Brandon Wood ate 10 quarter pound hot dogs in 7 minutes at the Topsfield, MA Fair on Sunday to break a record held by
Pete Davekos and claim the $204 first prize.
Ani Ramen in New Brunswick, NJ will hold a ramen eating contest on October 6 awarding $1000/$500/$250. The winner will also receive a set of golden chopsticks.
Geoff Esper ate 11 corn dogs in 3 minutes to set a record at CLowndog in Albuquerque.
Pierozek will hold a pierogi eating contest in Brooklyn on October 8 awarding $500 to the winner. Joel Hansen won last year's competition.
Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Steve Hammond, Derek Jacobs, John Gebhard, Matthew Raible and Andy Krawczyk are expected to compete in the Destination Outlets World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship in Jeffersonville, OH on October 9.
Katina Eats Kilos is the guest on the latest episode of "Breaking Bread", a podcast co-hosted by Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran.
El Chingon will hold an eating contest in Fort Worth on October 4 awarding $500 to the first four person team to finish 42 tacos.
The Topsfield, MA Fair will hold a hot dog eating contest on October 1 awarding $204 to the winner.
Molly Schuyler wins Big Dill pickle contest
Dan Kennedy has posted the top five from Sunday’s professional pickle eating contest at The Big Dill in Baltimore:
1st Molly Schuyler 10 lbs 3 oz
2nd Dan Killer Kennedy 9 lb 9 oz
3rd Andy Puhl 8 lb 4 oz
4th Sean Yeager 7 lb 11 oz
5th Josh “The Goat” Krady 7 lb 4 oz
Geoff Esper wins Trenton Thunder pork rolls
| 1st | 44 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 39 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 32 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 4th | 24.125 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 5th | 23 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 6th | 22 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 20 | Andrew Krawczyk | |
| 8th | 11 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 9th | 10.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 10th | 8.5 | Jeff Bonacorda | |
| 11th | 7 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Derek Hendrickson wins Lewisville tamales
Official results (adding Ryan Rodacker)
| 1st | 50 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 2nd | 47.5 | Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran | |
| 3rd | 36 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 30 | Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker | |
| 5th | 27.5 | Greg “The Savage” Wilson | |
| 6th | 24 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 7th | 20.75 | Sophia Devita | |
| 8th | 20 | Wade Peck | |
| 9th | 18 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 10th | 14 | David Gutierrez | |
| 10th | 14 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 12th | 12.5 | Alex “Moose” Perez | |
| 13th | 8 | Mark Poland |
According to an email, The Big Dill Pickle Festival will hold a professional pickle eating contest on Sunday in Baltimore awarding $2500/$1000/$750/$500/$250. An amateur contest will be held on Saturday.
Newsbreak.com reports that Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark was the first person to finish the "Mega Burrito Challenge" at Debbie's Burritos in Malvern, AR. The challenge consists of five burritos and has been available since 2014.
Mashabale has a report on last Friday's cannoli eating contest held at The Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, probably the most famous eating contest in Manhattan.
Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco, Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Derek Hendrickson, Katie Prettyman, Nate Biller, Ryan Rodacker, Jocelyn Walker and Kathryn Tesch are expected to compete in Saturday's World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX.
The Oldham Times reports Leah Shutkever finished the Super 6 Belly Buster Challenge at the Black Ladd pub in Shaw, England in 9:04 to smash the previous record of 15:30 set by Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran. Randy Santel finished the challenge in 21:01. The giant breakfast consists of 54 items.
The field for Saturday's Trenton Thunder World Famous Case’s Pork Roll Eating Championship will include: Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, Pat Bertoletti, George Chiger, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, William Myers, Andy Krawczyk, Rene Rovtar, Prudence DiBenedetto, Radim Dvoracek, Sean Yeager and Jeff Bonacorda.
Paudal.com reports that 48 year old Hugo Ismael passed away after choking after eating a slice of French bread during a pozole eating contest held in Tinum, Mexico. Not only were there no EMT present at the contest site, no doctors at all were available at all in Tinum or the neighboring town of Uayama, requiring transport to Valladolid Hospital, where Ismael was declared dead. Pozole is a dish originally invented by the Aztecs which included flesh from warriors sacrificed in sun worship rituals. Spaniards replaced the human meat with pork. (original Spanish article).
Joel Hansen defended his title in Friday's taco eating contest at Tacos Locos in San Angelo, TX.
2022 Oktoberfest Zinzinnati bratwurst
Official results 10 minute contest
| 1st | 76 | Geoffrey Esper | new record |
| 2nd | 70 | Nick Wehry | would have broken old record |
| 3rd | 60 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 60 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 5th | 42 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 39 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 7th | 33 | Andrew Krawczyk | |
| 8th | 30.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 9th | 25 | Michael Doolin | |
| 10th | 19 | John Gebhard |
The introductions have started. George Chiger is running a live video
Metacritic reports that the subculture of competitive eating will be explored in an episode of the new season of "CSI:Vegas".
Matt Pruznick ate 18 cannolis this afternoon to defend his title at the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy.
The Buffalo News reports that there will be a hot wing eating contest before Monday's Bills game awarding $5000 to the winner.
SEA Crab House will hold a crab eating contest in Bend, OR on September 17 awarding $1000/$500/$250.
Molly Schuyler and Dan Kennedy tied for first place in the lobster roll eating contest at the Hampton Beach, NH Seafood Festival on Sunday. Manny Cambra was third.
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