2005 Hot Pepper Eating Contest Saturday August 27th at 1pm ![]() HOWARD MEISER of Hazleton Pa won the contest after eating 5 hot peppers. We started the contest with a Hot Jalepeno followed by a Cherry Pepper next came the Small Cayenne then a Large Cayenne and Howard won by eating the Orange Halabenro. 2003 Hot Pepper Eating Contest Both of our 2002 champions showed up for the battle along with several other fire eaters. But in the end Barry Veron of Lanford came out the winner. He must have a iron stomach he ate pepper after pepper. The Halabanaros were hot hot hot but he ate them like gum drops. 2002 Hot Pepper Eating Contest Saturday August 23rd at 1pm Barry Veron and Nancy Stewart tied for pepper champion they both ate 52 of the hottest peppers we could find. We ran out of hot pepper and it didn't look like either one was going to quit so we ended the contest as a tie. Both are planning on returning for next years contest.
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