A yesterday's MLB All Star Game Fanfest in Washington, DC, the team representing the American League consisting of Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Geoff Esper and Kevin Millar ate more Nathan's Famous hot dogs than the National League team composed of Matt Stonie, Carmen Cincotti, Michelle Lesco and Cliff Floyd. (video)
Joe Menchetti won the first prize of $250 in yesterday's wing eating contest at Bucket List in Rockville Centre, NY.
The Greene Turtle in North Wales, PA will hold a hot wing eating contest on July 28 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Ringer calls the wing eating contest held at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo on tonight's episode of The Batchelorette "A COMPLETE SHAM".
Molly Schuyler will attempt to win $5000 by eating 30 speciality hot dogs with toppings in under 15 minutes at Sabretti's in Hopatcong, NJ on August 5. This will be her first hot dog competition (excluding corn dogs) in five years.
Dan Kennedy ate 36 4 inch blueberry pies in 10 minutes to win a eating contest at the Red White & Blueberry Festival in Reynoldsville, PA. Andy Puhl was the runner up with 27.
Leah Shutkever announces she will appear on tomorrow's episode of You vs. Chris & Kem on the British channel ITV2 at 10pm. (Trailer video).
2018 Vaughan, Ontario Pizza Eating Championship
| 1st | 19.25 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 17 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 11 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 9 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 8.25 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 6th | 6 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 7th | 5.75 | Jesse Kankula | |
| 8th | 5.5 | John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic | |
| 9th | 4 | Steven “The Clutch” Dorgo | |
| 10th | 2 | Humza Raza | |
| 11th | 1.75 | Rene Rovtar |
150 pizza have been prepared for the contest. Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper and Gideon Oji are expected to compete.
Molly Schuyler wins CEC meatball eating contest
The top 3 from today’s CEC meatball eating contest from an Alexander Witthöft comment
1) Molly Schuyler 62 meatballs
2) Bob Shoudt 53
3) Nate Figueroa 37
Registration is open for the National Fried Mushroom Eating Championship in Kennett Square, PA on September 8. Professioinals can win $1000/$500/$300; the top local amateurs will get $200/$100.
Bob Shoudt won the first prize of $500 and a pair of tickets to the Eagles home opener in last night's crab fries eating contest at Chickie's & Pete's in Philadelphia. Dave Brunelli was runner-up and Nick "The Lunatic" Volpi was 3rd.
Luna Park in Melbourne, VIC, Australia will hold hot dog eating contests on July 21 awarding $500 to the top male & female.
Greg Webb won tonight's hot dog eating contest at Up Dog in Independence, MO. The contest went into overtime.
The Decatur Celebration will hold a hot dog eating contest in Decatur, IL on August 4 awarding $500/$250/$100. A qualifier will be held on July 14.
Bucket List in Rockville Centre, NY will hold a wing eating contest on July 16 awarding $250 to the winner.
Ken Hoffman's column about judging the 2018 Nathan's finals closes with a paragraph about Sony "The Black Widow" Thomas, who was reportedly caught reversing into her hands by an unnamed MLE official and disqualified. (Did anyone catch this? I haven't seen any pictures or video of it).
The Long Beach Fire Department will hold an amateur-only wing eating contest on July 28 awarding $500/$250/$100.
Article claims $400-500 million in MLE prize money
Front Office Sports has an article claiming that total annual MLE prize money is $400-500 million. The linked to FoxBusiness article says the total purse is $400,000-$500,000.
Summing all the listed cash purses for 2017 competitions produces a result of $198,475:
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Dooley's in Roseville, MI will hold hot dog eating contests on July 19 awarding $200/$50 to the top men & women.
Registration is open for the first Nathan's qualifier of the 2018-19 circuit at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on August 11.
Sabretti's in Hopatcong, NJ will award $5000 if all 30 of its speciality hot dogs are finished in under 15 minutes. Pat Bertoletti completed 24 when he attempted the challenge earlier this month.
SWVAtoday.com reports that Matthew Edward Fiebig, an unsuccessful write-in candidate for the mayor of Wytheville, VA, was arrested public intoxication after disrupting that town's July 4 hot dog eating contest. Fiebig claims he came on stage to replace a contestant who did not show up.
The broadcast of the Nathan's Finals on ESPN2 was the highest rated cable program for July 4 despite a ratings decline from .45 in 2017 to .43 this year.
Up Dog in Independence, MO will hold a hot dog eating contest for amateurs on July 12 in Independence, MO awarding $500/$200/$50.
Ivan Mendoza announced he complete the Belly Buster Challenge at Brewster's in Fairbanks, AK, which he believes makes him the youngest person to compete a burger challenge in all 50 states.men
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