Jack Legath ate 8 pints of ice cream in 12 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 at the Lincoln Days Celebration in Hodgenville, KY.
Molly Schuyler ate 125 hard-boiled eggs in 8 minutes to defend her title at the Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon, MO and claim the first prize of $2,500.
For their playoff series, the Philadelphia Phillies are offering a 9-9-9 Challenge meal containing 9 undersized hot dogs and 9 beers in shot glasses. Joey Chestnut was unimpressed with the menu item.
The Los Angeles Korean Festival will hold a Korean corn dog eating contest on October 18 awarding $500 to the winner.
Ani Ramen in Cranford, NJ will hold a ramen eating contest on October 6 awarding $1000/$500/$250 to the top three.
Krystal will bring back its slider eating contest for its 93rd birthday with two competitions on October 24 in Morrow, GA and Chattanooga, TN.
The Beer Kitchen in London, Ontario will hold a corn eating contest on October 5 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
MidMichiganNow.com reports that Charlie and the Chew Crew ate a 6.5 pound sundae at Kearsley Kone in Flint, MI. (video)
2025 Lewisville, TX tamales
Nate Biller has competed in the Lewisville tamale contest for 20 18 years in a row. Does anyone have a longer streak?
Official results:
| 1st | 96 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 90 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 68 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 4th | 43 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 5th | 31.5 | Christopher “Old Guy Eats” Dale | |
| 6th | 27 | Albert Bravo | |
| 7th | 18 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 8th | 16.5 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 9th | 13 | Alex “Moose” Perez | |
| 10th | 8 | N Mayer |
James Webb has started a livestream of the World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX.
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Geoff Esper wins Williamsburg Pancake Eating Championship
Contest video by Jdub
Full results without full first names. Geoff Esper wins for the third week in a row.
| 1st | 35 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 29.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 20 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 13 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 10 | Steven Farlow | |
| 6th | 7.5 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 7th | 6 | Jacob Bales | |
| 7th | 6 | Luke Sobieraj | |
| 9th | 5 | Jim Carapetyan | |
| 10th | 4 | Rene Rovtar |
Fiesta Birmingham will hold a taco eating contest in Alabama tomorrow awarding $500/$300/$100 to the top three.
The Mega Night Market in St. Petersburg, FL will hold a spicy ramen eating contest on September 26 awarding $500 to the winner.
Johan Mejia won the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's pizza eating contest at Sal's Pizza in Chelmsford, MA.
Dale Boone dined at Sugaree Cafe and Gelato in Bacolod City, Philippines.
Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon, MO will hold a hardboiled egg eating contest on October 4 awarding $2500/$500/$250 to the top three professionals. The top three amateurs will receive $250/$50/$25.
In his latest video, Joel Hansen announced that the right side of his face has become paralyzed due to Ramsay Hunt syndrome, the same condition which affected Justin Bieber. He hopes to have a full recovery and will be taking a hiatus from new food challenge content in the meantime. Get well soon Joel.
Sean Yeager won the first prize of $500 at Saturday's Giant Crab Pretzel Eating Competition at the Delaware Seafood Festival in Rehoboth Beach.
The Sandusky, OH Donut Fest will hold a donut eating contest on October 4 awarding $1000/$750/$500 to the top three professionals and $500/$300/$150 to the the three amateurs.
Jack Legath defended his title in the spicy hot dog eating contest held at MustardFEST in Springfield, OH on Saturday. Joey Chestnut was contest judge.
The Lincoln Days Festival in Hodgenville, KY will hold an ice cream eating contest on October 4 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Abe Tawil won the first prize of $1000 in Saturday's Tender Takedown: : FriendShip Famous Chicken Eating Contest in Sandusky, OH
Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Jacob Bales are expected to compete in the World Pancake Eating Championship in Williamsburg, VA on Saturday. update Geoff Esper and George Chiger will also compete.
2025 NORMS Hotcake eating championship
Full results are on Instagram
| 1st | 32 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 2nd | 31 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 26 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 3rd | 26 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 5th | 24 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 6th | 20 | Cameron Meade | |
| 7th | 17.25 | Tanner Gray | |
| 8th | 16 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | |
| 9th | 12.5 | Jacob William | |
| 10th | 12 | Kevin Ross | |
| 11th | 9 | Brandon D |
2025 Taco Cabana Championship
Full results and names are on Instagram
| 1st | 51 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 48.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 32 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 31.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 23 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 17.5 | Christopher “Old Guy Eats” Dale | |
| 7th | 10.5 | Jacob Carr | |
| 8th | 10 | Alfred Godines | |
| 8th | 10 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 10th | 6 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
James webb has started a livestream of the Taco Cabana World Taco Eating Championship in San Antonio. KABB is also doing a livestream
The San Antonio Report has an interview with Miki Sudo about competing in the Taco Cabana World Taco Eating Championship tomorrow. James Webb and Geoff Esper are also expected to compete.