SHEBOYGAN – A brat-eating contest at Brat Days might have been a footnote to the city's history had former City Attorney Clarence "Bucky" Mertz persuaded enough people to stop the contest, which he ...

Fiesta Topeka's jalapeno-eating contest returned July 16 after last being held in 2016. Cody Wingfield won the contest by consuming four jalapenos in three minutes, earning a $200 prize. Tears flowed ...

BENSONURST — Holy cannoli! The Santa Rosalia Feast hosted the third annual Cannoli Eating Contest outside Villabate Alba Bakery on Friday. Men and women competed in separate competitions where each ...

Three-time winner and defending champion Tristan Fry, Edwardsville, proudly stands with his trophy, taking home back-to-back wins for his fourth title of the Middleswarth Potato Chip Eating Contest ...

The contest, formal or otherwise, have been going on for decades.

This Sunday, “Furious Pete” Czerwinski will face off against “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti and Dale “Mouth of the South” Boone at Mardi Gras Casino in a major watermelon-eating contest. The event — which ...

Saturday marked the conclusion of the annual Harford County Farm Fair — and a series of all-ages speed-eating events. A group of more than 20 Harford County fairgoers, organized by age and gender, ...

No changes are expected at the traditional Nathan's Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest following the sale of the parent company. Smithfield Foods of Virginia, a subsidiary of the WH Group of China, ...

Clarence "Bucky" Mertz repeatedly tried to ban the Sheboygan Brat Days brat-eating contest, calling it "gluttonous" and "irreligious." Despite Mertz's efforts and public debate, including a "save the ...