Charles Hardy, Commissioner of Major League Eating, Dies
08-03-2023
Charles Hardy, a former New York City Corrections Officer and long-time commissioner of Major League Eating, has died after a battle with cancer. He w...
Final Results From The 2023 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
07-05-2023
2023 Men's Championship Results:
- Chestnut - 62
- Esper - 49
- Webb - 47
- Wehry - 45
- Weaver - 41
- Oji - 36
- Zosan - 29.75 8...
NATHAN’S FAMOUS JULY 4 HOT DOG EATING CONTEST ANNOUNCES FIELD OF COMPETING EATERS
06-30-2023
The 2023 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest will return to the iconic Nathan’s Famous flagship restaurant at the corn...
Nathan's Famous July 4th Contest History
06-23-2023
Key Moments in the History of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest The Mustard Yellow International Belt—worn ...
Nathan's Famous July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest Resource Center
06-21-2023
The Men’s and Women's Championship will take place on Tuesday, July 4th, 2023, at the Original Nathan’s Famous location on the Corner of Surf ...
Full Results From The 2022 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
07-04-2022
2022 Women's Championship Results 1. Miki Sudo 40 2. Michelle Lesco 26 3. Sarah Rodriguez 23.25 4. Larell Marie Mele 15 5. Katie Prettyman 13...
How Do I Watch The 2022 Nathan's Famous Fourth Of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest?
07-02-2022
ESPN has exclusive live broadcast rights from 10:45am to the conclusion of the event, expected to be at 1:05 pm ET. The women’s competition coverage w...
Nathan’s Famous July 4 Hot Dog Eating Contest Announces Field Of Competing Eaters
07-01-2022
The 2022 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest will return to the iconic Nathan’s Famous flagship restaurant at the corn...
How Do I Get To Coney Island?
06-28-2022
**The Men’s and Women’s Championships will take place on Monday, July 4th, 2022, at the original Nathan’s Famous location—1310 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY ...
Nathan’s Famous July 4 Hot Dog Eating Contest Announces Return To Surf And Stillwell
06-07-2022
New York, NY The 2022 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest will return to the iconic Nathan’s Famous flagship re...
USA Mullet Championships Partners With Major League Eating To Further Expand Mullet Competition Platform And Mullet Lifestyle
02-17-2022
Expanded Series of Mullet Contests Planned for 2022
NEW YORK, February 17, 2022 — Major League Eating (MLE) and USA Mullet Championships have ...
Meet The Competitors For This Year's Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
06-30-2021
The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, an American holiday tradition, will be held at Maimonides Park (formerly MCU ...
Get Your FREE Tickets for the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest!
06-18-2021
Go to the link below to secure FREE tickets for the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest at Maimonides Park, 1904 Surf Avenue, Coney ...
Nathan's July 4 Contest to be Held Live before Audience in Coney Island -- Tickets Available
05-29-2021
Coney Island’s Maimonides Park (formerly MCU) To Host Annual Competition on July 4, 2021
World Champion Joey Chestnut to Defend Title Against Geoffre...
MLE Leads First Major Culinary Advancement Since Gogurt
01-19-2021
Propels Nation Forward From 7-Layer Dip to 8-Layer Dip
Resolves Conflict Over Dip’s Official Layers in Time for Big Game
**(Bacon May Anc...
DraftKings And Major League Eating Announce Three-Part Competitive Eating Series
10-25-2020
DraftKings (Nasdaq: DKNG) and Major League Eating have announced a series of three holiday eating contests including a Halloween candy steeplechase on...
CHESTNUT AND SUDO SET NEW WORLD RECORDS ON JULY 4TH!
07-04-2020
Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut and Miki Sudo, the number-one-ranked male and female competitive eaters in the world, shattered the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of Jul...
NATHAN’S FAMOUS 2020 FOURTH OF JULY INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG-EATING CONTEST BROADCAST SCHEDULE
06-29-2020
The 2020 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest will be broadcast live at Noon Eastern on ESPN. The event will re-air on ...
06-16-2020
NATHAN’S FAMOUS TO HOLD 2020 FOURTH OF JULY INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG-EATING CONTEST
Non-Public Event in Coney Island to Raise Funds for Food Ba...
Remembering Juliet Lee
09-09-2019
Major League Eating is saddened to announce that Juliet Lee, a long-time member of Major League Eating and the number-17-ranked eater in the world, ha...
Joey Chestnut & Miki Sudo Win Nathan’s Famous Fourth Of July International Hot Dog-Eating Championship
07-04-2019
Chestnut Knocks Down 71 HDBs in 10 Minutes While Sudo Eats 31
Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo today won the male and female divisions of the ...
Results From The 2019 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
07-04-2019
THE CHAMPIONS DEFEND THEIR TITLES!
As is tradition, the Hot Dog Eating Champions of the world were crowned this July 4th, 2019, at the origi...
Meet The Men Competing At The 2019 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
06-27-2019
Darrien Thomas Orillia, Ontario • 5’9”, 160 lbs, 20 y/o How He Got Here: Won Syracuse, NY, Qualifier with 19.25 Hot Dogs & Buns in 10 min • #27-Ra...
Meet The Ladies Competing At The 2019 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
06-27-2019
Katherine Wong Boston, MA • 5’4”, 23 y/o How She Got Here: Won Syracuse, NY, Qualifier with 6 Hot Dogs & Buns in 10 min • Making her first appeara...
How Do I Get To Coney Island?
06-27-2019
**The Male and Female Championships will take place on Thursday, July 4th, 2019, beginning at 10:50am at the original Nathan’s Famous location—1310 Su...
Geoffrey Esper Downs 17 lbs of Strawberry Shortcake to Win Mattituck Lions Club Event!
06-24-2019
Geoffrey Esper stood firm as powerful winds blew in from Long Island Sound over the Mattituck strawberry fields. Tents ripped from the ground, hats f...
Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest
06-24-2019
The 2019 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest will take place in Coney Island from 11 am to 1 pm on Thursday, July 4, 2...
Geoffrey Esper Smashes Pork Roll Record!
10-01-2018
Trenton, NJ Let’s call it what it is: Utter dominance. Geoffrey Esper, the world’s #3-ranked eater, turned in the signature performance of his ...
Darron Breeden Sets New 10-Minute Tamale Record!
10-01-2018
Lewisville, TX! Mark the date, place and time: On September 29, 2018, on the steps of City Hall in Lewisville, TX, at 1.48pm, Darron Breeden wa...
Chestnut Remains Undefeated In Cincinnati Brats
09-24-2018
Cincinnati, OH The streak continues. Joey Chestnut ate 65.5 Brats in 10 minutes to win the 2018 Oktoberfest Zinzinnati World Bratwurst-Eating C...
Chestnut Defends White Hut Cheeseburg Crown
09-17-2018
West Springfield, MAThe Big E began back in 1916. Something about that year and its ties to competitive eating. Feels right. And Something abou...
Esper Wins In Brat-Eating Debut
08-27-2018
Snowbird, UT Never before in his illustrious eating career had Geoffrey “Geoff” Esper faced down the mighty bratwurst in sanctioned competition...
Chestnut Defends Gyoza Title
08-19-2018
Los Angeles, CA Joey Chestnut won the 2018 Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship with a dominant 359-gyoza haul. One imagines a feeling...
Breeden Sets World Cheese Curd-Eating Record!
08-13-2018
West Allis, WI! Take a bow, Darron Breeden. The man from Orange, VA, ate 5lb, 2oz of cheese curds over six minutes to win the Wisconsin State F...
Esper Takes Ice Cream Crown
08-06-2018
Indianapolis, IN Well, will you look at that? Geoffrey Esper ate 15.5 pints of ice cream in six minutes to claim the second annual World’s Ice ...
Results from The 2018 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest
07-04-2018
CHESTNUT SETS NEW WORLD RECORD!
SUDO DEFENDS WOMEN'S TITLE!
The 2018 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating C...
Nathan’s Famous Fourth Of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest
07-03-2018
Annual Competition in Coney Island on July 4, 2018
World Champion Joey Chestnut to Defend Title Against Carmen Cincotti
Miki Su...
How Do I Get To Coney Island?
07-03-2018
Car Coming from the Belt Parkway West; get off at Exit 7B Ocean Parkway. Go onto Shore Parkway then make a left onto Ocean Parkway. Ocean Parkw...
Cincotti Smashes Strawberry Shortcake Record
06-16-2018
Mattituck, NY! When the history of strawberry shortcake is written*, spare a chapter for the efforts of one Carmen Cincotti at the 2018 edition...
Esper Sets New World Aebleskiver-Eating Record!
05-27-2018
Elk Horn, IA Geoffrey Esper ate 107 aebleskivers in eight minutes to set a new world record in the discipline at the 2018 Tivoli Fest World Æbl...
Chestnut Sets New Mutton Sandwich World Record In Dominant Display!
05-13-2018
Owensboro, KY If this were a simple one-paragraph write up about a recently completed sporting event, the first sentence would go like this: Jo...
Esper Crushes Field To Set New Pizza Record!
04-23-2018
Westminster, CA Bow down and hope he don't hurt you. Geoffrey Esper. A world record 83 slices of John's Incredible Pizza Co. 10-inch pizza in 1...
Esper Claims Croquetas Crown
03-12-2018
Miami, FL Eight down. Clue reads “A select part of a group superior to the rest.” Five letters. Starts with “E.” Those who witnessed Geoffrey E...
Cincotti Sets New Chili Eating Record!
02-19-2018
Orlando, FL He wouldn't call it an upset, of course, for he is the Mutiny. But for the thousands of faithful basking under the blue umbrella sk...
Chestnut Makes It Five Straight At St Elmo Shrimp Cocktail
12-03-2017
Indianapolis, IN Joey Chestnut—#1-ranked eater in the world, greatest eater of all-time, Californian, self-described "goofy" guy—made it five w...
Esper Sets World Fortune Bay Indian Taco Record!
11-06-2017
Tower, MN Hail, Esper! Geoffrey Esper—spell his first name with a J at your peril, people—ate 29 Fortune Bay Indian tacos in eight minutes to c...
Esper's Elite Year Continues With Pumpkin Pie Domination!
10-09-2017
Elk Grove, CA The 2017 installment of the Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship belonged to Geoffrey Esper. He...
Chestnut Claims First Bacon Title!
09-11-2017
Lathrop, CA Joey Chestnut, the #1-ranked eater in the world, claimed the 2017 Dell’Osso Family Farm Baconfest World Bacon Eating Championship w...
Chestnut Reclaims Gyoza Crown!
08-28-2017
Los Angeles, CA Joey Chestnut won the 2017 edition of the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship with a trademark display of powerhouse ...
Oji Defends Kale Crown!
08-14-2017
Hamburg, NY He is the King of Kale and his name is Gideon Oji. The greatest kale-eater in the history of the world consumed 22.5 16oz kale sala...
Sudo Sets New World Ice Cream-Eating Record
08-14-2017
Indianapolis, IN Not going to lie: Didn’t see that one coming. And we are not talking about the fact that Miki Sudo set a new World Record with...
Stonie Sets New World Chicken Spiedie Record
08-14-2017
Nichols, NY Under black skies and a torrent of rain, Matt Stonie set a new World Chicken Spiedie-eating record by downing 20.5 chicken spiedies...
The 2017 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
07-02-2017
Annual Competition in Coney Island on July 4, 2017
Joey Chestnut to Defend Title Against Matt Stonie
Miki Sudo to Battle Sonya ...
Stonie Sets World Æbleskiver Record!
05-29-2017
Elk Horn, IA Matt Stonie ate 87 Æbleskiver in eight minutes at the First Annual Tivoli Fest World Æbleskiver Eating Championship to set a World...
Esper Claims First World Eating Record!
05-29-2017
Fairmont, WV Major League Eating is proud to announce the date, place and time of Geoffrey Esper's first MLE world record-setting performance. ...
Joey Chestnut Sets New Taco-Eating Record!
05-07-2017
There is a new World Taco-Eating Record and it is this: 126 tacos in eight minutes. The record was set at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel World Taco Eati...
Cincotti Sets Staggering Sweet Corn Record!
05-01-2017
West Palm Beach, FL Well, that was something. Bad news for corn, good news for the history books, one could posit, and so it was as Carmen Cinc...
Cincotti Sets World Croqueta Eating Record!
03-12-2017
Miami, FL Damas y caballeros, escucha me: Carmen "El Motín" Cincotti ate 158 Catalina croquetas to set a world record in the croqueta disciplin...
Chestnut Opens 2017 Season With Victory!
02-20-2017
Orlando, FL Major League Eating opened its 2017 season of sanctioned eating championships in Orlando, FL, with the fifth annual installment of ...
2016: Major League Eating's Year In Glory
12-21-2016
1. Chestnut Regains Mustard Yellow Belt Never doubt a champion. Joey Chestnut set a Coney Island record on the Fourth of July when he ate 70 N...
Cincotti Claims First Title And Sets New World Brat Record!
10-24-2016
Tulsa, OK: Year ye, hear ye, hear ye: Carmen Cincotti, the #4-ranked eater in the world, ate 101 Siegi's bratwurst sausages in 10 minutes. In d...
IFOCE Poll: Election Driving Americans to Drink
10-19-2016
More than 50 percent of Americans report that they have increased their consumption of alcoholic beverages as a result of the presidential election, a...
World’s Top Eaters Confirmed For 2016 Smoke’s Poutinerie WPEC!
09-19-2016
Outrageous Event in Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square to Feature Extraordinary, Interactive Fan Experiences
Insane Number of Dedicated Sponso...
Joey Chestnut Defends World Brat-Eating Title! Again!
09-19-2016
Guten tag, America. Guten tag, Welt. Let it be known that on September 17, 2016, Joey Chestnut once more proved that he is the Bratmeister. Which soun...
Matt Stonie Claims Inaugural White White World Cheeseburg Championship!</
09-19-2016
Forty-one White Hut Cheeseburgs later, the first-ever White Hut World Cheeseburg Eating Championship At The Big E title belonged to Matt Stonie. In do...
Stonie Sets World Chicken Spiedie Eating Record
08-29-2016
Call this one Matthew Stonie's biggest win of the year to date. And we add "to date" because his performance at the 2016 Tioga Downs World Chicken Spi...
Smoke’s Poutinerie Releases Details of 7th Annual World Poutine Eating Championship
08-25-2016
Insanely Entertaining, Internationally Acclaimed Competitive Eating Event to be held October 1st at Yonge-Dundas Square, the Heart of the City ...
Stonie Claims Gyoza Title
08-22-2016
Winning is a habit. Which is why Matt Stonie likely feels relief at being top of the podium after eating 323 Day-Lee Foods Gyoza in 10 minutes to clai...
Chestnut Claims Taco Crown
08-22-2016
He is the greatest eater in the history of mankind. He is the #1-ranked eater in the world. He is the Great One. He is also, as of 3.13pm Pacific on S...
Gideon Oji Claims First Title At Inaugural Kale Championship
07-12-2016
When the history of Zaria, Nigeria is written—and it will be written—spare a few sheets of paper and a quart of ink in celebration of that proud city'...
Joey Chestnut Reclaims Hooters Wing Title
07-12-2016
It's all coming up Chestnut.
Joey Chestnut's comeback tour of 2016 pulled into Las Vegas, NV, for the fifth annual Hooters Worldwide Wing Eating C...
Chestnut Defends Slugburger Title
07-12-2016
Let's get the facts out of the way: Joey Chestnut, fresh off his crushing 2016 Nathan's Famous hot dog win and the #1-ranked eater in the world once m...
Full Results From The 100th Anniversary Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
07-05-2016
JOEY CHESTNUT REGAINS CONEY CROWN!
MIKI SUDO DEFENDS TITLE AGAINST SONYA THOMAS!
Men's Championship: Full Results! 1 Joey ...
Nathan’s Famous 100th Anniversary Fourth Of July Hot Dog-Eating Contest Information
06-29-2016
Annual Competition in Coney Island on July 4, 2016!
Joey Chestnut Seeks to Regain Title from Matt Stonie!
Miki Sudo to Defend T...
Stonie Slams 200 Peeps In Five Min To Set World Peeps Eating Record!
04-04-2016
One Peep? So innocent. So pure. So meek, perhaps. A quiet, sweet reminder of the Easter season's promise of renewal and new life in marshmallow form. ...
Chestnut Sets New Boysenberry Pie Record!</
03-21-2016
The photos told the story and this old scribe knows that there's no prose that can compete with the camera when it comes to offering a précis of happe...
Joey Chestnut Takes Meat Pie Title, Record!
03-07-2016
Joey Chestnut, the #2-ranked eater in the world, continued his unbeaten 2016 at the Silver Slipper World Meat Pie Eating Championship by eating 23 6oz...
2015: Major League Eating's Year In Glory
12-23-2015
1. MLE Basks In The Year Of Stonie When the history of Major League Eating is written—and it will be written—the year 2015 will be stamped “ST...
Chestnut Crushes World Shrimp Cocktail Eating Record!
12-06-2015
Indianapolis, IN There is no eater like the Great One, Joey Chestnut. And there is no shrimp cocktail like the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail. That i...
Sudo Edges Chestnut For Turkey Glory!
11-24-2015
Mashantucket, CT Let is be known that at the second annual Foxwoods World Turkey-Eating Championship Ms Miki Sudo—the #3-ranked eater in the wo...
Protective Eyewear in Competitive Eating - MLE Flashback
10-01-2015
THE ROLE OF PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AT EATING CONTESTS
Goggles protect the eyes from hazards such as wind and water, and they're also very effective in ...
Chestnut Completes Buffalo Sweep With Dominant Wing Victory!
09-08-2015
Buffalo, NY Before the emcee announced first place at the 2015 edition of the U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship, Chestnut had begu...
Matt Stonie Reclaims Gyoza Crown
08-24-2015
That was intense..
So Tweeted one @MattStonie at 6:49PM on August 22, 2015. We will forgive him the grammatical error on his use of the double peri...
Matt Stonie Sets New Traditional Taco Record In San Jose
08-17-2015
By MLE's measure, the capital of the world is San Jose, CA, and its crown rests comfortably on the head of one Matt Stonie. Matt Stonie is the #1-rank...
Joey Chestnut Sets New World Chicken Spiedie Record
08-10-2015
Winning solves everything. Winning erases the dark past. Winning extends a pen and demands you write history on your terms. Winning is the only thing....
Matt Stonie Eats 241 Hooters Wings To Claim Hooters Title!
07-28-2015
Those who chose not to attend the 2015 Hooters Worldwide Wing Eating Championship Finals at Clearwater Beach, FL, chose to turn their backs on human a...
Matt Stonie Wins Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
07-06-2015
Matt Stonie Victorious Over Joey Chestnut!
Miki Sudo Defended Title From Sonya Thomas!
Matt Stonie of San Jose, CA, won the 2015 N...
Nathan’s Famous Fourth Of July Hot Dog-Eating Contest
06-09-2015
Annual Competition in Coney Island on July 4, 2015!
Joey Chestnut Faces Matt Stonie; Sonya Thomas Seeks to Regain Title from Miki Sudo!</...
Nathan’s Famous Announces 2015 Qualifying Circuit For Fourth Of July International Hot Dog-Eating Championship
03-18-2015
Annual Circuit Expands to More Cities, New Venues
New York, NY, March 18, 2015 -- Nathan’s Famous, Inc. has unveiled the official l...
Stonie Shatters Birthday Cake Record At Palm Beach Outlets First Birthday Party!
02-16-2015
West Palm Beach, FL That Matthew "The Megatoad" Stonie won the inaugural Palm Beach Outlets World Birthday Cake-Eating Championship will not su...
MLE Big Game Recipes II
01-20-2015
Couple recipes from fan bases that are always home during the Big Game.
Butt Fumble Apple Crumble
The Line Up:
Four peeled and sliced apples...
MLE Big Game Recipes
01-20-2015
Over the coming days, MajorLeagueEating.com will share some classic recipes that are a great fit for your big game party. By "big game" we mean the S...
2014: The Year In Glory
12-22-2014
The apex gurgitators of Major League Eating set 16 new World Records in 2014. Here's a breakdown of their heroic human achievements over the past 12 m...
Joey Sets A New Shrimp Cocktail World Record!
12-08-2014
Start the year with a win. End the year with a win. Win as many as you can in the days and weeks and months in between. Do that year in, year out. Do ...
Matthew Stonie Wins World Twinkie Champs With 120 In Six Minutes!
11-10-2014
Don’t call it an upset—Matthew “The Megatoad” Stonie was at his fast, unrelenting and brilliant best at the second annual World Twinkie Eating Champio...
How To Watch The World Twinkie™-Eating Championship Live on ESPN3!
11-06-2014
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE 2014 WORLD TWINKIE EATING CHAMPIONSHIP AT BALLY’S CASINO-TUNICA!
$5,000 Prize ...
World Twinkie™-Eating Champion Joey Chestnut To Defend Title As He Battles Arch Rival Matt Stonie
11-05-2014
$5,000 Prize Purse on the Line in Second Annual Twinkie-Eating Contest Broadcast Live on ESPN3
New York, November 6, 2014 World Twi...
MLE Splits From Peers, Supports Legalized Sports Betting In NJ
10-21-2014
MLE Alone Among Top Five Sports Leagues with its Pro Wagering Stance
New York, October 21, 2014 Major League Eating (MLE), the govern...
Watch The US National Buffalo Wing Championship Live On ESPN3!
08-31-2014
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE 2014 US NATIONAL BUFFALO WING-EATING CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE!
ESPN3 to Carry Event ...
Chestnut Defends Nugget Rib Crown
08-28-2014
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut polishes off 9lb 2.7oz of ribs in 12 minutes; Matt “Megatoad” Stonie finishes second with 8lb 3 oz pounds.
Reno/Spa...
Joey Chestnut Smashes World Gyoza-Eating Record!
08-18-2014
Records were made to be broken—so sayeth the tired sports journalist's cliché. This one was obliterated. Hadron Collider-style. Space stuff. Gone. Par...
Joey Chestnut Sets New Fish Taco Record With 30 Joey's Seafood Restaurants Fish Tacos In 5 Mins!
08-09-2014
Let it be known that on August 7, 2014, Joey Chestnut—the #1-ranked eater in the world, the greatest eater who has ever lived, the reigning World Cham...
Chestnut Triumphs In Hooters Worldwide Wing Eating Championship!
07-24-2014
And the world keeps turning. Another Championship event. Another title on the line. Another big prize purse up for grabs. And who but The One, Jaws, T...
Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest Results And Video
07-08-2014
CHESTNUT THE GREAT FENDS OFF GALLANT STONIE!
SUDO CLAIMS HER FIRST LADIES' BELT!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osvR2g...
Chestnut Vs Stonie Rematch at World Slugburger Eating Championship
07-07-2014
July 7th, 2014: Joey Chestnut, the top eater in the world and winner of the July 4th Hot Dog Eating Championship, is set to battle Matt Stonie at The ...
Women's Field for 2014 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
06-30-2014
- Val “Valkyrie” Bromann Chicago, IL 5’5”, 148 lbs, 33 y/o How She Got Here: Won Tunica, MS, Qualifier with 5.75 Hot Dogs & Buns in 10 min
• ...
Men's Field for 2014 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
06-30-2014
Sgt. Horacio Chanyau Fort Polk, LA 5’11”, 220 lbs, 28 y/o How He Got Here: Won Fort Lee, VA, Qualifier with 12 Hot Dogs & Buns in 10 min
• Winne...
Nathan’s Famous To Donate 100,000 Hot Dogs To Food Bank For New York City On July 4th
06-20-2014
600,000 Hot Dogs Donated to Food Bank Since 2008
Jericho, NY, June 27, 2013 On July 4th, Nathan’s Famous will donate 100,000 of its s...
Stonie Defeats Chestnut—And Sets New WR—In Gyros
05-19-2014
Matthew "The Megatoad" Stonie of San Jose, CA, ate 24 Niko Niko's Gyros on May 18, 2014, in Houston, TX, to set a new world gyro eating record.
So...
Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest Event Information
04-21-2014
The Greatest Eaters In The World Return To Coney Island!
Following a 13-event qualifying circuit conducted throughout the United States duri...
Nathan’s Famous Announces Qualifying Circuit For The 2014 Season
03-20-2014
Circuit Expands to More Cities, New Venues
Nathan’s Famous, Inc. has unveiled the official list of sites that will host hot dog eating conte...
IFOCE Creates Endangered Entrées List. Guacamole Among Those Included
03-05-2014
West Coast Drought Leads Major League Eating To Create First-Ever ‘Endangered Entrées’ List
League Designates Guacamole as ‘Endangered,’ ...
IFOCE Research Division To Monitor Hungry Black Hole
03-03-2014
IFOCE Research Division To Join Scientific Community Studying March Black Hole Event
Gas cloud G2 to be consumed by black hole Sagittariu...
IFOCE Makes Formal Request To Keck Observatory In The Interest Of Human Advancement
02-26-2014
February 26, 2014
Mr. Taft Armandroff Observatory Director W. M. Keck Observatory 65-1120 Mamalahoa Hwy Kamuela, HI 96743
Dear Mr. Armandrof...
Researchers Identify Chicken Wing-Eating Advancement
01-31-2014
Information to Save Americans 116 Million Hours Annually
Elusive Finding Compared to Higgs Boson by Competitive Eating Scientific Communi...
