Honey's Restaurant will hold an eating contest tomorrow at the Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN awarding $500/$200/$100.
EZineArticles has a list of scripted television shows that showed an eating contest. It does not include the episode of "How I Met Your Mother" in which Alyson Hannigan's pregnancy was used to simulate the after-effects of a hot dog eating contest.
The effects of pot smoking on competitive eating performance will be one of the topics on Stoned, an exploration of marijuana related myths that will be televised on Viceland UK on April 19.
Non Fatal Competitive Eating Health Incidents
A list of some incidents at eating contests and challenges that did not result in fatalities follows. Philly.com, The New York Post, CTPost and Eater.com all have articles about the dangers of competitive eating
2017 Former Austalian soccer star Brendan Favola stopped breathing after attempting an on-radio hot sauce challenge. Paramedics were able to treat his condition.
2016 The Journal of Emergency Medicine has an account of a injury produced by a ghost pepper eating contest that resulted in a 1 inch esophagus tear and a 23 day hospital stay. (via SMH)
2016 Rugby player Sam Burgess of the South Sydney Rabbitohs successfully applied the Heimlich maneuver after an employee of Decosti Seafood started choking in a fish eye eating contest held at the Sydney Fish Markets
2014 Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski was hospitalized for brain swelling after a water training session went bad. Fortunately no significant permanent damage appears to have occured. He has continued to do water training, recently posting a 2 gallon chugging video.
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Spring/Summer 2017 MLE contests
A list of non-qualifiers on the Major League Eating calendar follows. Registration is open unless mentioned.
| $6,100 | 2017 Apr 30 | National Sweet Corn Eating Championship | Sweet Corn Fiesta | West Palm Beach, FL | |
| $4,000 | 2017 May 5 | Mystic Lake Casino Hotel World Taco Eating Championship | Mystic Lake Casino | Prior Lake, MN | |
| $4,000 | 2017 May 13 | Owensboro International Bar-B-Q Festival World Mutton Sandwich-Eating Championship | Owensboro International Bar-B-Q Festival | Owensboro, KY | |
| $5,000 | 2017 May 27 | The Denver Outlaws World Burrito Eating Championship Presented By Illegal Pete’s | Denver Outlaws game | Denver, CO | |
| $4,000 | 2017 May 27 | Tivoli Fest World Aebleskiver Eating Championship | Tivoli Fest | Elk Horn, IA | registration opens March 16 |
The latest issue of Inapub magazine has an article about UK competitive eating (page 42-43) with quotes from Kate Ovens and a picture of "Beard Meats Food". (via BronyaWrites)
Persona 5, a new role playing game for the Sony PlayStation, has a "Big Bang Burger Challenge" that will raise competitors' "guts" level if they complete it. (Picture)
Film and TV Pro has a request for a script supervisor for a short film a about pie eating contest that goes wrong when it is learned that one of the competitors might be a murderer.
Fink Beat the Stomach has an interview with Liz McClurg, female winner of the first contest on the 2016-17 Nathan's qualifier circuit in Nashville.
OddsShark lists Joey Chestnut as a -505 favorite for the 2017 Nathan's finals. The field is a +335 underdog. Joey Chestnut's over under in the finals has been set at 70.5 hot dogs.
Wanneroo Markets in Wangara, WA, Australia will hold a 1.5 kg megadog eating contest on April 29 awarding $500 to the winner.
Darron Breeden finished the Gyro CHallenge at South Side Six in Bowling Green, OH to claim the challenge prize of $666.
Takeru Kobayashi defends Chronic Tacos title
update Erik Lamkin has a video
Takeru Kobayashi defended his Gringo Ba
ndito Chronic Taco title with a record 159 tacos. Molly Schuyler was runner up with 139. I haven’t found any more results.
Finnish competitor Jesse Pynnönen did an interview with KX935.com.
Matt Stonie defends National Harbor Peeps
update Apr 12 Matt Stonie and Capital News Service have videos
update Apr 11 DCRefined.com has a gallery
JTubeVideos has a contest video
update Full results have been posted: Official top 5 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 255 | Matt Stonie | 5 minutes, new record, 1st contest of 2017 |
| 2nd | 238 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 170 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 4th | 165 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
| 5th | 155 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 113 | Kevin Ambs | |
| 7th | 110 | Yasir Salem | |
| 8th | 70 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 9th | 67 | Mike Deitz | |
| 9th | 67 | Sarah Reinecke | probably top NW USA woman in MLE with one contest |
| 11th | 47 | William Myers |
National Harbor has a periscope
Washingtonian interviewed Matt Stonie about the contest.
Carmen Cincotti produced a practice video.
Mina Luna defended her title in the Melbourne Chilli Eating Championship to claim the first prize of $500.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski produced a video where he commented on the recent competitive eating fatalities and talked about his own incidents. He described choking during a Guinness record attempt on live British television, which can be viewed online.
Leah Shutkever posted a video of her finishing the Tombstone Challenge at Chimichanga in 5:54 which the UK chain announced was a national record. Her time was about a third of the the 17:30 needed for former Sutton United goalie Wayne Shaw to complete the meal.
Michael Jenkins ate a 2.5 pound burrito in 2:22 to win the first prize of $250 at tonight's contest at Taco Bus in Tampa. Noah Pransky of WTSP, who claims he had a 13 contest winning streak, was the runner up. update Apr 8 813area has a contest writeup reporting Meredith Marsh was third in her first eating contest.
Jubilee Joe's will hold a crawfish eating contest in Pelham, AL on April 22 awarding $500 to the winner.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinksi's video about Dale Boone cheating in the 2011 Z Burger eating contest is a topic in the "Fat People Hate" forum.
