EatFeats » Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest

Boardwalk Nathan’s moves to larger location

ojrifkin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:17:28 +0000

NY Daily News reports that the Nathan’s Famous on the Coney Island Boardwalk (not the site of the annual competition at Surf & Stillwell) has signed an 8 year lease for a larger location on the Boardwalk.

New Poll: Nathan’s finalist comeback

ojrifkin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:16:19 +0000

“Hungry” Charles Hardy announces that he is considering returing to competitive eating in 2012. The new poll asks what inactive former Nathan’s finalist would you most like to see attempt a comeback.

Nathan’s finals judgeship in charity auction

ojrifkin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:14:08 +0000

A judgeship in the Nathan’s finals is available in United for Lung Cancer’s charity auction. Bidding (minimum $300) will open tomorrow and close on November 17. The item page says the bidding is for the July, 4 2011 contest and is illustrated with a picture of Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi (who will probably not compete in the 2012 finals). (via kNOwLungCancer)

The Other Sports on Nathan’s womens division

ojrifkin — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:46:26 +0000

TheOtherSports.com has an article about the women’s division of the Nathan’s finals reporting that Laura Leu reversed on the Coney Island boardwalk after the contest.

Matt Stonie Nathan’s videos

ojrifkin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:27:15 +0000

Matt Stonie has posted his videos of the men’s Nathan’s finals: Part 1 | Part 2. update July 17 Matt has posted videos of the women’s contest: Part 1 | Part 2

Minyanville on the economics of competitive eating

ojrifkin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:40:10 +0000

Minyanville has a video titled The Economics of Competitive Eating which asks Tim Janus and other competitors at the recent Nathan’s weigh-in how rising food prices have affected their training.

Connection Newspapers interviews Sonya Thomas

ojrifkin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:59:03 +0000

The Connection has an interview with Sonya Thomas in which she says the first nickname she considered was “Seabiscuit”. update CapFlyer.com reports that Andrews Air Force Base has named Sonya Thomas its “Warrior of the Week.”

Ken Hoffman judges Erik Denmark

ojrifkin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:23:47 +0000

Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle served as Erik Denmark’s judge in the 2011 Nathan’s finals. Unlike last year when he judged Juliet Lee, he reported an amount the same as the official result (33.5).

Comedy sketch about Nathan’s womens contest

ojrifkin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:46:22 +0000

Top Story Weekly has a video of a sketch set at the women’s division of the Nathan’s finals in which competitors are heckled during pre-contest interviews. (probably not safe for work)

Pat Bertoletti on Sklar brothers podcast

ojrifkin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:40:54 +0000

Pat Bertoletti appears on the Sklar brothers (hosts of ESPN Classic’s Cheap Seats) recent podcast (Pat’s appearance starts around the 5 minute mark) to talk about his runner-up finish in the men’s Nathan’s finals. (Pat’s “Henderson” headband was a tribute to the Sklars.) Pat announces that he and Tim Brown have purchased a food truck and calls Joey Chestnut “washed up” and “burned out” despite losing to Chestnut 9 of the last 11 times he has faced him (see comments).