Super Bowl And The Stomach: A Tale Of Two Cities
01-28-2014
You’ve read the stories countless thousands of times. “During the Super Bowl, America will eat 53 million pounds of avocado!” ‘If you laid the all the...
Top 10 Moments in Competitive Eating in 2013
12-31-2013
10. Katz’s Delicatessen Trophy Wins Best Trophy No offense to the oversized novelty check, but the trophy awarded to Joey Chestnut for his win...
Jaws Chestnut Sets World Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Record
12-09-2013
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut of San Jose, CA, the world's #1-ranked eater, ate 9.25lb of Shrimp Cocktail in eight minutes on Saturday, December 7, 2013, in In...
Bob Shoudt Takes Ben's Chili Title In Overtime Eat-Off!
10-14-2013
After equalling the current world chili eating record of two gallons of Ben's Chili Bowl chili in six minutes*, two of MLE's greatest athletes squared...
Chestnut Claims Inaugural World Brain Eating Championship!
10-14-2013
Experience counts. As the final seconds loomed at the first-ever World Brain Eating Competition at Zombie Pub Crawl, Joey Chestnut, the #1-ranked eate...
Stonie Yougurtland Champ, Wild Bill in 2nd
09-29-2013
Phantom Gourmet Food Fest welcomed eating fans to the first ever Yogurtland Frozen Yogurt eating Contest at Boston's Fenway Park today. After six min...
FEMALE EATERS SWEEP BUFFALO WING-EATING BATTLE!
09-02-2013
Call it ladies' nite in Buffalo.
For the first time in the history of the sport, women have swept a major in the competitive eating circuit, winni...
Joey Wins Hooters Finals
07-25-2013
So much speculation. Capacity this, debris food that. Current princes and future kings. Lots has happened this week, but Joey Chestnut proved he's ...
Hooters World Wing Eating Championship Finals Field Set!
07-23-2013
International tastemakers and influencers will shift their attention from London to Clearwater as the world's top eaters gather in Florida—along with ...
Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Contest New Video And Final Results
07-04-2013
CLICK HERE for must-see video of the 2013 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Cha...
FINAL FIELDS FOR NATHAN'S FOURTH OF JULY CONTEST
07-03-2013
Men's Field
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, #1 Tim “Eater X” Janus, #2 Matt “The Megatoad” Stonie, #4 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan, #6 Bob “The Noto...
Coney Island Astrotower Removal Will Not Affect Nathan's Famous Contest
07-03-2013
CONEY ISLAND: The demolition of the historic Coney Island Astrotower will not affect the 98th Annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot ...
NATHAN'S JULY 4th ESPN.COM LIVE BROADCAST DETAILS AND LINKS
07-01-2013
The greatest competitive eaters on earth will gather on the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues in Coney Island on Thursday, July 4, 2013 to compete ...
THE NATHAN'S FAMOUS FOURTH OF JULY CONTEST INFO!
06-14-2013
Nathan’s July 4th Event Information:
The greatest competitive eaters on earth will gather on the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues in Con...
The Megatoad Earns First Career Win Over Chestnut In Stockton!
05-02-2013
Stonie downs Chestnut in the Deep-fried Asparagus discipline. World in shock.
Ali/Frazier. Burr/Hamilton. Aiken/Studdard. Add Megatoad/Jaws ...
MLE Investigating Switch To Metric Measurements
05-02-2013
Major League Eating, the world body that governs all stomach-centric sports, is in the exploratory phase of converting all existing records to the met...
NATHAN’S FAMOUS ANNOUNCES 2013 QUALIFYING CIRCUIT FOR JULY FOURTH INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG-EATING CHAMPIONSHIP
03-18-2013
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Seeks to Set New World Record
Nathan’s Famous, Inc. has unveiled the official list of 12 cities to hold hot dog-eating ...
HOOTERS WORLD WING-EATING CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS OFF IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL
03-12-2013
World’s best wing eaters compete for dominance!
March 12, 2013 (ATLANTA, GA) Hooters of America, LLC, today announced the kick-off of its se...
NATHAN’S FAMOUS KICKS OFF 2013 CIRCUIT ON BOARDWALK TO CELEBRATE OPENING OF CONEY ISLAND!
03-07-2013
NATHAN’S FAMOUS KICKS OFF 2013 HOT DOG-EATING CIRCUIT ON BOARDWALK TO CELEBRATE OPENING OF CONEY ISLAND
Coney Island In Full Swing Despit...
POSTPONED: Hooters World Wing Eating Championship, Metairie, LA
01-18-2013
THE HOOTERS WORLD WING EATING CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT IN METAIRIE, LA—ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, FEB 1, 2013—HAS BEEN POSTPONED
NEW DETA...
Yesterday in Competitive Eating History
10-23-2012
Seven years ago yesterday:
JAWS Shatters GoldenPalace.net Record 10/22/2005
Competitive Eating phenom Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut continued his...
The Poutine-Scented Brotherhood of Chestnut And Bertoletti
10-15-2012
TWO MOUTHS. ONE HEART. A ROAD TRIP TO UNDERSTANDING
The history books shall record who ate what and who finished where in the drab gray of ...
VICTORY CORNER: EATER X DOWNS JOEY, TALKS BEN’S CHILI BOWL
10-10-2012
They are calling it the greatest upset in the history of sports—Tim “Eater X” Janus downed Joey Chestnut, and two gallons of chili, in the Ben’s Ch...
MLE Reacts to Bacon Shortage
09-26-2012
Major League Eating, the world body that governs all stomach-centric sports, has indefinitely suspended all bacon-eating contests in reaction to an ex...
Tenth Annual Cannoli Contest in NYC
09-08-2012
There will be a classic Cannoli Contest celebrating the Festa Di San Gennaro in Little Italy, NYC on Thursday, September 13 at 2pm. This is a contest...
CHESTNUT SETS NEW WORLD DAY-LEE FOODS GYOZA EATING RECORD!
08-19-2012
JOEY "JAWS" CHESTNUT SETS NEW WORLD RECORD AT THE 6TH ANNUAL DAY-LEE FOODS WORLD GYOZA EATING CHAMPIONSHIP!
When the clock read 0:00, there ...
Joey Chestnut Wins Another Major @Hooters in Clearwater! (revised)
07-26-2012
As the party raged in West Florida last night, some results came through a tad bumpy. Here is the accurate report:
Joey Jaws Chestnut downed 144 ...
VICTORY CORNER: THE MEGATOAD REFLECTS ON HIS FIRST MLE CHAMPIONSHIP
07-20-2012
Championships? The annals of MLE history are filled with the names of titans. After downing 30 Slugburgers in 10 minutes in Corinth, MS, on Saturda...
ARCH RIVALS JOEY CHESTNUT AND SONYA THOMAS CLASH IN WING-EATING CHAMPIONSHIP
07-19-2012
JOEY CHESTNUT AND SONYA THOMAS TO CLASH AT HOOTERS WORLD WING-EATING CHAMPIONSHIP!
100-Pound Thomas Will Defend Wing-Eating Dominance Again...
JOEY CHESTNUT & SONYA THOMAS ARE NATHAN'S HOT DOG EATING WORLD CHAMPS
07-05-2012
JOEY CHESTNUT SECURES SIXTH NATHAN’S TITLE WITH 68 HOT DOGS, SONYA THOMAS DEVOURS 45 TO SET NEW WOMEN’S WORLD RECORD
Coney Island, July 5...
NATHAN'S JULY 4th ESPN.COM LIVE BROADCAST LINKS
07-03-2012
July 4th Competitor Bib Sheets - WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
06-29-2012
NATHAN’S FAMOUS FOURTH OF JULY INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG EATING CONTEST
2012 COMPETITOR BIB SHEET – WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
...
July 4th Competitor Bib Sheets - MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
06-29-2012
NATHAN’S FAMOUS FOURTH OF JULY INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG EATING CONTEST
2012 COMPETITOR BIB SHEET – MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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July 4th Contest Back to 12 Noon Start
06-26-2012
CONEY ISLAND SUCCESS PUSHES NATHAN’S JULY 4 CONTEST BACK TO TRADITIONAL 12 NOON START
Plans to Move Event to 3 pm Reversed Over Crowd Ma...
Major League Eating Launches App
06-05-2012
SIGNALING POSSIBLE END TO ‘ANGRY BIRDS’ ERA, MLE AND MASTIFF LAUNCH NEW GAMING APP
ESPN to Televise Nathan’s July 4th Contest Through 2017
05-24-2012
ESPN Extends Agreement with Major League Eating to Televise Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Through 2017
2012 Contest to be Televised ...
MLE Vault - May 3, 2004: Crazy Legs Conti & The Popcorn Sarcophagus
05-03-2012
MLE Vault - May 3, 2004: A look back at Crazy Legs Conti and The Popcorn Sarcophagus
Hooters® Kicks Off Coast-to-Coast Wing-Eating Championship
04-10-2012
Chicken wing expert, Hooters of America, LLC, announced that it has engaged Major League Eating (MLE) to sanction and produce a circuit of wing-eating...
Nathan's Famous 2012 Circuit is Announced
03-20-2012
NATHAN’S FAMOUS ANNOUNCES 2012 QUALIFYING CIRCUIT FOR JULY FOURTH INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG EATING CHAMPIONSHIP
Nathan’s Famous, Inc. has unveil...
TooJay's Takeaway
03-19-2012
The pages of history will report that on March 17, 2012 at the third annual TooJay’s World Class Corned Beef Eating Championships in Palm Beach Garden...
Chestnut Crowned CP Biggest Eater in Bangkok, Sets New World Record
02-13-2012
CP BIGGEST EATER COMPETITION 2011-2012 GRAND FINALE – ASIA PACIFIC’S LARGEST-SCALE BIGGEST EATING COMPETITION SET SERIES OF NEW WORLD RECORDS & CRO...
Around the world in 30 days with Sam Barclay
02-01-2012
Sam Barclay is in Bangkok, Thailand, nearly 10,000 miles away from his Miami Beach residence. With the CP Biggest Eater Competition 2011-12 nearing...
Badlands Booker on Big Man Mentality, Cookie and the SB
01-24-2012
Major League Eating recently caught up with Badlands Booker to chat about his new CD, Big Man Mentality, and more. Check it out on <a href="http...
MLE Morning Snack: Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard
01-19-2012
MLE recently caught up with The Big Sexy for a few thoughts on his career, Tim Tebow and his trademark cowboy hat...Follow him on twitter <a hre...
MAJOR LEAGUE EATING OFFERS SERVICES TO SIR GRAHAM WATSON & EU COMMISSIONER
12-15-2011
MAJOR LEAGUE EATING OFFERS SERVICES TO SIR GRAHAM WATSON & EU COMMISSIONER
Eating Contest To Settle Prune Dispute
NEW YORK, NY Dec...
MLE & WILD TURKEY GIVE BACK DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
11-22-2011
Major League Eating continued its tradition of giving back this week by making a donation to the Food Bank for New York City. MLE GIVES is the ...
WHOLE TURKEY EAT-OFF: WORLD’S BEST FACE OFF IN WILD TURKEY® 81 EATING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
11-21-2011
WHOLE TURKEY EAT-OFF: WORLD’S BEST FACE OFF IN WILD TURKEY® 81 EATING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 100-Pound Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas to Headli...
New Champions Crowned @ CP Biggest Eater Singapore Finals
11-02-2011
Three of the world’s top Major League Eaters and Singapore’s finest eaters stunned hundreds of spectators at Orchard Central on Saturday, October 22nd...
World Rankings Updated
10-26-2011
While Joey Chestnut stays atop the competitive eating world, rising MLE stars made moves in the recently updated world rankings. Matt "megatoad" Stoni...
CP Foods Biggest Eater 2011-12 Kicks Off in Singapore Saturday!
10-19-2011
THE STAGE IS SET FOR THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN FOR THE TITLE OF CP BIGGEST EATER 2011-2012 SINGAPORE CHAMPION
Singapore is one step closer to fi...
MLE Expands Global Footprint with CP Biggest Eater Competition
09-28-2011
Major League Eating will be touring Asia and the South Pacific with CP Foods this fall and winter for a five-event circuit as part of the CP Biggest E...
MLE Touring Asia to Entertain U.S. Navy Troops
08-04-2011
For the second straight summer Major League Eating is off to Asia to entertain troops on U.S. Naval Bases on a tour hosted by NAVY Entertainment. The ...
Nathan's July 4th ESPN Broadcast Sets Viewership Record
07-07-2011
Record-Setting Viewership for Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest
ESPN's telecast of the 2011 Nathan's Famous Fourth of Ju...
Joey wins 5th Nathan's belt - Sonya claims first-ever Women's title
07-05-2011
JOEY CHESTNUT WINS FIFTH NATHAN’S TITLE WITH 62 HOT DOGS, SONYA THOMAS IS FIRST-EVER WOMEN’S HOT DOG EATING WORLD CHAMPION
Coney Island, July ...
JULY 4 COMPETITOR BIB SHEETS - MEN
07-02-2011
NATHAN’S FAMOUS FOURTH OF JULY INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG EATING CONTEST
2011 COMPETITOR BIB SHEET – MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Joey ...
Badlands Booker: A Pioneer of Fireworks and Food
07-02-2011
Badlands Booker: A Pioneer of Fireworks and Food by Newbear Lesniewski
Thanksgiving has its turkeys. Christmas, its trees. And the o...
JULY 4 COMPETITOR BIB SHEETS - WOMEN
07-02-2011
NATHAN’S FAMOUS FOURTH OF JULY INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG EATING CONTEST
2011 COMPETITOR BIB SHEET – WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Son...
NATHAN'S JULY 4 HISTORIC TIMELINE
07-01-2011
Key Moments in the History of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
The bejeweled Mustard Yellow Internati...
Controversy to Coney: Big Brian and Crazy Legs
07-01-2011
Controversy to Coney: Big Brian and Crazy Legs by Newbear Lesniewski
If - borrowing from Crazy Legs Conti - the Concord Mills Mall food cou...
NATHAN’S FAMOUS TO DONATE 100,000 HOT DOGS
07-01-2011
NATHAN’S FAMOUS TO MAKE ANNUAL DONATION OF 100,000 HOT DOGS TO FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
Nathan’s Famous has announced it will once again ...
NATHAN'S JULY 4 EVENT INFO
06-28-2011
**FOR MEDIA CREDENTIALS CONTACT ALEXIS SCHNEIDER AT 212-352-8651</> or aschneider@sheacom...
Steph and Michelle: Small, Mighty
06-22-2011
Steph and Michelle: Small, Mighty By Newbear Lesniewski
An alarm bell rings, setting off a landslide of anxiety. The popular kids ru...
Nathan's Qualifier Takes Place in China
06-18-2011
Nathan's Famous held its first-ever qualifying contest in Beijing, China on Saturday, June 18th. Earning the title of Chinese National Hot Dog Eating ...
Ridin' the Gravy Train
06-11-2011
Ridin' the Gravy Train by Newbear Lesniewski
Think about the most arid, desert-like dry mouth you’ve ever experienced in your life. Now try...
Official World Rankings Updated
05-27-2011
The Official World Rankings have been updated as Major League Eating enters Memorial Day Weekend -- and it's peak season. No change at the top two spo...
Davekos, Boston You're His Home
05-20-2011
Davekos, Boston You're His Home By Newbear Lesniewski
Before getting on the horn with one of Boston’s favorite sons, prep work included my ...
Jason Bernhardt: Salting Away Fate
05-12-2011
Jason Bernhardt: Salting Away Fate By Newbear Lesniewski
Peanut butter. And jelly. Macaroni. And cheese. Chips. And salsa.
Salt. And <s...
ACME Oyster Eating Championship Returns to New Orleans Oyster Festival
05-04-2011
The Acme Oyster Eating World Championship will return to the New Orleans on Sunday, June 5. Making its debut last year at the New Orleans Oyster Festi...
Hall Hunt Returneth
04-28-2011
Hall Hunt Returneth by Newbear Lesniewski
Paint a mental picture of yourself as a child.
Don’t worry about staying inside the figurativ...
Nathan's Increases Women's July 4th Prize Purse to $20,000
04-27-2011
Women’s Purse to Match Men’s Purse at $20,000
Nathan’s Famous, Inc. announced that the prize purse for the first-ever women’s divisio...
Nathan's Famous Adds Women's Division to July 4th Contest
04-20-2011
NATHAN’S FAMOUS TO INTRODUCE A WOMEN’S DIVISION AT THE 2011 JULY FOURTH INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG EATING CHAMPIONSHIP
Two Contests Will Occur...
U.S. Eaters Heading to China?
04-04-2011
MLE and Nathan's Famous will give the opportunity for American eaters to compete in Beijing on May 18. In what will be the first-ever qualifier held i...
Wild Card Announced for 2011 Nathan's Circuit
03-31-2011
Major League Eating has officially announced a Wild Card seat for the upcoming Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Circuit. The competitor with the...
2011 Nathan's Famous Circuit Announced
03-29-2011
Nathan's Famous, Inc. is readying for its 96th annual July Fourth International Hot Dog Eating Contest. In anticipation of this signature event, Nath...
Niko Niko's Gyros Moved to Sunday, May 15
03-25-2011
Major League Eating has announced that the Niko Niko's World Gyro-Eating Championship has been moved to Sunday, May 15th at 2:00pm. The event was prev...
La Costeña Spicing Up Jalapeno Purse in 2011 - $6,250
03-25-2011
The La CosteñaFeel the Heat Jalapeno Eating Championship will return to Market Square in San Antonio on Sunday, May 1st with a bloated prize purse of ...
RIBMANIA returns to Ribfest Chicago on Friday, June 10th
03-22-2011
Major League Eating will take the stage at Ribfest Chicago for the second straight year in 2011 to host RIBMANIA on Friday, June 10th. The 8-minute Ri...
Major League Eating Seeks to Raise $25,000 for Japan Quake Victims
03-14-2011
Today, Major League Eating donated $5,000 to Save the Children, an organization that is conducting relief efforts in Japan. MLE's $5,000 donation to ...
CheeseSteaks @ Dorney Park on 5/21
03-13-2011
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom will again play host to the World CheeseSteak Eating Championship on May 21. The Philly-area amusement park welcomed t...
Rouses Crawfish Cup Up For Grabs in NOLA
03-03-2011
Rouses, Louisiana's Best supermarket, is hosting the second annual World Crawfish Eating Championship in New Orleans during the popular French Quarter...
Dallas Weather Postpones Wingstop Event
02-01-2011
Due to inclement weather in Dallas, the Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship has been postponed until further notice. ...
TooJay's Celebrating St. Patty's Day with Record Cash Purse
01-21-2011
The TooJay's World Class Corned Beef Eating Championship just got richer...a lot richer. MLE has announced that TooJay's Gourmet Deli and National Del...
Registration for Four MLE Contests Set To Open this Week
01-19-2011
Four events on the 2011 MLE Circuit have been announced on the events page of IFOCE.com.
The Fat Tuesday King Cake Eating Championship @ Showboat ...
$10K Wingstop Wing Eating Championship heading to Dallas SB Week
01-14-2011
Major League Eating will head to Dallas on February 1st when it joins with Wingstop to host the Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship. A hefty $10,0...
Chestnut Sets Earnings Mark in 2010 with more than $200,000
01-04-2011
2010 proved to be a hearty year in more ways than one for Joey Chestnut who earned a record-setting $218,500 through Major League Eating prize money, ...
MLE 2011 to kick-off @ Isle Biloxi w/PB&B's
11-10-2010
MLE is kicking it's 2011 season off on January 8th with the 2nd annual Isle Biloxi PB&B Sandwich Eating World Championship! The event is a tribute to ...
Bertoletti back at #2; Several Newcomers Crack top-50 in new World Rankings
10-22-2010
Pat Bertoletti is back as the #2-ranked eater in the world, taking over the spot held by Bob "Notorious B.O.B." Shoudt for the past six months. Since ...
Martorano's Meatball Registration to Open at 2:00pm EST TODAY!!
10-22-2010
Due to unexpected maintenance on IFOCE.com, registration for the Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship will now open up at 2:00pm EST today...
Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship Set for 11/7 in Vegas!
10-21-2010
The 2nd Annual Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship is set for noon on Sunday, November 7th at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Veg...
Jimmy John's & MLE to Square Off at Sun Devil Stadium on 11/13
10-14-2010
The 2010 Jimmy John's Freaky Fast Sandwich Makers vs Eaters Contest Series will come to a close in dramatic fashion on Saturday, November 13th before ...
MLE heads to Jake Melnick's in Chicago for Battle of the Bhut 11/11
10-08-2010
Fire up those taste buds because Major League Eating will head to Jake Melnick's Corner Tap in Chicago on Thursday, November 11 for the Jake Melnick's...
Isle Contests Wrap in Bettendorf, IA on 11/6
09-28-2010
The Isle of Capri Casino properties will hold their eighth and final contest of the year on Saturday, November 6 in Bettendorf, IA. Maid-Rite loose me...
World Cannoli Eating Championship set for 9/16
09-13-2010
This year will mark the 84th Annual Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy. More than a million people attend this festival every year, which runs for 1...
MLE Celebrates Labor Day with US Troops
09-09-2010
Major League Eating spent Labor Day weekend entertaining US troops stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on yet another MLE tour hosted by NAVY Entertainm...
Lady Luck Caruthersville serving up Moon Pies on 10/16
09-07-2010
The Isle of Capri Casinos will host their seventh eating championship of the year on Saturday, October 16th when Lady Luck Caruthersville hosts the Wo...
Pepto World Bratwurst Eating Championship heads to Oktoberfest Zinzinnati 9/18
09-07-2010
The Pepto World Bratwurst Eating Championship will take place on Saturday, September 18th from North America's largest Oktoberfest celebration in Cinc...
Chestnut Regains JA Nugget Rib Title
09-02-2010
World No.1 Joey Chestnut Regains Rib Eating Title at the 22nd Annual Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off
Joey Chestnut, the world’s No.1-...
Ribs in Reno - Burritos in Albuquerque
08-16-2010
The John Ascuaga's Best in the West Nugget World Rib Eating Championship is set for Wednesday, September 1 at 6:00pm! The event, now in its fifth year...
Upper Crust World Pizza Eating Championship Returns to Boston 9/25
08-16-2010
The Upper Crust World Pizza Eating Championship will return to Boston's Phantom Gourmet Food Festival on Saturday, September 25th. Last year, Philly's...
MLE Finally Fast Enough for JJ's at Mile High Music Fest
08-16-2010
The Jimmy John's Freaky Fast Sandwich Makers finally met their match at Denver's Mile High Music Festival, suffering their first ever loss at the hand...
Chestnut Beats Team of Five in Pepto Ice Cream Battle
08-15-2010
Joey Chestnut fought off a field of five challengers eating as a team at the Pepto Bismol Ice Cream Eating Contest in Austin, TX. Chestnut downed 1.2...
World Tamale Eating Championship returns to Lewisville
08-10-2010
Major League Eating will return to Old Town Lewisville, Texas and its 2010 Western Days Festival for the 6th Annual World Tamale Eating Championship o...
Joey Chestnut Hits the Road with Pepto-Bismol to Challenge Locals this Summer
08-05-2010
Pepto-Bismol® Sponsors Tour to Remind Consumers that the Stomach Aid Has Them Covered This Summer
Pepto-Bismol, the "un"-official stomach re...
Major League Eaters Tour Japan to Compete for U.S. Troops
08-05-2010
Major League Eating is off to entertain troops on U.S. Naval Bases in Japan on a tour hosted by NAVY Entertainment. The two week trip will consist of ...
Buffalo Wings & Pickles Registration to Open Next Week
07-29-2010
The National Buffalo Wing Festival is set for Labor Day Weekend (Sept 4-5) and with it comes the annual Buffet Bowl Eating Championship and U.S. Buffa...
Bertoletti Wins Red Faction Mars Bar Eating Championship
07-23-2010
Patrick Bertoletti downed 38 Mars Bars in five minutes to win the Red Faction Mars Bar Eating Championship at Comic Con in San Diego. The event pitte...
Chestnut Makes it Six Straight at Chinook Winds
07-12-2010
Just a week after capturing his fourth straight July 4th hot dog eating championship, Joey Chestnut ate 9.5 lbs of ribs at Chinook Winds to win his si...
Sonya Thomas Heading to Puerto Rico to eat for Boys & Girls Club
07-06-2010
The Taco Bell Why Pay More Challenge begins for the benefit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico
The Why Pay More Challenge from Taco Be...
Kobayashi's Arrest
07-05-2010
Statement of Major League Eating on the arrest of Takeru Kobayashi:
"Takeru Kobayashi's actions at the Hot Dog Contest in Coney Island were inappro...
Chestnut Secures Fourth Straight Title
07-04-2010
Number-one-ranked eater Joey Chestnut won his fourth straight title by winning the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog-Eating Contest in Coney Isla...
Nathan's Famous Donates to the Food Bank for New York City
07-02-2010
As it has done for years, Nathan’s Famous will donate 100,000 of its signature world famous beef hot dogs to a hunger relief charity during the procee...
ESPN3.com to carry Live Nathan's Broadcast on July 4th
07-01-2010
For those in front of a computer on July 4th, ESPN3.com has you covered with its live bro...
Taking the Subway to Coney?
07-01-2010
Are you one the thousands of fans who will hop on the subway this Sunday to ring in Independence Day at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eat...
First-Ever Cross-Species, Cross-Gender Eating Contest
06-30-2010
The first-ever cross-gender, cross-species eating contest will take place when three female Ringling Bros. elephants weighing nearly 9,000 pounds will...
