MASON, Ohio, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Bob Shoudt was declared the winner at Ohio's Skyline Chili Spaghetti eating contest by slurping up a fraction of a pound more pasta than the runner up.

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A California man ate a record-setting 103 hamburgers in 8 minutes at the Krystal Square Off IV World Hamburger Eating Championship in Chattanooga, Tenn.

BOSSIER, La., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A professional chef from Chicago won this year’s World Grits-Eating Championship in Louisiana.

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NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- California native Joey Chestnut won the annual hot dog eating contest at New York's Nathan's Famous Wednesday, setting an event record with 66 hot dogs.

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TEMPE, Ariz., June 3 (UPI) -- The world record for the most hot dogs eaten by one person in 12 minutes fell in Arizona this weekend.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A San Jose, Calif., man ate his way to victory at a Philadelphia chicken wing-eating contest, wolfing down down 182 and setting an all-time Wing Bowl record.