Takeru Kobayashi ate 49 veal brain tacos last night to defend his title at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis.
Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Bennie Logan announced that he will compete in Wing Bowl 24 in Febrary 2016.
The NFL will hold a Buffalo wing eating contest in London on October 24 as part of the festivities for the Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars game held in that city. Hall of famers Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas will serve as hosts.
2015 Martorano’s pasta eating contest
update Oct 22 The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery & contest report
update Oct 20 Food Beast has a minute by minute account of the contest.
update Oct 19 Paris Vegas has a video of the entire contest
update Oct 18 VegasNews has a report and LVRJ has a gallery
update There was a scoring mixup and all the totals below should be halved. | Part 2
update Official results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 10 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | new record |
| 2nd | 7 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 6.25 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 5.75 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 5th | 5.62 | Steve Hendry | |
| 6th | 4 | Andrew Creech | |
| 7th | 3.75 | Ron Koch | 1st MLE contest in over 3 years |
| 8th | 3.25 | “El Toro” Jimenez | 1st MLE contest in over 5 years |
| 9th | 2 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 9th | 2 | Byron Shaw | |
| 11th | 1.5 | Angie Hendry |
update Matt Stonie won the contest with a record 20 pounds in 8 minutes. Miki Sudo was the runner up with 14 pounds.
Robin Leach of Lifestyles of the Rick & Famous is at the contest site.
The Taste of North Miami will hold a Krispy Kreme Doughnut eating contest on November 7 awarding $500 to the winner. Entrants must post on social media about the contest.
Channel NewsAsia has a segment about Singaporean competitive eater Zermatt Neo.
Joey Chestnut recorded a commercial for Nextel on the Coney Island Boardwalk Wednesday.
The Healthy Harvest Festival in Benson, NC will hold a sweet potato pie eating contest on October 24 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Philly Pizza Brawl in Broomall, PA will award $5000 in cash and prizes on December 19.
Bleacher Report produced a video of San Diego Chargers linebacker Brock Hekking reportedly eating 21,396 calories in 43 minutes at Phil's BBQ in San Diego.
Don Chingon in Brooklyn will award $1000 in cash and $500 in gift cards to a pair that can finish its 30 pound burrito in under an hour. T-shirts will be awarded to a quartet that accomplishes the feat. (via Stephanie Wu). (also CNBC video)
Randy Santel and Olivia Ragni finished the breakfast challenge at the Pied Piper Eatery in Nashville yesterday.
Stephanie Wu reports that the Philadelphia Cheesesteak FEstival will hold an eating contest on October 24 awarding $5000 ($3000 to the winner). The contest is an invitational and Bob Shoudt did not get a spot.
Miki Sudo appeared on News3LV yesterday to promote Saturday's Martorano's meatballs eating contest.
The Washington Post has an article about Chicago Cubs cursebreakers mentioning the goat eating at Taco in a Bag last month by Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Tim Brown and LA Beast.
The All Pro Eating calendar has been updated with the Bierhaus bratwurst eating contest in New York City on November 14 and the Music City Bowl hot chicken eating contest on December 29. The website also moved Stephanie Torres from the top 15 to its All Stars page. (via Stephanie Wu)
The Brookhaven Post has a page about Dale Boone's mayoral campaign. He lists his occupation as competitive eater and his education as Georgia Tech and the Institute of India Technology.
Gersh Kuntzman has a report in the NY Daily News about his attempt at the 30 pound burrito at Don Chingon in Brooklyn.
In last night's debate of Philadelphia mayoral candidates, Melissa Murray Bailey was asked her personal opinion of the Wing Bowl. She responded "I think it's OK."
In Nela Zisser's latest video, she takes on Kate Ovens in a long distance McDonald's burger eating contest.
Today's featured Wikipedia entry is Charles Domery, a Polish soldier whose extreme hunger resulted in desertion from the Prussians to join the French Revolutionary Army in 1792 in search of better rations. As a prisoner of war in Liverpool, he received 10 times the normal amount of food. He reportedly ate 174 cats in a calendar year and would eat 4 or 5 pounds of grass a day if no other food was on hand. (via Wild Bill)
Deadspin has a compendium of eating challenge stories submitted by commenters.
Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo are expected to compete in Saturday's Martorano’s Masters World Pasta Eating Championship in Las Vegas.
Wings Restaurants & Pubs will hold a wing eating contest awarding $500 on October 22. Qualifiers will be held throughout British Columbia on October 15. (via Ken Wong).
Jon Davis reports that Molly Schuyler won last night's burger eating contest at Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA with a total of 19.5 burgers. Picture with trophy and novelty check update Oct 12 East County Today has a gallery
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