Upcoming eating contests
| 2025 Jul 4 | MoonPie Eating Contest | Jonesborough Days | Jonesborough, TN | ||
| 2025 Jul 5 | Hot Dog Eating Contest | American Downtown | Greeneville, TN | ||
| 2025 Jul 19 | Hot Dog Eating Contest | Hot Dog Hut | Kingsport, TN | ||
| $300 ($300) | 2025 Jul 19 | Mystery Eating Contest | Asian Night Market | Memphis, TN |
| 1 lb. burger | The Bar None Burger | Bar None Chefs Pub | Memphis, TN | |
| spicy pizza | The EnFuego | The Pizza Shack | Memphis, TN | can drink unlimited water but only 4 ounces of milk |
| 1.5 lb. burger | "Girlie" (Name-It) Burger | Community Grocery | Jackson, TN | includes 1 lb. of fries |
2017 Memphis Moon Pies
update Oct 25 Brett Healey has a video
update Oct 17 Ivan Mendoza has a video
update Matt Hazzard has a video
Results from Facebook Live video
1) Matt Stonie 73 in 8 minutes, defends title
2) Geoff Esper 69
3) Ivan Mendoza 33.5
4) Michael Whities 32.5
5) Derek Jacobs 30
6) Matt Hazzard 29 originally announced 5th
? Nate Biller
? Brett Healey
The contest is expected to be streamed on Facebook Live at noon Central on https://www.facebook.com/bassproshops/videos/10155718243207270/. Defending champion Matt Stonie, Geoff Esper, Nate Biller, Michael Whities and Ivan Mendoza are expected to compete.
2017 Nashville Nathan’s qualifier
1 Ronnie Hartman 28.75
2 Michael “Big Eater Mike” whities 23
3 Brian Dudzinski 19
1W Bryn Szeles 8.75
2W Rene Rovtar 8.5
Facebook Live video from NewsChannel 5
Fox Nashville has a live stream of the contest.
Brian Dudzinski, Ronnie Hartman, Michael “Big Eater Mike” Whities and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete.
MLE upcoming contests as of August 2, 2017
Here are the upcoming contests on the MLE contest calendar. A kale eating contest in Hamburg, NY on August 13 and a Nathan’s qualifier in Nashville on October 10 have been recently added. A new taco eating contest in Tower, MN on November 4 will also be held. Registration is open unless specified otherwise.
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WSMV has a segment on Stevie "Eats a Lot" Palmer competing in the women's Nathan's finals.
Ethan Teske attempted the Rocky Top challenge at It's All So Yummy Cafe in Knoxville for an upcoming episode of Food Network's Ice Cream Nation.
Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen appeared on WBIR yesterday to talk about competing in the Nathan's Finals.
Ethan Teske ate 17 slawburgers in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's eating contest at the SlawBurger Festival in Fayetteville, TN. Defending champion Kyle Hanner ate 11.5 to take 2nd.
Honey's Restaurant will hold an eating contest tomorrow at the Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN awarding $500/$200/$100.
The Southern Hotwing Festival will hold a wing eating contest in Memphis on April 22 awarding $400 to the winner.
Yesterday, Ethan Teske and Matt Cohen were the first pair to finish the 36 inch Godfather challenge at Sal's Family Pizza in Franklin, TN.
Molly Schuyler regains Music City Bowl hot chicken title
update Bob Shoudt has a contest video
The top 4 for Thursday’s Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl World Hot Chicken Eating Championships:
1) Molly Schuyler 4 lbs. in 8 minutes
2) Bob Shoudt 3 lbs
3) Dave Brunelli 2.75 lbs
4) Wayne Algenio 1.25
In a pregame event for the 2012 Music City Bowl, Vanderbilt lineman Adam Butler accused members of the NC State Wolfpack of cheating in a rib eating contest. Butler's combative attitude impressed the defensive coaching staff, which led to a position change to the defensive line. Today, those two teams will face off in the Camping World Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA.
Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint announces that Chip "Burger" Simpson set a record for its challenge with a total of 18 burgers. He has been minimally active in competitive eating since leaving MLE in 2007 after attaining a Nathan's personal best of 39.5 burgers.
Molly Schuyler, Bob Shoudt, Dave Brunelli and Wayne Algenio are expected to compete in the Music City Bowl hot chicken eating contest in Nashville on December 29.
Ethan Teske posted to Piranha's facebook page that he completed the cheesesteak challenge at the Nashville restaurant, but did not receive the $100 prize a manager said was awarded to finishers.
Rib contest complaint results in football position change
The Tennessean has a report on how Vanderbilt lineman Adam Butler credits his grievances at a rib eating contest held at the 2012 Music City Bowl for his switch from offense to defense. His coaches thought his complaints about his opposition from North Carolina State cheating showed a combative nature.
“For some reason, the judge voted that we lost the rib-eating contest, and I stood up and argued with the judge,†Butler said. “(The judges) were counting the bones. But (North Carolina State players) had ribs on their plate that didn’t have a bone in it, which means they just took the bones out of the ribs and threw them in the tub.â€
Nashville will hold the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Hot Chicken Eating World Championships on December 29. Comment on the bowl's facebook page to get a spot in the contest.
2016 Memphis Moonpies
The top 3 update Top 5 from “Juan More Bite” update The rest of the results from Juan
| 1st | 85 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | new record |
| 2nd | 72 | Carmen Cincotti | originally listed as 75 |
| 3rd | 62 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 4th | 56 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 5th | 53 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 6th | 49 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 38 | Josh Miller | |
| 8th | 27.5 | Ethan Teske | |
| 9th | 26 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 10th | 25 | Sophia Devita | |
| 11th | 20 | Matthew Raible |
2016 Nathan’s Nashville qualifier
Tennessean.com has an article about Ethan Teske competing in Tuesday's Nathan's qualifier in Nashville.
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.
Registration is now open for the first Nathan's qualifier in the 2016-17 circuit at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville on October 11.
The Music City Hot Wing Festival will hold a hot wing eating contest Saturday in Nashville awarding $250 to the winner.
Stephanie Wu was the first person to finish the 9 pound Rock Top sundae challenge at It's All So Yummy! in Knoxville, TN today.
Kyle Hanner lost today's Slawburger eating contest in Fayetteville, TN in overtime.
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