A Piece of Pendleton will hold a hot dog eating contest on August 24 in Pendleton, OR awarding $2500 to the top semi-pro (5 or more eating contests) and $600 to the top amateur (3 or less eating contests).
Frank Wach ate 14 sausages to win the eating contest at the Brat Days Festival in Sheboygan, WI.
Joey Chestnut ate 343 mini-donuts in under 8 minutes at the Queen City Exhibition in Regina, SK to break his previous record of 304. The event raised money for the Regina Food Bank.
Pat Bertoletti, Geoff Esper, James Webb, Miki Sudo and Darrien Thomas are expected to compete in Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto on August 10.
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef will be streamed on Netflix on September 2 at 3pm Eastern / noon Pacific from an undisclosed location in Las Vegas.
The Schuyler Corn Competition and Car Show will hold a corn eating contest in Schuyler, NY on August 10 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry will appear at the VooDoo Burger Bash at Ybor City in Tampa on August 3.
CJME reports that Joey Chestnut will compete in the Queen City Ex Mini-Donut Eating Competition in Regina, SK on August 3 for the third year in a row. The event will raise money for the Regina Food Bank.
The "I'm a Competitive Eater" episode of MTV True Life can be viewed on youtube. The program documents the competitive eating careers of Takeru Kobayashi, Tim "Eater X" Janus and Ian "The Invader" Hickman in the summer of 2005. Watch (or record) it quickly; it may not remain up forever.
The Lucky Shuck will hold an oyster eating contest on August 2 in Jupiter, FL awarding $150 cash and $200 in gift cards to the winner. Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath will be in attendance.
The Chicago Street Pour House will hold a wing eating contest on August 3 in Elgin, IL awarding $400 to the winner. The runner up will receive $100.
2024 Great Midwest Rib Fest
Announced results 12 minutes
1 James Webb 8.1 pounds
2 Kylan Lee 5.42
3 Ryan Rodacker 3.69
4 Tanner Gray 2.92
5 Darrien Thomas 2.54
James Webb has started a livestream of today’s Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake, MN.
2024 Wendy’s chicken nugget contest
Announced results (8 minutes)
1 Pat Bertoletti 220
2 James Webb 213
3 Geoff Esper 211
4 Sean Yeager 166
5 Australian (Kylan Lee?) 131
James Webb is running a video of today’ Wendy’s chicken nugget eating contest.
The Frankfort, IL Fall Festival will hold a pasta eating contest on August 31 awarding $500/$300/$200. Qualifiers will be held August 8 and 15.
The Guardian interviews Takeru Kobayashi
The Guardian has a long interview with Takeru Kobayashi about facing off against Joey Chestnut in a hot dog eating contest on Netflix on September 2. He believes the event will be his final competition.
Will September’s bout with Chestnut be Kobayashi’s last? He has to believe it will be. “Unless I think each match is my last one, I will not be able to perform at my peak level.” But he is enjoying the thrill of competing again. “When you do something for a really long time, you start to lose the magic that you felt initially,” he says. “This has really brought back the feeling of how much fun it is to push yourself.”
The 909 Night Market will hold a hot dog eating contest in Pomona, CA on July 28 awarding $100 and a flat screen TV
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has a list of Atlanta area restaurant challenges.
Caesar's Palace is refunding all Nathan's hot dog eating bets that were made in states where the competition had not been approved by regulators.
Today is the 100th birthday of Mortimer Matz, co-founder of the
Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest in 1972 with Max Rosey. A New York Senate Resolution celebrates his centennial. In a 2010 interview for the New York Times, Matz discusses the creation of the competition and the fabrication of its 1916 origin story. Mortimer Matz still works in public relations. blog entry from May, he discussed how he created a fake Egyptian artifact with hieroglyphics to promote a radio station
Slice of Flint in Flint, MI will hold a pizza eating contest on July 27 awarding $500 to the winner.
Pat Bertoletti, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, James Webb and Nick Wehry are expected to compete in Wendy's Chicken Nugget Eating Championship before Friday's Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip, NY. Webb is now billed as a resident of Little El, TX.
The Butler Eagle has a gallery of Saturday's ShuBrew hot dog eating contest at Horse Trading Days in Zelinople, PA. The top 3: 1 Molly Schuyler 48 hot dogs (10 minutes) 2 Dan Kennedy 47 hot dogs 3 Jack Legath 28 hot dogs
Registration is now open for the Padrino Foods World Tamale Eating Championship Presented By Market Street in Lewisville, TX on September 28.
The California State Fair in Sacramento has dropped its corn dog eating contest which paid out $6100.
Joey Chestnut National Hot Dog Days interviews
For National Hot Dog Day on July 17, Joey Chestnut did interviews for The Daily Meal, Mashed, People and BroBible.
In the Daily Meal interview he discusses the breakdown of his relationship with Major League Eating
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