Brewfest in Central Point OR, will hold three hot dog eating contests awarding $500 to the winners on September 13: one for male amateurs, another for female amateurs and a pro division.
James Webb, Gideon Oji and Sean Yeader will headline the field at the Battle of the Bay: Wild Caught Blue Catfish Chowdown at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium, MD tomorrow. This will be Yeager's first MLE contest since July 2024. update Sean Yeager says he will not compete
Rock & Reilly's Smash Burger Eating Competition at Topanga Social in Los Angeles on September 6 will award $1,000 to the winner. Raina Huang is expected to compete.
Shawn "BasketLockerBall" Butler ate 22 slices of pizza in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's eating contest at Gino's in Ronkonkoma, NY.
The Hampton Beach, NH Seafood Festival will hold its lobster roll eating contest awarding $600/$250/$150 to the top three on September 7. Last year's competition was marred by a choking incident requiring Governor Chris Sununu to apply the Heimlich Maneuver to a competitor.
Frankie FLoats announces that Molly Schuyler, Dan Kennedy, Sean Yeager, Josh Krady and Peter Ritter will be competing in the mushroom eating contest at the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, PA on September 7.
The Franklin County Fair in Greenfield, MA will hold a wing eating contest on September 5, a hot dog eating contest on September 6 and a fried dough eating contest on September 7. All contests will award $200/$100/$50 to the top 3.
2025 Buffalo Wingfest Wing Championship
updateOver 24 hours after the contest end, full (but unsorted) results have been posted on Instagram.
| 1st | 263.36 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 197.44 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 191.68 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 155.2 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 154.88 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 6th | 145.6 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 100 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 88 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 9th | 82.88 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 10th | 75.52 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 11th | 47.68 | Camille O’Brien |
James Webb is doing a livestream.
Taco Bob's will hold a taco eating contest in Kalamazoo, MI on September 6 for two person teams awarding $500 to the winner.
2025 Colorado State Fair Sloppers
update The Pueblo CHieftain has a gallery.
Major League Eating has posted the last names of the prize winners of the Slopper eating contest at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, CO. I assume these are the full names:
| 1st | 39 | Geoffrey Esper | contest record |
| 2nd | 23 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 22 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 3rd | 22 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 17.5 | Mark “the muncher” Williams | |
| 6th | 9.5 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | |
| 7th | 8.5 | Formanek |
2025 Buffalo Buffet Bowl
Announced results with the full field from the introductions
| 1st | ? | James Webb | |
| 2nd | ? | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | ? | Gideon Oji | |
| ? | ? | George Chiger | |
| ? | ? | Camille O’Brien | |
| ? | ? | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| ? | ? | Rene Rovtar | |
| ? | ? | Marlon Thompson | |
| ? | ? | Frank Velocci |
James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s Buffalo Buffet Bowl.
Joey Chestnut will attempt to eat 99 Impossible Foods nuggets during the San Francisco Giants game on September 12. Joey's partnership with the plant-based brand resulted in him missing the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest last year.
Joey Chestnut, Geoffrey Esper, James Webb and Miki Sudo are expected to compete in the World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto on September 6.
Poopy's in Savanna, IL will hold a hot dog eating contest on August 31 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Mushroom Festival will hold a fried mushroom eating contest in Kennett Square, PA on September 6 awarding $1000/$600/$400/$300/$200 to the top 5.
Pho N Mor will hold a pho eating contest in Glendora, CA on August 30 awarding $200 to the winner and $100 to the runner up. Raina Huang is expected to compete.
Taco El Superior in Palmdale, CA will hold a wet burrito eating contest on August 27 awarding $300 to the winner.
Dan Kennedy announced the top three for the hot dog eating contest at A Taste of Pendleton, OR. The top 3: 1) Molly Schuyler 46 2) Dan Kennedy 44 3) Scott Watkins 36 fixed August 24
"James Can Eat", the new James Webb documentary, can now be viewed on Amazon Prime. James did an interview with Muscle & Fitness about the film.
The October 9, 2006 episode of "Wife Swap" in which Eric "Badlands" Booker and boxer Jennifer Alcorn exchanged families can be viewed on youtube.
Joe Menchetti ate an XL pizza in 8:28 to win the first prize of $1,000 in last night's eating contest at Sal's Pizza in Derry, NH.
Registration is open on MajorLeagueEating.com for NORMS: Hotcake Eating Championship in Ontario, California on September 20.
Molly Schuyler will defend her Wing Bowl title in Las Vegas on February 7. Notorious B.O.B. will also compete and attempt to regain his 2017 title.
Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Festival will hold a gyro eating contest in Silver Spring, MD on September 6 awarding $1000 to the winner.
The All American Bash will hold a hot dog eating contest in Millbrook, AL on September 1 awarding $500 to the winner.
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