Condado Tacos in Columbus, OH will hold a taco eating contest on August 21 awarding $500 to the winner.
The field for the tamale eating contest in Lewisville, TX on September 24 has been posted: Miki Sudo, Adrian Morgan, Michelle Lesco, Erik Denmark, Juan Rodriguez, Josh Miller, Steve Schuster, Nate Biller, Alex Perez and Costa Pollos.
Yahoo! Movies interviews Andy (Lard-Ass) Lindberg
Yahoo! Movies has an interview with Andy Lindberg (Lard-Ass) about filming the famous regurgitation scene for the pie eating contest in “Stand By Me”. There is also a quote from author Stephen King about the movie:
It was beautiful, because the puking was done in a way that was so surreal, it didn’t make anyone feel ill. Not tasteful — you can’t really make projectile vomiting tasteful — but it really was very funny.
The Gyoza Eating Championship instagram has posted the field for the competition in Los Angeles on August 20 which includes Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, the LeFevres, Badlands Booker, Pablo Martinez, Mary Bowers and Lesley Ryder.
Shuck-n-Suck in Cape Charles, VA will hold a steamed clam eating contest tomorrow awarding $200/$100/$50 and an oyster eating contest for male & female pairs on Saturday also awarding $200/$100/$50.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will compete in a wing eating contest at Buffalo Wild Wings in Mankato, MN on Saturday August 6.
Spaces are still available in the eating contest at Sheboygan Brat Days on Saturday. The winner will receive $500.
A woman billed as "Super Eater Mizijun" ate 4kg (9 pounds) of rice to win a contest in Hangzhou, China. update Shanghaiist has a blog entry and video with a link to her Chinese social media page with 500K subscribers.
Guinness has certified the 325 participants in today's eating contest at the Ohio State Fair as the largest field for an ice cream eating contest.
Yelp Chicago has a request for big eaters to participate an upcoming food challenge in August.
The Music City Hot Wing Festival will hold a hot wing eating contest Saturday in Nashville awarding $250 to the winner.
Munchies.vice.com has a report on My Slice Fest held in London Saturday where a shortage required festival goers to compete in the pizza eating contest if they wanted any pizza.
Takeru Kobayashi ate 49 slices of pizza at Kempenfest in Barrie, ON today to defend his Pie Wood Fired Pizza title.
A corn eating contest will be held in Schuyler, NY on August 13 awarding $800 to the winner.
DiscoverSD has an article about Josh Hockett and San Diego eating challenges.
Peter's Clam Bar will hold a clam eating contest in Island Park, NY on August 14 awarding $1000/$500/$250.
GoAway.sg has an interview with Singaporean competitive eater Sarah "Thomasina" Ow.
The top 3 for the Philly's BBQ Fest rib fest contest: 1 Bob Shoudt 15 pounds 2 Dave Brunelli 14 pounds 3 Kevin Ambs 12 pounds.
Eric "Badlands" Booker will be a guest on Right NOW! with Carolyn Castiglia, a live talk show held at Union Hall in Brooklyn on August 18.
2016 Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos eating contest
update Aug 3 Press Release about the contest with the following quote from Chronic Tacos CEO Michael Mohammed: “The competition was a close call as it looked like Molly Schuyler was going to beat Kobayashi but once we weighed the scraps it was clear that Kobayashi had devoured more”
update LetsRun has a forum post about the controversy.
Robert McKinney won the amateur contest with 20 tacos in 3 minutes.
update Naader Reda has a video Results before deductions Molly Schuyler 160 tacos, Takeru Kobayashi 150 tacos
update Kobayashi defended his title with a total of 137 tacos.
This will be the first head to head matchup between Molly Schuyler and Takeru Kobayashi, who has never lost to a woman.
Kobayashi appeared on Fox5 to promote the contest.
The appearance of Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran and Marc "Bottomless" Pitt can be viewed online.
The Tucson Homeskillet has an interview with Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco. Her advice to wannabe competitive eaters: "Don't". She will return to Northern Ireland in September for the Hillsborough Oyster Festival.
New England Patriots defensive end Jabaal Sheard ate a 32 ounce steak to raise $5,200 for charity at Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts.
Chubblife.co.uk has an interview with Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran.
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