Paramount has uploaded a clip from the 2012 film, "The Guilt Trip" of Barbra Streisand attempting a 72 ounce steak challenge at a Lubbock, TX restaurant resembling The Big Texan. Barbra did not eat any actual steak for the scene, watermelon was substituted.
Joey Chestnut to attempt wing poundage record
update Joey ate 14.4 pounds of wing meat
Joey Chestnut will attempt to set a record tomorrow at Buffalo Wild wings for the most pounds of traditional wings eaten in a session. He does not have the MLE traditional wing poundage record:
| 2011 Apr 13 | 1st | 10.6875 | 12 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship | Dallas, TX |
| 2011 Apr 13 | 2nd | 10.25 | 12 min | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship | Dallas, TX |
| 2011 Apr 13 | 3rd | 7.9375 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship | Dallas, TX |
| 2011 Apr 13 | 4th | 7.875 | 12 min | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship | Dallas, TX |
| 2012 Sep 2 | 1st | 7.61 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
Registration is open on MajorLeagueEating.com for the SmokeSlam Eating Championship in Memphis, TN on May 17. The purse will be $10,000.
WITL.com has a post about Potterville, MI food challenger "Kyle Can Eat", who has 102K subscribers for his youtube channel despite having no more than 2.5K views for any video.
Notorious BOB uploaded a video of his attempt at the fish and chips challenge at Eric's Fish and Chips in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire in 2024. "Da Garbage Disposal" also attempted the challenge. The meal took place after Bob set records for two other restaurant challenges in the previous four hours.
Fun107.com has a post about Shawn "BasketLockerBall" Butler finishing the "Cookie Monster" dessert challenge at Pine House Kitchen in Tiverton, RI, a meal intended for two people, without assistance.
SCMP.com has an article about Chinese food challenger Deng Chenen's meal at a Tokyo buffet in which he took food items with an approximate cost of $350-$500. Deng has reportedly eaten 25kg (55 pounds) of crab legs.
Visalia, CA Harley Davidson will hold a hot dog eating contest on April 24 awarding $250 to the winner.
Miki Sudo will attempt to win the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship for the fourth year in a row at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL on April 27. Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji and Darrien Thomas are also expected to compete. There will also be a contest for amateurs.
The Takeout has a post about Rattlesnake Lodge, a restaurant in Tuscumbia, AL which has tables located inside a cave. Rattlesnake Lodge offers the Gigantor, a 2 pound burger challenge which is free is finished in under 45 minutes.
The Minnesota Songkran Festival will hold a papaya salad eating contest on May 11 in St. Paul awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three finishers.
The Rose District in Broken Arrow, OK will hold a taco eating contest on May 3 awarding $250 to the winner.
Timothy Stokes (12.5 slawburgers in 10 minutes) and Rosalee Witkowski (7.5 slawburgers) won the first prizes of $500 at Saturday's Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN.
Zermatt Neo has uploaded a video of his video of his trip to Osaka, Japan to compete in the qualifier for "Big Eater Championship 2025" that will be televised May 5 on TV Tokyo.
James Webb ate 53 hot cross buns in 10 minutes to win an eating contest at Eat Street in Brisbane. Chad "Froman" Jones was runner up and Mimi Zhang was third.
10th anniversary of Molly Schuyler’s Big Texan record
Today marks the 10th anniversary of @MollySchuyler eating three 72 ounce steak challenges in under 20 minutes at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX. Her time of 4:18 for the first meal remains the overall record for the challenge. Here are the other challengers who have finished in under 10 minutes.
- Geoff Esper 5:08 2019
- James Webb 6:28 2023
- Joey Chestnut 8:52 2008
- Frank Pastore 9:30 1987 (Cincinnati Reds pitcher)
No one else has attempted three steak challenges in a session. Miki Sudo in 2019 and Scott Eats in 2025 finished two challenges.
The competitive eating themed "King of the Hill" episode that originally aired on November 10, 2002 can be viewed on youtube. Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson guest star as competitive eating fans.
Joey Chestnut will attend the July 19 Lansing Lugnuts game, in which they will rename themselves as the Capital City Olive Burgers. A Joey Chestnut bobblehead doll will be given away to fans.
Darlington Market in Darlington, England will hold a bratwurst eating contest on April 19 awarding £250 to the winner.
Registration is now open for the Salvation Army National Donut Day World Donut Eating Championship in Washington, DC on June 6.
The World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest will take place in Mattituck, NY on June 14.
James Webb is the guest on the latest Dos and D podcast.
The NOLA crawfish festival will hold a crawfish eating contest In New Orleans on April 30 awarding $100 to the winner.
Scott "Scott Eats" Watkins won the first prize of $500 at yesterday's hot dog eating contest at the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival in Surrey, BC.
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