The Bowdoin student paper has a report on a hot dog eating contest held at the Brunswich, Maine college. Competition organizers looked at getting Major League Eating sanctioning, but declined after learning it would cost thousands of dollars.
Geoff Esper finished the Whammy Burger challenge at Burgers and Blues in Ridgefield, MS in a record 3:04 to break Molly Schuyler's record of 4:57 and win $1,000. (video)
Molly Dechene posted a comic strip on Instagram about attending the Nathan's finals alone.
The Hindu reports that an eating contest held at the Government Law College, in Ernakulam, India resulted in a clash between members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and Kerala Students Union (KSU) that left several students hospitalized. The campus will be closed until February 24. Tke KSU gave the following reason for holding the competition:
"We had organised the eating competition to remember the martyrs of Pulwama terrorist attack after the programme organised by the SFI. But then SFI created a ruckus stating that only one programme needed to be held. Five of our activists are in hospitalâ€.(Mathrubhumi News video)
https://competitiveeaters.com/, the All Pro Eating website has been restored after becoming inaccessible at the start of the year. There does not appear to be any information about the hiatus or other new content.
Fuddruckers will hold a 3 pound burger challenge for Fat Tuesday on February 25. Reservations are required and not all locations will participate.
MDCoastDispatch.com has an article about the possibility of a Nathan's Famous qualifier being held in Ocean City, MD on June 13 during the Ocean City Air Show.
NBC29 has an article about Darron Breeden's hot dog eating exhibition at last night's high school basketball game in Orange, VA. The event was held to raise money for a scholarship for an Orange Count, VA student pursuing a career in information technology. (video)
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has passed a billion videos viewed for his youtube channel. I think the only other competitive eating channels to surpass that benchmark are Matt Stonie 1.969B viewed) and Yuka Kinoshita (1.951B)
El Chingon in San Diego will hold a five pound burrito eating contest on February 23 awarding $500 to the winner.
Today at Chez Vachon in Manchester, NH, Donald Trump, Jr. was confronted by journalist David Corn about his role in Russian interfernece in the 2016 presidential election. Four years ago, his father was photographed in front of the diner's Grand Poutine Challenge Wall of Fame. On Sunday at the restaurant, Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar left a $500 tip on a $2.29 plate of poutine and on Saturday candidate Andrew Yang (or one of his supporters) left a $1000 tip. ($1000 / month Universal Basic Income for all citizens is one of Yang's proposals.)
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, George Chiger and Michael Whities attempted the two foot pizza slice challenge yesterday with Esper and Chestnut tying for the new record at 40 seconds. The restaurant will pay $2500 if the record is broken. (Michael Whities video)
Gazettenet.com has a article about an ice cream eating contest held at Herrell’s Ice Cream & Bakery in Northampton, MA. Joe Menchetti ate 23.24 ounces of ice cream in 3 minutes to edge Allie Brady, who ate 22.2 oz. The first prize included a one night stay at the Hotel Northampton, dinner at Paul & Elizabeth’s.
2020 New Orleans Red Beans and Rice
The top 3. There was at least 20 minutes between contest conclusion and the announcement of any results, which might be a MLE record. update Remainder of results
| 1st | 39.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 32.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 29.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 23.75 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 5th | 19.5 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 19.5 | “Big Eater Mike” Michael Whities | |
| 7th | 19 | Gideon Oji | |
| 8th | 15.75 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 9th | 13.5 | Brett “The Branimal” Healey | |
| 10th | 8 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden, Gideon Oji, Adrian Morgan, George Chiger, Brett Healey, Crazy Legs Conti, Steve Hammond, Mike Whities and Alex Perez are expected to compete. The contest is expected to start at 3pm central.
Geoff Esper posted a practice session video
Joey Chestnut and Crazy Legs Conti did a radio interview yesterday.
Miki Sudo attempted the Bearwich challenge at Bear's Smokehouse in Windsor, CT while dressed as a care bear.
Julie Sephi, probably the top female food challenger in continental Europe, attempted to break Randy Santel's time for the Rocky Mountain burger challenge at Route 46 American Resto in Oudenaaarde, Belgium. (video)
Tim "Eater X" Janus announced that he moved to Korea yesterday. After this move, all of the protagonists in the book Horsemen of the Esophagus are now either living in Asia (Takeru Kobayashi, Tim Janus) or retired (Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Sonya "The Black Widow Thomas", AICE co-founders).
MassLive.com reports White Hut, sponsor of a burger eating contest at the Big E Fair in West Springfield, MA from 2016-2018, has closed after 80 years.
Mashed has a video about the rise of Matt Stonie.
Aaron "A-Train" Osthoff appears in a New York Times article about a signature from Donald Trump on an impeachment report going up for sale at Goldin Auctions. The current price is $17,000.
Unilad has a video about Randy Santel billing him as the "greatest competitive eater in the world"
5dimes is now offering +350 odds (bet $1 to win $3.50) on someone besides Miki Sudo winning the 2020 Nathan's womens finals, a considerable drop from the +600 offered on January 24.
Registration is now open for the MLE croqueta contest to be held at Carnaval Miami March 15. There will also be an amateur contest.
Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard attended a New Hampshire family's Super Bowl party last night and officiated their cake eating contest
The Kenyan Digest has a report on a bread eating contest awarding a new smartphone in which a teacher almost passed away after choking.
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