Mina "the Machine" ate 7 Carolina Reaper peppers to win the first prize of $250 at the Melbourne Chilli Eating Championship.
LAist has a list of the 12 best All-You-Can-Eat Offers in Los Angeles.
Nate Biller, Mary Bowers and Bam Martinez are expected to compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the H-E-B Big League Weekend Fan Fest in San Antonio March 19.
OregonLive reports that Pantelis "Pondo" Kosmas, owner of the Mad Greek Deli, passed away on Sunday from a brain hemorrhage at the age of 49. The restaurant had a 12 pound sandwich challenge that awarded a jackpot. (via Big Eaters Club)
Miki Sudo uploaded a video of Joey Chestnut and her both attempting the 5+ pound burger challenge at Teak Neighborhood Grill in Orlando. They both finished the challenge in 39 minutes.
Fork and Balls in Fort Lauderdale will hold a meatball eating contest on March 9 awarding $500 to the winner.
Adebayo Akinfenwa, a striker for AFC Wimbledon billed as "FIFA's Strongest Player" by Guinness World Records, did a chicken wing challenge at the Man vs Food restaurant in London today.
A commenter posted a link to an article reporting that Corinth [MS] Area Convention and Visitors Bureau tabled a request for $11275 to fund the 2016 Slugburger eating contest. The request will be reconsidered when Main Street Corinth Director Brent Johnson meets with the board. If $11,275 was the cost of the 2015 event, 26.6% of that amount was used for the $3000 purse. update LA Beast has posted screenshots (without links) of this post to facebook and twitter.
Joey Chestnut has been announced as an entrant in the Silver Slipper World Meat Pie-Eating Championship on March 5 in Bay St. Louis, MS.
Cambridge News has a report on Oliver Pritchard and Tania Sevcenko both completing the burger challenge at Rocker's Steak House in Cambridge, England on Valentine's Day.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of a spaghetti eating contest where he faced Brian Shaw, winner of the World's Strongest Man contest. Vice.com produced a video about his diet and everyday life in Denver last year.
The Angry Crab in Ahwatukee, AZ will hold a crawfish eating contest on February 18 awarding a custom beach cruiser bicycle. The runner-up will receive a custom snowboard.
Nathan's Famous is a sponsor for the Cardinals bobblehead promotion on April 16, so that is the probable date for the Saint Louis qualifier.
Tim "Eater X" Janus appeared on tonight's episode of Billions on Showtime. update Feb 16 Decider.com has a recap with an animated .GIF of the hot dot eating contest scene.
Nathan's Famous is listed as the presenter of the the Father's Day cap promotion at the June 19 Mets game, so that is the most likely day of the 2016 Nathan's New York City qualifier.
A clip from the most recent episode of Duck Dynasty where Godwin attempts to eat 10 chili dogs in 2 minutes for a T-shirt can be viewed on youtube.
Matt Stonie defends Palm Beach birthday cake
update Feb 16 Santiago Castro has a video
update Feb 15 Nathan Figueroa, Fro Hungry and In Jaws We Trust have videos
update Feb 14 Palm Beach Post has a contest report
1) Matt Stonie 12.81 lbs. in 8 minutes
2) Miki Sudo 12.5
3T) Geoffrey Esper 9.375
3T) Gideon Oji 9.375
5) Adrian Morgan 8.59
6) Yasir Salem 7.5
7) Nate Biller 6.25
8) Pedram Esmaelzaadeh 5.31
Matt Stonie ate 12.81 pounds of cake to defend his World Birthday Cake-Eating Championship title at the Palm Bech Outlets in West Palm Beach, FL.
The American Council on Science and Health claims that water intoxication is the biggest risk for competitive eaters.
Channel News Asia has a report on Zermatt Neo finishing a 21 inch pizza at Peperoni Pizza in Singapore in under 11 minutes.
Registration is now open for the Nathan's qualifier in Houston on April 30. Registration will open at noon Pacific / 3 pm eastern for the Las Vegas qualifier on April 23. update Registration for the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship in West Palm Beach on April 24 is also open.
Nela Zisser announces that she will compete in the Nathan's qualifier in Houston on April 30.
Registration will open March 3 for the World Silver Dollar Pancake Eating Championship at the Silver Dollar Fair in Chico, CA on May 28. The contest will award $4000. (via Stephanie Wu)
Buzzfeed has a report on an attempt to eat 50 McDonald's Chicken McNuggets in 5 minutes.
LA Beast will do an extreme eating demonstration at Bobby Mackey's Music World in Wilder Kentucky Saturday at midnight.
Sociopath World has a blog entry about Crazy Legs Conti.
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