Geoff Esper completed the Big Texan 72 ounce steak challenge in 5:08, surpassing Joey Chestnut (8:52) for the fastest non Molly Schuyler time for the meal.
Munchy's Pizza in Boca Raton, FL will start a 28 inch pizza challenge next week awarding $200 if completed. The challenge can be attempted individually (60 minute limit) or by a pair (30 minutes).
Taste Pho in Gainesville, FL will hold a pho eating contest on October 19 awarding $300 to the winner. Entrants need to qualify.
On the Odd has an interview with Molly Schuyler.
Sometime today, Leah Shutkever (58.9K) passed Kate Ovens (58.8K) as the UK female competitive eater with the most youtube subscribers.
Eater.com has a youtube video titled "How the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Became an ESPN Icon". The video contains a demonstration contest won by Badlands Booker in which George Shea catches Crazy Legs Conti cheating. (Eater.com blog entry)
SopranosCon will hold a cannoli eating contest in Seacaucus, NJ on November 23. In "The Ride" episode of the series, televised in 2006, Crazy Legs Conti competed in a cannoli eating contest.
A press release gives the expected entrants for the moke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship (WPEC) in Toronto October 19: Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Matt Stonie, Darron Breeden, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Michelle Lesco, George Chiger, Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Ronnie Hartman, Eric "Badlands" Booker and Darrien Thomas. The final paragraph says that in 2020, the WPEC will be replaced with the "SMOKE-A-PALOOZA! The Rock N’ Roll Psycho Circus", so this might be the final MLE Smoke's Poutinerie competition.
Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC will hold a bratwurst eating contest October 26 awarding $750/$500/$250.
Registration is now open on majorleagueeating.com for the True Texas BBQ Challenge at Circuit of the Americas in Austin on November 2. Registration is also open for the Fortune Bay World Indian Taco Eating Championship in Tower, MN also on November 2.
The Blossburg, PA Fall Festival will hold a hot dog eating contest on October 13 awarding $200 to the winner.
On Friday, Raina Huang won the dumpling eating contest at the Dumpling and Beer Festival in San Gabriel, CA for the third year in a row. Taran Eckel was runner up.
Pete Davekos ate 9 1/4 lb. hot dogs in 7 minutes to win the first prize of $201 in yesterday's hot dog eating contest in Topsfield, MA.
El Chingon in San Diego will hold a five pound burrito eating contest awarding $250 to the winner on October 13.
Birch in Hoboken, NJ will hold a wing eating contest October 6 awarding $300 to the winner.
The Heritage of Flight Festival in New Carlisle, OH will hold a wing eating contest October 5 awarding $150 to the winner and $100 to the runner up.
2019 Pacific Park tacos
| 1st | 82 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 69.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 69 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 69 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 47 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 24 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 7th | 16 | “Dr. Fantastic” Monte Cook | |
| 8th | 15 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 9th | 14 | Cory Hayashi | |
| 10th | 12 | Jason Krause |
Gage Talent has a casting call for a restaurant commerical with a rib eating contest to be filmed in Birmingham, AL later this month. The listed compensation is: 600 Session Fee, $3,100 Usage Fee x 3 years. $75 Fitting Fee. Plus $200 travel, pre-paid hotel, per diem.
Guinness World Records has an article about Saudi food challenger Hussain Sallam creating a 600kg serving of Sayadieh, a traditional Middle Eastern dish. He has over three million subscribers to his youtube channel.
Eric "Badlands" Booker announced that his Badlands Chugs youtube channel surpassed a million subscribers.
Que Pasa in Bowling Green, KY will hold a taco eating contest on October 4 awarding $300/$200/$100.
Youtube has a video of the opening ceremonies of a pasta eating contest between professional wrestlers Hulk Hogan and Randy "Macho Man" Savage held in 1995 to promote the opening of Hulk Hogan's Pastamania! restaurant at the Mall of American in Bloomington, MN. (The video ends before the competition starts) (via Guy Hutchinson)
Sports Illustrated has a blog entry about Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid completing a 40 ounce steak challenge in 19 minutes at Prime Quarter in Green Bay, WI in 1992. The post is based on a longer ESPN profile.
A hot dog eating contest will be held in Corona, NY on October 19 awarding a 4K TV to the winner.
El Español has an interview with Spanish competitive eater Joe Burger Challenge.
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