Old Navy Named Official Retailer Of 2010 Nathan's Famous Fourth Of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
06-29-2010
OLD NAVY NAMED OFFICIAL RETAILER OF 2010 NATHAN'S FAMOUS FOURTH OF JULY INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG EATING CONTEST
Commemorative Shirt to be So...
Pepto-Bismol Named First-Ever Stomach Remedy Sponsor of Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
06-29-2010
Pepto-Bismol Named First-Ever Stomach Remedy Sponsor of Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
Pepto-Bismol Has Professional Competitors - and A...
July 4 - Breaking News
06-28-2010
“Takeru Kobayashi is currently not scheduled to compete in the 2010 Nathan's Famous July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest. In recent weeks, Major League...
Nathan's Circuit Wraps Up
06-26-2010
With three contests today, the final table is set for Coney Island. The Nathan's Famous loyal will welcome Splashdown Park Champion Juliet Lee (28.5 ...
Vuvuzela Ban Announced for July 4th
06-15-2010
Major League Eating has announced that vuvuzelas will be strictly prohibited at the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Championship, schedul...
JJ's Sandwiches, Gyoza and Rocky Mountain Oysters on the Slate for July/August
06-14-2010
Yes, we are still in the middle of hot dog season, but that's no reason to stop from looking ahead in the MLE Circuit. Two Jimmy John's Freaky Fast Sa...
Nathan's July 4 Event Info
06-07-2010
The greatest competitive eaters on earth will gather on the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues in Coney Island at high noon on Sunday, July 4, 2010 ...
Chestnut and Bertoletti to Unify Pizza Eating Titles at Pizza Hut Chow-Lenge
05-27-2010
The controversy over who is the world pizza-eating champion will finally be resolved on June 5, when Joey “Jaws” Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti, two of t...
Two Nathan's Qualifiers For America's Fighting Men and Women
05-19-2010
Nathan's Famous will hold two Official Hot Dog Eating Contests in June featuring men and women of the armed services. The contests, produced in conjun...
Nathan's Qualifier added to the Circuit!
05-19-2010
Nathan's Famous has announced the addition of an official hot dog eating contest qualifier for its 2010 Circuit. WinStar Casino, located in Thackervil...
Ribs @ Smokin' at the Ocean set for July 10-11!
05-18-2010
Major League Eating will return to Chinook Winds Casino Resort on July 10-11 for its annual Smokin' at the Ocean BBQ & Brewfest. Chinook Winds is alwa...
Gravy Wins, LaRue Loses, Super Paul Disappoints
05-17-2010
At 11:40AM on Saturday, May 15, a silver sports car pulled into the expansive parking lot of Junction Lanes in Newnan, Georgia. Behind the wheel was ...
Acme Oyster Eating Championship set for June 6
05-12-2010
The Acme Oyster Eating World Championship is scheduled or June 6, 2010 at the New Orleans Oyster Festival. Always a favorite among Major League Eaters...
Chestnut defeats Kobayashi in Singapore
05-09-2010
Joey Chestnut beat Takeru Kobayashi in the CP Biggest Eater Competition in Singapore Sunday afternoon. Joey ate 380 shrimp wontons (76 bowls of 5) to ...
Chestnut and Kobayashi to face-off over CP Shrimp Wontons in Singapore
05-03-2010
On Sunday, May 9th, CP Foods will host the 2010 CP Biggest Eater Competition featuring CP's Shrimp Wontons. In the competition Joey Chestnut will face...
Cherrystone Eating Championship back at Peter's Clam Bar
05-03-2010
Major League Eating will return to Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY on Memorial Day, May 31, for the 2nd Annual World Cherrystone Clam Eating Champ...
Chestnut takes Philly CheeseSteaks @ Dorney Park
05-02-2010
MLE's Philly-based eaters, including newly appointed #2-ranked Bob Shoudt, tried their best to keep the CheeseSteak title in it's home state...Instead...
B.O.B. moves to #2; Monson cracks top-10 in new world rankings
04-30-2010
Major League Eating has released updated World Rankings and with it comes some jockeying at the top. While Joey Chestnut retained the top spot, the "N...
Doctors Declare Jarvis Cancer Free
04-20-2010
Add another victory to the trademark trench coat -- Cookie Jarvis was declared cancer free today after treatment for thyroid cancer.
Jarvis, the f...
Ribfest-Chicago Welcomes MLE for its 12-year Anniversary
04-15-2010
Major League Eating will head to Chicago on Friday, June 11th to kick-off the opening day of Ribfest-Chicago with Rib-Mania - Ribfest-Chicago's Pro...
Jimmy John’s Sandwich Makers Challenge Major League Eaters
04-12-2010
Major League Eating will again team up with Jimmy John’s in 2010 for a series of “Freaky Fast Sandwich Making & Eating Contests." Five contests will b...
Wild Card in Play for 2010 NF Circuit
04-09-2010
Major League Eating has officially announced a Wild Card seat for the upcoming Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Circuit. The competitor with the...
Sweet Corn Purse Gets a Little Sweeter
04-08-2010
The prize purse for the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship at Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL has been officially increased from $2,250 ...
Nathan's Registration to open @ 11:00am
04-06-2010
The contest pages have been posted for the twelve Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifiers for the 2010 Circuit. Registration will open on IF...
MLE Sports Slurping with 7-Eleven Australia
03-31-2010
In a landmark announcement, Major League Eating has stated that it will sanction an Australian circuit of “Sports Slurping” in association with 7-Elev...
Nathan's Famous 2010 Circuit is Announced
03-30-2010
This summer will mark the 95th year of the Nathan’s Famous July Fourth International Hot Dog Eating Contest, an annual event that’s become part of Ame...
Crawfish @ French Quarter Festival - Registration Opens at 1pm
03-25-2010
Major League Eating will be heading to New Orleans French Quarter Festival again in 2010...this time featuring Crawfish courtesy of Rouses Markets. Th...
La Costena Jalapenos in San Antonio, May 2nd - $5800 cash purse
03-24-2010
San Antonio's HIstoric Market Square will welcome Major League Eaters on Sunday, May 2nd when the 4th Annual La Costena "Feel the Heat" Jalapeno Ea...
Road Report: Rhythm City
03-20-2010
Sonya Thomas added yet another record to her bib sheet after eating 6.75 pounds of fried catfish at the World Catfish Eating Championship from Rhythm ...
MLE podcast: Cookie in his own words
03-18-2010
IFOCE legend Ed "Cookie" Jarvis recently sat down with Mike Antolini during a special MLE podcast to update the competitive eating world on his curren...
Chestnut Wins TooJay's Corned Beef Title
03-17-2010
The results are in from the TooJay's World Class Corned Beef Eating Championship. Joey Chestnut reigned supreme and captured the Corned Beef Sandwich ...
Ben Monson: "I will truly turn heads this year."
03-15-2010
MLE checked-in with rookie phenom Ben Monson as he prepares to make his first start in 2010 this Wednesday in Palm Beach Gardens:
You'll be comp...
Two More MLE May Events Added
03-12-2010
Major League Eating has added two more contests to it's active month of May in the disciplines of Gyros and Curly Fries.
On Saturday, May 15th, MLE...
Binga's Stadium - Portland, ME 3/26-27
03-06-2010
Major League Eating will be heading to Binga's Stadium in Portland, Maine on March 26-27 for the 1st Annual Binga's Tender Bender Challenge!
Amate...
Gravy Brown visits the MLE podcast
03-06-2010
Another episode of the Major League Eating podcast is now available on <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mle-major-league-eating/i d3492...
CheeseSteaks, Boneless Wings & Poutine, eh!
03-05-2010
In what promises to be an action packed month on the 2010 MLE Circuit, three May contests will be open for registration next week on IFOCE.com.
Ki...
Jarvis Benchmarked Corned Beef Years Ago
02-24-2010
The TooJay's St. Patrick's Day World Class Corned Beef Sandwich Eating Championship is less than one month away and most handicappers have Shoudt or B...
Isle of Capri Casino in Lula, MS serving up Ribs on April 17
02-18-2010
Major League Eating will head to the Isle of Capri Casino Lula on Saturday, April 17 where Ribs will be on the menu and $3,000 will be up for grabs. A...
Bertoletti King of Cake @ Showboat on Fat Tuesday
02-16-2010
"Today was Pat's day." -Bob Shoudt, Fat Tuesday 2010, Showboat Casino
Pat Bertoletti hopped a plane from Chicago to AC Mardi Gras morning on a mis...
Don't Forget To Eat Your Vegetables...
02-09-2010
Major League Eating's unofficial Vegetable Week has been set for the weekend of April 24-25. On Saturday, April 24, the World Deep-Fried Asparagus Eat...
$10K Corned Beef Sandwich Showdown on St. Patty's Day
02-01-2010
This St. Patrick's Day (Wed. March 17th) Major League Eating will team up with TooJay's Gourmet Deli and National Deli to present The TooJay's World C...
Haiti Relief
01-22-2010
Major League Eating's MLEgives has made a donation to Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti foundation.
You can help those suffering in Haiti also. Simply visi...
Rhythm City Casino to host Catfish Eating Championship in March
01-13-2010
Rhythm City Casino in Davenport, IA will host the first-ever Catfish Eating Championship on Saturday, March 20th. A limited field of Major League Eate...
Notorious B.O.B. Picks-Up Where He Left Off
01-09-2010
Major League Eating kicked off its 2010 season from the Isle Casino Biloxi Saturday afternoon and although the discipline was new, the result was not....
MLE Podcast has arrived
01-06-2010
Major League Eating has launched a podcast to take you inside the minds of the world's best competitive eaters as they sit down to share their experie...
Showboat AC + Fat Tuesday = King Cake Eating Championship
01-05-2010
Major League Eating will return to the Showboat Atlantic City Hotel & Casino again in 2010 to celebrate "Fat Tuesday" in appropriate style when it hol...
Stage Set for PB&B Contest at Biloxi's Isle Casino
01-04-2010
Major League Eating will sanction the first-ever Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich Eating Championship in honor of Elvis’s 75th Birthday. The event w...
A New Decade Afoot?
12-06-2009
Brady, Big Ben, Joey Chestnut. Three men you could bank on for the past number of... well... the past decade. Yet, today, December 6th, 2009, all th...
PB&B @ The Isle in Biloxi
12-04-2009
Major League Eating will head to The Isle Casino Hotel Biloxi on Saturday, January 9 to celebrate an Elvis favorite (PB&B's) while honoring his 75th b...
Shoudt Super in Salmon
12-03-2009
Robert Shoudt, a married male from the suburbs of Philadelphia, ate more than 2.4 gallons of chowder to win the first officially sanctioned salmon cho...
Moving Past Tiger, MLE focus is on Salmon
12-03-2009
Major League Eating is officially moving on from the week's tabloid news and putting its entire focus on today's Slammin' Salmon Chowder Eating Champi...
MLEgives
11-24-2009
In recognition of Thanksgiving 2009, Major League Eating has made a donation to the Food Bank for New York City, a member of Feeding America (formerly...
Nathan's Contest a Must See
11-23-2009
For the second time this year, the Nathan's Famous July Fourth extravaganza has been placed alongside such sporting events as The Masters, the Super B...
Mr. Humble Captures 6th Victory in '09
11-16-2009
In a battle of mid-atlantic MLE superstars, Humble Bob Shoudt reigned supreme by capturing the Roy Rogers Roast Beef Slider Eating World Championship ...
Giddy Up, Roy Rogers Field Takes Shape
11-12-2009
On Saturday the Roy Rogers on Buckeystown Road in Frederick, MD (locals call it Fred) will play host to the first ever real roast beef sandwich eating...
Chestnut wins Martorano's Masters!
11-08-2009
In a star-studded affair from Martorano's at the Rio, Joey Chestnut ate 50 meatballs in 10-minutes to win the first-ever Martorano's Masters Meatball ...
Eater X delivers on Halloween -- Wins Billy Sims BBQ Title
11-02-2009
In what many saw as a fitting win on Halloween night, the masked MLE Champion, "Eater X" Tim Janus won the 1st Annual Billy Sims BBQ Rib-Eating Title ...
Roy Rogers Roast Beef Sandwich Eating Championship Nov 14 in MD; Registration opens Wednesday!
10-26-2009
Major League Eating and Roy Rogers will team up to host the Roy Rogers Roast Beef Sandwich Eating Championship on Saturday, November 14th. The contest...
Jose's in La Jolla to host World Flauta Eating Championship Dec 6th
10-23-2009
Major League Eating will crown the first Flauta-Eating Champion at Jose's in La Jolla, CA. The San Diego beach town will hold the contest on December ...
Road Report: b.good Garlicky Greens
10-04-2009
Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos defended his b.good Garlicky Greens Eating title on Saturday afternoon after downing 7.5 lbs of spinach to set a new world r...
Billy Sims BBQ Rib-Eating Championship to be held at OU 10/31
10-01-2009
On Saturday, October 31st, Billy Sims BBQ will host its first-ever Rib-Eating Championship prior to the University of Oklahoma-Kansas State Football g...
Kobayashi moves to #2 in the world after KSO win, while talented newcomers break into Top-50
10-01-2009
Major League Eating updated its rankings today (Oct. 1) shuffling eaters from top to bottom after a September that boasted nineteen events. Takeru Kob...
Martorano's Masters Meatball Championship set for Las Vegas 11/8
09-30-2009
On Sunday, November 8th, Major League Eating will head to Las Vegas for the first-ever Martorano's Masters Meatball-Eating Championship. The event wil...
b.good Garlicky Greens Eating Championship Returns This Saturday!
09-28-2009
The b.good Garlicky Greens Eating Championship will take place this Saturday, October 3rd at b.good's new location at the Legacy Place Mall in Dedham,...
Kobayashi Regains Krystal Crown
09-28-2009
On a beautiful day in Chattanooga, Takeru Kobayashi set a new "no dunking" world record and won the 2009 Krystal Square Off in a convincing fashion....
Wing Kong takes Upper Crust Pizza Title
09-26-2009
In a closely contested affair that featured former Sox & Pats greats in Jim Corsi and Max Lane, Philly's own Micah "Wing Kong" Collins stole the show ...
KSO Wild Cards
09-21-2009
The largest prize purse in Major League Eating is up for grabs in Chattanooga this coming Sunday. More than 10,000 fans will gather on the banks of t...
Road Reports: NM & Bossier City
09-19-2009
The Notorious R.O.B.ert Shoudt is living up to his moniker lately after continuing his attack on the MLE September calendar. Shoudt entered the World ...
ATL Krystal Results
09-13-2009
FULL RESULTS:
1-Humble Bob Shoudt - 66 pts (41 Krystals/5 Big Angus) 2-Eric Livingston - 42 pts (17/5) 3-Jon Bello - 39 pts (14/5) 4-Mike Landri...
Birmingham KSO VI Results
09-12-2009
Full Birmingham Krystal Square Off VI Results:
1-Eric Badlands Booker wins 51 Krystal Points (26 Krystals/5 Big Angus) 2-Erik Unger 42 pts (17/5)...
MLE Entertains American Troops in Guantánamo Bay Navy Base
09-11-2009
Three top-ranked Major League Eaters recently returned home from the Guantánamo Bay Navy Base where they spent the Labor Day holiday entertaining Amer...
Watch the U.S. Buffalo Wing Eating Championship LIVE online at 4:00pm
09-05-2009
Check out all the action from the National Buffalo Wing Festival, including the U.S. Buffalo Wing Eating Championships today at 4:00pm, via live strea...
World Cannoli Championship Set for Sept 10th in NY's Little Italy
09-03-2009
This year will mark the 82nd Annual Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy. More than a million people attend this festival every year, which runs for 1...
Bertoletti Beats Chestnut in Ribs...by a tenth of a lb!
09-02-2009
John Ascuaga's Nugget has a new Rib King in the name of Deep Dish. Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti downed 5.8 pounds of ribs in 12 minutes to narrowly edge...
KSO VI Road Report: San Antonio
08-29-2009
Sonya Thomas made a definitive return to the Krystal Square Off circuit today when she posted a personal best 64 Krystal points (5 Big Angus/39 Krysta...
Three More Contests Added to MLE's September Schedule!!
08-27-2009
In a month that already boasts fourteen Major League Eating contests, three more are being added to the schedule bringing the monthly prize purse clos...
16" Pizza World Record belongs to Deep Dish
08-27-2009
Major League Eating and the IFOCE would like to report an oversight in the 16" pizza world record category. Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti was not properl...
Bertoletti Sets Bar w/67 in Chatty
08-22-2009
Courtesy of www.krystalsquareoff.com:
The new rule changes and sweltering August heat in Chattanooga ...
Krystal Big A - 9 seconds
08-21-2009
Earlier today, Pat Bertoletti put a Krystal Big Angus Burger down in just nine (9) seconds time. One Big A is worth five Krystals on the circuit this...
Chestnut remains #1; New Talent Breaks into Top 50
08-21-2009
Major League Eating has posted the latest rankings, listing the top 50 professional eaters in the world. Joey Chestnut remains at #1 to the surprise o...
World Burrito Eating Championship set for NM State Fair 9/18/09
08-18-2009
It's official! The 2009 World Burrito Eating Championship will take place at the New Mexico State Fair on Friday, September 18th at 2:30pm MST. $3,000...
Philly CheeseSteak Eating Contest Coming to Brooklyn 9/6/09
08-17-2009
Brooklyn's Five Spot Soulfood Restaurant will host Five Spot's Famous Philly CheeseSteak Fest on Sunday, September 6th adding some added punch to Majo...
Road Report: Minneapolis
08-16-2009
Eater X bested an impressive field to win the Valleyfair World Funnel Cake Eating Championship on Saturday. X downed nearly 6 pounds--5.68 to be exact...
Valleyfair Results
08-15-2009
Eater X won the Funnel Cake Eating Contest at Valleyfair Amusement Park by downing 5.68lbs. Hall Elujah Hunt placed 2nd w/4.97. Humble Bob placed 3rd ...
King's Island Skyline Chili Spaghetti Set for Labor Day
08-05-2009
The King's Island Skyline Chili Spaghetti Eating World Championship is back for its second year this Labor Day (Monday, September 7th). The Cincinnati...
$10K Up For Grabs in Houston at Kolache Factory Championship
08-04-2009
In what will be the most lucrative month in terms of prize money on the Major League Eating Circuit, another jaw-dropper has been added to September's...
Weekend Recap: Deep Dish Takes Taco Crown at Balmoral Park
08-03-2009
Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti won the first ever Pepe’s Soft Taco Eating Challenge at Balmoral Park Racetrack on Saturday, August 1st after downing 33 so...
KSO VI Registration Opens Tommorrow at Noon
08-03-2009
Registration for the Krystal Square Off VI is set to open on IFOCE.com Tuesday, August 4th at 12:00pm est. $50,000 is on the line at the Krystal Squar...
La Costena Spicing up "Feel The Heat" Challenge
07-30-2009
In recognition of speed-eating jalapenos being among the most grueling events on the Major League Eating Circuit, La Costena has sweetened the reward ...
Registration for John Ascuaga's Nugget World Rib Eating Championship Opens Tomorrow @ 3pm
07-29-2009
The John Ascuaga's Nugget World Rib Eating Championship is back on Wednesday, September 2nd as part of the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off. $5,00...
Krystal Circuit Announced
07-29-2009
KSO6 Qualifying Dates And Cities Announced
Whether you're vying for a shot at the final table or simply a competitive eating fan ready to map out t...
$50K On the Line in Chatty
07-29-2009
Krystal To Award Largest Cash Purse In Competitive Eating .... Again
The Krystal Company is stepping up once again to prove competitive eating is a...
Eaters Nearly Topple Jimmy John's Sandwich Makers
07-25-2009
Perhaps it was the addition of an upstart rookie -- Steve Dokho of Chicago -- or perhaps it was extraordinary eating by Hall Hunt, Gravy Brown and Pat...
All Carb Break
07-17-2009
For the first weekend in more than 12 weekends, Major League Eating is not holding an event. Not today, not tomorrow and not Sunday. It’s the middle...
U.S. Buffalo Wing Championship & Buffet Bowl Contests to be held September 5-6; Registration opens this Thursday
07-14-2009
The National Buffalo Wing Festival once again returns to Buffalo, NY on September 5-6 and with it comes two prized Major League Eating contests. On Sa...
Registration Opening This Week for Three MLE Events in August
07-13-2009
Tomorrow at Noon EST, registration for the Pepe's Soft Taco Eating Contest will be available on IFOCE.com. This first-time contest will be held at Ba...
Chestnut sets new rib-eating world record at Chinook Winds Casino!
07-12-2009
Another Smokin' at the Ocean BBQ & Brewfest is in the books at Chinook Winds Casino Resort and with it Joey Chestnut adds to his bib sheet with a new ...
BIO Channel July 8 - I'm A Major League Eater
07-06-2009
"I'm a Major League Eater" will air on The BIO Channel on Wednesday, July 8th at 10 EST and 11 PST.
Joey Takes July 4 with New Record
07-04-2009
Joey Chestnut today won the Nathan's Famous July Fourth International Eating Contest by eating 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, 3 1/2 more than Tak...
Krystal Square Off Date Announced
07-03-2009
Date Announced for the 2009 World Hamburger Eating Championship
Krystal Square Off VI World Hamburger Eating Championship Slated for
September 2...JULY 4th Live on ESPN
07-03-2009
ESPN and ESPN360.com to Offer Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Live July 4
For the sixth consecutive year, ESPN and ESPNHD will televise the Nat...
Elephants Dominate First-Ever Cross-Species Eating Competition
07-03-2009
Coney Island, NY – Three Asian elephants beat three Major League Eaters in the first-ever fully sanctioned cross-species eating contest today (Friday ...
Third Time's a Charm for "Pretty Boy"
06-28-2009
"Pretty Boy" Pete Davekos earned this year's final qualifying spot to Coney Island in his third attempt of 2009 with a victory at San Jose State Unive...
Jim Reeves Takes Newnan Georgia Nathan's Spot
06-27-2009
The heat was a major factor in the Newnan, GA, Nathan's Famous qualifier, suppressing numbers and forcing some eaters to push back from the table. Bu...
Bunnette Voting on CitySearch's Feedbag
06-26-2009
Tomorrow, the Bunnette Bootcamp will take place in Coney Island after the final Nathan's qualifier. Veteran Bunnette Laura Leu, assisted by Richard S...
Ross & Subich No Scylla & Charybdis
06-25-2009
There’s an Aesopic credo that advises “Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.” Pete Davekos, while Greek, thinks Aesop was a pu...
FIRST-EVER CROSS-SPECIES EATING COMPETITION
06-25-2009
A fully sanctioned cross-species eating contest will occur at 11 AM on Friday, July 3, between Major League Eating and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &...
Badlands Makes it Rain in Queens
06-22-2009
Facing a much improved Pat Philbin and ever-improving Nasty Nate, Badlands Booker put down 40 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and Buns to win the qualifier a...
World Rib Eating Championship Registration to Open Tuesday, June 23 12:00pm
06-22-2009
Chinook Winds Casino Resort will once again host the World Rib Eating Championship at the 2009 Smokin' at the Ocean BBQ & Brewfest. The rib eating co...
Jimmy John's Sandwich Makers Swamp MLE Eaters
06-20-2009
Three Jimmy John's sandwich makers overwhelmed Pat Bertoletti, Hall Hunt and Gravy Brown of MLE, making 52 sanwiches in 10 minutes--only 30 of which w...
Nathan's Among 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live
06-18-2009
Robert Tuchman, a die hard sports fan, recently authored a book titled "100 Sporting Events You Must See Live." The Nathan's Famous International Jul...
Nathan's Famous July 4 Live Event Info
06-18-2009
The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest will begin with eater introductions at 12 Noon on Saturday, July 4, 2009, at t...
Reeves Rocks Rudolph
06-16-2009
Jim Reeves, the pride of Buffalo, snuck down to Harrod, Ohio and placed first in the Rudolph Foods World Pork Rind Eating Championship that took place...
Nathan's Charlotte, Nathan's Denver
06-16-2009
On June 13, there were two Nathan’s Famous qualifiers. The first was at the Concord Mills Mall in the Charlotte, NC metro area. It featured a trio o...
Nathan's Holds 'Bunnette Bootcamp'
06-15-2009
They are often overlooked at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, but their role is critical. Not only mus...
Colusa Casino Resort to Host World Tri-Tip Eating Challenge
06-09-2009
On Sunday, June 28th, the first World Tri-Tip Eating Challenge will be held at Colusa Casino Resort in Colusa, CA. These tasty primal cuts of sirloin ...
Decisive KC Win for Gravy Brown
06-06-2009
In the moment of victory Gravy Brown removed his shirt to reveal his bloated belly. It was, to say the least, unfortunate, the only blemish on a perf...
Sonya Dedicates Norfolk To Carson
06-04-2009
Sonya Thomas may be known as The Black Widow, but those who know her understand she is a genuine and sweet individual. Sonya is fierce competitor wit...
Deep Dish is Calamari King
05-31-2009
Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti continued his torrid pace with his 5th win of the 2009 season after downing 6.625 pounds of fried calamari in 10 minutes at...
Road Report: Tempe
05-31-2009
Seattle eating great Erik the Red Denmark walked away with the Arizona Nathan's Famous Qualifier yesterday by downing 28 HDBs in 10 minutes. He doubl...
