The Japan Village Summer Festival will hold a wanko soba eating contest in Brooklyn on August 23 awarding a trip to Japan.
Registration is open on MajorLeagueEating.com for the World Pancake Eating Championship in Williamsburg, VA on September 27.
Joey Chestnut and Bob Shoudt finished the "Land of 10,000 Calories" giant hot dog challenge at last night's St. Paul Saints game in 28:49. A WCCO video claimed that Stan "Bandana Eats" van Gorden was Chestnut's partner.
Shrimpy's Burrito Bar will hold a mini-burrito eating contest on August 13 in Massapequa Park, NY awarding $1,000 to the winner. Registration is $100.
Mo "Moh Motion" Mbengue is the first man to finish three Big Texan 72 ounce steak challenges in one day and the second person after Molly Schuyler. Unlike Molly's 2015 feat, which was accomplished in under 20 minutes, Moh took breaks between his meals.
The Fat Guys Car Show will hold a hot dog eating contest in Thunder Bay, ON on August 9 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Frankfort, IL Fall Festival will hold a pasta eating contest on August 30 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three. Qualifiers will be held on August 7 and 14.
Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith is the guest on the new episode of New Heights, Jason and Travis Kelce's podcast. After Smith mentions his victory in the Kelce Jam wing eating contest, Jason discusses his experience competing in the 2014 Wing Bowl and brings up Molly Schuyler's record of 501 wings for that event.
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
Copper's Dog House will hold a hot dog eating contest in Kalamazoo, MI on August 9 awarding $500 to the winner.
A Taste of Hamburg will hold an amateur burger eating contest in Hamburg, PA on August 30 awarding $350/$200/$100/$50 to the top 4.
Frank Wach ate 15 sausages to win today's eating contest at Brat Days in Sheboygan, WI.
Sal's Pizza in Derry, NH will hold a pizza eating contest on August 20 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Hill's Landing & RV Park in Cross, SC will hold an ice cream eating contest on August 30 awarding $1,000 to the winner. There will be a $1,000 bonus if 3 gallons are eaten.
Bob Shoudt has replaced Stan "Bandana Eats" van Gorden as Joey Chestnut's partner in attempting "The Land of 10,000 Calories" 23.5 pound hot dog at next Friday's Saint Paul Saints game.
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.
Dan Kennedy faced off against Jordan Mailata and Cam Jurgens of the Philadelphia Eagles in an Uncrustables eating contest. Jason Kelce served as coach.
Woodie's Flat in Chicago is holding a wing eating contest this week until August 3. Whoever eats the most wings in a 30 minute session will receive $500.
Rich and Carlene LeFevre are expected to appear on tonight's episode of "America's Got Talent" at 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central on NBC. update Collider has a post about the LeFevres' appearance. They did not advance to the next round. A video of the appearance is on youtube.
The Schuyler Car & Corn Extravaganza will hold a corn eating contest on August 9 awarding $1,000 to the winner in Schuyler, NY.
A Piece of Pendleton in Pendleton, OR will hold hot dog eating contests on August 23 awarding a total of $5,000. The professional winner will receive $2500 and the amateur winner will get $600.
Joey Chestnut ate 14 banana dogs in 3 minutes to win a competition held at Saturday's Savannah Bananas game in Philadelphia. The contest was held on the field while gameplay was taking place.
2025 Great Midwest Ribfest
James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship in Prior Lake, MN.
Official results (12 minutes)
| 1st | 9.11 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 2.78 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 3rd | 2.37 | Matthew Raible | |
| 4th | 2.06 | Andrew Krawczyk | |
| 5th | 1.06 | Rene Rovtar | first MLE cash prize |
| 6th | 0.98 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 7th | 0.88 | Lily Krigelski | |
| 8th | 0.82 | Rick Lavigne |
Joey Chestnut and Stan "Bandana Eats" van Gorden will attempt the "Land of 10,000 Calories" challenge, a 6 foot hot dog weighing 23.5 pounds, at the August 8 St. Paul Saints game.
Iguana's in San Jose will be closing permanently tomorrow due to the retirement of its owners. The restaurant was featured in an episode of Man v Food in which Joey Chestnut attempted the five pound "Burritozilla" challenge. Matt Stonie made a video of his final Burritozilla attempt.
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