Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Texas eating challenges and contests in database)
Jake's Wayback Burgers in Waxahachie, TX will hold a triple triple burger eating contest tomorrow awarding $175 ($100 to the winner).
Fat Daddy's in Mansfield, TX will hold a jalapeno eating contest on October 26 awarding a meet and greet with Vanilla Ice, who will be performing that night.
Bayou City Wings in Pasadena, TX will hold a hot wing eating contest Friday awarding $200 to the winner.
Joey Chestnut triumphs in truncated tamale tussle
update Sept 30 The Dallas News has a gallery
SCNTX.com has an article
update OK Sure has a video
The contest was truncated to 10 minutes (previous contests were 12 minutes) due to running out of tamales. This is the third MLE contest in the past 18 months to have issues with food shortages (April 2012 cupcakes | July 2012 pulled pork)
Lewisville, TX tamale contest results
1) Joey Chestnut 92 announced as official result (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)
2) Tim Janus 78
3) Miki Sudo 76
4) Jeff Butler 54
5) Michelle Lesco 47
6) Josh Miller 42
7) Nate Biller 36
8T) Bam Martinez 29
8T) Wade Peck 29
10) John Harding 21
11T) Alex Perez 18
11T) Tony Chacon 18
13) Ray Hernandez 14
14) Mark Poland 9
SCNTX.com has an article about Saturday's tamale eating contest in Lewisville, TX listing Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Tim Janus, Michelle Lesco, Jeff Butler and Nate Biller (1st MLE contest since being dropped from rankings).
BehindBoxScores has a blog entry about Saturday's spicy donut eating contest in Dallas announcing that Nate Biller will appear at the Lewisville tamale eating contest later this month.
Male model Warren Carlyle ate an Okie burrito in 45 seconds to win the finals of the burrito eating contest at Las Palapas in San Antonio. Fox 29 has an article
PegasusNews has a list of 10 Dallas / Fort Worth area eating challenges.
Joey Chestnut and Tim Janus are expected to compete in the World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX on September 28.
The Australian boy band Five Seconds of Summer attempted the 28 inch pizza challenge at Russo's New York Pizzeria in Houston during their US tour.
Registration will open at noon today for the Lewisville tamale eating contest on September 28.
Nathan's Famous will open a location in Houston later this year, so that might be a stop on the 2014 qualifier circuit.
Women and children will be allowed to compete in the men's division of the Pluckers wing contest in Round Rock, TX on August 24 if they want to attempt to win the men's prize package of a Formula 1 race weekend.
Pluckers in Round Rock, TX will hold a wing eating contest on August 24. Competitors will be separated by gender and the male winner will receive a package for the Formula 1 US Grand Prix on Nov 15-17 valued at $4,000; the prize for the female division is not listed. Entrants will need to qualify at an Austin-area Pluckers from August 11 to August 23.
The Big Texan 72 ounce steak finishers list has been updated to include a time of 14:45 by Daniel Carpenter of Langwarrin, Australia earlier this month.
Patrick Michels has an interview with Alex "Moose" Perez for the Texas Observer.
Nate Biller ate 26 corn dogs in 15 minutes to win a contest held at the Libertine Bar in Dallas yesterday.
McAlister's Deli in Galveston, TX will hold a sandwich eating contest on July 3 awarding $350 ($200 to the winner).
Starvin Marvin's Bar and Grill in Beaumont, Texas will hold a crawfish eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
Las Palapas announces the return of its Okie Burrito circuit to its San Antonio restaurants on July 6. According to this picture, qualifiers wills start July 6 and the finals on August 31 will award $1,000 to the winner.
Big Lou's Pizza in San Antonio created a giant pizza with the Spurs logo on it for game 4 of the NBA Finals on Thursday.
KAMR produced a video segment about the history of the Big Texan's steak challenge. Over 100,000 attempts have been made at the 72 ounce steak since the Amarillo, TX restaurant opened.
Joey Chestnut wins 2013 Niko Niko’s gyro contest
update May 21 Galleries: CultureMap | Matt Stonie | Houston Press | KTRK | Niko Niko’s
Robb Zipp has videos and the Houston Chronicle has a gallery
update KRTK has an article and video
The top 6
1) Joey Chestnut 22.25 10 minutes (new record)
2) Matt Stonie 20
3) Miki Sudo 15.5
4) Adrian Morgan 13
5) Juan Rodriguez 10
6) Steve Hendry 9.5
7) Badlands Booker 8.75
8) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 5.75
9) Corey Fanguy 5.5
10) Alex Perez 3.75
Joey Chestnut reportedly won with a new record (22.25 gyros).
update A picture of the contest field.
CW39 has an article and video previewing the contest calling Matt Stonie Joey Chestnut’s biggest rival.
A contest promoting Sunday's gyro eating championship at the Houston Greek Festival was held on Great Day Houston yesterday. The festival facebook has a printable coupon offering free admission (normally $3).
Pat Bertoletti, currently on hiatus from competitive eating, appears on a picture promoting Sunday's gyro eating contest on the Houston Greek Festival facebook page.
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