Nathan's Hot Dog Contest category

Nathan's 2009 qualifier winners & defending champion
2008 Jul 459Joey "Jaws" Chestnut Brooklyn, NY
2009 May 225Crazy Legs Conti Biloxi, MS
2009 May 726Rich "The Locust" LeFevre Las Vegas, NV
2009 May 926Sean "Flash" Gordon Foxborough (Boston), MA
2009 May 1650Tim "Eater X" Janus East Hartford, CT
2009 May 1738"Humble" Bob Shoudt Allentown, PA
2009 May 2330.5Juliet Lee Atlantic City, NJ
2009 May 3033Hall "Hoover" Hunt Tampa, FL
2009 May 3028Erik "The Red" Denmark Tempe, AZ
2009 Jun 636Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas Norfolk, VA
2009 Jun 632Tim "Gravy" Brown Overland Park, KS
2009 Jun 626Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti Plymouth, MN
2009 Jun 1330Marco "Mongo" Marquez Denver, CO
2009 Jun 1323Micah "Wing Kong" Collins Charlotte, NC
2009 Jun 2040Eric "Badlands" Booker Queens, NY
2009 Jun 2722"Buffalo" Jim Reeves Newnan, GA
2009 Jun 2725Peter "Pretty Boy" Davekos San Jose, CA
2009 Jun 279Bob Cocadrillo Brooklyn, NY
The new poll asks who you think will win tomorrow's Nathan's finals. Paul Barlow has posted his predictions on his myspace blog. Buck Wolf, who has participated in radio broadcast of the Nathan's finals, predicts a Pat Bertoletti win.
1010WINS has an article and gallery (solely of Chestnut & Kobayashi) of the Nathan's weigh-in today. update CNN also has an article about the weigh-in, which claims that Eater X has eaten 55 HDBs. update #2 NY1 video
SportsMediaNews reports that all five previous Nathan's broadcasts from 2004-2008 will be rerun on ESPNU on July 3 between midnight and 5 am eastern.
Zoe Yang, who will serve as a Bunnette after participating in Bunnette bootcamp, has a blog at zoehasappetite.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/BadlandsBooker/: The Nathan's weigh in will be today at Herald Square at 1 PM. Previous weigh-ins were held on July 3.
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, who competed in the Nathan's finals in the 1990s, has a short documentary about the contest on his website.
Forbes.com has two articles about competitive eating, a profile of Joey Chestnut and an analysis of Major League Eating as a business. Eric Gatoff, CEO of Nathan's, says his company spends in "the high six figures" on the Nathan's finals and its qualifier circuit.
Philly.com has a paragraph on Micah "Wing Kong" Collins qualifying for the Nathan's finals.
BrooklynPaper.com has a podcast of a song about the 2009 Nathan's finals performed by Amos Wengler, the Bard of Coney Island.
You can still bet on Crazy Legs Conti vs. Patrick Vandam on Sportbook.com even though Patrick Vandam did not qualify. Both eaters must compete for the bet to be valid, so bettors will not be able to win some easy money by betting on Conti.
BeautifulBrian.com has reports on the Bunnette Bootcamp and the Cops vs. Firefighters qualifer. Bob Cocadrillo won the qualifier and will compete in the Nathan's finals Saturday.

Pete Davekos wins final Nathan’s qualifier

The contest was apparently moved to San Jose State according to ratlhead’s gallery.

It’s probably a safe assumption that the runner-up of today’s San Bruno qualifier will eat more than 11 HDB that last year’s second place finisher did.

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Buffalo Jim Reeves returns to Nathan’s finals

George Shea’s twitter reports that “Buffalo” Jim Reeves won today’s Atlanta-area Nathan’s qualifier, placing him in the finals for the first time since 2004. The five year gap between finals appearances might be the largest.

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NY Press has an interview with Laura Leu, who will lead tomorrow's Bunnette Bootcamp.
IFOCE.com announces that Pete Davekos, Brian Subich and Kevin Ross are expected to compete in Saturday's San Francisco-area Nathan's qualifier.

SportsBook Nathan’s finals bets

(Via Gambling911) Sportsbook has several bets available on the Nathan’s finals. In addition to betting on the overall winner (Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi and the field are the choices) 6 head to head matchups are also available. Crazy Legs Conti vs. Patrick Vandam is one of the choices even though Vandam has yet to qualify.

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"Beautiful" Brian Seiken announces that he will be a judge in the 2009 Nathan's finals.
CBSAtlanta.com has a video of a contest Paul Barlow did to promote Saturday's Atlanta area Nathan's qualifier. update Part 2 is now available.
The Nathan's finals broadcast now appears on TV listings. Like previous years, the program will start at noon eastern and last an hour.

30+ HDB non-winning Nathan’s qualifier performances

Badlands does the double deuce in Queens

update #2 NY1 has an article and video about the contest

Jo “Gavonne” Rose has uploaded a video

update Results from Rich Shea’s twitter: badlands with 40 pat from moonachie w/32, nasty nate w/25 yasir reversal Pat Philbin’s twitter confirms

Eric “Badlands” Booker and Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin will compete in today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the new New York Mets ballpark. According to Pat’s twitter, hot dogs might not require dunking.

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The Denver Post has a report on Marco "Mongo" Marquez' qualifying for the Nathan's finals. KetchupWithTheHunts also has a blog entry about the Denver qualifier.

New poll: preferred Nathan’s rookie

The new poll asks what eater currently ranked in the IFOCE top 50 who has been competing since at least 2006 and has never made the Nathan’s finals would you most like to see appear on the Coney Island stage. (If I missed anyone who meets these criteria, I will add him to the poll)

A listing of all 15+ HDB qualifier results in the database by eaters who have never reached the Nathan’s finals follows after the jump
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Tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier at the New York Mets stadium will take place at 3PM to accommodate the 4:10 PM game start time mandated by the Fox national broadcast.
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