The Seymour, IN Oktoberfest has dropped its bratwurst eating contest. Last year's contest awarded $500/$150/$50.
A pie eating contest is not currently listed on the upcoming events page for Destination Outlets in Jeffersonville, OH. A MLE pumpkin pie eating competition has been held at that site the previous two years.
Joey Chestnut will face off against a team of 3-4 northeast Ohio celebrities in an apple cider donut eating contest held at Mapleside Farms in Brunswick, OH on September 24. The event will raise money for the Remarkable Youth Foundation. Mapleside Farms held a MLE apple pie eating contest in 2013. update Cleveland.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about the event.
The New York Post has an article about the Feast of San Gennaro terminating its eating contests. Its cannoli competition was probably the most famous eating contest in Manhattan. The article has quotes from Matt Pruznick, cannoli champion the previous two years, and Crazy Legs Conti, winner of the 2009 contest.
Joel Hansen has uploaded a video from July's ZBurger eating contest in Washington, DC.
Raina Huang ate 29 slices in 5 minutes to win tonight's pizza eating contest at Taste of New Haven in Connecticut.
On Saturday, Ben Welch won the Bailey Farms Pepper Eating Contest at the N.C. Hot Sauce Contest and Festival in Oxford, NC for the third year in a row and claimed a $1,000 prize.
Manny Cambra ate 18 lobster rolls Sunday to win the lobster roll eating contest held at the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival in New Hampshire.
The Philadelphia Eagles produced a video
of Dan "Killer" Kennedy attempting to eating offensive tackle Lane Johnson's 5,000-6,000 calorie daily diet in less than 10 minutes.
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati will take place in Cincinnati this weekend. Its schedule lists neither a MLE nor an amateur bratwurst eating contest.
The Associated Press has an article asking: "Spicy food challenges have a long history. Have they become too extreme?"
The Feast of San Gennaro, which will start Thursday in the Little Italy Section of New York City, has dropped all four of its eating contests. The cannoli competition was probably the most famous eating competition in Manhattan.
The Buffalo Bills will hold a wing eating contest before their September 17 game against the Las Vegas Raiders. The entrants selected will all receive two tickets to the game.
Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper are expected to compete in the Trenton Thunder pork roll eating contest on September 23.
The Paqui One Chip Challenge has been withdrawn from stores after Harris Wolobah, a Worcester, MA high school student, passed away after eating the super spicy chip dusted with Carolina Reaper and Naga Viper peppers.
Packs and Snacks in Glen Ellyn, IL will hold a pizza eating contest on September 9 awarding a Michael Jordan rookie card.
Mo "MohMotion" Mbengue completed two 72 ounce steak challenges at The Big Texan in 1:12. I think the only other people to complete multiple challenges at that Amarillo, TX restaurant are Molly Schuyler, Miki Sudo and pro wrestler Klondike Bill in 1963. (Big Texan Instagram post)
Registration is now open for the Cheesesteak Egg Roll Bowl at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City on September 30. Joey Chestnut and Nick Wehry are expected to compete.
The Houston Viet Cultural Festival will hold a pho eating contest on September 16 awarding $200/$100/$50.
RIP Jimmy Buffet. His Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain had a "Trouble in Paradise" quadruple patty burger challenge that was free if it was finished in under 12 minutes.
2023 Buffalo Wing Festival Championship
Full official results were posted about 24 hours after the contest ended:
| 1st | 276 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 240 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 231 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 220 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 196 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 6th | 194 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 146 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 8th | 129 | George Chiger | |
| 9th | 128 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 10th | 119 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 11th | 57 | Mike Harris | |
| 12th | 40 | Crazy Legs Conti |
update James Webb’s total of 276 is being billed as a world record, but Geoff Esper ate 281 wings in 2019
George Shea has posted the top 4 on his twitter. The MLE twitter has yet to post any results.
1 James Webb 276
2 Joey Chestnut 240
3 Miki Sudo 231
4 Nick Wehry 220
The top 2: James Webb 276 in 12 minutes, Joey Chestnut 240
There was apparently controversy with the results
WGRZ is running a live video
FairfieldStags.com has an article about Mike Harris, who received his spot by being friends with the owner of contest sponsor Wing It On.
Miki Sudo wins Buffalo Buffet Bowl
The top 4 from today’s Buffet Bowl contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival. The competition is first to finish five pounds of Buffalo food items.
1 Miki Sudo 4:18, first contest victory since 2013
2 Joey Chestnut 5:17
3T Nick Wehry 5:28
3T Gideon Oji 5:28
James Webb wins Colorado State Fair Slopper contest
James Webb is the first person besides Geoff Esper to win the Slopper eating contest at the Colorado State Fair in the 2020s. Official results
| 1st | 32 | James Webb | first person besides Geoff Esper to win contest since 2019 |
| 2nd | 31.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 23 | Mo Mbengue | |
| 4th | 21.5 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 5th | 20 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 6th | 19 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 7th | 16 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 8th | 10.75 | Jon Ansell | |
| 9th | 9 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | |
| 10th | 8.75 | Chris Sealey |
Molly Schuyler ate 54 hot dogs at Cricket Car Hop in Stratford, CT to break her women's record for a hot dog eating contest and claim the $2,000 first prize.
After arriving in Colorado for tomorrow's Slopper eating contest, James Webb ate 6 pounds of chocolate at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Colorado Springs.
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