Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Tennessee eating challenges and contests in database)
The Asian Night Market in Memphis will hold an eating contest on July 19 awarding $300 to the winner.
2025 Smokeslam BBQ sandwich eating contest
Official results are on the MLE facebook page
| 1st | 24 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 23.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 21.5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 4th | 19.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 15 | Miki Sudo | |
| 6th | 14 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 12 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | first contest since July 2023 |
| 8th | 10 | Tanner Gray | |
| 9th | 8.25 | Nicholas Stahl | |
| 10th | 6 | Matthew Raible |
James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s SmokeSlam Eating Championship in Memphis, TN.
Pat Bertoletti, Miki Sudo, James Webb, Nick Wehry and Radim Dvoracek are expected to compete in the pulled pork slider eating contest at SmokeSlam: The World's Ultimate BBQ Showdown in Memphis on May 17.
Registration is open on MajorLeagueEating.com for the SmokeSlam Eating Championship in Memphis, TN on May 17. The purse will be $10,000.
Timothy Stokes (12.5 slawburgers in 10 minutes) and Rosalee Witkowski (7.5 slawburgers) won the first prizes of $500 at Saturday's Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN.
The Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN will hold a slawburger eating contest on April 19 awarding $500 to both the top male and female.
The Hot Slaw Dog Eating Contest at the Hot Slaw Festival in Cleveland, TN on April 5 will award $500 to the winner (amateurs only).
Greeneville, TN will hold a hot dog eating contest on June 29 awarding $200 to the winner. The runner up will receive $100
Knoxville Mayor Glenn Jacobs, who competed in WWE as "Kane", will be the only amateur entrant in the Ultimate Bologna Showdown in Knoxville, TN on May 18. Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper are also expected to compete.
The Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN will hold a slaw burger eating contest on April 20 awarding $500 to both the top male and female.
Michael Doolin ate 14 slaw dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 at today's eating contest at the Hot Slaw Festival in Cleveland, TN.
The Hot Slaw Festival will hold a slaw dog eating contest for amateurs only in Cleveland, TN on April 6 awarding $500 to the winner.
Nash Today has a list of five Nashville area restaurant challenges.
KC Finn's posted a behind the scenes video of Molly Schuyler and Dan Kennedy attempting their Big A** Burger Challenge in Jackson, TN. (via Little Maxine)
Deja Vu Showgirls in Nashville will hold a footlong hot dog eating contest on July 1 awarding $1000 to the winner. Entrants must be females from middle Tennessee weighing more than 225 pounds.
The Memphis Flyer has an interview with Brett Healey about Donuts & Dogs, an event in Memphis he founded combining road running and eating Krispy Kreme donuts which raises money for the Streetdog Foundation, a charity that rehabilitates feral dogs.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark ate 20 Hot Slaw Dogs on Saturday to win the first prize of $500 at the Hot Slaw Festival in Cleveland, TN.
In a hot chicken wing eating contest held for Music City Bowl competitors, the University of Kentucky defeated the University of Iowa 50 wings to 49. Iowa Hawkeye Yahya Black won the individual contest with 15 wings.
TOI.News has an article about Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark and Bob Shoudt attempting the 22 pound pizza challenge at Italia Pizza Cafe in Southaven, MS.
The World Championship Hot Wing Contest & Festival will hold a wing eating contest in Memphis on October 22 awarding $200 to the winner.
DeSoto Times-Tribune reports Naader Reda successfully completed three restaurant challenges in Hernando County in north Mississippi over Labor Day weekend.
Randy Santel has uploaded a video of his 1000th successful restaurant challenge: the 25 pound "King Kookamonga" burger challenge at Kooky Canuck in Memphis he attempted with Naader Reda, Ramsey Hilton and Brett Healey.
Naader Reda has uploaded a video of his attempt at the 25 pound King Kookamonga burger challenge at Kooky Canuck in Memphis with Mitch Dombrowski, Ramsey Hilton and Randy Santel, who was going for his 1000th restaurant challenge success.
Randy Santel, Mitch Dombrowski, Naader Reda and Ramsey Hilton finished the 25 pound "King Kookamonga" burger challenge at Kooky Canuck in Memphis in 35:55 yesterday, giving Randy a total of 1000 restaurant challenge successes.
Bob Shoudt, Brandon Clark, Brett Healy and Kyle Hall attemptted to break the record for the 25 pound King Kookamonga challenge at Kooky Canuck's in Memphis (Bob Shoudt video | Brandon Clark video)
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