Polar Donuts in Oklahoma City will hold a donut eating contest Saturday August 5 awarding $2500 to the winner.
John from Ashton, PA finished the Great Steak Challenge (weight 74 oz) at Steak and Main in North East, MD in 13 minutes yesterday.
The bratwurst eating contest that was to have been held at Brat Days in Sheboygan, WI on August 5 has been cancelled due to low registration. The contest was televised on ESPN in 2006.
All Pro Eating will hold The Caribbean Food Delights and Royal Caribbean Bakery National Caribbean Food Eating Championships in Hecksher State Park in East Islip NY on August 13. Both contests will award $400/$200/$100
2017 Fresno taco contest
update The Fresno Bee has an article
| 1st | 92 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 83 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 3rd | 70 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 49 | Steve Hendry | |
| 5th | 46 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 43 | Zach Armas | |
| 7th | 33 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 8th | 30 | Richard Franco | |
| 9th | 27 | Aaron Stroope | |
| 10th | 20 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 11th | 9 | Sabrina Quezada |
Zack Armas ate 20 tacos in 1:43 to win last night’s qualifier.
A corn eating contest will be held August 5 in Utica, NY awarding $1000 to the winner.
Press of Atlantic City has a report on the pizza challenge at 3 Brothers in Atlantic City that will award 250 free pizzas if finished in under 10 minutes.
Ivan "The Avocado" Mendoza has started a blog at https://ivantheavocado.wordpress.com/
Paulie's Hot Dogs in Honesdale, PA will hold hot dog eating contests on July 29 awarding $250 to the top male & female.
DisneyABCPress.com has posted some pictures from tonight's episode of The Gong Show (10pm on ABC). Molly Schuyler will appear in a segment titled "Gettin Cheesy". update A clip of the appearance is on youtube.
Veronica Boggia finished The Great Pizza Spano Meat Lover Challenge at Pizza Spano in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec in 19 minutes, breaking Randy Santel's previous record by 12 minutes. update On July 12, Veronica was the first person to finish (in 25 minutes) the challenge at Le Gras Dur in Montreal, which consists of 5 pounds of poutine, a 2 pound burger, a root beer float and 4 fried Oreos.
Mashed.com has a post titled "The Untold Truth of Matt Stonie".
On Monday, Samantha Duffy became the first person to finish the 6 pound "Kitchen Sink" sundae at the Royal Scoop in Naples, FL (video) update July 28 Naples News has an article. Samantha has started an instagram at https://www.instagram.com/biteswithsammyb/
Smithsonian.com has a post about the construction of a 1,774 pound burger by Mallie's in Southgate, MI, which has received Guinness recognition as the largest commerically available burger in the world.
Michael Phelps racing a shark is not the only recent human vs. aquatic life matchup. Angela Sato faced off against a seal in an eating contest at North Safari in Hokkaido earlier this month.
Marie Claire magazine has a twitter video about Miki Sudo's preparations for the Nathan's finals.
A qualifier awarding a spot in the July 29 MLE taco contest in Fresno will be held on Friday. Entrants will need to submit an Instagram video by Tuesday.
Tom Gilbert won the first prize of $500 in today's hot dog eating contest at Papaya King in Las Vegas.
Registration is now open on MLE.com for the The World Ice Cream Eating Championship At The Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis on August 13.
Will Millender reports that he tied for runner-up at yesterday's corn eating contest at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ. Joe Mechetti won the first prize of $500 and Joel Podelsky was 4th.
Molly Schuyler defends CA State Fair corn dogs with record 37
Results from today’s corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair via Stephanie Wu.
| 1st | 37 | Molly Schuyler | new record |
| 2nd | 26 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 3rd | 19 | Edward Chin | |
| 4th | 13 | Juan Manuel Cardona Roygoza | |
| 5th | 12 | David Buck | |
| 5th | 12 | Alexander Saenzpardo | |
| 7th | 11.67 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 8th | 11.67 | Thomas Shelton | |
| 9th | 10.5 | Chris Ion-Kircher |
Pie Wood Fired Pizza will hold "Let em Eat 8" at Kempenfest in Barrie, ON on August 7. Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to win the title for the eighth year in a row. Previous contests have awarded over $5000. update The contest has been removed from the Kempenfest.com schedule but still appears in some Google search results
CBS has an article about the economics of competitive eating with quotes from Ed "Cookie" Jarvis and Gideon Oji.
Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Carmen Cincotti, Gideon Oji and Geoff Esper are expected to compete in the World Chicken Spiedie Eating Championship at Tioga Downs in Nichols, NY on August 12.
Meadowlands horse track in East Rutherford, NJ will hold a corn eating contest tomorrow awarding $500/$250/$125. 10 entrants will be chosen at random.
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