.
Cherish Brown wrote a post for Food Challenge News about qualifying for the Nathan's Famous finals at a Dayton Dragons game earlier this month.
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