Registration open for most 2017 Nathan’s qualifiers
http://www.majorleagueeating.com/contests.php is now accepting registration for all upcoming Nathan’s qualifiers except Valdosta, GA (May 13), Washington, DC (June 24) and Naperville, IL (June 30)
| Upcoming 2017 Nathan’s qualifiers | Apr 15 Miami Apr 22 Louisville Apr 22 Las Vegas Apr 28 St. Louis May 6 Tampa May 6 Fort Worth May 13 Valdosta, GA May 19 Cincinnati |
May 27 Charlotte Jun 3 Syracuse Jun 10 Norfolk Jun 11 Pocono, PA Jun 18 Boston Jun 18 Queens, NYC Jun 24 Washington, DC Jun 30 Naperville, IL |
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski announces that he has completed his chemotherapy treatment for testicular cancer. Hopefully it will knock out the disease for good.
Competitive Eating/Drinking fatalities, updated April 4, 2017
I have updated the list of competitive eating / drinking fatalities with 2015-17 passings. I do not claim this a full roster, just incidents which have been publicized on English language newspapers and websites.
Previous edition of list (last updated Nov 2014)
1906 Normburg, IL Cheese contest results in fatality and put two others in critical condition
1983 North Carolina Marine dies in donut eating contest at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
1999 Chicago, a 12 year old school girl dies playing “Chubby Bunny” in an unsupervised classroom. The goal of “Chubby Bunny” is to say “Chubby Bunny” after stuffing one’s mouth with as many marshmallows as possible.
2002 Japan, school boy dies in cafeteria after attempting a stunt seen on a televised eating contest.
2004 Canada man dies after choking in chicken wing eating contest held at Regina bar.
2004 Japan, housewife dies in bread eating contest in Fukusaki, Hyogo Prefecture
2006 Canada, woman dies in “Chubby Bunny” contest held at Ontario fair
2007 Sacramento, woman dies of water intoxication after competing in a bladder endurance contest sponsored by a radio station.
2007 India, man (believed to be epileptic) dies from breathing complications in an idli eating contest
2008 Wales, man dies in unplanned post party cupcake contest to use up left over buffet food. Articles about the contest do not make it clear if the contest was a mouth-stuffing contest or a speed eating contest
2008 Taiwan graduate student dies after victory in a steamed bun eating contest
2008 India, engineer at Nokia Siemens of India chokes after making a pastry eating bet at a company party.
2009 Kaliningrad, Russia Boris Isaev chokes in pancake eating contest
2009 Hyderabad, India Bandu Joshi dies after stuffing 6 laddus into his mouth
2010 Phetchchaburi, Thailand 66 year old Hing Laichan dies after choking in noodle eating contest
2010 San Pedro, California 13 year old Noah Akers choked on a hot dog topped with whipped cream at a fundraiser for Haiti
2011 Tokmak, Ukraine 77 year old Ivan Mendel wins dumpling eating contest, then dies
2011 Timonium, Maryland (near death experience) Michael Solano lacks a pulse for four minutes after choking at a crab cake eating contest, then recovers after hospitalization
2012 Deerfield Beach, Florida Eddy Archbold dies after winning an insect eating contest held at a reptile store
2012 Surrey, BC Samaljit Aulakh experiences brain damage after choking in a gulab jamun eating contest. As of July 2013, he remained hospitalized.
2012 Tunisia Dau Fatnassi dies after eating 28 raw eggs to win a bet
2013 India, 13 year old schoolboy Bharat Sharma chokes to death after attempting to swallow two idlis
2013 England Sharon Dixon passes away after choking on boiled eggs at a pub’s eating contest
2013 Australia 64 year old Bruce Holland experiences a fatal heart attack while participating in a tavern’s chilli pie eating contest
2013 Spain JoaquÃn Alcaraz Gracia passes away after winning a beer drinking contest
2013 Romania unnamed 60 year old chokes to death in a sausage eating contest.
2014 England Gary Mark Sims choked after attempting to swallow three eggs at a time at a pub in Berkeley, England
2014 Custer, SD Walter Eagle Tail chokes to death in a July 3 hot dog eating contest
2014 Nellukuthupara, India Kandamuthan chokes in an idli eating contest
2014 Staryl, Ukraine Lyana Koroleva experiences a heart attack while waiting to receive a prize for winning a vareniki (dumpling) eating contest
2015 Uganda 30 year old man passes away after eating 8 mandazzis (doughnuts). He did not drink any water
2016 Indonesia Jakarta resident chokes on piece of chicken trying to qualify for a Kentucky Fried Chicken of Indonesia contest
2016 Santa Fe, NM Debra Harbeck chokes after competing in corn dog eating contest where participants simulated performing oral sex. She had had a blood alcohol content between 0.13 and 0.14 percent
2016 Kenya Eating contest held at a funeral results in blocked windpipe
2016 Japan 28 year old male chokes on rice ball
2017 South Korea Freshman orientation eating contest results in airway obstruction for female student
2017 Fairfield, CT Sacred Heart University student Caitlin Nelson chokes during Greek Week pancake eating contest, passes away three days later
2017 Denver Travis Maloof chokes while attempting the “Tex Ass” challenge at Voodoo Doughnut
Sophie Healey, a finalist in the British reality show Coach Trip: Road to Marbs did the Devastator burger challenge at the Red Dog in London and was awarded the T-shirt got a T shirt.
update April 6 Joey Chestnut has an interview with WTSP about competitive eating dangers
update April 4 Voodoo Doughnut has suspended the challenge at all locations
KUSA reports that Travis Maloof passed away after choking during an attempt at the "Tex-Ass" Challenge at Voodoo Doughnut in Denver early Sunday morning. update KDVR has an interview with former MLE eater Brian Beard about the fatality who says “Every competitive eater has choked. It happens.â€
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