Registration is now open on the MLE website for the Pacific Park World Taco Eating Championship in Santa Monica on October 4.
The Portland Hot Sauce Expo will hold several spicy eating contests this weekend. $1000 will be awarded if the Guinness Carolina Reaper record is broken on August 18. $250 will be paid out to the winner of the Demon Chili Dogs from Hell contest August 17.
Barnes Harley Davidson will hold a hot dog eating contest in Langley, BC awarding $500 to the winner August 17 (via Step Daddy J)
LA Beast will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Jack's Hot Dog Stand in North Adams, MA on August 17. 100 T-shirts will be given away.
Nashville Scene has a review of You Are What You, a new play with a female competitive eater protagonist.
Joey Chestnut ate 227 wings in an hour at tonight's meet and greet at a Hooter's in Atlanta.
Competitor in Fresno Grizzlies taco qualifier passes away
update #5MLE have made their first social media update since Tuesday’s tragedy with an Instagram post about Badlands Booker’s new video. The Sacramento Bee has an article The family has set up a fundraising page on facebook
update #4 Yahoo.com has an interview with the family of the deceased. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office announced that choking was the cause of death.
Another tweet promoting Tuesday’s contest as a MLE qualifier has been deleted (Original URL) Here is a screen capture:
update #3Saturday’s contest has been removed from the MLE schedule.
update #2 Saturday’s MLE contest has been cancelled (Fresno Bee article)
The Fresno Grizzlies have deleted the June 26 tweet promoting last night’s contest as a MLE qualifier. Here is a screenshot:
update The Fresno Grizzlies have posted an official statement which denies that last night’s contest was MLE sanctioned or a qualifier for a MLE event. The contest was promoted as awarding a spot in Saturday’s MLE contest. The Fresno Grizzlies held qualifiers in 2017 and 2018. Both competitions were won by Zach Armas, who took 6th and 5th place in the MLE events.
The Fresno Bee reports that a competitor in last night’s taco eating contest at the Fresno Grizzlies ballpark passed away. The competition was to have awarded a spot in Saturday’s MLE contest. I believe this is the first fatality connected with a sanctioned event in American competitive eating history. Details about the incident:
Fans at the game said a man collapsed to the ground in the middle of the taco eating contest. Emergency medical technicians then attempted the Heimlich maneuver and CPR before paramedics arrived in an ambulance and tried to resuscitate him, fans added.
It wasn’t immediately clear why the man collapsed.
Joey Chestnut will do a meet and greet at the Hooters in Orlando on International Drive on August 22. update The full schedule has been posted: Charlotte Aug 14, Atlanta Aug 15, Baltimore Aug 21, Orlando Aug 22, Newport, KY Aug 29, Arlington, TX Sept 8.
BirthMoviesDeath.com has a post titled A Love Letter To STAND BY ME’s Pie-Eating Contest
2019 Caribbean Food Delights contests
Results from todays Caribbean Food Delights contests in East Islip, NY, the first contests for Elite Eats Entertainment (Molly Schyler video)
Bun and Cheese
| 1st | Dan “killer” Kennedy | ||
| 2nd | Molly Schuyler | ||
| 3rd | Joel Hansen |
Beef Pattys
| 1st | Molly Schuyler | new record | |
| 2nd | Dan “killer” Kennedy | ||
| 3rd | Joel Hansen |
The top 3 from today's clam eating contest at Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY: 1) Dave Brunelli 59 clams 2) Wayne Algenio 52 clams 3) Joe Menchetti 50 clams.
Winnipeg Free Press has an article about John "Step Daddy J" Jugovich winning the perogy eating contest at Folklorama for the fourth year in a row.
Sergey Lyubezhanin regains Schuyler, NY corn title Molly Schuyler 4th
The top 4 from yesterday’s the Corn on the Cob Eating Competition and Car Show in Schyler, NY. The contest duration was 2:30 (video)
| 1st | 43.43 | Sergey Lyubezhanin | $1000 prize, 2017 winner |
| 2nd | 42.73 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti | |
| 3rd | 41.085 | Nick Mroz | |
| 4th | 36.45 | Molly Schuyler |
2019 Iowa State Fair Nathan’s qualifier
Results from https://www.instagram.com/sophdevita/ live video
Official results (Des Moines Register gallery)
1 Brett Healey 32.5
2 Derek Hendrickson 28
1 Sophia DeVita 12.5
2 Rene Rovtar 7.5
The Philly Pretzel Factory in Blue Bell, PA will hold a pretzel dog eating contest on August 10 awarding $250 to the winner. update Bob Shoudt ate 19 pretzel dogs in 10 minutes to win the contest.
Salvadoreno in Mesa, AZ will hold a pupusa eating contest on August 24 awarding $300/$100/$50.
MensHealth.com has an article on how stromgmen Eddie Hall and Brian Shaw eat almost 10,000 calories in a typical day.
The Hive in Wildomar, CA will hold a hot dog eating contest on August 17 awarding $1000 to the winner.
The Wild Fork Foods Burger Throwdown at the New Times Burger Fest in Miami Beach will award $500 to the winner on September 14.
Fat Boy's Pizza Eating Championship that was to have taken place in Metairie, LA on July 14 has been rescheduled for August 25.
The NJ Taco Festival will hold a Carolina Reaper pepper eating contest September 7 in Augusta, NJ awarding $1000 to the winner.
Water Valley, MS had 754 participants in its watermelon eating contest Saturday, which is believed to be a record. The previous record was 259 entrants in Safety Harbor, FL.
A press release announces Molly Schuyler ate 181 wings to promote all you can eat wings available at Applebee's locations in Texas. ( video)
Adam Amin of ESPN is the guest on the latest episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast.
Molly Schuyler, Dan Kennedy, Joel Hansen, Andy Puhl and Mike Hoffman are expected to compete in the Caribbean Food Delights Bun/cheese & Beef Patty Championship in East Islip on August 11, the first events for Elite Eats Entertainment.
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