Upcoming San Antonio eating contests
San Antonio eating challenges
(All San Antonio eating challenges and contests in database)
The Poteet Flea Market in San Antonio will hold a taco eating contest on December 13 awarding $100 to the top male and female.
The Alamo Beer Co. in San Antonio will hold a tamale eating contest on November 15 awarding $500 to the winner.
GuinnessWorldRecords.com has a post about James Webb and Miki Sudo setting a new world record of 9 tacos in a minute before last month's taco eating contest at Taco Cabana in San Antonio.
2025 Taco Cabana Championship
Full results and names are on Instagram
| 1st | 51 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 48.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 32 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 31.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 23 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 17.5 | Christopher “Old Guy Eats” Dale | |
| 7th | 10.5 | Jacob Carr | |
| 8th | 10 | Alfred Godines | |
| 8th | 10 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 10th | 6 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
James webb has started a livestream of the Taco Cabana World Taco Eating Championship in San Antonio. KABB is also doing a livestream
The San Antonio Report has an interview with Miki Sudo about competing in the Taco Cabana World Taco Eating Championship tomorrow. James Webb and Geoff Esper are also expected to compete.
The Taco Cabana World Taco Eating Championship, to be held September 20 in San Antonio, has been posted on the MLE website. The prizes are $5000/$2500/$1250/$600/$400/$250. Registration has yet to open. update Registration is now open
Slackers locations in San Antonio will hold 4 eating contests during the Super Bowl Sunday awarding a total of $1000: 2 hot wing eating contests awarding $300, a hot taco eating contest awarding $300 and a pizza eating contest awarding $100.
The Big Texas Fun festival will hold a crawfish eating contest on March 15 in Selma, TX awarding $600/$250/$100/$50.
Mo Mbengue won the first prize of $500 and Spurs courtside tickets at yesterday's pancake eating contest at Magnolia Pancake Haus in San Antonio.
Magnolia Pancake Haus in San Antonio will hold a pancake eating contest on September 26 awarding $500 and two courtside Spurs tickets to the winner.
Big Texas Fun will hold a crawfish eating contest in Selma, TX on March 8 awarding $600/$300/$150/$50
Magnolia Pancake Haus in San Antonio will hold a pancake eating contest tomorrow (Sept 26) awarding prizes billed at over $10,000 in value. The winner will receive $500 or 50% of the entry fees and 2 courtside Spurs tickets. The runner up will receive a South African safari and a Hog Hunt in Gonzales, TX.
The Twist and Pinch Crawfish Festival will hold a crawfish eating contest in San Antonio on June 10 awarding $300 to the winner.
ExpressNews.com has a list of five San Antonio restaurant challenges.
The Big Texas Fun Crawfish Festival will hold a crawfish eating contest on March 11 awarding $500/$150/$50
A burger eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner will be held at the All American Burger Fest in San Antonio on October 15. 8 qualifiers will be held on the first and fourth Fridays every month at Mark's Outing starting June 3.
Big Texas Fun will hold crawfish eating contests in Selma, TX on March 12 and 19 awarding $500/$150/$50.
Mark's Outing in San Antonio will hold a burger eating contest in October awarding $1000 to the winner. Monthly qualifiers start on Friday.
Lulu's in San Antonio, home of a 3 pound cinnamon roll and a chicken fried steak challenge, announced they were closing permanently. The restaurant received criticism for ejecting Randy Santel and calling the police on him.
MySanAntonio.com has a list of San Antonio restaurant challenges.
Slacker's in San Antonio will hold a hot wing eating contest tomorrow awarding $300 to the winner, $100 to the runner up.
The Crawfish Festival in San Antonio will hold crawfish eating contests on March 23 and 30 awarding $250 to the winner.
Cici's Pizza will hold a 28 inch pizza eating contest for two person teams in San Antonio on March 15. The winning pair will receive a $1,500 Visa gift card and the chance to compete in a national championship.
2019 San Antonio Nathan’s qualifier
update MySanAntonio.com has a gallery
Results from Fox San Antonio video
1 Juan Neave 27
2 Nate Biller 16.5
1W Kathryn Tesch 9.5
Juan Neave, Nate Biller, Alex Perez and Kathryn Tesch are expected to compete. Kassandra Zapata will apparently terminate her streak of San Antonio area qualifiers at three.
Previous San Antonio area qualifier winners
| 2018 Apr 14 | 1st | 24 | 10 min | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | Poteet, TX |
| 2018 Apr 14 | 1st | 10 | 10 min | Kassandra Zapata | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women | Poteet, TX |
| 2017 Mar 18 | 1st | 22.5 | 10 min | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – men | San Antonio, TX |
| 2017 Mar 18 | 1st | 11 | 10 min | Kassandra Zapata | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women | San Antonio, TX |
| 2016 Mar 19 | 1st | 22 | 10 min | Crazy Legs Conti | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – men | San Antonio, TX |
| 2016 Mar 19 | 1st | 11 | 10 min | Kassandra Zapata | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women | San Antonio, TX |
Slackers in San Antonio will hold a wing eating contest on Sunday awarding $300 to the winner.