Amateur Registration for Hardboiled Egg Eating Contest at Cackle Hatchery’s Chicken Festival

🥚 2026 Hard-Boiled Egg Eating Contest – Official Rules

Location & Check-In

  • All contestants must check in at Big Tent in Parking Lot of Building B
    Address: 411 W Commercial St, Lebanon, MO
    Date/Time: Saturday, October 3, 2026 — time TBD

Eligibility & Registration

  1. All participants must be 18 years of age or older.
  2. Contestants must be registered and have signed the official waiver form.

Contest Format & Rules

  1. The goal is to eat as many hard-boiled eggs as possible within 8 minutes.
    Water (provided) is the only beverage allowed.
  2. Each contestant begins with 10 hard-boiled eggs. We use commercial grade Medium eggs for the contest.
  3. Contestants must wait for the official signal to start.
  4. Dunking or crushing eggs is permitted.
  5. Separating yolks and whites is allowed.
  6. No touching eggs before the official start signal.
  7. Eggs still in a contestant’s mouth at the 8-minute mark may count if fully swallowed without vomiting.

Judging & Disqualification

  1. The official judges will determine the winner — all decisions are final.
  2. The winner is the contestant who eats the most eggs in 8 minutes.
  3. Reversal of fortune (vomiting) results in immediate disqualification.
  4. Any rule violation = disqualification at the judges’ discretion.

Legal & Safety Disclaimer

All participants must:

  • Acknowledge the inherent risks of competitive eating.
  • Agree that Cackle Hatchery and its sponsors may:
    • Accept or deny entry at their discretion
    • Change event details, prizes, or schedule at any time
    • Revoke a contestant’s eligibility at any point
Amateur Division
Definition:
The Amateur Division is open to recreational participants who are not professional or semi-professional competitive eaters.
Eligible contestants are those who:
  • Have never won prize money in a sanctioned competitive eating contest, or
  • Do not identify themselves as professional competitive eaters and are not members of any professional competitive eating organization (e.g., Major League Eating / IFOCE or similar).
This division is intended for first-time contestants, local participants, and casual eaters who want to compete for fun and smaller prizes.

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Click here to download a copy of our Hard Boiled Egg Eating Competition Waiver