Kobayashi, Chestnut Mingle with Hollywood Glitterati
05-31-2009
World Pizza Hut P'zone-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi and arch rival Joey Chestnut partied with the stars at the SpikeTV Guys' Choice awards in LA. ...
Kobayashi Back on Top at P'Zones
05-30-2009
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan beat his arch-rival Joey Chestnut in the Pizza Hut P'Zone Chow-lenge by eating 5 3/4 P'Zones in the six-minute all-you-can-e...
Sam's Club Tampa is All Hall
05-30-2009
Hall Hunt took down 33 hot dogs to run away with the Nathan's Famous qualifier at the Sam's Club in Pinellas Park, Florida.
Hall ate at a steady sp...
Chesnut, Kobayashi Clash in Pizza Hut P'Zone Chow-lenge
05-27-2009
World hot dog-eating champion Joey Chestnut and arch-rival Takeru Kobayashi will face off on Saturday, May 30, 2009, in one of the greatest battle of ...
Head-to-Head Clash of Eating Greats?
05-26-2009
Rumors are spreading that a clash of the titans, in the form of a head-to-head title match, will soon be announced. Speculation by fans has focused on...
Juliet Adds Clams to Her World Records
05-25-2009
Juliet Lee won the Peter's Clam Bar cherrystone clam-eating world championship on Monday, Memorial Day, by downing 23 dozen clams. Tim Janus in secon...
Drama in Doswell
05-23-2009
With the Roddick and Federer of competitive eating going head to head, it was sure to be an intense Funnel Cake Eating Championship at King's Dominion...
Juliet Beats U.S. and other Males
05-23-2009
Juliet Lee won the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating contest that took place at the Beach Bar of the Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City today.
The fi...Big Weekend On Tap
05-21-2009
In NYC, and the fashion-minded world in general, it’s not cool to wear flip-flops unless it’s summer or you’re some poser named Kris fumbling with an ...
Mr. Humble W/38
05-17-2009
Bob Shoudt, the vegetarian from Royersford, PA, won the Pennsylvania Nathan's Famous qualifier today by downing 38 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. R...
Eater X Downs 50!
05-16-2009
One hot dog for every state in the nation. One hot dog for every card in a deck. One hot dog for every way to leave your lover.
Eater X eats 50 H...
Gordon Upsets at Nathan's in Mass
05-09-2009
Sean Gordon wins Patriot Place Nathan's match, downing 26 HDBs in 10 mins to edge out Pete Davekos and Shredder Goldstein, who tied for second with 23...
Gordon Upsets at Nathan's in Mass
05-09-2009
Sean Gordon wins Patriot Place Nathan's match, downing 26 HDBs in 10 mins to edge out Pete Davekos and Shredder Goldstein, who tied for second with 23...
Shredder Vs. Davekos
05-08-2009
It's too bad Pavoratti is not alive to witness tomorrow's Patriot Place Nathan's Famous showdown between Allen Goldstein and Pete Davekos. The famous...
The Optic, a Flashback
05-07-2009
{{With the Las Vegas Qualifier just an hour or so away, MLE wanted to look back at this story from December 2005}}
THE ROLE OF PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR I...
road Report: Las Vegas
05-07-2009
The heat was a factor in Las Vegas as Rich "The Locust" LeFevre won his hometown Nathan's Famous qualifier with 26 HDBs in 10 minutes. Ron Koch, known...
Rudolph Foods and MLE Join Hands for Pork Rind Championship
05-04-2009
The largest maker of pork rinds in the world is Rudolph Foods, and MLE is thrilled to announce that it’s working in concert with this group to produce...
Legs Steps up in Biloxi
05-02-2009
A road report from Richard Shea informs us that Crazy Legs has won the first Nathan's Famous qualifier with 25 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, earnin...
Twitter Pandemomium
05-01-2009
George Shea has caused an uproar on Twitter by offering (to his followers only) special fan access to the July 4 Nathan's Famous hot dog-eating contes...
Peter's Clam Bar Registration
04-30-2009
Due to technical difficulties, MLE HQ was unable to post registration for the clam eating championship at noon today as scheduled.
Registration wil...
Niko Niko's Gyro Registration
04-28-2009
Registration for Niko Niko's World Gryo-Eating Championship, to be held Houston, TX, on May 16, will open on Wendesday, April 29, 2009 at 3 pm Eastern...
Road Report: West Palm
04-26-2009
Hall 'elujah' Hunt wins Sweet Corn w/34 ears. LaRue placed 2nd and Conti took 3rd.
More info to follow or twitter @gcshea...
Road Report: West Palm
04-26-2009
Hall 'elujah' Hunt wins Sweet Corn w/33 ears.
Jammin Joe LaRue placed 2nd with 31 1/4.
Crazy Legs Conti took 3rd with 29 1/2.
...
Road Report: Stockton
04-25-2009
Joey Chestnut came onto the eating scene as a rookie at the deep fried asparagus contest and rocked the world with his victory. He's gone on to reach...
Matthew Penniman Tops at UMASS
04-24-2009
Matthew Penniman, a sophomore at UMAS, won the UMASS Nathan's Famous pre-season match on Wednesday, April 23, with 11 hot dogs and buns. Richard Shea...
Three MLE Events in Pipeline
04-24-2009
The 2009 Major League Eating season has come out of the gate faster than Funny Cide and HQ is please to announce that three additional events today, a...
Black Widow Takes Acme Oyster Eating Match
04-18-2009
Sonya Thomas won the Acme Oyster-Eating Contest in New Orleans Saturday, consuming 29 dozens oysters in 10 minutes to beat a field of 15 professional ...
California's GrATE America
04-11-2009
Joey Chestnut won the first annual Funnel Cake Eating championship at California's Great America today by downing 5.44 pounds of the flavorful treat. ...
Nathan's Famous '09
04-06-2009
The sign-up process for the 2009 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Circuit is set to begin in one hour, 12PM EST, at www.nathansfamous.com.
Everybody ...
Nathan's Registration
04-06-2009
Nathan's site now accepting a third option.
...
Jimmy Fallon in Boater?
04-03-2009
Five Major League Eaters are set to appear on NBC’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon this evening. Also appearing are Lauren Graham, Judah Friedlander an...
Nathan's Famous Announces 2009 Circuit
03-23-2009
Nathan’s Famous, Inc. has announced that its annual July Fourth International Hot Dog Eating Contest will return for the 94th year at the company’s fl...
Bertoletti Wins Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm
03-16-2009
St. Patrick Bertoletti, the Irish Italian American kid from Chicago, won today's Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm, corned beef on rye, eating championship by...
Male Man Delivers
02-26-2009
According to Steakbellie, a fellow Philly-based eater, U.S. Male dies his blood green when donating in the hopes of influencing the recipient’s choice...
US Male Takes HOB Crawfish Match
02-24-2009
An upset at the Showboat Crawfish Smackdown in AC as US Male beats Humble Bod, Sonya Thomas and Badlands Booker to take the House of Blues Mardi Gras ...
H.O.B. Crawfish Registration
02-03-2009
Registration for the February 24th House of Blues Showboat Casino Fat Tuesday Crawfish Eating Championship will take place on this site at 2pm EST on ...
A Rugged Off Season Nears End
01-28-2009
It's been three months since Major League Eating has held an open, officially sanctioned eating contest. In this time the nation’s largest financial ...
Gravy Brown Delivers with "Santa's Slay"
12-30-2008
I am well aware of the gustatory greatness displayed by Chicago-based Gravy Brown, but I never knew he had musical talent. I now find myself blessed ...
Collard Green Dies
12-28-2008
Collard Green, a bitter vegetable-eating specialist from Newport News, Virginia, whose given name was William Carson Hughes, Sr., died on Friday, Dece...
Koby Falls Short -- Black Widow's Record Stands
12-28-2008
Takeru Kobayashi ate an impressive four pounds, eight ounces of fruitcake on Thursday, December 26, in New York City, as part of a charitable initiati...
Kobayashi Seeks to Consume All Leftover Fruitcake
12-12-2008
EATING PHENOM TAKERU KOBAYASHI SEEKS TO EAT ALL LEFTOVER HOLIDAY FRUITCAKE
Effort Highlights Major League Eating’s Holiday Food Bank Giving Initia...
P Bert Ends MLE Season with Big Apple Pizza World Record
11-10-2008
The two top-ranked major league eaters in the world, Joey Chestnut and Pat "P Bert" Bertoletti, have traded pizza-eating blows in an exhilarating clos...
Baked Bean Blowout with a Haggis Under Card
10-08-2008
MLE Sanctioned two record attempts on Philadelphia's WMMR (the station that reaches the beaches and rocks the shore) early this morning. The attempts...
"I.M. Fletcher You Choose"
10-03-2008
Crazy Legs Conti, one-time french cut Green Bean Eating champ of the world and current Lumberjack Breakfast Eating champ of the world, entered the Net...
Joey Wins KSO V
09-28-2008
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. - American eating sensation Joey Chestnut retained his hamburger eating title today at the Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eat...
Davekos Takes b.good
09-27-2008
Pretty Boy Pete Davekos consumed 7lbs of Garlicky Greens (sauteed spinach) at the b.good celebration in Harvard Square today. The feat earned him fir...
Tamales to Van Dam
09-27-2008
Patrick Vandam won't the tamales contest in Lewisville TX by eating 44. Second place went to Gravy Sinclaire w/41 and Erik The Red took 3rd with 34.5...
KSO V, Live on FSN South
09-24-2008
FSN South To Televise 2008 Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship Live On Sunday, Sept. 28 at 2:00 p.m. EST
World's Top Competitiv...
Kobayashi Wins Krystal Qualifier
09-20-2008
Takeru Kobayashi, the former Krystal champ, edged out Super Paul to win today's Bimingham Krystal qualifier. He ate 89 Krystals in eight minutes....
Eater X: Burrito Repeat
09-20-2008
Eater X and Humble Bob tied after ten minutes at Costa Vida in South Portland. A two-minute burrito eat off ensued and 8 came out the victor. In third...
Costa Vida Draws Top Talent
09-17-2008
This Saturday, September 20th, Kobayashi is expected to be krushing the Krystals in Birmingham (feature on this site due Friday). Many of the world's ...
Mustard Yellow Card
09-14-2008
Major League Eating announces today the creation of a new rule called the Mustard Yellow Card. The rule allows league officials and judges to formall...
Juliet Wins Krystal Nashville, League to Huddle
09-13-2008
Juliet 'The Lovely' Lee won today's Nashville qualifier amid a controversy that swirled around excessive debris. The contest ended up in a first ever...
Road Report: Atlanta
09-06-2008
Patrick Bertoletti secured his seat at the Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship today, eating 66 Krystals in 8 minutes at the Atla...
NEW MLE POLL SHOWS PALIN DESTROYING BIDEN
09-05-2008
New York, NY, Sept. 5, 2008 -- Major League Eating has released polling results that show Alaska Governor Sarah Palin overwhelming Senator Joe Biden i...
Laboring Through Labor Day Weekend
09-02-2008
It was a big Labor Day Weekend on the MLE circuit, with events from Jacksonville to Buffalo and many ports in between.
Saturday found Sonya Thomas ...
KSO V : Jacksonville
09-01-2008
Hall Hunt faught off a tough and determined Sonya Thomas in Jacksonville today to keep his beloved position as the Krystal Jax champion. What's more, ...
road report: Myrtle Beach
08-30-2008
Joey Chestnut beat his rivals Pat Bertoletti and Humble Bob Shoudt today at the Pulled Pork Sandwiches Championship in a sweltering Myrtle Beach.
C...
Chestnut Breaks His Own Gyoza Record
08-23-2008
Joey Chestnut again stunned the world with his gurgitory prowess on Saturday, downing 231 gyoza in 10 minutes to break his own world record at the Los...
Humble Bob, Krystal Square Off V
08-23-2008
Humble Bob Shoudt wins the first qualifier of KSO V Saturday in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Humble don't call me Humble ate 58 Krystals in the eight minute c...
Krystal ’08 Kicks Off in a Big Way
08-22-2008
The 2008 Krystal Square Off circuit is here, and the Chattanooga-based company has stepped up to the plate in a big way. With a record prize payout of...
Shoudt Takes Ash Creek
08-17-2008
In a stunning upset, Bob Shoudt took the title of Ash Creek Saloon World Rib Eating Champion today, besting Joey Chestnut at his own game. Chestnut ha...
Krystal Announces Epic Cash Purse for KSOV
08-14-2008
Largest cash purse in competitive eating history up for grabs at the World Hamburger Eating Championship
Chattanooga, Tenn. – When the very ...
Krystal Announces Schedule for Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship
08-07-2008
The road to the world championship starts August 23 in Chattanooga
For Immediate Release
August 07, 2008
Chattanooga, Tenn. – The Krystal Com...
Shoudt Takes Tulsa
07-28-2008
Bob Shoudt had a huge win on Saturday at the Cherokee Casino World BBQ Eating Championship. Beating out four other top ten eaters, Humble Bob seems in...
Road Report: Singapore
07-28-2008
Takeru Kobayashi took the World Chicken Satay-eating title this weekend at the first Major League Eating event in Singapore. Kobayashi ate 5.419 kg (1...
Judge Lerman
07-25-2008
Don Moses Lerman will judge the 2008 Cannoli Contest at the Festa Di San Gennaro in New York City. The event is currently slated for September 12th. ...
Road Report: Chinook Winds
07-14-2008
Joey Chestnut once again took the Chinook Winds rib-eating title with 8.05 lbs of rib meat in 12 minutes. This is Chestnut's fourth win at the Lincoln...
Krystal Square Off V
07-06-2008
Krystal has announced that the Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship will take place on September 28, 2008, and will once again be ...
Chestnut Beats Kobayashi in OT
07-04-2008
JOEY CHESTNUT BEATS TAKERU KOBAYASHI IN OT DOWNING 59 NATHAN’S HOT DOGS IN 10-MINUTE REGULATION
Mustard Yellow Belt Remains in the United States ...
Road Report: Nathan's Famous Camden, NJ
06-28-2008
A large crowd assembled on the corner of 3rd and Market Streets in Camden today to watch the big man, the bad man, Eric Badlands Booker bust out of re...
The 1,2,3 from QVC
06-26-2008
Pat Philbin wins again!! The man from Moonachie ate 22.5 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs to edge out Wing Kong for the win. Wing Kong ate 22 HDBs and finis...
Nathan's Famous to Donate 100,000 Hot Dogs
06-24-2008
On July 4, 2008 Nathan’s Famous will donate 100,000 hot dogs to the Food Bank For New York City, a hunger relief charity that is part of the America’s...
Nathan's Famous: Weekend Wrap-Up
06-21-2008
It's the longest day of the year and major league eaters everywhere are fixin to dance naked under the stars. Before they do, they'll need to digest t...
Mattituck Lions, Strawberry Shortcake Championship
06-15-2008
Pat Bertoletti held his title under fierce strawberry shortcake competition today from Eater X, Crazy Legs and Suffolk county Legend Eric Badlands Boo...
Road Report: Nathan's in Charlotte
06-14-2008
On a great stage with a great band and big ole NC crowd, Hall Hunt crushed his 2007 record of 28.75 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes by eating 34.5 in ...
Final Contest at Shea
06-14-2008
Nathan's Famous, the hot dog of the Mets, hosted its last contest at historic Shea Stadium tonight. At the end, Ryan Nerz yelled at the top of his lu...
J Shibs Owns NOLA
06-07-2008
Juris Shibayama ate 28 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and Buns in 10 minutes at the Sam's Club in Metairie, LA to qualify for the 08 Coney Island classic. ...
Sonya Walks Away With Norfolk
06-07-2008
The Black Widow blew out the competition at Nathan's Famous in Norfolk today by eatin 38.5 HDBs. In second place was Russ The Bus Keeler with 20 and ...
MLEgives: Boston
06-02-2008
On June 1st, Major League Eating and Nathan's Famous held an event at the 19th annual Hot Dog Safari in Boston. The event, which raises money for the...
Road Report: Kansas City
05-31-2008
Erik The Red won the Kansas City Sam's Club Nathan's Famous qualifier today by consuming 24 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and Buns in 10 minutes.
In sec...
Road Report: Nathan's Famous Arizona
05-31-2008
Standing on the shoulders of Krazy Kevin Lipsitz, who qualified for the Nathan's Famous July 4th International Hot Dog Eating Contest in the Arizona M...
Three Brothers to Bertoletti
05-31-2008
Pat Bertoletti, an Italian American from America, won the Three Brother's Pizza Eating Contest in Baltimore by eating 20 of the famous pizzeria's slic...
Road Report: Pittsburgh Nathan's Famous at Sam's Club
05-24-2008
Juliet Lee downed 29 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and Buns to win the Pittsburgh Sam's Club qualifier and entry into the 2008 Nathan's Famous Internationa...
Road Report: Nathan's In Philadelphia
05-24-2008
Humble Bob Shoudt, a vegetarian from Doylesford, PA, consumed 38 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and Buns in 10 minutes to win the Philly Qualifier and earn ...
Eater X, Crazy Legs and Head Woof Rock Rock Center
05-20-2008
Major League Eating held a formal launch event for MLE: The Game today at the Nintendo store in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center.
To celebrate the fo...
A Star is Born in Chicago
05-19-2008
Eric Booker. Sonya Thomas. Eater X. Juliet Lee.
Before they were ranked in the Top 10, before they even had nicknames and rap albums and profiles...
Road Report: Nathan's Hartford
05-17-2008
Arturo Rios "Grande" ate 22.75 Nathan's Famous HDBs on the East Hartford Glastonbury Line to win today's quailfier.
Russ Keeler took 2nd wirh 19....
Road Report: Houston
05-17-2008
Pat Bertoletti ate 12 gyros to win 2000 bucks and edge out Joey Chestnut who placed second with 11 gyros and earned 1000 bucks. Humble Bob ate 9.5 gyr...
Road Report: Minnesota
05-10-2008
Pat Bertoletti secured his place at the Coney Island table today near Minneapolis by eating 41 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Exciti...
Brooklyn Ephemera Impacts Contest Length
05-08-2008
Major League Eating was recently presented with a document that suggests the original hot dog eating contest was 10 minutes in length.
The League...
Joey Owns Stockton
04-26-2008
Joey Chestnut spearheaded another exciting tempura fried asparagus eating contest today and won the event by downing 8.8 pounds of the green vegetable...
TYPE A vs. TYPE A
04-25-2008
Roughly two years ago, MLE health correspondent Alexis Schneider published the column that appears below. Since it's posting, MLE has learned that Jo...
04-25-2008
Roughly two years ago, MLE health correspondent Alexis Schneider published the column that appears below. Since it's posting, MLE has learned that Jo...
Road Report: NOLA
04-12-2008
Pat Bertoletti continued to dominate the sport today in New Orleans, while Juliet Lee is quickly proving herself to be a force of nature. The Acme Wor...
NATHAN’S FAMOUS UNVEILS 2008 QUALIFYING TOUR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL JULY FOURTH HOT DOG EATING CONTEST
04-11-2008
On July 4, 2007, America watched in awe as Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Championship, beating six-time champion ...
Bradley, We Hardly Knew Ye: Sciullo Announces Retirement
03-24-2008
“Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did.” --Elton John, “Candle in the Wind”
It is with humility that Major League Eating ...
Joey Stays on Top
03-02-2008
Joey Chestnut walked away with the top prize at the Kenny & Ziggy's World Matzoh Ball Eating Championship today in Houston. Chestnut ate 78 matzoh bal...
10 Questions for Gravy
02-29-2008
Meet Tim "Gravy" Brown.
1. Describe your first contest experience/How did you discover your talent?
My first contest was Golden Palace G...
10 Questions for Doc Bigtime
02-08-2008
One of the most exciting up-and-comers on the 2008 IFOCE/MLE circuit is Juris "Dr. Bigtime" Shibayama. A man of conflicting identities, he is at once ...
Joey Wins, Pat Second, Gentleman Impresses
02-01-2008
Joseph “Jaws” Chestnut defended his title and his number one ranking today, winning Wing Bowl for the third consecutive year. He ate a staggering tota...
Janus Eats a Football
01-31-2008
Eater X consumed 14.3 ounces of fried pig skin (the equivalent of an official football) in six minutes to win the MLE Pigskin Eating Championships at ...
10 Questions for Super Paul BoneBreaker BigMouth PicassoBrush Barlow
01-23-2008
MLE: Paul, your underground artwork recently hit the mainstream when it graced the cover of Badlands Booker’s new hip hop CD: Hungry and Focused 4: Fo...
Year in Review: 2007
01-01-2008
With 2007 at an end and the New England Patriots smashing records both old and new, we have elected to take a look at the Tom Brady and Randy Moss of ...
Eater Donations Push Initial Hunger Charities Gift to $15,000
11-29-2007
Major League Eating and the International Federation of Competitive Eating have increased the initial donation of $10,000 to hunger charities to $15,0...
Deep Dish Giveth
11-26-2007
Who can forget the day that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes, when all the Who’s in Whoville were so impressed that they let him carve the Ro...
Joey Breaks 100 Mark at Krystal
10-28-2007
History was made today in Chattanooga when Joey Chestnut ate 103 Krystals to win the KS0 IV.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. - American eating sensation Joey C...
Naruto Noodle Results
10-27-2007
Eater X won today's Naruto Clash of the Ninja Ramen Noodle Eating Championship in New York City.
Eater X ate 10.5 lbs of noodles in the 10 minute ...
MLE / IFOCE to Raise $100,000 for Hunger Charities
10-23-2007
Major League Eating and the International Federation of Competitive Eating have donated $10,000 to Second Harvest and selected organizations to kick o...
Joey Takes Birmingham Krystal Qualifier
10-17-2007
Joey Chestnut ate 87 Krystals today to qualify for the KSO IV. This is ten off the record but very impressive for a qualifier.
The annual square...
Spike to Televise ChowDown
10-16-2007
The first episode of Major League Eating’s three-part ChowDown series will air on Spike on Thursday, October 18th at 11pm EST.
The show, packed c...
Crazy Legs, Mr. October
10-14-2007
Crazy Legs Conti qualified for the KSO IV by eating 44 of the cult classic Krystals in eight minutes today. Conti ll appear on the ESPN-televised Kr...
Deep Dish Does Dallas
10-07-2007
Pat 'Deep Dish' Bertoletti continued his winning streak against Joey Chestnut today at the State Fair of Texas, winning the Waffle House World Waffle ...
Krystal Qualifier Goes to Eater X
09-30-2007
Eater X continued his impressive fall season with a win in Memphis today downing 73 Krystals in eight minutes for entry into the KSO IV, which will ai...
Louisiana Downs a Lot of Grits
09-29-2007
Patrick Bertoletti won the Lousiana Downs World Grits Eating Championship today by eating 21 pounds of grits in 10 minutes. Tim Janus placed second w...
Bertoletti Downs 85 Krystals
09-23-2007
Superstar Major League Eater put down 85 Krystals in eight minutes today to win the Atlanta qualifier for KSO IV. Bertoletti will be a force come Oct...
Burrito Champion X
09-22-2007
New Englanders set aside their concern over the Red Sox today and celebrated the Costa Vida World Burrito Eating Championship in South Portland, ME. R...
Road Report: Krystal Knoxville
09-16-2007
Chip Simpson cruised to victory in Knoxville this afternoon by downing 49 Krystals in eight minutes to qualify for the Krystal Square Off IV.
In ...
Road Report: La Costena Feel the Heat Jalapeno Eating Challenge
09-16-2007
With mariachis beating in the distance, Chicago's hometown boy Pat 'Deep Dish' Bertoletti prevailed in what many believe is the most grueling discipli...
Cannoli to X
09-14-2007
Eater X won his second straight cannoli title today in Little Italy. The face painted lothario consumed XXI cannoli in VI minutes to the amazement of ...
Humble Bob 69 Krystals
09-09-2007
Humble Bob Square Pants rolled like the Patriots offense today by winning the Krystal Square Off Nashville qualifier with 69 Krystals, 30 more than an...
Hall Hunt Hometown Hero
09-03-2007
Hall Hunt won today's Krystal Square Off in his hometown of Jacksonville, FL.
More than 400 fans gathered at the Landing for the annual Krystal t...
Sonya Beats the Boys in Buffalo
09-02-2007
Sonya Thomas won the annual buffalo wing eating championship at the National Buffalo Wing Festival in Buffalo by downing 5.17 lbs of wing meat.
L...
Eater X Sets Record
09-01-2007
X ate 71 tamales in 12 minutes today to set a new Lewisville and World record.
LeFevre placed second with 51 despite his bad tooth. Mongo Marquez t...
Chestnut Sets New Record in Myrtle Beach
09-01-2007
Today in Myrtle Beach at the Beach, Boogie and BBQ Festival, Joey Chestnut set a new world record in pulled pork BBQ sandwiches. The record was previo...
Road Report: Reno
08-30-2007
On August 29, Major League Eaters gathered at the 19th Annual Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off in Sparks, NV for the 2nd Annual World Rib Eating C...
Road Report: Krystal Country
08-25-2007
Sonya Thomas won the first of nine Krystal Square Off qualifiers today in Chattanooga, TN by downing 51 of the classic burgers in just eight minutes. ...
Road Report: Fairfield
08-25-2007
Pat Bertoletti once again proved his astonishing athletic ability today by winning the Ash Creek Saloon World Rib Eating Championship with 6.06 lbs of...
Road Report: Saratoga
08-21-2007
Crazy Legs Conti won the Saratoga Springs Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest by downing 21.5 HDBs in 12 minutes.
