Dustin Johnson won the first prize of $1000 in yesterday's pepper eating contest held in Fort Mill, SC. (video) update Rock Hill Herald has a contest report. Bella Peters was runner up and received a $1000 consolation prize from the sponsor.
Dan "Killer" Kennedy finished Denny's Beer Barrel Pub 3 pound burger challenge in 6:20, breaking a record set by "Furious" Pete Czerwinski in 2010.
Frank Wach ate 17 sausages to win the first prize of $300 for the eating contest held at Brat Days in Sheboygan, WI>
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark ate 30 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 and 4 St. Louis Cardinals tickets in the Heinkel's Hot Dog Eating Contest at the Decatur (IL) Celebration. update Fox2Now.com has an interview.
Schuyler, NY will hold a corn eating contest on August 10 awarding $1000 to the winner.
"Hulk Smash Food" and Jesse "Food Coma" Freeman ate 2.5 pounds of butter in a minute on Australia's Got Talent.
A Carolina Reaper pepper eating contest awarding $1000 will be held in Fort Mill, SC Saturday. The competition is expected to draw competitors from around the globe.
Joel Hansen won the first prize of $500 in Friday's Hotpot eating contest at Xiangzi in Markham, ON.
CentralIllinoisProud.com has an interview with Matt Hazzard.
Ethan Bauer of the Deseret News has an article about competing in last week's Nathan's qualifier in Salt Lake City. (video).
PT’s Ranch Scorpion Wing results
Prizewinners from Sunday’s Scorpion Wing eating contest at PT’s Ranch in Henderson, NV. (Review Journal gallery)
1T Tom Gilbert, $1750
1T Raymond Bryant, $1750
3 Patrick Gregory, $500
Tom Gilbert and Raymond Bryant agreed to split the 1st & 2nd place prize money after a draw in a tiebreaking round.
A press release lists the entrants for the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship in Los Angeles August 17: Joey Chestnut (#1), Matt Stonie (#3), Darron Breeden (#4), Michelle Lesco (#10), Matt Hazzard (#11), George Chiger (#12), Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran (#13), Juan Rodriguez (#14), Derek Jacobs (#15), Rich LeFevre (#19), Juan Neave (#20), Eric Booker (#21), Steve Hendry (#22), Pablo Martinez (#23), Sarah Reinecke (#26), and Derek Hendrickson (#34)
The Middlesboro (TN) Wing Fling will hold a wing eating contest August 3 awarding $500/$250/$100.
Joey Chestnut's final total for his 12 hour wing eating session at the Hooters in the Mall of America was 413 wings. (video)
The Decatur Celebration will hold a hot dog eating contest in Decatur, IL on August 3 awarding $500 and four St. Louis Cardinals tickets to the winner.
Student Pocket Guide has an interview with Leah Shutkever, who would like to be the host of a "Woman vs Food" show.
Performing an exhibition, Dan "Killer" Kennedy ate 41 chili dogs in 7 minutes at Texas Hot Lunch in Kane, PA yesterday. Andrew Puhl won the official contest with a total of 28 chili dogs in 7 minutes.
2019 Mystic Lake rib eating contest
| 1st | 6.32 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 6.23 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 5.47 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 5.22 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 4.53 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 4.14 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 7th | 3.86 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 3.36 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 9th | 2.95 | Miki Sudo | |
| 10th | 1.73 | George Chiger | |
| 11th | 1.6 | Matthew Raible |
https://www.instagram.com/hungryhazzard/ has an Instagram Live video.
The Mack's Tenders eating contest that was to have been held today in St. Johns, FL will apparently not take place. The contest is still on the MLE website.
Yesterday, Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran and original Man v Food host Adam Richman feuded on twitter after a head to head matchup was proposed.
Top Nathan’s Famous debuts
Here are the top debuts in Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contests according to the database for totals 10 or higher. “Beard Meats Food” and Steve Hammond made the top 7 with their initial amounts of 32 this year.
Brat Days will hold a sausage eating contest in Sheboygan, WI on August 3 awarding $300/$150/$50.
Dan "Killer" Kennedy and Andrew Puhl announce the launch of Elite Eats Entertainment in a video. The organization will take over the Caribbean food contests in East Islip, NY on August 11 from All Pro Eating and also sanction the burger eating contests at Taste of Hamburg in Hamburg, PA on August 31.
2019 Salt Lake City Nathan’s qualifier
Deseret News has a gallery
Winners via https://www.instagram.com/beyondseattleeats/ live video
Official results
1 Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond 32
2 Darrien Thomas 29
3 Derek Hendrickson 23.75
1 Katie Prettyman 14
Darrien Thomas, Derek Hendrickson, Steve Hammond and Katie Prettyman are expected to compete.
Raina Huang won the first prize of $500 in tonight's vegan hot dog eating contest at the Vegan Playground in San Diego.
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