Three random Houston eating challenges
| 1 lb. burger | Big A*S Burger | Little Bitty Burger Barn | Houston, TX | |
| 2 lb. burger | Two Pound Burger | 2 A Days | Houston, TX | |
| 7 lb. burger | TKO Burger Challenge | Dempsey's Sports Pub | League City, TX |
Prospect Park in Houston will hold a Super Bowl wing eating contest awarding $500 to the winner.
Ken Hoffman has an interview with Mary Bowers about her quest to locate her birth parents in Korea.
Michael Lopez ate 70 tacos to win the first prize of $200 in a taco eating contest held November 1 at La Calle in Houston.
La Calle in Houston will hold a taco eating contest on November 1 awarding $200 to the winner. 2nd and 3rd place will receive $75 and $50 gift certificates.
NigerianDayinHouston.com will hold a rice eating contest on October 2 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Hops n' Hot Sauce Festival will hold a pepper eating contest in Houston on January 22 awarding $250 to the winner.
Raina Huang and Joel Hansen will attempt the new Krazy King Food Challenge at Krazy Katsu & Udon in Houston on September 9.
The For Bend (TX) County Fair will hold a corn dog eating contest on October 2 awarding $250 to the winner.
The Viet Cultural Festival will hold a pho eating contest in Houston on September 28 awarding $200 to the winner.
Ken Hoffman has a column for CultureMap Houston about retiring from his role as a judge in the Nathan's finals.
ABC 13 reports that Brandon "Da Garbpage Disposal" Clark finished the 28 inch Cici's Pizza challenge by himself in Katy, TX and claimed a $500 prize.
Gyro King will hold a gyro eating contest in Houston March 30 awarding $250 to the winner.
The Fort Bend County Fair will hold a corn dog eating contest in Fort Bend, TX today awarding $250 to the winner.
Yummy Pho & Bo Ne in Houston has a Vietnamese food challenge that currently awards a $400 jackpot if it is finished in under 40 minutes.
The Hops n Hot Sauce Festival will hold a hot pepper eating contest in Houston on January 13 awarding $250 to the winner.
The Ford Bend County Fair will hold a corn dog eating contest today in Fort Bend, TX awarding $250 to the winner.
Houston Astro Jeff Bagwell was just announced as a new member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2007, the IFOCE website CompetitiveEatingNews posted an article falsely claiming that Bagwell would appear in a list of performance enhancing drug users in a report commissioned by MLB.
The Hops n Hot Sauce Festival will hold a pepper eating contest this weekend in Houston awarding $500 to the winner.
Boyert Shooting Center in Katy, TX will hold a hot dog eating contest on September 17 awarding a firearm to the winner.
In Nela Zisser's video of last month's Nathan's qualifier in Houston, George Shea reuses Crazy Legs Conti's "popcorn sarcophagus" / "David Blaine of the bowel" biography to introduce a competitor around the 4 minute mark. In Sunday's gyro contest, he recycled Allen "Shredder" Goldstein's introduction.
Joey Chestnut ends Matt Stonie’s streak @ Houston gyro contest
update May 16 Chron.com has an article and gallery. ABC 13 has a video Holleratgeorge has a contest video
The top 9 (Official top 4)
1 Joey Chestnut 30, continues undefeated 2016
2 Matt Stonie 28.5, first defeat since Nov 22 2014 Foxwoods turkey contest
3T Miki Sudo 18
3T Geoff Esper 18
5 Adrian Morgan 16
6 Michelle Lesco 13.5
7 Steve Hendry 13
8 Josh Miller 12
9 Nate Biller 10
? Alex Perez
Gideon Oji had travel issues
Manuel Delgado has a periscope video
Houstonia Magazine has an interview with Matt Stonie
Previous winners:
| 2015 May 17 | 1st | 22.2 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2014 May 18 | 1st | 24 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2013 May 19 | 1st | 22.5 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2012 May 20 | 1st | 18 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2011 May 15 | 1st | 21.5 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2010 May 15 | 1st | 21 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2009 May 16 | 1st | 21 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2008 May 17 | 1st | 12 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
The field for Sunday's gyro eating contest will include all of the MLE top 7 who have competed in 2016: Matt Stonie, Joey Chestnut Miki Sudo, Adrian Morgan and Michelle Lesco. (More entrants)
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie are expected to compete at Niko Niko's World Gyro Eating Championship at Greek Fest in Houston May 15. This would be their first meeting since October 3 in Toronto.
Adrian Morgan & Nela Zisser win Houston qualifier
update May 13 Nela Zisser has a contest video
update May 1 The Houston Chronicle has a contest report
Winners from today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Houston. update George Shea has the rest of the men’s top 3
1) Adrian Morgan 39
2) Peter Rottman 22
3) Steven Schuster 20.5
1W) Nela Zisser 17
Adrian Morgan's facebook says he plans to attend the Saturday Nathan's qualifier at Memorial City Mall in Houston. Nela Zisser will headline the women's field.
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