Full results:
Crazy Legs C...
Rapid Fire Surprise: Nathan
08-13-2007
IFOCE added an unexpected Nathan's event in Saratoga. This is a rapid fire addition to the MLE 2007 Eating Event Schedule.
It will occur on August...
Road Report: Drum Corps PB&J Contest
08-08-2007
Patrick “P-Rock” Bertoletti solidified his reputation as the best sweets-eater in the known universe by taking the Drum Corps International Peanut But...
KSO IV Announced
08-02-2007
KRYSTAL ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR KRYSTAL SQUARE OFF IV WORLD HAMBURGER
EATING CHAMPIONSHIPNINE-CITY QUALIFYING TOUR STARTS AUGUST 22 IN CHATTANOO...
Road Report: Stand By Me
07-28-2007
Blueberry pie results - winner: Pat Bertoletti 9.17 lbs in 8 min, Second place, Gravy Brown 8.47, Third goes to Mongo 6.56, then Kevin Ross 5.58, Ha...
Road Report: Oregon
07-17-2007
Joey Chestnut has once again taken the title at the Chinook Winds World Rib Eating Championship. Chestnut has never been beaten in the rib discipline....
Chestnut Beats Kobayashi, Brings Mustard Yellow Belt Back to America
07-04-2007
Joey Chestnut of San Jose, Calif., today won the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, beating former champion Takeru K...
July 4 Resource Center
07-02-2007
Nathan’s Famous July Fourth International Hot dog Eating Contest
Six-time world champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan will return to the corner of Sur...
Road Report: QVC
06-28-2007
Bob Shoudt won the QVC qualifier today with 32 HDBs in 12 minutes. Shoudt was followed closely by rising star Brad Sciullo with 26.5. The Mad Greek ma...
Kobayashi 'Day-to-Day'
06-25-2007
New York, NY, June 25, 2007 -- Japanese eating phenom and hot dog-eating world champion Takeru Kobayashi was listed as “day-to-day” on Monday after re...
Rios Takes Pigs Feet-Eating Contest
06-24-2007
Arturo Rios, Jr. won the Pigs Feet-Eating Contest at the New Jersey State Fair, beating out Eric Denmark, who took second, Crazy Legs Conti, who place...
LeFevre Takes San Fran NF Title
06-23-2007
Rich LeFevre at 34 HDBs to win the San Francisco Nathan's Famous qualifier. Erbivoe did 16 and Skinny Boy Lane ate 14.
Gabe Kaplan was reportedly...
St. Pat Sets Shoo Fly Record
06-23-2007
Chicago's Pat Bertoletti set a new Shoo Fly Pie eating record by downing 11.1 pounds at Pennsylvania's Rockvale Outlets.
With a massive purse and...
Zoo Atlanta all Boone
06-23-2007
Dale Boone shook off a surging Bubba Yarbrough to win the Nathan's qualifier in Atlanta. Boone ate 21 HDBs to Bubba's 20. In third place was Juris Pr...
Road Report: Molly Pitcher
06-22-2007
Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin won the Nathan's Famous qualifier at the Molly Pitcher Rest Stop in Cranbury, NJ, today by consuming 27 HDBs in 12 minute...
Mustard Yellow Money Belt
06-18-2007
For nearly a century the most coveted prize in competitive eating has been the bejeweled Nathan's Famous Mustard Yellow Belt of International Hot Dog ...
Strawberry Strawberry
06-17-2007
St. Patrick Bertoletti set a world record for eating strawberry shortcake at today's Mattituck Strawberry Festival sponsored by the Mattituck Lions Cl...
Road Report: Norfolk
06-16-2007
Juliet Lee won the Norfolk, VA Nathan's Famous qualifier today by consuming 26 HDBs in 12 minutes.
She advances to the finals in Coney on July 4....
Road Report: MOA
06-16-2007
Crazy Legs Conti, the venerable East Village eater, won the Mall of America qualifier with a personal best of 24 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and buns.
...Hall Hunt Wins Charlotte Nailbiter
06-09-2007
Hall Hunt edged out Juliet Lee at the Nathan's Famous Charlotte qualifier.
Florida's faith-based eater consumed 28.75 HDBs to Juliet's 28.
I...
Competitive Eating Giant to Represent India at Nathan's 2007 Contest
06-04-2007
P. Theyagarjan, the eating champion of India, will attend the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island in N...
Erik The Red Makes Coney at Shea
06-03-2007
In a dramatic one minute overtime eat off, Erik the Red beat Pat from Moonachie to take the Shea Stadium qualifier. The man from Seattle moves on to ...
Chestnut Sets World Record
06-02-2007
Joey Chestnut set a world record today in Phoenix, AZ, eating 59.5 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. Chestnut breaks the world record o...
TripRewards Ultimate Hot Wing Eaing Championship
05-21-2007
Joey Chestnut won the TripRewards Ultimate Hot Wing Eating Championship held in New York's Grand Central Terminal today and goes home with one million...
Road Report: Nathan's Hartford
05-19-2007
Eater X rocked the crowd assembled at the vacant Ames in East Hartford by eating 41.5 Nathan's Famous HDBs in 12 minutes.
Tim Brown took second w...
East Hartford Venue Change
05-18-2007
Last evening, Fox’s hyperbolic weather man Joe Bastardi wrote the following in all caps:
“METEO MAP DISCO HAS BEEN CUT AND SHOULD BE ON LINE SOON....
Joey Back on Top
05-06-2007
After a big St. Pats victory and an impressive showing at the Nathan's Las Vegas Qualifier, everyone felt Pat Bertoletti would have walked away with t...
Road Report: Vegas
05-04-2007
Pat Bertoletti continues to earn his keep as the #3 eater in the world. On May 3 in Vegas, the young culinary graduate from Chicago ate an amazing 46 ...
Conti Crowned King of Corn
04-30-2007
Jammin' Joe LaRue walked into the arena in West Palm Beach to raucus cheers. A yellow shirt with the inscription "MLE -- Got Corn?" covered the e...
Joey Again in Asparagus
04-28-2007
Joey Chestnut has done it again in Stockton at the Asparagus Festival. The phenom downed 8.6 lbs of tempura fried asparagus in the event for first pl...
Simpson Wins Broadway at the Beach Event
04-23-2007
This weekend confirmed that the man known simply as ChipBurger is one of the hottest eaters on the circuit.
On a lovely afternoon at Broadway at t...
Bertoletti Takes St. Pat's Chowdown
03-19-2007
Patrick Bertoletti won the St. Patrick's Day Chowndown on Spike TV, edging out eating phenom Joey Chestnut and setting three new records in the proces...
St. Pat's ChowDown Tonight on Spike
03-17-2007
The St. Patrick's Day ChowDown will air on Spike TV at 7pm Eastern on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2007.
It is a three round event pitting eight of...
Eater X, Crazy Legs Video
03-08-2007
In advance of the St. Patrick's Day Chowdown, Legs and Eater X shot a video promo at IFOCE HQ. Following is the link. <a h...
Nathan's Famous '07 Tour Stops
03-01-2007
Nathan’s Famous, Inc. has announced the list of American cities that will host official qualifying events for Coney Island 2007.
The tour will ga...
Long Beach - QM Wienerschnitzel
02-17-2007
Takeru Kobayashi, in L.A. to shoot a commercial, watched as Joey Chestnut continued his undefeated streak at the Weinerschnitzel World Chili Cheese Fr...
Spike TV and MLE™
02-16-2007
Spike TV and Major League Eating announced today that four MLE specials will be broadcast on the popular cable network in 2007.
Each broadcast wi...
MLE 1, 2, 3 at Wing Bowl 15
02-02-2007
Major League Eaters invaded Philly once again for the fanatical bacchanalia that is WIP’s Wing Bowl.
While some big names – Bob Shoudt, Chip Simp...
Bikini's Results: Joey, Second In A Row
01-27-2007
Joey Chestnut has continued his stellar start to the 2007 Major League Eating season by winning the Bikini's Bar and Grill String Fry Eating Champions...
Joey Leads Points Chase, Wins Pretzel Twister Miami
01-20-2007
Joey Chestnut won the Pretzel Twister World Pretzel Championship in Miami today by eating 21 Pretzel Twister Pretzels in 10 minutes. In 2nd place with...
History Made at Acme Oyster House
01-03-2007
Pat Bertoletti consumed 53.5 dozen Louisiana Oysters today at the Acme Oyster House in Metairie, Louisiana. This is a new record in the Acme long for...
Bertoletti Chock full O'Nuts
12-20-2006
Competitiveeatingnews.com reports that Patrick Bertoletti won the Chock full O'Nuts World Date Nut Bread Eating Championship held today at Madison Squ...
Ham for Seaver
12-11-2006
Seaver Miller, the 10th-ranked eater in the World, will look to set a ham-eating record on Friday, December 15th.
Miller’s record attempt is par...
Shoudt Wins Meatball Eating Contest Amid Controversy
12-04-2006
Humble Bob Shoudt won the Carmines Meatball Eating Contest at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, consuming 9.97 lbs of meatballs in 12 minutes. However,...
Thomas Takes UK Mince Pie Eating Contest
11-29-2006
Sonya Thomas won the Wookey Hole Big Eat Mince Pie Eating Championship, considered to be the the single greatest sporting event in the long history of...
Bertoletti Wins Axia3 Thanksgiving Invitational
11-22-2006
Patrick Bertoletti, the #3 ranked gurgitator in the entire world, won the prestigious Axia3 Thanksgiving Invitational today by devouring 4.8 lbs of tu...
Axia 3 Thanksgiving Invitational
11-20-2006
The Axia 3 Thanksgiving Invitational is confirmed for Wednesday, November 22 at Artie's Delicatessen in Manhattan. The event will feature a variety o...
Sky City Posole Results
11-18-2006
Pat Bertoletti ate 9 pounds 2.25 ounces to win the Sky City Casino Posole Eating championship in Acoma,NM today.
Rich LeFevre placed third with 8...
Can LeFevre Keep Posole Title in the Family
11-14-2006
Competitive eating fans are focused on a big battle set to take place on Saturday at the World Posole Eating Championship at Sky City Casino in beauti...
Conti Returns to Louisiana for WOW Café & Wingery Event
11-13-2006
Crazy Legs Conti will return to Louisiana to conduct a wing-eating clinic prior to the WOW Wingman Amateur Wing Eating Competition at the WOW Café and...
Kobayashi with 97 Krystals
10-28-2006
Takeru Kobayashi raised the bar of athletic greatness yet again today, devouring 97 Krystals in 8 minutes in what was arguably the most impressive com...
Sky City Fry Bread at AZ State Fair
10-26-2006
The Arizona State Fair will play host to the Sky City Casino Fry Bread Eating Challenge on Saturday, October 28th.
Major League Eaters including ...
KSO III Nears
10-17-2006
Japan's Takeru Kobayashi will face his greatest challenge ever on American soil this October 28, 2006, when he competes live on ESPN2 at the Krystal S...
Crazy Legs Takes Jackson
10-15-2006
Crazy Legs Conti won the Jackson MS Krystal Square Off today eating 38 of the cult favorites and earning a spot in the ESPN-televised world hamburger ...
Boone is Back in Georgia
10-08-2006
Dale Mouth of the South Boone took the stage at today's Krystal Square Off in his trademark coveralls and with his ever-annoying cow bell. With eyes ...
LeFevre Wins Jalapeno Match
10-08-2006
Veteran Major League Eater Rich 'the Locust' LeFevre ate 247 Jalapeno peppers to beat Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Erik the Red at today's contest...
KSO Memphis
10-01-2006
Eater X accomplished his goal of winning a Krystal qualifier today when he banged down 53 Krystals in 8 minutes.
On X's heels was Rich LeFevre who...
Competitve Eating Krystal Style
09-29-2006
In an effort to win a Krystal Square Off qualifier outright, Eater X will fly to Memphis for the KSO III event taking place there this Sunday.
Ea...
Booker's Wife Swap Episode October 9
09-28-2006
The Competitive Eating Network news site reports that Eric Badlands Booker will appear on ABC's Wife Swap on October 9 at 8 pm. The show is considered...
Simpson Edges Out Janus
09-24-2006
Chip Simpson edged out Tim Janus in the Atlanta Krystal qualifier, eating one half of a Krystal more to secure a seat in Chattanooga on October 28.
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Joey Wins Green Chili Grilled Cheese
09-23-2006
Joey Chestnut of San Jose banged dow 34.5 green chili grilled cheese sandwiches to win the Golden Palace.net event in NM.
Rich LeFevre took 2nd wit...
Kobayashi 41; Boston 28
09-23-2006
Takeru Kobayashi devoured 41 lobster rolls in 10 minutes, beating a team of four Boston eaters who combined to finish with 28. The contest was an offi...
Kobayashi is in Boston
09-21-2006
The world's greatest eater, Takeru Kobayashi, has arrived in Boston and lobsters all over the Atlantic Ocean floor are running scared.
"They run ...
Kobayashi Against Team of Four in Competitive Eating First
09-18-2006
Takeru Kobayashi will compete against a team of four amateurs in the first-ever GoldenPalace.net Lobster Roll-Eating Challenge to be held on September...
Bertoletti to Chattanooga
09-18-2006
Patrick Bertoletti, of Chicago, IL, set a new Knoxville area Krystal hamburger-eating record today, devouring 48 of the fast food icon’s famous hambur...
Road Report: Council Bluffs
09-17-2006
Joey Chestnut established a new pulled pork eating record at Harrah's Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, IA by downing 9.6 lbs of slow roasted pork. ...
Road Report: Oklahoma City
09-16-2006
Sonya Thomas wins the GoldenPalace.net Okra Eating Championship by consuming 9 and 3/4 lbs of fried okra.
Pat Bertoletti placed second, a close ...
Competitive Eating News: X Wins Cannoli-Eating Contest
09-15-2006
According to CompetitiveEatingNews.com, the breaking news website of the competitive eating world, Eater X Tim Janus won the World Cannoli-Eating Cham...
Festa di San Gennaro
09-14-2006
Eater X, Conti, Mih and other Major League Eaters will gather at the Annual Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy tomorrow to vie for the title of Worl...
Road Report: Salt Lake City
09-10-2006
Under the watchful eye of pioneer Joe Smith, Joey Chestnut ate 29 Colosimo Italian sausages to win the GoldenPalace.net World Italian Sausage Eating C...
Mirroring Chestnut
09-10-2006
Having eaten 28 Krystals in two minutes yesterday, Philly's top gurgitator Bob Shoudt qualified for the 06 KSO by eating 52 Krystals at the Tennessee ...
Joey Eats 52 Krystals in Jacksonville, Your MLE Mid Week Update
09-06-2006
Joey Chestnut, 2005 Krystal Square Off Runner Up, qualified for the 2006 KSO by downing 52 Krystals in Jacksonville, Florida.
Many Labor Day reve...
Chestnut Sets New World Record at Waffle House Match
09-04-2006
Joey Chestnut broke the world reccord of 18.5 large waffles at exactly ten minutes and 23 seconds into the 12 minute match. From there it was just a ...
Eaters Finsh Three-Day Swing in Jacksonville
09-03-2006
Crazy Legs Conti, Sonya Thomas and several of the other top Major League Eaters will complete a three-day Labor Day swing at the Krystal Square Off qu...
Road Report: Buffalo, Dallas and Nebraska
09-02-2006
Drew Cerza's legendary Wing Fest went off before Ernesto hit and Chip Simpson rocked Dunn Tire Park, inning with 158 Buffalo Wings. Shoudt and Sonya ...
Buffalo Championship Contest to Occur at 4 pm Buffalo Amateur at 6 pm
09-02-2006
The National Buffalo Chicken Wing Championship, originally scheduled for 6 pm on Saturday, September 2, will be held at 4 pm. The local contest will ...
Road Report: Reno
08-31-2006
Joey Chestnut continues his six-month streak, having never been defeated by an American eater in that time. The Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off, ...
Cannoli-Eating Contest at feast of San Genarro
08-30-2006
The Cannoli-Eating Title, currently held by eating legend Edward Cookie Jarvis, will be up for grabs on Friday, September 15th at the 79th Annual Feas...
$100,000 to Amateur Who Can Top Chestnut's Grilled Cheese Record
08-30-2006
There is a $100,000 Bounty on Joey Chestnut's world grilled cheese-eating record.
GoldenPalace.net has announced that it will hold amateur contests...
GoldenPalace.net Horseshoe-Eating Contest Results
08-28-2006
Delayed results for the first-ever horseshoe eating championship, a 10-minute competition held at the Illinois State Fair on August 12, 2006. Joey Ch...
Sonya Takes Chatty
08-27-2006
Sonya Thomas banged down a personal best 62 Krystals in today's Square Off qualifier in beautiful Chattanooga, TN. She set a new female record and tie...
New Record in Sausage Sandwiches
08-26-2006
Today at the New York State Fair, competing on the stage before the epic band, Color Me Badd, Chip Simpson continued on his streak of impressive perfo...
Road Report: New Mexico
08-26-2006
Pat Bertoletti took home the title of World Jalapeno Eating Champion with 177 pickled peppers in 15 minutes. Coming in second was Rich "the Locust" Le...
Joey Chestnut to Defend Waffle House Title, One of Major League Eating's Top Honors
08-25-2006
The dramatic Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta, GA, will serve as the arena for some of the World’s finest competitive eaters on Sunday, September 3, at ...
Major League Eaters Gather in Buffalo for National Buffalo Wing Match
08-24-2006
The National Buffalo Wing Festival on Labor Day weekend will host some of the World’s finest competitive eaters in the Buffalo Wing Fest World Buffalo...
Krystal: Instant Satisfaction
08-22-2006
The Krystal Square Off III World Hamburger Eating Championship begins its two-month qualifying circuit this weekend and fans across the world will be ...
Road Report: L.A.
08-20-2006
Joey Chestnut edged out Sonya Thomas by two gyoza to win the dumpling contest.
Chestnut ate 212 gyoza to Sonya's 210.
In third was Rich LeF...
Shoudt takes Indy
08-19-2006
Humble Bob Shoudt dominated in Indianapolis, taking first place in the Toyota Trucks State Fair Chowdown Championship.
Jim the Hammer Hamrick pla...
Bertoletti Celebrates 30 Years of Three Brothers
08-14-2006
Over the weekend, Patrick Bertoletti won the Three Brothers Pizza Eating Championship and took home $2,500 for the effort.
Known as Deep Dish for...
Road Report: Fairfield, CT
08-13-2006
Joey wins the Ash Creek Baby Back Rib contest with 6.15 pounds of rib meat off the bone in 12 minutes. Chip Simpson places second with 5.80 pounds a...
Kobayashi Sets New Johnsonville World Brat-Eating Record
08-06-2006
Takeru Kobayashi set a new Johnsonville world bratwurst-eating record on August 5, in Sheboygan, WI, by downing 58 of the world-class brats in 10 minu...
Top Competitive Eaters arrive in Sheboygan for Johnsonville Brat Match on ESPN
08-03-2006
ESPN will televise a one-hour show of the August 5 Johnsonville World Brat-Eating Championship in Sheboygan, an event that features more than $20,000 ...
Krystal Square Off, $30K
07-27-2006
Registration begins on this site today for the eight official qualifying contests that comprise the 2006 Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Cha...
A Game of Horseshoes
07-25-2006
GoldenPalace.net is pleased to present the first-ever horseshoe eating championship. It will be a 10-minute competition and will occur at the Ill...
Chestnut Eats 28 Krystals in Two Minutes
07-18-2006
Joey Chestnut visited Chattanooga today and downed 28 of Krystal’s famous hamburgers in two minutes, a new short course record.
Chestnut, who is al...
Road Report: Oregon
07-16-2006
Mike Castellano reports from the Northern Pacific Coast that America's greatest eater consumed 8.4 pounds of rib meat to win the Chinook Winds Rib Cha...
July is Rib Month, All You Can Eat
07-12-2006
As Chestnut, Erik The Red and the Pork Slayer prepare for battle in Oregon this weekend they can benchmark ribs easily by looking at recent events.
...
Sonya, LeFevre and Eater X at Harrah's Cherokee
07-06-2006
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino will play host to a number of the circuit's finest competitive eaters on Friday, July 7, at 7:00 p.m. atthe second annual Har...
July 4 Eater Totals
07-05-2006
Takeru Kobayashi 53.75 Joey Chestnut 52 Sonya Thomas 37 Patrick Bertoletti 34.25 Tim Janus 34 Chip Simpson 33 Rich LeFevre 28 Bob Shoudt 30 Ba...
Koby (53.75) Fights Off Challenge From Chestnut (52)
07-04-2006
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan ended the 2006 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest as champion once again, setting a new wor...
Nathan's Famous Donates to City Harvest
06-28-2006
Nathan’s Famous will make a donation of 10,000 hot dogs to City Harvest, the world's oldest food rescue organization and a member of Second Harvest, t...
One More Nathan's Eating Contest Qualifier
06-27-2006
Thai eating officials recently contacted the IFOCE with an offer to sponsor an American eater to represent Thailand in the Nathan’s Famous Internation...
Booker Takes Seaport Qualifier
06-27-2006
Eric Badlands Booker ate 30.5 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes at New York City's South Street Seaport to win the Nathan's Famous qualifier for a seat...
Hunt Gets Nathan's Wild Card
06-26-2006
Hall Hunt, an eating champion from Florida, has been named the 2006 Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest Wild Card Contestant.
Th...
Shoo-Fly Showdown
06-25-2006
Shoo-Fly Pie Day in Lancaster, Pa is as recognizable as 4th of july in Coney Island. The gods of Competetive Eating held off the rain long enough to s...
Jed Takes San Fran Nail Biter
06-24-2006
The O.C.'S Jalapeno Jed Donahue made California proud at the Daly City Nathan's Famous qualifier by eating 19.5 HDBs today, earning a spot in Coney. J...
Road Report: Shoo Fly Pie
06-24-2006
Bob Shoudt won the Shoo Fly Pie eating contest with well north of 9 pounds.
Eater X took 2nd place. Details to follow. ...
Competitive Eating Stalwart Allen Goldstein Wins to Earn Seat at Coney
06-24-2006
Allen "The Shredder" Goldstein consumed a personal best of 21.5 HDBs to take the LI Ducks Nathan's Famous qualifier and earn a seat at the table on Ju...
Bertoletti Wins Atlanta
06-24-2006
The annual Nathan's Famous qualifier at Zoo Atlanta drew a near-capacity crowd and the fans were thrilled by the finest assemblage of eaters to ever c...
Philbin Advances in NJ
06-23-2006
Competitive eating fans gathered on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike for the 4th installment of the Molly Pitcher Nathan's Famous Hot Dog qualifier...
Seaver the Achiever to Coney
06-22-2006
Competitive Eating newcomer Seaver Miller edged out accomplished veteran Jim Reeves in the QVC Nathan's Famous Qualifier today in West Chester, PA. S...
Wild Card Race Is On
06-21-2006
As the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Circuit comes down to its final qualifiers in Philly, New Jersey, Atlanta and New York, the wild card race is he...
Shoudt Qualifies for Coney
06-19-2006
Bob Shoudt showed the faith of Thomas Aquinas and the wisdom of a Jedi Knight this past weekend to win the Shea Stadium nathan's qualifier and earn a ...
Chip Simpson, Amazing
06-17-2006
Chip Simpson underscored the incredible ability of eating's 'young guns' today by eating 38 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns in the Mall of America q...
Janus, Wach, Brown in Brats
06-17-2006
Tim Janus won the Milwaukee Harley Davidson Johnsonville Brat-Eating Contest in Milwaukee on Saturday, downing 29 of the top-rated brats in 10 minutes...
Harrah's is Host Once Again
06-14-2006
Ribs will be the focus as top eaters gather in the shadow of Great Smokey Mountains National Park for the Harrah’s Rib-Eating Contest. A total of $5,...
Chestnut Sets New GoldenPalace.net Grilled Cheese Record: 47 in 10 Mins
06-11-2006
Joey Chestnut continued his amazing rise in the eating world, downing 47 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes to win the GoldenPalace.net World Gri...
Road Report: Nathan's in Norfolk
06-10-2006
Big Brian Subich took his first Nathan's qualifier by downing 20.5 HDBs in 12 minutes.
The event almost went to overtime as Hall Hunt was a scant...
Seat Allocation for Johnsonville Brat-Eating Contest
06-10-2006
It has been determined that seats for the August 5 Johnsonville Brat-Eating Championship -- which will feature $20,000 in prizes -- will be available ...
Chinook Winds World Rib Eating Championship
06-04-2006
The Chinook Winds Casino will hold the 2006 Chinook Winds World Rib Eating Championship on July 15 and July 16, 2006, in Lincoln City, OR. The event ...
LeFevre Downs 28 HDBs to Win Tempe
06-03-2006
Henderson, NV, resident Rich LeFevre consumed 28 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes to win the Nathan's Famous qualifier at the Arizona Mills Mall in Tem...
Nathan’s Famous and ifoceGIVES on Safari
06-02-2006
There will be an amateur Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Boston this weekend as part of the 16th annual Hot Dog Safari, which is hosted by E...
$100,000 Bounty to LV Amateur Who Can Break GoldenPalace.net World Grilled Cheese Record
05-31-2006
GoldenPalace.net will hold three grilled cheese-eating contests – one of which will offer $100,000 to an amateur who can break the world grilled chees...
