A movie titled Puke and Explode, described as "a gala event of competitive eating dedicated to both gastro excess and grotesque edibles as contestants devour the most mortifying morsels imaginable" will debut at the Fantastic Fest in Austin later this month.
Registration is now open for the first Nathan's qualifier in the 2016-17 circuit at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville on October 11.
Boyert Shooting Center in Katy, TX will hold a hot dog eating contest on September 17 awarding a firearm to the winner.
Smoke's Poutinerie in Hollywood, CA will hold a poutine eating contest on Saturday awarding a trip to Toronto and a spot in the amateur poutine eating contest before the MLE competition October 1.
John "Step Daddy J" Jugovic announces he won the qualifier to determine the Canadian team for Battle of the Big Eaters 4 in Richmond, BC.
MILB.com has the field for the World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ on September 24, which includes Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Gideon Oji, Geoffrey Esper, Eric "Badlands" Booker and Brian Dudzinski.
Bar Louie's Rock the Tot tater tot eating contest will take place on September 22.
Teddy Delacruz ate 6 bagels in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in the eating contest at Noshfest at Temple Kol Emeth in Marietta, GA yesterday.
Dave "The Termite" Wood ate 17.75 cannolis in 5 minutes to set a contest record at La Festa Italiana in Scranton, PA today. Russell Keeler was the runner up.
The Morning Call has an article about Yasir Salem's defense of his Donut Derby title in Trexlertown, PA. The bicycle race deducts 3 minutes for every donut eaten during the race.
The qualifier for the Australian team for Battle of the Big Eaters 4 was apparently held in Sydney yesterday. Pro wrestler Shazza McKenzie competed and reports she ate 6 pizzas in 30 minutes.
Dave Barry on cockroach contest fatality
Humorist Dave Barry has a column for the Wall Street Journal about his home state of Florida which includes the following account of a 2012 bug eating competition:
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2016 Buffalo Wing Festival wing contest
official results Part 1 | Part 2
1 Joey Chestnut 188 wings
2 Gideon Oji 177
3 Geoffrey Esper 162
4 Yasir Salem 133
5 Sonya Thomas 118
6 Badlands Booker112
7 Jim Reeves 107
8 Daniella Gioia 76
9 Dave Werick 74
10 Bill Myers 72
11 Mary Bowers 34
Bob Shoudt ate 10.5 burgers to win the first prize of $750 in yesterday's contest at taste of Hamburg-er in Hamburg, PA. David Brunelli was runner up and Dave Wood was third.
Geoffery Esper wins 2016 Buffalo Buffet Bowl, Chestnut 3rd
Craig Reed has the top 3:
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Geoffrey Esper 5:00 to finish 5 lbs of pizza, beef on weck sandwiches and crunch rolls
2) Gideon Oji 6:26
3) Joey Chestnut 7:15, 1st finish out of top 2 since June 2013 Chicago Ribfest
4) Sonya Thomas, 3.75 lbs at conclusion
5) Jim Reeves, 3.27 lbs
6) Yasir Salem, 3.23 lbs
7) Badlands Booker, 2.62 lbs
8) Daniela Gioia, 2.4 lbs
9) Wild Bill Myers, 2.15 lbs
10) Larell Marie Mele, 1.66 lbs
11) Mary Bowers, 1.28 lbs
Buffalo News has an interview with “Buffalo” Jim Reeves.
Mary Bowers has a picture of the roster for tomorrow’s wing contest: Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Geoffrey Esper, Eric “Badlands” Booker, Yasir Salem, “Buffalo” Jim Reeves, Daniella Gioia, Gideon Oji, Bill Myers, Larell Marie Mele, Michael Dietz & Mary Bowers.
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Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco won today's eating contest at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland, ending Colin Shirlow's streak.
Rafu.com has a report on last month's gyoza eating contest in Los Angeles.
Naader Reda attempted to eat 200 Chicken McNuggets at foodbeast.com on Facebook Live today.
The Great Pumpkin Farm World hands-Free Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship will take place in Clarence, NY on October 23 and award $1000/$500/$250/$50.
Ben Sumadiwiria, owner of the Awesome Eats youtube channel, claims he lost his hearing for two minutes after eating the Indomie Abang Adek, billed as the spiciest noodle dish in the world.
The Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races will hold a dumpling eating contest in Pawtucket, RI on September 3 awarding a round trip to Taiwan.
2016 Nugget Rib Eating Championship
update Sept 1 TMZ.com has an article about Rich LeFevre’s 3rd place performance.
update MyNews4 and RGJ.com have articles
1 Joey Chestnut 9.6 lb in 12 minutes
2 Matt Stonie 7.8 lb
3 Rich LeFevre 4.8 lb
4 Steve Hendry 3.6 lb
5 Brian Burghart 2 lb, U of Nevada teacher
6 Donald Brown 1.8 lb
7T Marlon Ting .8 lb
7T Micheal Simpkins .8 lb
9 Gilbert Chick DQ
The Onion's AV Club has an interview with Adam Richman about his new show Secret Eats With Adam Richman. He says that Man V Food is the highest rated show in the history of the Travel Channel.
Yuka Kinoshita announces that she has passed 2 million youtube subscribers. This surpasses Matt Stonie's 1.94M total and I think that makes her channel the most popular channel with a primary focus on competitive eating. ("Furious" Pete Czerwinski has 3.3M subscribers, but Yuka Kinoshita has more total video views 554M to 550M).
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