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Adrian Morgan, Gideon Oji and defending champion Matt Stonie are expected to compete in the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World MoonPie Eating Contest in Memphis on October 15. update Carmen Cincotti (called "Cameron Cincotti") will also compete.
The Southern Hot Wing Festival will hold a wing eating contest in Memphis April 23 awarding $400 to the winner.
Charles & Johnesia Jordan completed the King Kookamonga burger at Kooky Canuck in Cordova, MS yesterday. I think Johnesia is the first woman to be a member of a duo to finish that challenge.

2015 Bass Pro Shops Moon Pie contest

update Oct 25 The Brister has a contest video

Full results Part 1 | Part 2:

1st 69 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie
2nd 38 Yasir Salem
3rd 37 Gideon Oji
4th 35 Eric “Badlands” Booker
5th 32.5 Matt “Sweet Tooth” Cohen
6th 28 Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman
7th 24.5 Matthew Raible
8th 18 “Moonpie Mike”
8th 18 Allen Franks
10th 10 Alex “Moose” Perez
DQ ? “The Fabulous Rachel”

Matt Stonie won the contest with a record 69 Moon Pies.

Matt Stonie, Badlands Booker, Yasir Salem and Gideon Oji are expected to compete.

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Registration will open at noon central time today on majorleagueating.com for the Bass Pro Shops World MoonPie Eating Championship in Memphis on October 24.

2014 Tunica Twinkies

Matt Stonie has reportedly won today’s Twinkie eating contest in Tunica, MS.

Official Results (Part 1 | Part 2)

1 Matt Stonie 120
2 Joey Chestnut 85
3 Michelle Lesco 46
4 Badlands Booker 45
5 Yasir Salem 41
6 Nate Biller 36
7 Daniella Gioia 35
8 Matt Raible 27
9 Alex Perez 18

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Jackpot Magazine has a preview of Saturday's Twinkie eating contest. Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Adrian Morgan and Badlands Booker are expected to compete.
Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Adrian Morgan and Badlands Booker are expected to compete in the Twinkie eating contest in Tunica, MS on November 8. Joey Chestnut is not listed as an expected entrant in tomorrow's taco eating contest in San Jose.
Registration is now open for the World Twinkie Eating Championship At Bally's Casino in Tunica, MS on November 8.
Sean Nichols won the first prize of $2,500 at Saturday's rib eating contest at Sam's Town in Tunica, MS. Other reported results: 2) Ryan M 3) Kyle Hanner 4) Randy Santel 5) Dave Brunelli 6) Teddy Delacruz 8) Dale Boone.
Sam's Town in Tunica, MS will hold a rib eating contest on August 30 awarding $5000.

Matt Stonie defends Slugburger title

update July 13DJournal and WTVA have articles

Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Matt Stonie 43 new record
2) Joey Chestnut 42
3) Juan Rodriguez 23
4) Nate Biller 13
5) Matt Raible 11
6) Steve Martin 9
7) Jeff Stark 7.75
8) Dee Martin 6.5
9T) John Russell 6
9T) Alex Perez
11) Taylor Coombs

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The Southern Hot Wing Festival will hold an eating contest in Memphis on April 26 awarding $300 to the winner.  
Val Bromann has a report on being the sole female participant in the Nathan's qualifier held earlier this month at Bally's in Tunica, MS.
The Houston Chronicle reports that members of the Rice football team attempted (and failed) the Kookamonga burger challenge while in Memphis for the Liberty Bowl.

2013 Tunica, MS Nathan’s qualifier

update results

Men
1) Aaron Osthoff 27
2) Nate Biller 18, wild card leader
3) Ronnie Hartman 17

Women
1) Val Bromann 5.75

Aaron Osthoff, Ronnie Hartman and Nate Biller headline the males competing for a spot in the 2014 Nathan’s finals at Bally’s in Tunica, MS.

Val Bromann is the only female who has announced she will compete.

Ronnie Hartmann has a picture of a billboard promoting the contest.

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Ronnie Hartman and Val Bromann will be competing in Saturday's kickoff of the 2013-14 Nathan's circuit in Tunica, MS.
Registration is now open for the first qualifier of the Nathan's 2014 circuit at Bally's Casino in Tunica, MS on December 14.
The record for Kooky Canuck 7 pound challenge burger was reportedly broken yesterday with a time of 4:35. update Matt Stonie was the finisher

Joey Chestnut wins 2013 Tunica, MS Twinkies

update Nov 2 The Rake & Herald has a contest report

TuniCams has a video

update Oct 30 Crazy Legs Conti has a Huffington Post blog entry in which he says he finished 6th (he was actually 7th after taking into account the tie for 5th place).

update Oct 28-2 Hostess has a video

update Oct 28 The Huffington Post has a video

Official results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 121
2) Matt Stonie 111 fixed
3) Miki Sudo 71
4) Adrian Morgan 57
5T) Brett Campbell 40
5T) Josh Miller 40
7T) Crazy Legs Conti 28
7T) Matthew Raible 28
? Don Potts

update Joey Chestnut has been announced as the winner with 121 Twinkies in 6 minutes

Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo and Adrian Morgan are at the contest site

Crazy Legs Conti has a preview of today’s Twinkie Eating Championship at Tunica-Bally’s Casino in Tunica, MS.

Matt Stonie has a picture of the 100 Twinkies he purchased for a training session.

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Registration will open at noon central on IFOCE.com for the World Twinkie Eating Championship At Bally's Casino in Tunica, MS on October 26.
Bluff City Oktoberfest will hold a bratwurst eating contest in Memphis on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner.
Resorts Casino’s Big Burgers in Tunica, MS will award $250 to the first finisher of its six pound burger challenge in August or September.
Kooky Canuck in Memphis will hold a poutine eating contest on July 1 awarding $400 in gift certificates ($250 to the winner).
Kooky Canuck has 21 simultaneous attempts at its Kookamonga challenge last night.
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