Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark announces he ate 24 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $750 in yesterday's eating contest in Independence, MO sponsored by UpDog.
Elise Jesse of WLWT faced off against University of Cincinnati lineman Korey Cunningham in a 6 pound burrito eating contest yesterday.
Joe Menchetti ate 19 hot dogs to win the first prize of $500 in today's contest at Casino Pier & Breakwater Beach in Seaside Heights, NJ.
The Onion has an article about Nike's new line of competitive eating apparel described as “specially designed to boost performance by absorbing barbecue sauce, blue cheese, ranch, and all manner of drippings to completely eliminate condiment-related discomfort during competitive eating eventsâ€
Sayler's in Portland has uploaded a clip from a recent Japanese television program where female competitive eater Sachiyo Masubuchi faced off against Danny in a 72 ounce steak eating contest.
The appearance of Rich and Carlene LeFevre on tonight's episode of
Little Big Shots: Forever Young can be viewed on youtube.
The Slice Factory will hold a pizza eating competition on September 2 at Taste of Melrose Park in Chicago awarding $3500/$1000/$500. Entrants will need to eat two jumbo slices to qualify.
In the Harley Quinn issue to be released tomorrow, she will attend "NateMan's" hot dog eating contest. (Margot Robbie, who played Harley Quinn in the movie, ate 4 pounds of spaghetti to win an on-set eating contest.)
Papaya King in Las Vegas will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 23 awarding $500 to the winner.
Wayne Algenio announces that he won yesterday's clam eating contest at Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY. Itiel Ginzburg was the runner-up. Takeru Kobayashi and Ed "Cookie" Jarvis did a one minute contest during the event.
Up Dog in Independence, MO will hold an amateur only hot dog eating contest on July 20 awarding $750 to the winner and $250 to the runner up.
Leah Shutkever has produced a video of her attempting to eat 10,000 calories in an hour at the Rub Smokehouse in Birmingham.
2017 Corinth slugburger contest
update July 17 Rebelstogo has a contest video
update DJournal, Daily Corinthian and Corinth Today have articles.
| 1st | 35 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 33 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 22 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 16 | “Big Eater Mike” Michael Whities | |
| 5th | 13.5 | Matt “Sweet Tooth” Cohen | |
| 6th | 10 | Matthew Raible | |
| 7th | 8.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 8th | 6.75 | Jeff Stark | |
| 9th | 6 | Josh Hudson | |
| 10th | 3.66 | Taylor Coombs |
Fred Cotto has a periscope video. The contest has been delayed due to rain. Matt Stonie has withdrawn after initially being announced as competitor.
Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY will hold its clam eating contest tomorrow. Previous contests have awarded $1000/$500/$250; prizes for this year's event are not listed. Ed "Cookie" Jarvis did a promo contest for the competition yesterday.
Sports Illustrated has a profile of Rich and Carlene LeFevre. The article describes Rich's personal music rankings which contains 3,500 songs. The couple will appear on Little Big Shots: Forever Young on NBC on July 19 at 8 PM. update a promo video for the episode is available.
The Upper Deck in Akron, OH will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow awarding $300 to the winner.
Bill "El Wingador" Simmons won the first prize of a $1000 Visa gift card in today's crab fries eating contest at Chickies and Pete's in Philadelphia.
Tokyo Drew has a video of Darron Breeden setting the record for a 6kg (13.2 lb) okonomiyaki challenge in a record 24 minutes. The previous record holder was Max Suzuki with a time of 30 minutes.
The Starboard in Dewey Beach, DE will hold a "suicide" hot wing eating contest on July 16 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Kevin Klein Live radio show will hold a victory party to celebrate Joey Chestnut's 10th Nathan's victory on July 20 at Casino M8trix in San Jose.
Furious Pete has produced a new video about Dale Boone in response to his controversial victory over Nate Figueroa in a hot dog eating contest in at the Titled Kilt in Boca Raton, FL.
Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, NJ will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 20 awarding $500 to the winner.
Mallie's in Southgate, MI produced a 1793 pound burger that can be purchased for $7,799. The sandwich has received Guinness recognition as the world's largest commercially available hamburger.
Press of Atlantic City has a profile of Carmen Cincotti in which he predicts victory in the 2018 Nathan's finals.
2017 Hooters wing championship
The Hooters facebook has a live video of the contest.
update The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 250 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 229 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 3rd | 210 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 4th | 191 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | first finish outside top 3 since 2005 |
| 5th | 168 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 158 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 7th | 152 | Josh Miller | |
| 8th | 124 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 9th | 114 | Miki Sudo | |
| 10th | 110 | Steve Hendry | |
| 11th | 108 | Eric “Badlands” Booker |
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