Molly Schuyler defends Great Pumpkin Farm title
update Oct 24 videos Bob Shoudt | Beard Meats Food travelog Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
update Oct 16 WGRZ and Democrat and Chronicle articles
Stephanie Wu video
Stephanie Wu has the top 4 from today’s pie eating contest at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY
update Full Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 48 | Molly Schuyler | $500 bonus for breaking record |
| 2nd | 33 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | |
| 3rd | 30 | Dan “killer” Kennedy | ate 2 in eatoff to win 3rd |
| 4th | 30 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | ate 1 in eatoff |
| 5th | 20 | Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran | |
| 6th | 13 | Jack “Snack Jack” Diamond | |
| 7th | 12 | Dave “Big Dave” Werick | |
| 8th | 11 | Stephanie Wu | |
| 9th | 9 | Adam “Crusty Crab” Williams | |
| 10th | 8 | Jason “Pizza Boy” LeFrois | |
| 11th | 7 | Curtis “Jedi” Mott |
Molly Schuyler wins Arni’s Pizza contest
Results of today’s eating contests at Arni’s Pizza in Lafayette, IN from Stephanie Wu
Pro Division – # of small pizzas eaten, all prizewinners also ate 3 large pizzas, contest length 1 hour
| 1st | 8.5 | Molly Schuyler | |
| 2nd | 4 | Brandon Clark | |
| 3rd | 1.5 | Tony Mitchell | |
| 4th | 0.5 | Stephanie Wu |
Amateur Division – # of small pizzas eaten, all prizewinners also date 1 large pizza, contest length 1 hour
| 1st | 5.5 | Eric Dreifuerst | |
| 2nd | 3.5 | Steve Lancette | |
| 3rd | 3.3 | Jeremy Scott Rumpza | |
| 4th | 3.25 | Alex Lukens | |
| 5th | 3 | Raymod Carlisle |
2017 Chef One Dumplings contest
update Sept 26 Full Results have been posted
update Stephanie Wu has the female & male prizewinners
1) Molly Schuyler 119
2) Jenn Cheng 58
3) Giovanna “Gia” Ragano 42
4) Stephanie Wu 32
5) Deborah Van 30
1) Dave Brunelli 84
2) Bob Shoudt 75
3) Wayne Algenio 72
4) Dimitry “The Ukraine Train” Shchupak 60
5) Brian Seiken 48
The NYC Dumpling Festival facebook has pictures and mini-profiles of several competitors.
Molly Schuyler defends CA State Fair corn dogs with record 37
Results from today’s corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair via Stephanie Wu.
| 1st | 37 | Molly Schuyler | new record |
| 2nd | 26 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 3rd | 19 | Edward Chin | |
| 4th | 13 | Juan Manuel Cardona Roygoza | |
| 5th | 12 | David Buck | |
| 5th | 12 | Alexander Saenzpardo | |
| 7th | 11.67 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 8th | 11.67 | Thomas Shelton | |
| 9th | 10.5 | Chris Ion-Kircher |
2017 Z Burger eating contest
Unofficial results
1) Molly Schuyler 21 burgers
2) Dave Brunelli 19
3) Pat Bertoletti 16
4) Bob Shoudt 15
WUSA 9 has a Facebook Live video of today’s Z Burger eating contest in Washington, DC.
Takeru Kobayashi defends Chronic Tacos title
update Erik Lamkin has a video
Takeru Kobayashi defended his Gringo Ba
ndito Chronic Taco title with a record 159 tacos. Molly Schuyler was runner up with 139. I haven’t found any more results.
Finnish competitor Jesse Pynnönen did an interview with KX935.com.
Fastest finishers of 70+ oz steak challenges
Bob Shoudt finished the Great Steak Challenge at Steak and Main in North East, MD in 12 minutes yesterday to set the men’s record. Here are the fastest times for finishing an official restaurant steak challenge with a precooked meat weight of 70 or more ounces that I have been able to find. Please let me know if I am missing any document challenges with a time of 12 minutes or less.
- 2:44 Molly Schuyler Sayler’s Portland, OR (did not finish all vegetables). 2014
- 3:17 Molly Schuyler, Steak and Main challenge at Wing Bowl 25, 2017
- 3:22 Molly Schuyler, Steak and Main, North East, MD (74 oz) 2013
- 4:18 Molly Schuyler, The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX, 2015 (attempt #1)
- 4:48 Molly Schuyler The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2014 (attempt #1)
- 7:16 “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, Lone Star, Toronto 2009
- 7:29 Molly Schuyler, The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2015 (attempt #2)
- 7:30 Ed “Cookie” Jarvis , J & R Steak House, Stony Brook, NY 2007?
- 8:03 Molly Schuyler, Black Iron Grill, Rock Port, MO 2013
- 8:13 Molly Schuyler, The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2015 (attempt #3)
- 8:52 Joey Chestnut, Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2008
- 9:30 Frank Pastore, Big Texan 1987
- 9:40 Ben Monson, Big Texan, 2009
- 9:59 Molly Schuyler The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2014 (attempt #2)
- 10 min David (Huey) Lowe, Big Texan (also 13:50, 18 & 21 minute finishes)
- 11:00 Vladimir Radin, Big Texan 2005 (might be an error, other challenge finishes are 47 & 52 minutes)
- 12:00 Bob Shoudt, Steak and Main, North East, MD 2017