Fiesta on the Bayou in Cut Off, Louisiana will hold a jalapeno eating contest on Saturday awarding $250 to the winner.
Vice.com's new documentary "How American Men Are Redefining Masculinity" opens with Wayne Algenio attempting the MotherLoad Sloppy Joe challenge at Lunch Box in Staten Island with host Gavin Haynes.
Guinness World Records has a clip from an Italian television program where "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and two challengers attempted to break the record for eating a 12 inch pizza (a fork and knife is required). The record has since been broken by Filipino Kelvin Medina with a time of 23.62 seconds.
Odds are now available for the 2016 Nathan's finals at Bovada Sportsbook. Matt Stonie (-170) and Miki Sudo (-150) are the favorites. Joey Chestnut (+130) and Sonya Thomas (+110) are underdogs. The over/under for the winner's totals are 63.5 and 39.5.
Youtube has a video of bodybuilders Ronnie Coleman, Derek Ciocca and Marc Lobliner competing in a "Kitchen Sink" challenge (18 scoops ice cream) eating contest at Sloan's Ice Cream Parlor in Delray Beach, FL.
The St. Louis Cardinals produced a video of the April 16 Nathan's qualifier including interviews with Matt Stonie and Mary Bowers. The video lists the contest announcer's name as "George Shey".
Today is the 10th anniversary of the publication date for the hardback edition of "Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream" by Jason Fagone.
Wayne Algenio received a Guinness World Record yesterday at the New York City Hot Sauce Expo in Brooklyn for eating 119g of Carolina Reaper peppers in 1 minute.
Yasir Salem wins Palm Beach Sweet Corn with 47 ears
update Nate Figueroa has a video of the contest. He blames his 7th place finish on “politics”.
The Palm Beach Post has a gallery
The Top 5:
1) Yasir Salem 47 ears in 12 minutes, new record
2) Gideon Oji 43.5 ears
3) Erik Denmark 37.5
4) Crazy Legs Conti 34.5
5) Nate Biller 25
6) Sean Brockert 24.5
Yasir Salem ate 47 ears at the Sweet Corn-Eating Championship in West Palm Beach, FL to break the previous record of 46 set by Joe LaRue in 2010. Additional results have yet to be posted.
Friday night, Molly Schuyler did a pizza challenge in Virginia, then she did the Champs Pizza challenge in Glen Burnie, MD with Bob Shoudt.
2016 Nathan’s Las Vegas qualifier
update Apr 26 Las Vegas Sun has a report listing Michelle Lesco’s hometown as Las Vegas.
update Review Journal has an article KTNV has a video
Official results part 1 | part 2
Men
1) Rich LeFevre 30
2) Erik Denmark 29.75, takes wild card lead, Thinks contest should have gone to overtime
3) Steve Hendry 27
4) Josh Miller 24.5
5) Justin Mih 20
6T) Adam Brickman 9
6T) Erick Wyrowski 9
8) Adrian Padilla 6
Women
1) Michelle Lesco 28
2) Carlene LeFevre 12.5, takes wild card lead
3) Lesley Ryder 6.5
DQ) Barbara LaBarge
Rich LeFevre and Barbara LaBarge appeared on KTNV yesterday.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein reports he was the runner-up in todays Zac's Pack eating contest at Zac's Hamburgers in Folsom, PA and that Bob Shoudt won the first prize of $500. update Philadelphia.CBSlocal.com has an video
Molly Schuyler ate a 55 ounce burger meal in under 2 minutes to defend her Highway 55 Burgers title at the NC Picklefest in Mount Olive, NC today. update Contest video from Molly Schuyler.
The Straits Times has an article about Singporeans Thomasina Ow and Zermatt Neo.
Erik "The Electric" Lamkin finished the Lucky Sevens challenge at China Blue in Corvallis, OR to claim the $1300 jackpot.
Nela Zisser responds to questions from fans in her latest video. At the 11 minute mark, she answers whether she thinks competitive eaters intentionally reverse after contests / challenges.
Mothership.sg reports Singporean Thomasina Ow finished a 3.2kg (7 pound) burger in 45 minutes. Last week, she ate 3.85 kg of chicken rice (8.5 pounds) in 27 minutes. (video | Hardwarezone.com.sg thread)
The Louisiana Peach Festival will hold a "Cobbler Gobbler" eating contest in Ruston, LA on June 25 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Teddy Delacruz was the first person to finish the 28 inch pizza challenge at Benny Pennello's in Charlotte, NC today and claimed a $500 prize.
The Cannibal Cafe in Vancouver will hold a burger eating contest on May 7 awarding $500 to the winner.
The McDonald's in St. Joseph, MO (Kansas City area) will offer all you can eat french fries as part of its grand reopening celebration in July.
The team of Wayne Algenio, Dave Brunelli and Dave Wood won the first prize of $1500 in today's pizza eating contest at Zoi's Pizza in Seymour, CT. update April 22 WPLR has a gallery
The Daily Dot has a report on a contest held today where employees of the Canadian Newspaper National Post attempted to eat 64 slices of American cheese.
Restaurant News has the field for Saturday's 55 (ounce burger) challenge at the NC Pickle Festival in Mt. Olive, NC sponsored by Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries: defending champ Molly Schuyler, Joe Menchetti, Dave Brunelli, Dale Boone and amateur Joe Hinstro.
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