QVC Nathan's Qualifier
05-30-2006
Nathan's Famous has added a last-minute regional qualifier to the preliminary circuit this year. The event will take place at the QVC shopping studio...
Thomas with 36.5 HDBs in Philly
05-27-2006
Sonya Thomas set a new Philadelphia record by eating 36.5 HDBs in 12 minutes at a Nathan's Famous qualifier. Bob Shoudt second with 28, Brian Subich ...
Simpson Takes House of Blues Wing Match
05-27-2006
Chip Simpson won the House of Blues Wing-Eating Contest in Cleveland, Ohio, consuming 3 pounds 15 ounces of wings in eight minutes, or approximately 9...
Bertoletti New Ice-Cream-Eating King
05-26-2006
Patrick Bertoletti won the GoldenPalace.net World Ice Cream Eating Contest by consuming 1.75 gallons of ice cream in eight minutes.
Crazy Legs Cont...
$5,000 on Line in GoldenPalace.net Las Vegas Grilled Cheese Contest
05-25-2006
GoldenPalace.net will hold a GoldenPalace.net Grilled Cheese Eating Contest with $5,000 in prizes on Saturday, June 10, 2005 as part of an Arena Footb...
Eaters Prep for GoldenPalace.net Ice Cream Match
05-24-2006
On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, eaters will vie for the world ice cream title at the GoldenPalace.net World Ice Cream-Eating Championship. The ei...
Janus Repeats in Hartford
05-22-2006
Eater X took his second straight Nathan's Famous qualifier in Connecticut this past weekend by downing a personal best 27.5 HDBs. While X was the fav...
CHESTNUT: 50 HOT DOGS!!!
05-18-2006
Joey Chestnut devoured 50 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes today to set a new American record in the Las Vegas qualifier of the Nathan's Famous Fourth ...
Nathan's Circuit Begins in Earnest
05-15-2006
Eaters begin traveling America this week as the Nathan's Famous circuit kicks into high gear. On Thursday, Rich LeFevre will defend his title at the ...
Simpson Takes Tamales at Berryhill Baja Grill
05-08-2006
Rookie Chip Simpson won the the Berryhill Baja Grill tamales-eating contest in Houston over the weekend, beating eating veteran Rich LeFevre and rooki...
Jammin' Joe's Redemption
05-01-2006
Florida's Jammin' Joe LaRue drew a record crowd to the World Sweet Corn Eating Championship today and he did not disappoint. The top-ranked eater in F...
EATS OF STRENGTH Films in Long Island
04-30-2006
Eating fans are welcome to attend as the IFOCE begins filming a new series for InHD on Saturday, May 6, in Islandia, NY (off LIE exit 57 not far from ...
04-30-2006
Florida's Jammin' Joe LaRue drew a record crowd to the World Sweet Corn Eating Championship today, and he did not disappoint. The top-ranked eater in...
Sonya Reigns in Mid Atlantic, Simpson Impresses
04-29-2006
Sonya Thomas, the top-ranked eater in America, won the Phillips Seafood Crab Cake Eating Championship in Baltimore today by consuming 46 three ounce c...
Sighting: Eater X Scouts Crab
04-26-2006
Eater X was spotted today at the Whole Foods Market on 24th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan.
The gurgitator known for his fondness for all...
Road Report: Stockton, CA
04-22-2006
Joey Chestnut retained his Asparagus Title in Stockton, CA today by beating Sonya Thomas, the former world record holder, in an incredibly close overt...
Road Report: Myrtle Beach
04-22-2006
Rain and hail greeted the gurgitators at the annual Taste of Broadway Ultimate Eating Competition but the event went off as scheduled. Humble Bob Sho...
Conti over LaRue in One Minute OT
04-15-2006
The Nathan's Famous circuit kicked off today in Florida in a fashion befitting the hype the 2006 qualifiers have received.
Jammin' Joe LaRue, the...
Competitive Eaters Embark on Nathan
04-14-2006
The 2006 Nathan's Famous hot dog-eating circuit begins.
Florida residents Joe LaRue (sweet corn champion) and Hall Hunt will battle out-of-staters ...
Competitive Eating Star Joey Chestnut Takes Jalapeno Poppers
04-09-2006
Comfirming what seems to be a new order within the ranks of American competitive eating, Joey Chestnut won the GoldenPalace.net Jalapeno Popper-Eating...
Legs Tops Zigun at CIUSA Fundraiser
04-09-2006
Crazy Legs Conti topped Coney Island impressario Dick Zigun and set a new world record by downing 92 mini franks in 10 minutes. Zigun, a 52-year-old ...
Broadway at the Beach, But no Boone
04-05-2006
Dale Boone has won the Broadway at the Beach Eating Tournament each of the past two years, but the cherubic trash talker will not defend his title in ...
Eaters Hungry, Circuit Full
03-31-2006
This year’s Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifying circuit has drawn exceptional interest. Veterans and newcomers alike were...
Bertoletti Takes GoldenPalace.net Key Lime Pie-Eating Contest
03-21-2006
Patrick Bertoletti continues his amazing eating juggernaut, downing 10.8 pounds of Key Lime Pie in eight minutes to win the GoldenPalace.net World Key...
LeFevre Tops in GoldenPalace.net Huevos Rancheros-Eating Match
03-19-2006
Rich LeFevre, a retired CPA who is really just a college kid a heart, won the GoldenPalace.net Huevos Rancheros-Eating Contest in South Padre Island, ...
Tamales-Eating Contest at Berryhill Baja Grill
03-17-2006
The Berryhill Baja Grill has announced that it will hold a tamales-eating contest on May 6, 2006, in honor of Cinco de Mayo. The 12-minute contest wi...
Upstart Bertoletti Takes GoldenPalace.net Corned Beef Match
03-15-2006
Chicago eater Patrick Bertoletti today won the GoldenPalace.net Corned Beef and Cabbage Eating Championship at Ned Devine’s Irish Pub in Boston, consu...
Boastful Boone Back in June
03-10-2006
Dale Boone, the eater known worldwide for his deft hand with reindeer sausage and an uncanny ability to prove the resiliency of today’s machine-milled...
Power Returning to South Florida
03-03-2006
Jammin’ Joe LaRue, Florida’s reigning Hot Dog Eating Champion who has been inactive since last fall’s devastating hurricane season, recently reported ...
Nathan's Circuit Announced
02-28-2006
Host cities for of the 2006 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Circuit have been determined. As in years past, each host city will send one champion to co...
IFOCE Expands to College Circuit
02-23-2006
In an unprecedented move intended to broaden the ever-expanding scope of competitive eating, the IFOCE announced today that the two-event GoldenPalace...
Results by weight for Chili Cheese Fries
02-15-2006
Following is a list of eater results from the Queen Mary Weinerschnitzel Chili Cheese Fry Contest.
1) Sonya Thomas: 8 pounds 2 ounces 2) Joey Ches...
Bertoletti Takes GoldenPalace.net Chocolate Eating Contest
02-13-2006
Chicago's Patrick Bertoletti was victorious at the GoldenPalace.net St. Valentine’s Day Chocolate Massacre in Chicago. The contest was seven minutes l...
Thomas Over Chestnut by a Fry
02-11-2006
Sonya Thomas edged out arch-rival Joey Chestnut by one ounce at the Weinerschnitzel World Chili Cheese Fry Eating Championship in Long Beach, CA. Thom...
Bertoletti's Kind of Town
02-10-2006
Chicago’s Patrick Bertoletti, who credits the music of Irish punk bands as the driving force behind the creation of his signature roast leg of lamb wi...
Early Arrivals Seen on Queen Mary
02-10-2006
Reliable reports now confirm that IFOCE eaters have begun to gather aboard the historic Queen Mary - former transatlantic ocean liner - in Long Beach,...
CHESTNUT TAKES WING BOWL
02-03-2006
Nearly 20,000 competitive eating fans packed Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center for WIP Radio’s 14th Annual Wing Bowl. This year’s contest was unique in ...
Sonya Thomas Wins GoldenPalace.net Grilled Cheese Finals
02-01-2006
The Passion of the Crust reached its apex today at the GoldenPalace.net World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship when Sonya Thomas edged out Joey Ches...
Hardy's Rule
01-31-2006
Hungry Charles Hardy, IFOCE commissioner and arguably the most respected athlete in the history of the sport, released an important mandate this morni...
$20,000 at GoldenPalace.net World Grilled Cheese-Eating Championship
01-30-2006
The nation’s top competitive eaters – including 100-pound Sonya Thomas, newcomer Joey Chestnut and surging rookie Patrick Bertoletti -- will meet in M...
Sonya Thomas Retains Big Daddy Burger Title
01-21-2006
Sonya 'The Black Widow' Thomas retained her title today at the Plaza Hotel & Casino Big Daddy Burger Eating Contest by devouring the monstrous 9 LB bu...
Eating Contest Upset! Bertoletti Beats Thomas, Chestnut
01-14-2006
At first the news coming over the wire was too shocking to be believed. "It must have been a mistake," people said. "There must have been a judging f...
All Aboard! Eaters Chow on Chili Cheese Fries on Queen Mary
01-12-2006
The nation's top competitive eaters will converge at the historic Queen Mary - former transatlantic ocean liner - in Long Beach, CA, on Saturday, Febr...
First Showdown of the Year at Hot Springs Corned Beef Eating Contest
01-11-2006
Competitive eaters from all over the country including Dallas, Chicago and Baton Rouge, will face-off at the Hot Springs International Corned Beef Ea...
Competitive Eating at its Best: GoldenPalace.net Grilled Cheese Bowl Set for February 1
01-07-2006
This is what competitive eating is all about! The highly anticipated GoldenPalace.net World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship will be held on Februa...
Sonya Thomas: 250 Tater Tots at Orlando Magic
01-02-2006
Sonya Thomas shocked a crowd of 15,000 at the TD Waterhouse Arena on December 30, co...
Big Daddy Burger Contest is Back in Vegas
12-09-2005
History will be made on January 21, 2006 at 1 p.m. when competitive eating’s finest gurgitators descend upon the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, ...
Sonya Repeats at Carmines at the Tropicana
12-03-2005
Cementing her spot at the top of the American meatscape, Sonya Thomas consumed 10 lb...
DeVito to Hold "Commissioner's Volunteer Day"
11-30-2005
IFOCE eaters will sort (not eat) food on December 10 (tentative date) as IFOCE Director of Charitable Giving Michael DeVito holds the "Commissioner's ...
Hot Springs International Corned Beef Eating Championship
11-29-2005
Eating professionals and talented Arkansas amateurs will chow down January 14 at the first-ever Hot Springs International Corned Beef Eating Champions...
Can Kobayashi be Beaten by a Competitive Eating Rookie?
11-26-2005
Never has an eating contest caused such speculation.
The competitive eating community has been talking about newcomer <a href="http://www.ifoce.com...
Tropicana Meatball Eating Championship at Carmine's
11-23-2005
With the Thanksgiving Invitational in the books, the eyes of America's top eaters are now turn to Atlantic City in New Jersey, where the <a href="http...
GoldenPalace.net Thanksgiving Invitational at Hand
11-22-2005
Joey Chestnut, arguably the most promising rookie eater of all time, will join risi...
Thomas vs. Chestnut at GoldenPalace.net Thanksgiving Invitational
11-22-2005
With his astonishing 62 Krystals during Saturday’s Krystal Square Off World...
Kobayashi Eats 67 Krystals To Win, Chestnut in Front Until Final Minute
11-19-2005
Japan's Takeru Kobayashi consumed 67 Krystal hamburgers in eight minutes to win the ...
Kobayashi Weighs in at 172 Pounds
11-18-2005
An extraordinarily buff Takeru Kobayashi weighed in at exactly 172 pounds today in C...
Jarvis States He Is Not Woodward Leak Source
11-18-2005
Competitive eater Ed “Cookie” Jarvis today stated that he is not the source who first...
Bertoletti Wins in Knoxville
11-13-2005
The final qualifier of the 2005 <a href="http://69.9.168.102/squareoff2005/squareoff.html" target="_blank”>Krystal Square Off circuit occured toda...
Chestnut Takes Verizon VoiceWing Championship
11-12-2005
GoldenPalace.net Thanksgiving Invitational
11-10-2005
IFOCE President Richard Shea today announced the GoldenPalace.net Thanksgiving I...
Ingestion Engine: Booker to Unveil Sophmore Album
11-08-2005
Julien is on the boards; Badlands Booker on the vocal cords.
The corned beef hash-eating champion of the world is now putting the final touches on ...
Conti to Chatty
11-07-2005
Crazy Legs Conti, nearing the end of what one fan recently dubbed a “less than career year” on the IFOCE circuit, delivered a career performance in th...
Wild Wild Card
11-07-2005
Bubba Yarbrough and Hall Hunt, two high-performing newcomers with something to prove, have best defined the 2005 Krystal circuit and indeed this year'...
Smirnoff Twisted V Wild Grape Title to Jarvis
11-01-2005
Cookie Jarvis ate 8.95 pounds of wild grapes in 10 minutes to win today's Smirnoff Twisted V Wild Grape World Grape Eating Championship, which was hel...
Savannah Square Off
10-30-2005
It was a tie for second place as doggedly determined Hall Hunt downs 26 Krystals but is matched by a fellow Floridian in the last Georgia Square Off o...
Sonya Takes Flight
10-29-2005
In a personal rebuke to the avian flu, Sonya Thomas shattered the Buffalo Wing Record at today's Verizon VoiceWing Battle at Union Jack's in Bethesda,...
Verizon VoiceWing Battle in D.C.
10-28-2005
Our nation's capitol is gripped with intrigue and speculation today as gurgitators from within the Beltway and beyond ready for tomorrow's Verizon Voi...
Krystal Wildcard Spots Down to the Wire
10-27-2005
Competitive eating fans will be keenly watching the last three qualifiers of the 2005 Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship to see wh...
Donahue over LeFevre in 84 Lumber Baked Bean Match
10-26-2005
Jed Donahue won the 84 Lumber Baked Bean Eating Contest in Chandler, Arizona, consuming 84 ounces (5.25 pounds) of baked beans in 1 minute, 45 seconds...
Top Eaters to Vie for Smirnoff Twisted V Grape Title
10-25-2005
Cookie Jarvis, Badlands Booker, Tim Janus, Patrick Philbin, Don Lerman, Bob Shoudt and Crazy Legs Conti are among the eaters who have signed up for th...
Alabama Slamma
10-23-2005
The Krystal Square Off brought talent to Birmingham. Bubba Yarbrough continued his impressive fall season by consuming 30 Krystals, but the win went ...
JAWS Shatters GoldenPalace.net Record
10-22-2005
Competitive Eating phenom Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut continued his extraordinary 2005 by setting a new world record of 32.5 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 ...
Smirnoff Twisted V Wild Grape World Grape Eating Championship
10-21-2005
Eight of the world’s top competitive eaters will gather at Grand Central Terminal in New York, NY, on Nov. 1, 2005 for the Smirnoff Twisted V Wild Gra...
Top Competitive Eaters to Phoenix, Birmingham
10-20-2005
Number-three ranked eater Joey Chestnut is on his way to Phoenix to compete in the GoldenPalace.net grilled cheese-eating qualifier this Saturday, whe...
Where is Dale Boone?
10-18-2005
When Dale Boone finally boarded the plane for India many Americans sighed in relief. Dale had offended so many so often that he had become, arguably,...
Hunt Earns GoldenPalace.net Win in NC
10-17-2005
Rookie stalwart Hall Hunt of Florida squeaked out a win over Loren Yarbrough at the North Carolina State Fair, eating 20 grilled cheese sandwiches in ...
Road Report: Krystals in Jackson
10-16-2005
Buffalo Jim Reeves took the Krystal Jackson qualifier with 27 in eight minutes. Close on his heels was Yazoo City native D. Ray who consumed 26. In ...
LeFevre Tops Jarvis in Verizon Double OT
10-16-2005
Rich LeFevre finally subdued Cookie Jarvis in hard-fought double overtime to win the San Francisco Verizon VoiceWing chicken wing qualifier.
Jarvis...
Booker Takes SC Grilled Cheese Eating Match
10-15-2005
Badlands Booker put on a strong performance in Columbia, SC, eating 24 1/2 grilled cheese sandwiches to win $1,000 and a chance at the $20,000 GoldenP...
Weekend Eating Contests in SC, CA, MS and NC
10-12-2005
IFOCE eaters will span the nation this weekend at eating contests in Columbia, South Carolina; San Francisco, California; Jackson, Mississippi; and Ra...
84 Lumber Baked Beans
10-11-2005
If anything could bring Dale Boone back from India it is this.
84 Lumber has announced an 84 Lumber Baked bean Eating Contest on October, 25, to ce...
Jalapeno Wins Grilled Cheese
10-11-2005
‘Jalapeno’ Jed Donahue added another impressive accomplishment to his competitive eating resume on Monday night in Lake Perris, CA, devouring 20 ½ gri...
Shoudt Eats 29 Krystals, Wins Macon Qualifier
10-10-2005
Humble Bob Shoudt, a stalwart on the IFOCE circuit, won an official qualifier of the 2005 Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship on Su...
Jarvis Takes GoldenPalace.net Eating Contest
10-08-2005
Cookie Jarvis advanced a winning season by eating 19 grilled cheese sandwiches in Little Rock, Arkansas, to beat a field of 15 gurgitators and earn th...
Pat from Moonachie in Arkansas
10-04-2005
Arkansas residents who are also fans of Pat from Moonachie could not ask for a better gift.
The rakish Man from Moonachie, a pizza- and hot dog-eat...
LeFevre Takes Texas Square-Off
10-03-2005
Rich LeFevre, a Nevada resident who is considered an honorary Texan for his numerous victories in that state, won the Krystal Square-Off at the Texas ...
Wing and a Prayer: Chestnut Takes Seattle
10-03-2005
Competitive eating phenom Joey Chestnut continued his meteoric rise to the upper echelons of the sport on Saturday, defeating a talented field of eate...
Weekend Warriors To Conquer Washington and Texas
09-29-2005
Epic showdowns are on tap for this weekend's first Verizon VoiceWing Battle in Seattle on Saturday and the next round of the Krystal Square Off at the...
Vise Takes Memphis Krystal Qualifier
09-26-2005
Sam Vise lived up to his billing on Sunday as perhaps the greatest homegrown Krystal eater of all time, devouring 33 Krystal hamburgers in eight minut...
GoldenPalace.net Event Added
09-20-2005
Another qualifying round has been added to the GoldenPalace.net World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship circuit at the Arkansas State Fair on Oct. 8....
GoldenPalace.net Breaks New Ground
09-19-2005
Pioneering grilled cheese eaters waged war this weekend on two new IFOCE battlefields: Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City. GoldenPalace.net brought pro...
Janus Wins Krystal Square Off at Gwinnett County Fair
09-18-2005
Tim Janus won the 2005 Krystal Square Off hamburger-eating qualifier on Sunday, September 18 at the Gwinnett County Fair outside of Atlanta, GA.
Ja...
Jarvis Recaptures Cannoli Crown in Little Italy
09-16-2005
Edward Cookie Jarvis delivered an emphatic performance at the International Cannoli Eating Championship that was held today at the 78th Annual Feast o...
Resurgent Booker Dominates in Nashville
09-11-2005
Fresh off his victory over a talented field including Sonya Thomas at the National Buffalo Wing Festival, Eric ‘Badlands’ Booker continued his hot str...
Verizon Chicken Wing Circuit Begins Next Month
09-06-2005
Verizon has announced it will host the "Verizon VoiceWing Battle" chicken wing eating circuit next month. The battle will feature three qualifiers lea...
Thomas Defeats Chestnut at Krystal Square Off, $5,000 Raised in Chattanooga
09-06-2005
After being handed back-to-back defeats in wings and waffles - at the hands of men - The Black Widow struck back in Chattanooga.
The first of the y...
Chestnut Defeats Thomas at Waffle House, Dontates $2,500 to Gulf Coast
09-05-2005
Joey Chestnut beat the number-one-ranked American, Sonya Thomas, in Stone Mountain, GA, by eating 18 1/2 eight-ounce Waffle House waffles in 10 minute...
Booker, LeFevre, Jarvis
09-04-2005
Road Report: Buffalo & Denver
In a stunning, career performance Eric Badlands Booker took the National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship at Drew Cer...
IFOCE Events Raise $16,000 for Disaster Relief Efforts
08-31-2005
The IFOCE has announced that it will use upcoming eating contest events as a platform to raise money for disaster relief efforts on the Gulf Coast.
...Janus Sets New Record at GoldenPalace.net Event
08-28-2005
Tim Janus set a new world record of 31 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes at the Nebraska State Fair, winning $1,000 and replacing Sonya Thomas a...
LeFevres Dominate at Bluffs Run
08-23-2005
The Bluffs Run World Smoked Pork Eating Championship was won by Richard LeFevre, who consumed 7 lbs and one ounce of smoked pork. In second place was...
Bertoletti Wins GoldenPalace.net Grilled Cheese-Eating Contest
08-21-2005
More than 4,000 fans watched in awe as newcomer Patrick Bertoletti, aka Big Shoulders, won his first IFOCE event by downing 21.5 grilled cheeses, the ...
Road Report: Midway Slots
08-21-2005
Michael Castellano reports from Midway Slots on August 21st, the crabcake results:
In third place with 32 three-ounce crab cakes in 12 minutes, Tim...
Jarvis Wins Pizza-Eating Title at NJ Tomato Fest
08-21-2005
Ed Cookie Jarvis continues to impress in the second half of 2005 with a win in the Pizza Contest at the New Jersey Tomato Festival. Jarvis downed two...
Saratoga Nathan's Contest Cancelled
08-18-2005
The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Contest scheduled for Sunday, August 21, in Saratoga, NY, has been cancelled....
Shoudt Takes GoldenPalace Illinois Qualifier
08-15-2005
Bob Shoudt triumphed in Saturday’s qualifier of the GoldenPalace.net World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship at the Illinois State Fair.
Shoudt, ...
Thomas Maine Lobster Eating Champion
08-13-2005
Sonya Thomas broke her own world lobster-eating record, consuming 11.3 pounds of Maine lobster meat, the equivalent of 44 lobsters, in 12 minutes to w...
Road Report: Sturgis Rally
08-11-2005
Walter Hamilton devoured 12 grilled cheese sandwiches in front of thousands of cheering bikers in Sturgis, SD to win a qualifer of the 2005 GoldenPala...
GoldenPalace.net Grilled Cheese Eating Championship Circuit Registration
08-10-2005
Registration for GoldenPalace.cnet World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship Circuit events can now be found <a href="http://www.ifoce.com/goldenpalace...
Krystal Square Off to Deliver $22,500
08-09-2005
The top eaters of the famous hot, small, square Krystal Hamburger will walk away with some serious cold, hard cash at the Krystal Square Off World Ham...
KRYSTAL TOUR DATES
08-08-2005
Chattanooga, Tenn., August 8, 2005 – Fast food icon Krystal, along with the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE), announced today th...
Johnsonville Brats -- Now That's a lot of Brats
08-06-2005
History was made in Wisconsin at the Johnsonville Brat eating contest when Sonya Thomas downed 35 of the favorites, obliterating the previous record o...
Black Widow Sonya Thomas Wins GoldenPalace.net Grilled Cheese Eating Contest
08-04-2005
Sonya Thomas of Alexandria, VA, won the first in a series of 15 GoldenPalace.net grilled cheese eating contests in San Diego, CA, downing 21.5 grilled...
GoldenPalace.net Grilled Cheese Circuit Dates Announced
08-04-2005
GoldenPalace.net has announced dates for the GoldenPalace.net World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship Circuit. Each event will feature a total of $1,...
Reeves Tops LeFevre to Take Watermelon Eating Contest
08-04-2005
Buffalo Jim Reeves achieved an impressive victory at the Brookville Community Picnic in Ohio, besting number-three-ranked Richard LeFevre by eating mo...
World Maine Lobster Eating Championship
08-04-2005
Kennebunkport, Maine, will host the second annual World Lobster-Eating Festival on Saturday, August 13, 2005, from noon to 5 p.m. The event-filled fes...
GoldenPalace.net Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tour Begins
08-03-2005
The pursuit for America’s Grilled Cheese-Eating championship title begins today as the nation’s leading competitive eaters gather in San Diego, CA, fo...
Eaters Book Passage for Buffalo Wing Festival
08-03-2005
Joe LaRue, Jim Reeves, Sonya Thomas and Crazy Legs Conti are among the eaters headed to Buffalo on Labor Day Weekend for the U.S. Buffalo Wing-Eating ...
Kobayashi Takes Alka-Seltzer US Open of Competitive Eating
07-31-2005
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan won the Alka-Seltzer US Open of Competitive Eating, a three-day, three-hour elimination tournament on ESPN, to earn $10,000 ...
National Buffalo Wing Festival
07-27-2005
Wing King Drew Cerza has announced that the U.S. Buffalo Wing-Eating Championship will be held at the fourth annual National Buffalo Wing Festival on ...
Johnsonville Brats Attract Top Talent to Sheboygan
07-26-2005
The Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship, an IFOCE-sanctioned competition sponsored by The Sheboygan Jaycees and Johnsonville Sausage, has attr...
Chestnut Delivers World Record Performance
07-18-2005
San Jose's Joey Chestnut broke the world rib eating record at Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, OR by consuming 5 1/2 pounds of rib meat in 12 min...
LeFevre With Harrah's Rib Win
07-12-2005
The first annual Harrah’s Cherokee Rib Eating Contest title was accompanied by a hefty $5,000 in prize money broken down as follows: $2,000 for first ...
