Matt Stanton reports that he and Kirk Lower were the first pair to finish the two meter pizza challenge at Criniti's in Sydney.
Pho Viet has a blog entry about the challenge at Pho Garden in San Francisco. Joey Chestnut has finished the challenge in 15 minutes, which is not the overall record of 13 minutes. There have been about 3000 attempts with a success rate of 7%.
The Weekender has a report on Dave "The Termite" Wood's victory in the national Bar Louie Rock the Tot tater tot eating contest last month. His total of 4 pounds 2 ounces will be recognized as a Guinness World Record even though Molly Schuyler ate 6 pounds in 2013.
Things in Squares wrote a cartoon about a fifty pound burger challenge.
Marlon / mwn1986 reports he ate 55,506 calories in the day after he competed in the Sugars Classic bodybuilding contest. His breakfast contained 32,587 calories.
Fork and Balls in Fort Lauderdale will hold a meatball eating contest on November 19 awarding $500 to the winner.
This is the 60th anniversary of the Eating Contest episode of Sgt. Bilko. Fred Gwynne, who would play Herman Munster in The Munsters, guest starred as "The Stomach".
Matt Stonie reports that he will attempt to set the five minute rib eating record at Homestead Miami Speedway next weekend, which explains why he is not doing the Foxwoods turkey eating contest.
Molly Schuyler threepeats Bierhaus Brats
The top 4 in today’s bratwurst eating contest at Bierhaus in Manhattan.
| 1st | 50 | Molly Schuyler | contest record |
| 2nd | 27 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | All Pro Eating debut |
| 3rd | 24 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 4th | 22 | Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio | |
| 5th | 21.5 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 6th | 16 | Mike Deitz | |
| 7th | 14 | Patrick “Lumberjack” Taylor | |
| 8th | 3 | Gina Allero |
The Hungry Hungry Hatters, a competitive eating group at Stetson University, will hold pie, hot dog, wing & ice cream eating contests in DeLand, FL on November 20.
Jaws Restaurant in Perth, Australia will hold a sushi eating contest on December 13 awarding $500. Qualifiers will take place on Sunday and award $100 and a spot in the finals.
Heritage Brewing in Manassas, VA will hold a rib eating contest on November 16. Washington Redskins Nick Sundberg, Dustin Hopkins & Silas Redd Jr. are expected to compete.
Betfair.com has odds for the 2016 Nathan's finals. Matt Stonie is at 1/2 and Joey Chestnut is 11/8. The rest of the field is a 10/1 underdog. There are also odds for Matt Stonie and Joey Chestnut to exceed 63.5 hot dogs.
Arooga's in Hershey, PA will hold a wing eating contest tomorrow awarding $250 to the winner. (via Sara Bozich)
Baltimore Magazine's report on Pete's Grille's pancake eating contest mentions Stephanie Wu's disqualification for being a "professional" from last year's competition.
Philly Voice has a report on how mukbang, the practice of eating meals that are broadcast on the internet, has spread outside its Korean home.
ICv2 reports that Tem-purr-a, a board game about competitive eating cats, will be released in February. The objective is "to eat as much food as they can without getting indigestion, while pushing dishes onto their neighbors in order to make them over-indulge."
Kate Ovens wrote a report for the Newcastle Tab about her attempt at the 27 inch pizza at Toni's Pizzeria in Glasgow, Scotland (video).
Mirror.co.uk reports that an attempt to cook the world's spiciest chilli produced toxic fumes which required the evacuation of four student houses at the University of Manchester. The firefighters responding called it "the most stupid thing they'd been sent out for in 20 years."
A press release announces that Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco, Badlands Booker, Yasir Salem, Gideon Oji and Crazy Legs Conti are expected to compete in the turkey eating contest at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT on November 21. If Matt Stonie misses the contest, he will have a 365+ day winning streak, since his most recent defeat came at last year's turkey eating contest.
The BBC reports that Hull University Students' Union in Yorkshire held an event that started as a cracker eating contest that evolved into a competition where people reproduced sexual positions on-stage.
John Rivera has been announced as the winner in the eating contest at Chit Chat Pizza in Van Nuys, CA. Jon Bello was the runner up and Jimmy Lin was 3rd.
In Nela Zisser's latest video, she attempts to eat 22 Big Macs in one session. update Nov 12 The Daily Mirror and Daily Mail have articles
Spanish Doughnuts will hold a churro eating contest in Melbourne, Australia on Nov 22 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Michael Jenkins announces he and Nate Figueroa ate 36 Krispy Kreme donuts over 4 minutes and agreed to a tie at the Taste of North Miami.
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