A video about the 15 pound "Heart Attack" poutine challenge at Poutineville in Montreal is currently the #1 trending video on Youtube.
Dan "Killer" Kennedy announced that he and Darron Breeden fiished the 25.5 pound burger challenge at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA.
Bidding for good is currently taking bids on a judgeship at the Nathan's finals. The current bid is $100 and bidding closes tomorrow. Moeny received will go th the Childern's Museum of the Arts.
Brandon "Da Disposal" Clark won the first prize of $500 in today's hot wing eating contest at Last Call in Jackson, MS.
Geoff Esper, Gideon Oji, Darron Breeden and Matt Raible are expected to compete in the Tivoli Fest World Æbleskiver-Eating Championship in Elk Horn, IA on May 26.
Derek Jacobs repeats at Nathan’s Cincinnati qualifier
update Fox Sports Ohio has a video
Winners of qualifiers at tonight’s Cincinnati Reds games. The contest time was apparently moved up due to a rain delay.
1) 25.5 Derek Jacobs, repeats as Cincinnati qualifier winner
1W) 8.5 Holly Titus
T Mo's Tacos will hold a taco eating contest in Bethalto, IL tomorrow awarding $200 to the winner.
Tokyo Weekender has a interview with Max Suzuki, who says his goal is to be better than Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.
NYDailyNews has an article about the possibility of a partnership between Takeru Kobayashi and Feltman's of Coney Island, whose founder claimed to have invented the hot dog in 1867. Feltman's owner Michael Quinn says "We'd love to work with him in the future. I'd have to see if we could afford him."
Registration is open for a Hostess Donettes eating contest in Philadelphia on June 1. The purse of $8000 is the largest so far for a MLE contest in 2018.
The Sacramento County Fair will hold a corn dog eating contest on May 26 awarding $500/$200/$100.
Joel Hansen was the first person to finish the 7+ pound "Ultimate Food Challenge" at TheSmoke in Vaughan, ON. He has a youtube channel at "Any Body Nutrition"
InYourAre.co.uk has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran eating 3.5 kg of doner kebabs in 30 minutes at German Doner Kebab in Reading on Saturday, which was billed as a world record.
Spanish food challengers "Joe Burgerchallenge" and "Dave Cheats" have started a trip in Chicago in which they will do food challenges in restaurants along Route 66. The tour will conclude in Los Angeles where they will be part of a team attempting the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's. update May 16 A four person team finished the 10 pound meatball sub challenge at Bartolini's in Midlothian in 4:48, IL and won $2500.
ColoradoSprings.com has an article about the construction of the seven pound burrito challenge at Jack-N-Grill in Westminster, CO mentioning Molly Schuyler finishing the meal in 3 minutes.
Joey Chestnut is expected to compete at the Vaughan Pizza Festival in Vaughan, ON on July 15. The contest will be sponsored by Pie Wood Fired Pizza, which has sponsored an contest in Barrie, ON that Takeru Kobayashi has competed in since 2010.
Leader Herald has an article about Mark Gdd completing the meatball sub challenge at the Saucy Italian in Johnstown, NY. He has a food challenge youtube channel.
On his Instagram page, Ivan "The Avocado" Mendoza announced his ambition to successfuly complete restaurant challenges in all 50 states before he turns 21. He has 19 states remaining. update The trip expecerienced a setback after he failed to complete a nacho challenge in Durango, CO that was bigger than expected. Ivan is the subject of the latest Palm Beach Happenings competitive eater interview.
Daily Mail has an article about the 5kg burger that Cal "Hulk Smash Food" Stubbs created to celebrate surpassing 150,000 Instagram follower that has 150 strips of bacon.
2018 Preakness Balloon Festival Nathan’s qualifier
update May 20 Darron Breeden has a video
update May 14 Videos: Frank Godfrey Jr. | K Womble introduction video
Darron Breeden practice session video
| 1st | 46.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 2nd | 33.5 | Nick Wehry | 3rd most so far in 2017-18 circuit |
| 3rd | 20 | Kevin Liu | |
| 4th | 13 | Corey Yu-Yang Hsu | |
| 5th | 12.75 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 6th | 7.5 | Jonathan Koscianski | |
| 7th | 6.5 | Bryan Shepherd | |
| 8th | 5.5 | Chris Kilgalen | |
| 8th | 5.5 | Brett Shepherd | |
| 10th | 5 | Rich Henderson |
| 1st | 26 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | qualifies for 12th consecutive year |
2018 Mutton Glutton contest
update May 17 Matt Hazzard has a video.
update May 14 Messenger-Inquirer, TriStateHomePage and WEVV have articles. 14News has a pre-contest interview with Joey Chestnut
| 1st | 81 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 1st win of 2018, new record |
| 2nd | 53 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 52.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 31 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 27 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 6th | 18.5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 7th | 13 | Steve “Pi Guy” Martin | |
| 8th | 9.5 | Carpenter | |
| 9th | 9 | Dee “Princess Pi-Anna” Martin | |
| 9th | 9 | John Wells | |
| 11th | 8 | Coleman | |
| 11th | 8 | Ingleheart |
Joey Chestnut appearance at restaurant yesterday
It has been over 5 months since Joey Chestnut’s last MLE win at the St Elmos Shrimp cocktail contest in Indianapolis, which might be his longest victory drought since he ascended to the #1 ranking.
Palm Beach Happening has interviews with Matt "Hungry" Hazzard and Darrien Thomas, winner of the amateur division of the 2017 Smoke's Poutinerie contest in Toronto. Matt is also the guest on the latest Fink Beats the Stomach podcast.
Takeru Kobayashi appeared on New Day Seattle Thursday to promote his appearance at today's Sabroso Taco Festival in Auburn, WA. He will appear in Portland, OR tomorrow. (youtube video)
The Submarine House in Centerville, OH will hold the Super Duper Cheesesteak Challenge on June 9 awarding $1000 to the winner. Entrants need to eat a 16 inch cheesesteak in under 16 minutes to qualify.
Max Suzuki set Nathan’s debut record for 10 minute contests
Here is an updated list of the top debuts in Nathan’s hot dog contests according to information in the eatfeats database. Last month in Las Vegas, Max Suzuki set a record for the top debut in a 10 minute contest, exceeded only by Takeru Kobayashi in 2001, who had two minutes longer. (previous list from 2016)
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