Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino in Santa Fe, NM will hold a mega burger eating contest on April 28 awarding $500/$250/$100.
Molly Schuyler and Brandon "Da Disposal" Clark both broke the record for the spicy Inferno Soup challenge at Nitally's in St. Petersburg, FL on Wednesday.
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The Scott Boudin Festival will hold a sausage eating contest in Scott, LA on April 8 awarding $500/$250/$100 to the top 3.
Molly Schuyler wins Taco Bus El Jefe burrito contest
update April 6 Brandon “Da Disposal” Clark has the top 3
The Tampa Bay Times has an article and video
Fox 13 also has an article and video
| 1st | 1:06 | Molly Schuyler | actual time 58 seconds |
| 2nd | 1:08 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti | |
| 3rd | 1:29 | Brandon Clark | |
| ? | ? | Michael Jenkins | defending champ |
Molly Schuyler ate a 2.5 pound El Jefe burrito in 1:06 to win the first prize of $2500 at Taco Bus in Brandon, FL.
Raina Huang just passed 50,000 subscribers for her youtube channel, making her the first American female competitive eater to hit that benchmark. (Miki Sudo is at 25K, Molly Schuyler has 17K). For non-USA English language channels by female competitive eaters, I think Peggie Neo leads with 307K subscribers. Nela Zisser has 162K and Kate Ovens has 38K
The Southern Hotwing Festival will hold a wing eating contest in Memphis on April 21 awarding $400 to the winner.
Flancer's in Gilbert, AZ will hold a pizza eating contest on April 8 awarding $250 to the winner.
WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley is expected to attend a taco eating contest at Adobe Gila's in Rosemont, IL on April 8. There will be separate divisions for men & women.
Registration will open tomorrow for the San Pedro Fish Market World Famous Shrimp Eating Championship Presented By The Kings Of Fi$h On The USS Iowa in San Pedro, CA on April 2. Other Los Angeles County contests added to the MLE schedule include the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship on August 18 (registration opens June 18) and the Pacific Park World Taco Eating Championship on October 4 (registration opens August 1).
2018 Miami Marlins Nathan’s qualifier
| 1st | 21.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | qualifies for 20th time |
| 2nd | 13.5 | Victor Aldrich | |
| 3rd | 9.5 | Ryan Hadley | |
| 4th | 7 | Jason Ruppert | |
| 5th | 6 | Richard Rusak |
| 1st | 7.5 | Tracie Dickerson | won in OT |
| 2nd | 7.5 | Rene Rovtar | lost in OT, 1st contest since being named FBTS 2017 Rookie of the Year |
| 3rd | 4 | Brittany Broder |
The winners have been posted from today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Marlins Park in Miami
1) Eric “Badlands” Booker 21.5
1W) Tracie Dickerson 7.5 (won in OT)
Raina Huang is currently billed as a "Creator on the Rise" on YouTube's Trending page.
An official MLE podcast, Men in Boaters, has been started with Rich Shea and Crazy Legs Conti as co-hosts. They call Sam Barclay, the emcee of tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier in Miami, who says that Rene Rovtar will have a female competitor from Winter Park, FL. Eric "Badland" Booker and George Shea also did podcasts earlier this week about the qualifier for Miami.CBSlocal.com.
A video of Molly Schuyler's victory in a Highway 55 burger eating contest has been viewed more than 10 million times in less than 48 hours on Viral TRND according to Facebook statistics. (via 970WFLA) update April 1 Daily Mail has an article about the video
The Daily Star has an article about Kate Ovens finishing a 2.5kg Yorkshire pudding in 55 minutes at the York Roast Co in York, England.
Gideon Oji has started a youtube channel with a video of him eating 50+ eggs including the shells.
Viewhouse in Denver will hold a hot dog eating contest on April 7 awarding $200 to the winner as part of its baseball opening day celebration.
The Orange County Register reports that the Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos eating contest will be held at the Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival in Dana Point on April 7. Takeru Kobayashi is expected to defend his title. update March 30 Molly Schuyler, Bob Shoudt, Dave Brunelli, Naader Reda, Kevin Ross and Jesse Pynnönen from Finland are other expected entrants.
The Wisconsin State Fair World Cheese Curd Eating Championship in West Allis, WI on August 11 has been added to the MLE calendar (registration opens May 30). The Owensboro International Bar-B-Q Festival World Mutton Sandwich-Eating Championship in Kentucky on May 12(registration open) and the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship on September 29 (registration opens July 19) have also been listed.
Taco Bus has extended its qualification period for the El Jefe Burrito Eating Championship until April 4. The contest on April 5 in Tampa will award $2500/$1000/$500.
Flaming Joe's Seafood in Aurora, CO has announced a crawfish eating contest that will award $3000 to the winner. There will be three rounds and the first round will start on March 31. Entrants will need to qualify.
The Fink Beats the Stomach has an interview with the winners of the Nathan's qualifier in Nashville in October 2017, Brynn Szeles and Ronnie Hartman, who has moved to Buffalo to pursue a professional wrestling career. Brynn has been a competitive eating fan for over a decade, but could not compete in a qualifier due to living in Hungary.
Nicki Chan Lam announces she finshed the Easter pancake challenge at Polo Bar in London, which is topped with a Cadbury egg.
The Courier Express has an article about Dan "Killer" Kennedy's attempt at a 48 inch submarine sandwich at Sub Hub in Reynoldsville, PA, which he thinks weighed 14+ pounds. The event raised $300 for multiple sclerosis research.
Eric "Badlands" Booker announces that he will compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the Marlins ballpark on Saturday. Unlike last year's qualifier in Miami, the competition will be held outside the stadium before the game, so there might be the possibility for walk-on entrants which could avoid an all-male field like the 2017 qualifier had.
Mission Burrito announces that Leah Shutkever was the first person to finish its "El Criminal" burrito challenge with a time of 10 minutes in Birmingham, England. update Leah has uploaded a video
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