Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Wisconsin eating challenges and contests in database)
Usinger's Brat Eating Competition at Milwaukee Oktoberfest will award $1,000 in cash and prizes to the winner on October 3.
Joey Chestnut faced off against pairs of fans in a tater tot eating contest at tonight's Lake Country DockHounds game in Wisconsin. The total of the winning duo exceeded Joey's amount by less than a tenth of an ounce.
Spanky's in Waterford, WI will hold a sauerkraut eating contest on October 11 awarding $300 to the winner.
Frank Wach ate 15 sausages to win today's eating contest at Brat Days in Sheboygan, WI.
The Sheboygan Press has an article about the history of the sausage eating contest at the Brat Days festival, which will take place this year on August 2.
Madison.com on Lake Mills, WI choking incident
Madison.com has an article about the choking incident at a Lake Mills, WI hot dog eating contest on February 2. The victim, Tim Vogel, was intoxicated with a blood alcohol level of .32. (Turn off JavaScript to bypass paywall)
Vogel’s ribs, some of which had cracked under the weight of compressions, held lungs filled with fluid, and an oxygen machine was doing at least 60% of his breathing for him, Dorn said. He was coughing up blood.
“I didn’t even know for probably about 15 hours if he was going to make it,” Dorn said.
Once he was conscious and showing signs of improvement, doctors placed Vogel on a temporary liquid diet due to the trauma in his throat; he jokingly lamented that he hadn’t been able to finish his hot dogs.
Newsbreak reports a competitor in a hot dog eating contest at the Knickerbocker Ice Festival in Lake Mills, WI choked and was rendered unconscious on February 1. EMS was able to clear the blockage and he regained consciousness en route to the hospital.
Frank Wach ate 14 sausages to win the eating contest at the Brat Days Festival in Sheboygan, WI.
The Sheboygan, WI Brat Days festival will return in August after taking a hiatus in 2023. On August 3, the bratwurst eating contest will award $300/$150/$50 to the top 3 finishers.
Milwaukee Magazine has an article about Katina DeJarnett which does not mention she recently moved from Wisconsin to Nashville.
Milwaukee Oktoberfest will hold a bratwurst eating contest on October 7 awarding $500 in cash and prizes to the winner.
Wisconsin Public Radio has an interview with Katina DeJarnett about returning to the United States after a months-long food challenge tour of the world with Randy Santel.
There will be no Brat Days festival in Sheboygan, WI in 2023. The event had a sausage eating contest that was televised on ESPN in 2006.
Qdoba World Burrito Eating Championship
update JSonline.com has a contest report
Official results (10 minutes):
| 1st | 14.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 1st victory in 9 months |
| 2nd | 13.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 11.25 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 10.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 9.25 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 6th | 3.75 | Erik Huke | |
| 6th | 3.75 | Peter Klepacsz | |
| 6th | 3.75 | Joey Valdez |
The live youtube video has started. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is also doing live Instagram stories.
Joey Chestnut did an interview for Outkick about today’s contest for Outkick. He says that the leg injury that afflicted him in 2022 is fully behind him and he hopes to his a record total in the high 70s in this year’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest.
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Pat Bertoletti and Badlands Booker are expected to compete in the Qdoba World Burrito Eating Championship in Milwaukee on Thursday.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in the QDOBA World Burrito Eating Championship on April 6.
MLE announces it will hold the Qdoba World Burrito Eating Champioonship in Milwaukee on April 6. Registration opens March 27 and Joey Chestnut is expected to compete.
GMToday has an article about Randy Santel and Katina Eats Kilos attempting a breakfast challenge at The Kitchen in Sussex, WI.
WeAreGreenBay.com reports that Blaize Koon won the burger eating contest at Burger Fest in Seymour, WI for the 11th year in a row.
The Green Bay Press Gazzette reports that 78 year old Dennis Leffin will compete in the sausage eating contest at Brat Days in Sheboygan, WI this weekend after a 37 year absence from the competition. He first competed at the event in 1953 at the age of 9 and finished second overall.
WFRV has an article about Randy Santel's trip to the Black Otter Supper Club in Hortonville, WI to attempt over 10 pounds of prime rib.
Katina Eats Kilos attempted two 40 ounce steak challenges at Prime Quarter in Milwaukee.
WEAU.com has a report on Randy Santel and Katina DeJarnett's attempt at the "Sweet Heart Cheesecake Challenge" by Josef's Cheesecake in Chippewa Falls, WI today.
Chippewa.com has an article about Randy Santel and Katina Eats Kilos' trip to Chippewa Falls, WI Saturday to attempt Josef's Cheesecakes "Sweet Heart Cheesecake Challenge" two-person dessert challenge.
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