Bacci Pizza Eating Contest Goes to LeFevre
07-11-2005
The second installment of the Bacci World Pizza Eating Championship at Bacci Pizzeria in Schiller Park in Chicago drew big names.
Chicago's best t...
Koby with 49, Thomas 37 -- Chestnut Surprises with 32
07-04-2005
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan sucessfully defended his title at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island by consuming 49 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns in 12 mi...
Krystal Championship Announced
07-01-2005
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 1, 2005 –
When Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi competed in the first ever Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship...
$5,000 Up For Grabs at Harrah's
06-28-2005
Some of the world�s finest eaters will converge at the Harrah�s Cherokee Casino & Hotel in Cherokee, NC on Friday, July 8, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. for t...
JOHNSONVILLE BRAT-EATING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
06-27-2005
The Sheboygan Jaycees and Johnsonville Sausage have announced The Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship, an IFOCE-sanctioned competition to take...
Chinook Winds World Rib Eating Championship
06-26-2005
The Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, OR, will hold the 2005 Chinook Winds World Rib Eating Championship on July 17, 2005 at the edge of the Pacif...
Bacci World Pizza Championship July 9th
06-26-2005
In Chicago on Saturday, July 9, 2005 the second installment of the Bacci World Pizza Eating Championship will take place. Due to the popularity of piz...
Road Report: 6/25/05
06-25-2005
Carlene LeFevre took the June 25th Nathan's Famous Atlanta qualifier by consuming 23 Nathan's HDBs in 12 minutes. The outspoken and outeaten Dale Boo...
The Godfather Takes Molly Pitcher
06-24-2005
"Hungry" Charles Hardy, aka the Godfather, downed 21 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes to take first at the Molly Pitcher Travel Plaza q...
Nathan's Dontes 10,000 Hot Dogs to City Harvest
06-24-2005
On July 4, 2005, Nathan’s Famous will donate 10,000 hot dogs to City Harvest, the world's oldest food rescue organization. Nathan’s Famous President ...
Nathan's Resource Center
06-24-2005
Nathan’s Famous July Fourth International Hot dog Eating Contest
Four-time world champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan will return to the corner of Su...
Lottery Winners: Alka-Seltzer US Open of Competitive Eating
06-21-2005
Eating veteran Hungry Charles Hardy, who will act as head official judge at the Alka-Seltzer US Open of Competitive Eating in Las Vegas, today picked ...
LaRue Maintains Grip on Florida
06-20-2005
Jammin' Joe LaRue proved again why he's the top-ranked eater in the sunshine state when he won the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Pembroke ...
Sonya, Janus, Lerman in Salty Potato Balls
06-19-2005
Sonya Thomas ate six pounds of Maui's special salty potato balls in eight minutes, 40 seconds to win $2,500. In the same time, Tim Janus consumed jus...
Swellin' with Melon
06-15-2005
The world watermelon eating record stands at 11.22 pounds in 15 minutes. Rich LeFevre, America’s top-ranked male eater, set the record in Brookville,...
Oguni Takes Nathan's Tokyo Qualifier
06-14-2005
Keiji Oguni topped a field of a dozen eaters at the Nathan's Famous qualifier in Tokyo, Japan, by down 19 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. Oguni will...
Sonya Takes Norfolk
06-13-2005
Sonya Thomas won the Nathan's Famous qualifier in Norfolk with an impressive 32 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. While the numbers have been up accro...
And The Envelope Please: Black Widow Wins MTV Movie Awards World Popcorn Eating Championship
06-08-2005
Sonya 'The Black Widow' Thomas added yet another world title to her collection today, winning the MTV Movie Awards World Popcorn Eating Championship w...
Rockvale Outlets Shoo Fly Pie Contest in PA
06-08-2005
Lancaster, PA's Rockvale Outlets will host the World’s Greatest Shoo-Fly Pie-Eating Championship on June 25, at 3:00 p.m. The Shoo-Fly Pie-Eating titl...
Road Report: San Fran, Tempe
06-05-2005
Two more regional champions have been crowned as Nathan's Famous continues its hotly contested qualifying circuit. Joey Chestnut edged out Hungry Cha...
Koch v. LeFevre
06-05-2005
Carlene LeFevre squared off against arch rival Ron Koch in Tempe, AZ, for a seat in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog eating Co...
MTV Posts Special Eating Contest Site
06-03-2005
In advance of the upcoming World Popcorn Eating Contest hosted by MTV in honor of the MYV Movie Awards, MTV has posted a special site for eating fans:...
Salty Ball Potatoes at Maui's Dog House in Wildwood, NJ
06-01-2005
The summer beach season will kick into high gear on June 18 as Maui’s Dog House holds the World Salty Ball Potato-Eating Championship on the beach in ...
Rob Burns Takes UK Championship
05-30-2005
Rob Burns, a diminutive first-time eater from Birmingham, England, won the UK Eating Championship by downing 18 pork pies in 12 minutes, just edging o...
Road Report: Philly & Charlotte
05-28-2005
In a Philadelphia nailbiter, new eater Pat from Moonachie ate 20 1/2 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and Buns to edge out a powerful Jim Reeves and qualify f...
MTV To Set New Popcorn-Eating World Record To Honor MTV Movie Awards
05-27-2005
MTV Gathers Nation’s Best Eaters in IFOCE-Sanctioned Event
Hollywood, CA, Friday, May 27, 2005 -- MTV’s Quddus Phillippe will host the First Annual...
Nathan's Qualifier Added
05-26-2005
An official qualifier for the 2005 Nathan's Famous International Fourth of July will occur on at 12 noon on June 4th at Century Theatres in San Franci...
Nathan's Hot Dogs in Kansas
05-26-2005
The finest eaters in Kansas will converge at a Dillon’s Food Store in Wichita in an effort to win the title of Kansas Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog-Eating C...
LeFevre Takes Las Vegas Nathan's Bout
05-22-2005
Rich LeFevre extended his winning streak last week at the New York New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas by downing 27 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and bun...
Janus Takes East Hartford Nathan's Match
05-21-2005
Tim Janus earned top honors at the second qualifier of the 2005 Nathan's Famous circuit by eating 22 1/2 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes, tying the pe...
Tamales in Texas
05-17-2005
Some of the world’s finest eaters will converge in Lewisville, TX, on June 4, at 1:00pm for the World Tamale-Eating Championship. This title, respecte...
Labor Day Wing Fest Announced
05-12-2005
The Fourth Annual National Buffalo Wing Festival has announced that it will host the U.S. Buffalo Wing-Eating Championship on September 4, 5 and 6, 20...
LeFevre Takes Trip Rewards Cake Contest
05-10-2005
Rich LeFevre today won the world cake-eating contest celebrating the first birthday of TripRewards, the world’s largest hotel loyalty program, by eati...
Armour Vienna Sausage-Eating Contest
05-06-2005
The two fastest growing sports in America will converge on May 28, 2005, when the Armour® Vienna Sausage Eating World Championship is held at NASCAR’s...
TripRewards® to Celebrate First Birthday with Cake-Eating Contest
05-04-2005
Top American eaters, including William “The Refrigerator” Perry, will compete in a cake-eating contest at Grand Central Station to celebrate the first...
Boone Repeats, Chestnut and LaRue Surprise
04-25-2005
Dale Boone won the Broadway at the Beach Ultimate Eating Competition for the second year in a row, shaking off local muscle-mouth Don Schaefer in the ...
Weekend Gurgitators Buoy Airline Industry
04-22-2005
Ed Cookie Jarvis, Jed Donahue, Rich and Carlene LeFevre, Jammin Joe LaRue and Dale 'Mouth of the South' Boone are among the big name eaters criss-cros...
Sweet Science of Matzo Ball Eating
04-20-2005
In a hotly contested match, Eric Badlands Booker again took the matzo ball title by consuming 30 matzo balls in five minutes, 25 seconds, at the Ruthi...
Eaters Prep for Matzo Ball Eating Contest
04-18-2005
The eating world is focused on The Ruthie & Gussie’s/Empire Kosher Matzo Ball-Eating Championship at the Friar’s Club in New York City, 57 E. 55th St....
Broadway at the Beach
04-14-2005
The 3rd Annual Broadway at the Beach Ultimate Eating Tournament will take place during the Taste of Broadway Spring Festival in Myrtle Beach, SC on Sa...
Strawberries to Badlands
04-13-2005
Eric ‘Badlands’ Booker consumed 7 pounds of strawberries in four minutes to beat a field of college eaters at Southeastern Louisiana University and wi...
LeFevre Wins Boomtown Lobster Eating Match
04-11-2005
Rich LeFevre continued his impressive winning streak at the Boomtown Casino & Hotel in Reno, NV, by downing 5.75 pounds of Maine lobster meat from the...
Nathan’s Famous 2005 Schedule Announced!
04-06-2005
The official contest schedule has been announced for the 2005 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest:
May 19 - New Yor...
Stockton Hosts World Deep-Fried Asparagus Contest
04-05-2005
The world’s most celebrated competitive eaters will converge at the Stockton Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA on April 23, for the World Deep-Fried ...
Jarvis Takes Nathan's Fries Eating Contest
03-31-2005
Cookie Jarvis came back big today in Oceanside, NY, winning the Nathan's Famous World French Fry Eating Championship by downing a total of 4.46 pounds...
Nathan's Fries Event SRO
03-24-2005
Cookie Jarvis, Don Lerman and Eric Booker are among the eaters who will compete at Nathan’s Famous in Oceanside, NY, on March 31, 2005 for the first-e...
Poe Wins Life on a Stick Contest
03-24-2005
Newcomers showed promise in the Veggie on a Stick Amateur Eating Challenge, but the professionals showed them how it's done.
The contest was held a...
FOX's Life on a Stick Contest
03-21-2005
Amateur Eaters, this is your opportunity to compEAT against the best when IFOCE and FOX cook up an eating contest celebrating the series premiere of t...
Thomas Eats 46 Dozen Oysters at Acme
03-20-2005
Sonya Thomas shocked the world by smashing her own record of 36 dozen oysters in 10 minutes at the Acme World Oyster Eating Championship in Metairie, ...
Boomtown Casino and Hotel in Reno to Hold Lobster Buffet Contest
03-17-2005
Some of America’s top competitive eaters will square off at Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno’s Lobster-Eating Challenge on April 9, 2005.
Designed to...
Sonya to Defend at Acme
03-15-2005
Competitive Eating fans throughout the southeast are gearing up to watch Sonya Thomas defend her title at the 2005 Acme World Oyster Eating Championsh...
LeFevre Takes Tex Mex Roll Eating Contest
03-12-2005
Rich LeFevre took first prize -- a trip for two to Hawaii valued at $4,000 -- at the ‘GameWorks World Tex Mex Roll-Eating Championship presented by Gr...
UK Eating Championship
03-07-2005
The International Federation of Competitive Eating will hold a UK Eating Championship in England, on Sunday May 1, 2005.
The 12-minute, all-you-can...
Six New Records at Title Rally
03-06-2005
Verducci's Market in Ringoes, NJ, hosted a remarkably dramatic IFOCE Title Rally yesterday, which will appear on the high-definition network, INHD, as...
Sweet Corn in Palm Beach
03-04-2005
Competitive eaters will make their annual pilgrimage to West Palm Beach, FL, on Sunday, April 24, for the National Sweet Corn-Eating Championship. Th...
Nathan's World French Fry-Eating Championship
03-04-2005
America’s finest competitive eaters will assemble at Nathan’s Famous in Oceanside, NY, on March 31, 2005 for the first-ever Nathan’s Famous World Fren...
Ruthie & Gussie/Empire Kosher Matzo Ball Contest
03-04-2005
Ruthie & Gussie’s, the world’s premier Kvetch-Proof ready-to-cook kosher food line, and Empire Kosher, the world's largest producer of kosher poultry ...
Title Rally
02-24-2005
The 2005 IFOCE Title Rally will occur at Verducci's Specialty Market in Ringoes, New Jersey on March 5th. This event will feature a variety of Italia...
Chow-Down In Motown
02-16-2005
Auburn Hills, MI – Only eight months after the Detroit Pistons secured the NBA Championship title, Michigan looks forward to the crowning of another n...
Acme Date Set
02-16-2005
The 2005 Acme World Oyster Eating Championship will occur on Sunday, March 20th, and serve as the anchor event of the Grand Opening Celebration of Acm...
GRILLED CHEESE TO THOMAS
02-12-2005
Sonya Thomas took the GoldenPalace.com World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship by consuming 25 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes.
Orange Co...
El Wingador Wins Wing Bowl
02-04-2005
Bill 'El Wingador' Simmons achieved one of the greatest comebacks in sports history today by defeating Sonya 'The Black Widow' Thomas, Cookie Jarvis a...
WingBowl arrives
02-03-2005
February 4, 2005, Philadelphia, PA, 3:30 AM -- They have drained every spigot in Philadelphia. They have emptied every beer barrell from Wilmington t...
Prize Money Breakdown For Goldenpalace.com Championship
02-02-2005
The $10,000.00 in prize money for the Goldenpalace.com World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship will be broken down as follows:
$3,500.00 (first p...
Sonya Thomas Brady-Like in Barrick Burger Event
01-22-2005
The Plaza Hotel's famed nine-pound Barrick Burger was put away by America’s top-ranked eater Sonya Thomas in 48 minutes and 10 seconds. Rich LeFevre ...
Plenty of Bread on the Line at World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship
01-13-2005
It will be a cross between a major sporting event and a religious pilgrimage when the nation’s top competitive eaters gather in Venice Beach, CA, for ...
All Eyes Turn to Philly
01-11-2005
The first weekend in February is a time when months of preparation, training and hard work culminate in one of the greatest and most highly anticipate...
Gurgitators to Tackle Nine-Pound Burger For $9,000 in Las Vegas
12-31-2004
History will be made on January 22nd, 2005 when competitive eating’s finest gurgitators converge at the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV for on...
Happy Holidays
12-30-2004
The IFOCE wishes its members, sponsors, fans and friends a very Happy New Year 2005. Without a doubt, 2004 was the greatest year ever in the history ...
Tears of Joy, Tears of Pain
12-16-2004
Hungry Charles Hardy, Ed Cookie Jarvis and Crazy Legs Conti qualified for Wing Bowl today at WIP in Philadelphia. They ate burritos, spinach and Twin...
Hungry & Focused Flies Off Shelves
12-14-2004
Hungry & Focused, the debut rap album by top-ranked eater Badlands Booker, has proven extraordinarily popular on the IFOCE website, selling rapidly in...
Nick Stipelcovich, Jr.
12-13-2004
Noted Southern Eating Champ, Nick Stipelcovich Jr., died last week. Stipelcovich, 54, a bar and restaurant owner, competed successfully in Louisiana ...
Janus in for WIP Wing Bowl
12-10-2004
Eater X has qualified for WIP Wing Bowl XIII by consuming 5 pounds of cottage cheese in 2 minutes 30 seconds. Jarvis, Booker and Hardy are expected t...
Fruitcake Postponed
12-09-2004
The citizens of Buffalo and the world will have to wait to see a new fruitcake champion crowned. The World Fruitcake Eating Championship is postponed ...
Thomas, LeFevre, Booker at Tropicana Meatball Eating Contest
12-04-2004
Eric Badlands Booker, Hungry Charles Hardy and Rich LeFevre battled back and forth for first place in the early minutes of the Tropicana World Meatbal...
Lerman, Krazy Kev to Wing Bowl
11-30-2004
Don Moses Lerman and Krazy Kevin Lipsitz are the first two eaters to qualify for WIP's Wingbowl XIV. Lerman consumed three pounds of baked beans in 6...
Meatballs at the Tropicana in Atlantic City
11-30-2004
The Tropicana Casino and Resort will host the Tropicana World Meatball-Eating Championship in Atlantic City, NJ, on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. A total o...
Grant Hill with 29, Sonya Thomas with 52
11-29-2004
Sonya Thomas delivered an exciting performance during halftime of the Orlando Magic/Philadelphia 76ers game in Orlando on Saturday, November 27. In j...
Al Jazeera Covers Thanksgiving Invitational
11-25-2004
Competitive eating has received amazing media coverage during the past five years, but perhaps nothing tops a recent news feature on the Thanksgiving ...
INHD Tour de Gorge
11-24-2004
The IFOCE's Tour de Gorge series kicks off on Thanksgiving night, November 25, at 7 pm, with the Zocalo Taco Eating Contest at Grand Central Terminal ...
Booker Takes Entenmann's Pies Thanksgiving Invitational
11-22-2004
Eric Badlands Booker came on strong at Chelsea Market to win the Entenmann's Pies Thanksgiving Invitational, consuming 4 3/8 pumpkin pies in six minu...
Carlene Conquers Sky City Posole Title
11-22-2004
Carlene LeFevre of Henderson, NV, consumed a whopping 109.75-ounces of posole in 12 minutes to conquer the Sky City Casino World Posole Eating Champio...
Thomas Edges Booker at Harrah's
11-20-2004
Badlands Booker and Sonya Thomas engaged in hard-fought battle in St. Louis, trading ravioli for ravioli at the Harrah's World Toasted Ravioli Eating ...
Tropicana World Meatball-Eating Championship
11-19-2004
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - All eyes will be on Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ, on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, when a handful of the nation's fi...
Conti Battles for his Mother
11-19-2004
Crazy Legs Conti of New York City will make his way to Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, this weekend in a moving effort to win his mother the perfect Christm...
Harrahs Toasted Ravioli Eating Championship
11-19-2004
Eater X (Tim Janus), Crazy Legs Conti and Sonya Thomas are expected to travel to St. Louis, MO, attend the Harrah’s World Toasted Ravioli-Eating Champ...
High Drama, High Def
11-17-2004
INHD, cable’s most widely distributed all high-definition networks, have teamed up with the IFOCE to introduce a new, larger-than-life high-definition...
Kobayashi, Thomas, Lefevre at Krystal Square Off
11-14-2004
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan showed his dominance yet again at the Krystal Square Off in Chattanooga, TN, by eating 69 Krystals in eight minutes to win $...
Give 'Em Hell Harry
11-11-2004
Florida’s Harry Richter has long been a fan of competitive eating. In recent years his wife has maintained a focus on family and profession while Har...
Kobayashi Downs 50 Krystals, Sets Stage for Finals
11-08-2004
After 11 regional qualifiers, 273 preliminary bouts, 1743 total contestants, and 17,688 of the mouthwatering, cult-craving, two and a half inch, squar...
Sky City Casino Posole Eating Contest
11-03-2004
The World Posole Eating Championship, sponsored by the Sky City Casino, will be held in Acoma, NM, on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004, at 3 PM. Posole is a ste...
Change of Date for Harrah
11-02-2004
St Louis, already known as one of the nation’s most renowned sports towns, will enhance that reputation on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, when the nation’s ...
Krystal To Issue Final Wild Card For Championship
11-02-2004
The Krystal Company announced plans today to allow a final wild card birth in the Nov. 13th Krystal World Hamburger Championship in Chattanooga, TN, a...
Bottomless Pit Mauls Birmingham
11-01-2004
With his devoted cult of fans known as ‘The Pit Crew’ cheering wildly, Bill ‘The Bottomless Pit’ Pendleton cruised to a Halloween victory last night a...
Boone Doggle?
11-01-2004
Dale Boone continued his string of baked bean eating victories, winning his third 84 Lumber contest in a row over top American eater Sonya Thomas. Th...
84 Lumber Attracts State’s Best
10-28-2004
”Everything is big in Texas, and that includes my appetite,” said Randy Harrison of Seguin, TX. Harrison is registered to compete in this Saturday’s 8...
He Be Jammin
10-25-2004
Embarking on what he called “a personal quest,” Joe LaRue left Hollywood in the October Saturday pre-dawn and traveled north. Hours later he arrived ...
Boone, LaRue Take Bean-Eating Contests
10-24-2004
Jammin' Joe LaRue won the 84 Lumber Baked Bean-Eating Contest in Deland, FL, beating Eater X and Buffalo Jim Reeves by downing 84 ounces of baked bean...
Eating Contest Crusaders
10-22-2004
IFOCE eaters hit the road this weekend for a number of different contests in the Southeast. Rookie Tim Janus and Buffalo Jim Reeves fly to Florida fr...
Black Widow Wins World Sweet Potato Casserole Eating Championship
10-20-2004
Sonya 'The Black Widow' Thomas added yet another prestigious title to her ever expanding collection by devouring 8.62 pounds of sweet potato casserole...
IFOCE in NC, FL, GA and AL
10-19-2004
The IFOCE makes a string of stops in the next five days, with $7,000 on the line at three different events in North Carolina, Florida and Georgia, and...
Boone Tops Jarvis in 84 Lumber Bean Event
10-18-2004
Dale Boone delivered a masterful come-from-behind victory to beat Cookie Jarvis in Summerville, SC, at the kick-off of the 84 Lumber baked bean eating...
$5,000.00 In Prize Money On The Line at Harrah’s St. Louis
10-18-2004
St Louis, already known as one of the nation’s most renowned sports towns, will enhance that reputation on Nov. 21, 2004, when the nation’s top compet...
Reeves Takes Jackson With 32 Krystals
10-17-2004
Jim Reeves devoured 32 Krystals in eight minutes at the Mississippi State Fair to win an official qualifier of the 2004 Krystal World Hamburger Eating...
84 Lumber Bean-Eating Contest
10-15-2004
The honor of the Carolinas will rest on the shoulders of local resident Charles Bullard at the 84 Lumber Company World Baked Bean-Eating Championship ...
'Your Eatin' Heart'
10-14-2004
In the shadow of the Hank Williams museum, and surrounded by an estimated 1,000 eating fans, the beautiful Carlene LeFevre consumed 27 Krystals to...
Krystal Square Off in Montgomery
10-13-2004
Top eaters assemble in Montgomery, Alabama, for the next event in the ongoing Krystal Square Off circuit, which has moved like a juggernaut through th...
Dinner For Two: LeFevres Devour 68 Krystal Hamburgers in Macon Qualifier
10-11-2004
Rich 'The Locust' LeFevre kept his string of strong gustatory performances intact yesterday by polishing off 38 Krstal Hamburgers in eight minutes to ...
Krystal Qualifier in Macon
10-07-2004
The Krystal Square Off, the Krystal Company’s 10-event hamburger-eating circuit, moves on to Macon, GA, as it winds its way through the Southeast to t...
A&E to Air Crazy Legs Doc
10-06-2004
Oyster Productions' documentary, "Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating" will air Wednesday, October 13th at 9PM on A&E. The documentary, which follo...
Hardy Devours 32 Krystals To Take Atlanta Qualifier
10-04-2004
‘Hungry’ Charles Hardy, the Godfather of eating and the #6 ranked eater in the world, won the Atlanta qualifier of the 2004 Krystal Square Off on Sund...
Bison Lays Down the Spoon
10-01-2004
The competitive eating community paused today as Ray ‘The Bison’ Meduna, the top ranked eater in the Northwest and the World Sweet Kolache Eating Cham...
IFOCE Announces 84 Lumber World Baked Bean Eating Championship Circuit
10-01-2004
The 84 Lumber Company and the IFOCE have announced the kickoff of the 84 Lumber World Baked Bean Eating Championship.
The six-contest circuit is ex...
Vise Takes Memphis Qualifier With 34 Krystals
09-29-2004
Another highly regarded gurgitator fell at the hands of an unheralded southern eater on Tuesday, September 28, as Sam Vise destroyed the Krystal dream...
Sonya Retains Taco Title
09-29-2004
Sonya Thomas consumed 48 soft tacos in 11 minutes to win the Zocalo Taco-Eating championship at the Inside Out Festival at Grand Central Terminal in M...
Booker, Janus, Goldstein in Cheesecakes
09-27-2004
Eric Badlands Booker won the World Cheesecake-Eating Championship at the Downtown Atlantic Restaurant during Brooklyn's 30th annual Atlantic Antic Fes...
Zocalo Taco-Eating Contest
09-24-2004
Taco, egg and oyster champion Sonya Thomas, cannoli champion Eric Badlands Booker and surging rookie Tim Janus are among those who will face off at th...
LeFevre Wins Winchell's World Donut Eating Championship
09-23-2004
Rich ‘The Locust’ LeFevre, long classified in competitive eating circles as a distance specialist, put this label to rest Wednesday evening in Los Ang...
Winchell's Donut Final at LA Fair
09-21-2004
At stake is $1,500 in prize money and the prestigious title of World Donut-Eating Champion as America's top eaters travel to the Los Angeles County Fa...
$3,000.00 and Title on the Line at N.C. State Fair
09-21-2004
$3,000.00 in prize money and the prestigious title of World Sweet Potato Casserole Eating Champion will be on the line Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 20, 2...
Hicks Tops Wing in Krystal Match
09-20-2004
Knoxville resident Jeff Hicks beat chicken wing eating specialist El Wingador, Bill Simmons, at the Tennessee Valley Fair in Knoxville, eating 22 Krys...
Booker Squeaks Cannoli Win Over Janus
09-19-2004
In what is easily the most hard-fought battle in competitive eating history, Badlands Booker took the Cannoli Belt at the Feast of the San Gennaro wit...
W Is For Cookie: Jarvis Takes Nashville Krystal Qualifier
09-15-2004
In a scene reminiscent of the Rocky Balboa vs. Apollo Creed fight in the movie 'Rocky', Cookie Jarvis fended off an unheralded newcomer named Lynn Cur...
Downtown Atlantic Cheesecake
09-09-2004
Eaters are preparing for the Downtown Atlantic Cheesecake Eating Contest to be held as part of the 30th annual Atlantic Antic festival on Sunday, Sept...
Winchell's Donuts Draw Eaters
09-09-2004
Santa Ana, CA, September 9, 2004 – A star-studded lineup of competitive eating champions will converge in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, September 22, ...
Widow Takes Wings, Krystal Kick Off
09-07-2004
Sonya Thomas topped a field of 16 eaters in Buffalo, NY, on Sunday, September 5, to win the U.S. Chicken Wing-Eating Championship before a crowd of 10...
Krystal Square Off to TN,
09-07-2004
The Krystal Square Off hamburger eating championship circuit moves on to Tennessee, with events at the Tennessee State Fair in Nashville on September ...
Cannoli's at San Gennaro Fest
09-07-2004
On September 17, Little Italy’s 77th Annual Feast of San Gennaro will hold the World Cannoli-Eating Contest in Manhattan's Little Italy.
Ed Cookie...
Krystal Kick-Off
09-01-2004
The quest begins on Labor Day Weekend, September 3 - 6, in Chattanooga, when fast food icon Krystal holds the inaugural Krystal Square Off® World Hamb...
Eaters Head to Buffalo
08-24-2004
Top IFOCE eaters are preparing to compete at the U.S. Buffalo Wing-Eating Championship at the third annual National Buffalo Wing Festival on Labor Day...
Thomas Maine Lobster Champ
08-22-2004
Maine lobster-eating champion Kevin Cross faced an extraordinary challenge when Sonya Thomas, Cookie Jarvis, Badlands Booker, Hungry Charles Hardy, Cr...
84 Lumber Bean Record
08-16-2004
A decisive victory by Sonya Thomas in the 84 Lumber baked bean-eating contest in Centerville, Indiana, has set off a frenzy among eating afficionados,...
KRYSTAL SQUARE OFF: $17,500
08-12-2004
When fast food icon Krystal holds the inaugural Krystal Square Off® World Hamburger Eating Championship from this September to November and crowns the...
Mo's Money
08-11-2004
Mo's Irish Pub in Milwaukee has announced the following prize money for this Saturday's Corned Beef Challenge. Grand Prize is $1,000; Second place is ...
Milwaukee Braces for Jarvis
08-10-2004
Beef-eating powerhouse Ed Cookie Jarvis is scheduled to challenge Milwaukee's most daring eaters when Mo's Irish Pub hosts its Anniversary Corned Beef...
SONYA LOVES INDY
08-09-2004
Sonya Thomas returned to Indiana, the same state where she set the hard-boiled egg eating record as a rookie in 2003, and downed 8.4 pounds of baked b...
Aloha Maui, Hoo Ahh
08-09-2004
Eric Badlands Booker won the Maui Onion Challenge and the beautiful Maui Onion Lei by consuming 9 ounces of raw Maui Onion in just one minute. Former ...
84 Lumber Baked Bean Bout
08-02-2004
America’s #1 and #2 Ranked Eaters Set To Collide in Indiana
The Brickyard 500 won’t be the only world class sporting event held in Indiana this w...
Maui Onions in Hawaii
07-28-2004
Maui, HI, will be more than an island paradise on Sunday, August 8, 2004 as the Whalers Village Maui Onion Festival holds the 2004 World Maui Onion Ea...
Lobster A Team Event
07-27-2004
The World Lobster-Eating Championship, which will be held as part of the World Lobster-Eating Festival on Saturday, August 21, 2004 next to the Taint ...
LeFevre in Melon Match
07-26-2004
Rich LeFevre continued his eating dominance in Ohio, winning the "Swellin' with Melon" watermelon eating contest at the Brookville Community Picnic by...
Shredder to Maine for Lobster?
07-26-2004
IFOCE Rookie of the Year Nominee Allan "The Shredder" Goldstein is rumored to be checking out MapQuest for the most direct route to Kennebunkport, Mai...
Ruling OKs Salt for Melon Contest
07-22-2004
A ruling from the desk of IFOCE President Richard Shea has approved the use of salt in the upcoming Swellin' with Melon watermelon-eating contest at t...
LeFevre Takes Ribs in Bumpy Contest
07-19-2004
Richard LeFevre won the Chinook Winds World Rib Eating Championship at the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, OR, to earn $1,250 and the title of t...
Molar Extraction Aids Jarvis Rib Effort
07-15-2004
When Cookie Jarvis boards the plane from New York to Oregon, he will face a nine-hour trip – 2,000 miles in the air and 200 miles on the ground – to t...
Lerman Hangs on for Donut Win
07-12-2004
At the conclusion of the eight minute Winchell's World Donut Eating qualifier in Orange County on Saturday, July 10, Ray Meduna had consumed 24 ¼ Winc...
Winchell's Donuts at OC Fair
07-09-2004
Santa Ana, CA, July 9, 2004 – Jammin' Joe LaRue, Don Moses Lerman, and Ray Meduna will compete at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, CA on Saturday...
Mellon Melee Approaches
07-07-2004
Eaters are eagerly anticipating “Swellin’ with Mellon” at the annual Brookville Community Picnic in Brookville, Ohio, on Saturday, July 24, 2004. Thi...
Chinook Winds Rib Championship
07-07-2004
Will Cookie Jarvis return to defend his title?
This is the question on the lips of competitive eaters throughout the United States as the Chinook W...
Koby with 53.5
07-06-2004
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan achieved an unprecedented four-peat on July 4, winning the annual Nathan's Famous dogfest with a new world record of 53.5 ho...
Kobe Tops in BetUS.com Odds
07-03-2004
BetUS.com, the world’s leading offshore gaming company, today released official odds for the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eati...
Nathan's Eating Roster
07-01-2004
The following eaters will compete in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Godfrey Bertelsen Manchester, Engl...
ESPN Preps for Nathan's Event
06-28-2004
No utensils will be necessary and no condiments allowed during ESPN’s inaugural telecast of the 2004 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest live from Coney I...
Oleg in LI, Boone in Atlanta
06-28-2004
As the Nathan's Famous qualifying season winds down, two more eaters have secured seats for the Fourth of July International Hot Dog eating Contest in...
Swellin' With Melon
06-28-2004
The annual Brookville Community Picnic in Brookville, Ohio on Saturday, July 24, 2004, will feature tractor pulling, bingo, a 5k run and the first-eve...
Simmons Trades Wings for Dogs
06-25-2004
El Wingador triumphed in his second-ever attempt in the hot dog discipline, winning the Nathan's Famous qualifier at the Molly Pitcher Travel Plaza in...
LaRue Takes Lauderdale
06-21-2004
There was little if any competition for the great Joe LaRue at the Nathan's Famous qualifier at the Pembroke Lakes Mall in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ...
Reeves Buffalos Competition in Norfolk
06-15-2004
Collard Green had the crowd behind him on Saturday at the MacArthur Center Mall in Norfolk. Men nodded encouragement, children waved, women wept. Th...
Donahue Returns With Winchell’s Win
06-14-2004
Shockwaves rippled through the competitive eating community on Saturday, June 12, as ‘Jalapeno’ Jed Donahue pulled off an unexpected upset by winning ...
Nathan's Unveils Wall of Fame
06-10-2004
To memorialize the world’s greatest eating athletes, Nathan’s Famous has established an enormous three story high Hot Dog Eating Wall of Fame featurin...
Carlene LeFevre Owns Phoenix
06-07-2004
In a field of 17 men and one woman there was no contest. Henderson Nevada resident Carlene LeFevre won going away at the sixth annual Arizona Mills M...
Krystal Square Off
06-02-2004
Fast food icon Krystal has announced that it will host the first ever World Hamburger Eating Championship. Billed as the Krystal Square Off® and expe...
Hot Dog Results
06-01-2004
A slew of new eaters qualified for the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest over the long weekend. Rich LeFevre set a ...
Winchell's Donuts San Diego Fair
06-01-2004
Santa Ana, CA, May 28, 2004 – The world’s finest competitive eaters will converge at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar, CA on Saturday, June 12, 20...
Bacci World Pizza Eating Championship
06-01-2004
The world’s finest competitive eaters will converge in Chicago, IL, on Saturday, June 19, 2004 for the Bacci World Pizza Eating Championship. On the l...
Winchell's World Donut Championship
05-24-2004
The world’s finest competitive eaters will converge in Southern California this summer and fall for the Winchell’s World Donut Eating Championship. W...
Lerman Tops Black Tie
05-24-2004
It is rare to find a man with greater sense of style than William, "Black Tie" Stobierski, the Connecticut eating champion who frequently wears a tuxe...
Upset at Noodle Match
05-21-2004
Competitive eating fans in Columbus, Ohio, witnessed intense emotional drama as a rookie prospect beat several veteran eaters in the final moments of ...
Jarvis Sails to Third Boston Title
05-17-2004
Ed "Cookie" Jarvis took his third straight Boston Hot Dog Eating Title by downing 24 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and Buns to qualify for a spot in the Na...
The Locust Swarms Hollywood
05-10-2004
Rich LeFevre downed 25 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns at the Kenny Rogers Roasters/Nathan's Famous Restaurant in Hollywood on Saturday, May 8th to ...
Noodle-Eating Championship
05-06-2004
Top competitive eaters will gather in Columbus, Ohio, for the Zyng Asian Grill World Noodle-Eating Championship. The 10-minute contest will begin at 3...
Conti Survives 'Popcorn Sarcophagus'
05-04-2004
In a never-before-attempted stunt, renowned competitive eater Crazy Legs Conti was buried alive under more than 60 cubic feet of popcorn inside a life...
Can Jarvis, Thomas Test Kobay?
04-27-2004
The release of the 2004 Nathan's Famous qualifying circuit has prompted a wave of handicapping, with eating experts suggesting that several Americans ...
Corn Record Obliterated
04-26-2004
The big men came to the table Sunday, April 25, for the Sweet Corn Eating Championship in Palm Beach, Flordia, shocking the crowd with a display of ea...
Boone over Lerman, Sankov
04-26-2004
Dale Boone won the second annual Broadway at the Beach Ultimate Eating Tournament on Sunday, April 25, besting Don Moses Lerman, Collard Green, Pavel ...
Nathan's Schedule
04-26-2004
Nathan’s Famous has announced the schedule for the 2004 Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifying circuit. Registration for the circuit, will ...
Lerman, Boone in Myrtle Beach
04-22-2004
Don Moses Lerman and Dale Boone, arguably the world's greatest sprinters, will test their respective skills at the Broadway at the Beach Ultimate Eati...
Sweet Corn Record Expected to Fall
04-22-2004
The competitive eating community is buzzing over the caliber of eaters attending the 2004 Sweet Corn Fiesta -- and most expect a dramatic new record. ...
36 Dozen Oysters/10 Mins
04-22-2004
The world record for oyster eating fell hard at the 2004 Acme Oyster Eating Contest at New Orleans' French Quarter Festival. Sonya Thomas doubled the...
Chicken Wing-Eating Contest: LaRue
04-22-2004
Jammin' Joe LaRue sent a loud message to the world of competitive eating at the Footy's Y-100 Wing Ding in Miami by eating 124 buffalo chicken wings i...
Brash Newcomers Face Big Names in New Orleans
04-16-2004
When he takes the stage at the French Quarter Festival for Acme’s World Oyster Eating Championship, Robert Passman will be competing in his first IFOC...
B'way at the Beach
03-19-2004
The Taste of Broadway Festival will hold the Broadway at the Beach Eating Tournament in Myrtle Beach, SC, on April 24, 2004. Competitive eaters will ...
Jarvis, Justice, Hardy in Corned Beef
03-16-2004
Ed Cookie Jarvis added another title to his trench coat by eating a total of six pounds of Corned Beef and Cabbage to beat a field of 12 gurgitators a...
A Quarter in the Quarter?
03-10-2004
The 2004 Acme World Oyster Eating Championship is fixing to be incredibly exciting with top-ranked gurgitators vying for $1750 in prize money. Oyster...
SPAM® Run Unites Nation
03-02-2004
The IFOCE SPAM®-eating contest on Saturday, April 3, 2004, will be the culmination of an emotional journey for eating enthusiasts everywhere.
The c...
Corned Beef and Cabbage Lineup
03-01-2004
The J. Freirich Company Corned Beef & Cabbage Eating Contest, to be held at Moran.s Restaurant on March 16, will include a diverse field.
Eaters wi...
Sweet Corn Fiesta Title
02-25-2004
The National Sweet Corn-Eating Championship will take place on Sunday, April 25, 2004, at the Sweet Corn Fiesta at the South Florida Fairgrounds in We...
LuLu's One, Two & Three
02-25-2004
Sonya Thomas has secured another title, Crawfish Jambalaya. The hottest eater on the circuit downed nine pounds of the Cajun dish in 10 minutes to wi...
Asparagus Time
02-24-2004
Not surprisingly, the IFOCE has received a slew of requests (up to eight a day, and that is from only one eater) for the time of the deep-fried aspara...
Records for bologna, beans, pickles
02-21-2004
Amazing victories today at the IFOCE title rally at the Downtown Atlantic in Brooklyn. The rally, overseen by Hungry Charles Hardy and Cookie Jarvis,...
Title Rally
02-16-2004
The IFOCE will hold a three-event title rally leading up to title match between Eric Booker and Sonya Thomas. The eye-opener of an event will take pl...
Freirich Corned Beef & Cabbage
02-03-2004
The J. Freirich Company, which has been a leading provider of corned beef brisket for the better part of a century, will sponsor a Corned Beef & Cabba...
Lulu's Mardis Gras Crawfish
02-02-2004
The IFOCE will run a Mardis Gras Crawfish Jambalaya Eating Chmapionship at Lulu's Club Mardi Gras in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2004. The winner...
Finally, SPAM®!
02-02-2004
The IFOCE will hold a SPAM®-eating contest on Saturday, April 3, 2004, as part of SPAMARAMA., a culinary cultural festival in Austin, TX, featuring a ...
SONYA THOMAS TAKES WING BOWL XII
01-30-2004
In a dramatic one-on-one overtime victory against top-ranked American gurgitator Ed Cookie Jarvis, Sonya Thomas won 610 WIP.s Wing Bowl XII this morni...
Hardy Leads USC to Win
01-27-2004
.Hungry. Charles Hardy led a squad of five USC eaters to victory in the first-ever Carl.s Jr. Low-Carb Six Dollar Burger-Eating Contest, topping the S...
Booker Takes Matzo Ball
01-27-2004
Eric Badlands Booker rapped his way to a repeat victory at Ben's Annual Charity Matzo Ball Eating Contest, consuming 20 1/4 matzo balls in 5 minutes 2...
Ben's Battle Looms
01-22-2004
With the roster for the Ben's Annual Charity Matzo Ball Eating Contest in place, handicappers are struggling to get a handle on the win, place, show o...
Jarvis Takes Hooters Chick Wing Match
01-21-2004
Cookie Jarvis fought off the greatest challenge of his eating career at Hooters in Manhattan today, beating rookie Sonya Thomas by consuming 134 chick...
Stockton Asparagus Festival
01-20-2004
The Stockton Asparagus Festival will host a deep-fried asparagus-eating contest on April 24, 2004 as a highlight of its 19th annual event in Stockton,...
Eaters Assemble for WIP WB XII
01-13-2004
During the past several weeks the competitive eating community has eagerly followed the qualifying process for the upcoming 610 WIP Wing Bowl XII to b...
Carl's Jr. Low-Carb Six-Dollar Burger
01-09-2004
Carl.s Jr. will present the first-ever Six-Dollar Burger eating contest in Los Angeles on January 27, 2004. The event will consist of two competitive ...
Louisiana Oyster Bowl Predicts Sugar Bowl Victor
01-05-2004
Louisiana native Boyd Bulot led an LSU eating squad against Crazy Legs Conti and an OU eating squad in the first-ever Louisiana Oyster Bowl that aired...
Thomas Wins by a Bite
12-30-2003
Sonya Thomas won the first-ever fruitcake-eating contest by a bite -- 1/8th of an ounce to be specific.
Thomas beat Eric Badlands Booker, Jim Reeve...
Fruitcake Eating Contest
12-11-2003
The IFOCE will travel to Buffalo in late December with a daunting mandate: consume all the uneaten fruitcakes in the United States.
A group of busi...
Ben's Matzo Ball Battle
12-11-2003
The International Federation of Competitive Eating will officialy sanction the seventh Ben's Annual Charity Matzo Ball Eating Contest to be held on Ja...
Wings: IFOCE Eaters Focus on Philly!
12-10-2003
"What's up Philly, I got bad news. Too few chews means you gonna loose."
Those might be the rhymes from Badlands Booker as he takes the stage with...
THOMAS WINS 2003 THANKSGIVING INVITATIONAL
11-26-2003
IFOCE Features Turducken (Turkey, Duck, Chicken) in 2003.s Final Championship Event
New York, NY, Nov. 26, 2003 . 100-p...
Commissioner.s Volunteer Day at the Food Bank
11-25-2003
IFOCE eaters will focus their energy on sorting rather than eating on December 20 as the IFOCE holds the Commissioner.s Volunteer Day at the Monmouth ...
Gurgitators Gird for Turducken Battle
11-24-2003
Rumors ran rampant during the past several weeks as competitive eating fans tried to get a handle on the handicapping of the Thanksgiving Meal Invitat...
It's a Turducken Holiday
11-06-2003
Thanksgiving, and the IFOCE.s Thanksgiving Invitational, will never be the same.
Turducken.com, the world.s leading provider of turducken (a semi-b...
Lone Star On The Circuit?
11-03-2003
The Chicken Fried Steak Eating Championships recently occurred in Austin, Texas, with tireless competitors Dale Boone and Ed .Cookie. Jarvis in attend...
Booker Likes MTV Candy
11-03-2003
Eric Badlands Booker joined a Willy Wonka-styled Crazy Legs Conti at MTV.s Time Square studios for a special Halloween taping of Total Request Live. ...
Popular Science Confirms BoF Theory
10-29-2003
After failing to gain recognition from the academic community for more than five years, a ground-breaking piece of science from the IFOCE.s research d...
TALE OF THE TAPE REDUX
10-24-2003
There is no instant replay in competitive eating, but speculation over a missing plate at a recent match caused a flurry of tape watching. At the pas...
Jarvis Displays Pizza Prowess
10-20-2003
Ari Fleischer, Fred Willard and famed NBA dunker Darryl Dawkins joined Cookie Jarvis, Hungry Charles Hardy and Crazy Legs Conti on the first installme...
Chi Fry Steak-Eating in Austin, TX
10-20-2003
The first-ever officially sanctioned Chicken Fried Steak-Eating Competition will take place on November 2nd at the Lone Star Café in Austin. The comp...
Will the Prophesy be Fulfilled?
10-17-2003
You can understand why people used to scoff when the prophesy was mentioned. Ten years ago it was inconceivable that the Coveted Mustard Yellow Belt ...
Pasta Eating Props Go to Jarvis, Hardy as LeFevre Shows Prowess
10-14-2003
The plates were flying at Paesano.s of Little Italy on Monday, October 13th as top eaters competed in the Columbus Day Pasta-Eating Contest. The cont...
American Eaters Poll -- Pass the Pasta
10-13-2003
America.s top eaters have spoken and the message is clear . their pasta consumption has not decreased despite the low carbohydrate diet phenomenon. Th...
Chili Eating Title Goes to LeFevre Again
10-06-2003
The world's most determined competitive eaters converged in Reno, NV, on October 4th, to compete in the 2nd Annual Stagg Chili Eating Contest. The co...
Black Widow Strikes Again
10-03-2003
Corinth, MS - In front of hundreds of BBQ enthusiasts at the Hog Wild Festival in Corinth, Mississippi, Sonya .The Black Widow. Thomas continued her m...
Thomas Tops in Taco Eating at Mexican Independence Day Classic
09-16-2003
National hot dog and chicken wing champion Cookie Jarvis, world hash-eating champion Eric Booker and world shrimp-eating champion Hungry Charles Hardy...
New IFOCE Polling Series
09-15-2003
The International Federation of Competitive Eating has announced a new polling series, .The American Eaters Poll,. that will explore eating habits and...
Eating Contest King? Jarvis Defends Cannoli-Eating Title
09-12-2003
Marking his fifth major win in five contests, Cookie Jarvis topped Eric Booker, Dale Boone and a host of other top eaters to win the 2003 Cannoli-Eati...
Cookie Jarvis, Charles Hardy, Sonya Thomas Storm Buffalo
09-02-2003
Eating Contest Ranks Among America's Greatest
Despite a threat from surging newcomer Sonya Thomas, the 106-pound beauty who has struck awe into vet...
Competitive Eaters Gather for Thickburger Battle
08-07-2003
The Midwest's most determined eaters will gather at Seymour's 15th Annual Burger Fest on August 9, 2003 to vie for the title of 'Hardee's World Thickb...
Buffalo Wing Eating Contest
08-01-2003
Eating contest enthusiasts rejoice! America's top-ranked competitive eaters - including national hot dog champion Cookie Jarvis and world egg-eating c...
Cookie Jarvis on a Roll
07-16-2003
Dominates Rib-Eating Championship at Chinook Winds Casino
Cookie Jarvis, who recently ate 30 ½ hot dogs on July Fourth to finish second to Japanes...
Kobayashi Takes Third Straight Nathan's Title
07-04-2003
History was made at the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues in Coney Island on July 4, 2003, as Takeru Kobayashi of Japan won for the third time in a...
BETWWTS.COM Announces Exclusive Odds for July 4th Hot Dog Contest
07-01-2003
ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA (July 1, 2002) - The ultimate contest pitting man against frankfurter, Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition has been a staple...
Refrigerator Perry to Try Hand at Hot Dogs
06-20-2003
Former NFL star William 'The Refrigerator' Perry served notice to the sport of competitive eating on Saturday, winning a qualifying contest for the Na...
Nathan's Season Begins
05-24-2003
Nathan's Famous has launched the 2003 competitive hot dog eating circuit, a series of nationwide qualifying events to locate gustatory athletes with t...
May Excites with Sweet Corn, Crawfish, Wings
05-01-2003
While the Nathan's Famous hot dog circuit is fast approaching, May is full of many exciting contests including Sweet Corn, Crawfish and three Frank's ...
NEWCOMER DETHRONES CRAZY LEGS CONTI
04-12-2003
Nearly two thousand eating fans gathered in front of the Acme Stage during French Quarter Festival in New Orleans to watch Bayou Boyd Bulot of Hammond...
Badlands Booker Leaves Little Doubt After Matzo Victory
01-22-2003
Adds to donut, hash, burrito titles with quality win to establish himself as the nation's top Gurgitator
If there were any questions about Eric B...
Thanksgiving Meal Contest Caps IFOCE Harvest Series
11-26-2002
The International Federation of Competitive Eating is now preparing for the Thanksgiving Meal contest, which will feature the winners of all 2002 Harv...
Surprise Pelemeni Victory for Boone
10-08-2002
The spotlight at the Atlantic Oceana in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, seemed to shine most brightly on neighborhood hero and Ukrainian native Oleg Zhornit...
2002 Hibernation Cup/Stagg Chili Contest
10-04-2002
Charles Hardy quieted whispers that he had entered the waning years of his career with a dramatic performance in the Hibernation Cup in Alaska in Augu...
Great Z Scores Wing Victory
09-01-2002
Crowd of 5000 thrilled at Buffalo festival finale
Oleg Zhornitskiy brought a crowd of more than five thousand to its feet on Sunday as he downed ...
IFOCE Announces the 2002 Harvest Series
08-31-2002
The International Federation of Competitive Eating is sanctioning a number of events that comprise the 2002 Harvest Series. These events all lead to t...
Kobayashi Sets New World Record
07-04-2002
Three thousand fans of competitive eating contended with media outlets from around the world to watch Takeru Kobayashi set a new world record by downi...
Kobe Downs 50 at Nathan
07-04-2002
Never before in the history of sport has there been such a phenomenal win.
On July 4, 2001, 131-pound Takeru Kobayashi of Nagano, Japan, ate 50 Nat...
Kobayashi Returns to NY to Defend World Hot-Dog Eating Titlen
05-07-2002
Japanese gurgitator Takeru Kobayashi, who last year doubled the world record in hot dog eating by downing an astounding 50 hot dogs and buns in 12 min...
CRAZY LEGS SECURES WORLD OYSTER EATING TITLE
04-13-2002
Crazy Legs Conti, a rookie competing in his first IFOCE contest, ate 14 dozen Louisiana oysters in ten minutes to win the World Oyster Eating Champion...
The Glutton Bowl
02-21-2002
Perhaps no event has ever tested the skills of the world's greatest eaters in such a broad variety of disciplines as The Glutton Bowl, a two-hour IFOC...
BADLANDS SECURES BURRITO TITLE
02-12-2002
Eric Badlands Booker won the BurritoVille Burrito Eating Contest, an IFOCE Invitational that took place at BurritoVille in Lower Manhattan on Saturday...
Lerman Sets World Cloud Burger Record
11-07-2001
Donald "Moses" Lerman, who has set consumption records in the matzo ball, ice cream and steak eating disciplines, recently traveled from New York to D...
Lerman Sets World Cloud Burger Record
11-07-2001
Donald "Moses" Lerman, who has set consumption records in the matzo ball, ice cream and steak eating disciplines, recently traveled from New York to D...
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