Latest results in database (All results)
| 2012 May 19 | 9th | 9.5 | 10 min | World CheeseSteak Eating Championship | Allentown, PA |
| 2012 Apr 29 | 1st | 44 | 12 min | National Sweet Corn Eating Championship | West Palm Beach, FL |
| 2012 Apr 18 | 1st | 148 | 10 min | Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship Qualifier | Indianapolis, IN |
Major League Eating has uploaded a video of the "Popcorn Sarcophagus" stunt Crazy Legs Conti performed at the premier of his documentary "Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating".
Crazy Legs Conti upsets Sonya Thomas & Bob Shoudt in Sweet Corn
update May 2 BeautifulBrian.com has a page about the contest
AmerFitnessNetwork has a trailer for a longer upcoming video
update May 1 The Palm Beach Post has a gallery of the contest. Picture #18 is a picture of Crazy Legs Conti’s post-contest ears with about 75% of the kernels remaining. His pre-deduction score was 48.5 ears, so he might not have received credit for those ears.
update Apr 30 The Sweet Corn Fiesta and thealliebritt have videos
update 6:22 Palm Beach Post has a contest report
update 5:48 Joe LaRue retains the record w/46 ears in 2010
George Shea has posted the results from today’s contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Crazy Legs Conti 44 ears, new record according go George Shea
2) Sonya Thomas 43.5
3) Bob Shoudt 40.5
4) Erik Denmark 31.5
5) Kyle Nestel 28.75
6) Yasir Salem 23.25
7) Brian Seiken 23
Sean Brockert 21.8
Crazy Legs Conti wins Hooters Indianapolis wing eating qualifier
update The top 3
1) Crazy Legs Conti 148 wings
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown 101 wings (more weight than Aaron Osthoff)
3) Aaron Osthoff 125 wings (not 100% happy with the judging)
update Apr 19 If the reported amounts are accurate, there was a big discrepancy in the competitors’ weight per wing.
1) Conti 48 oz / 148 wings = .324 oz (9.1 g) / wing
2) Brown 17 oz / 101 = .168 oz (4.7 g) / wing
3) Osthoff 16 oz / 125 = .128 oz (3.6 g) / wing
WWL-TV has a video of the last 20 seconds of this morning's crawfish eating contest between Crazy Legs Conti and "Fireman" Mike. (picture)
CP Biggest Eater Thailand qualifier links
- Val Bromann’s blog entry about her post-contest activities with Crazy Legs Conti, Erik Denmark and Matt Stonie
- Val Bromann watches the Super Bowl Monday morning with Crazy Legs and Erik Denmark
- Matt Stonie’s post-contest report
- Full contest video from Matt Stonie
- First Round Thai galleries: January 8 | January 15
- Results are available on the contest result page. The top Thai, Chotiwit Niwatdechbordin (138), was just two behind Crazy Legs Conti’s total (140). The top four male & female Thais got to compete in the finals next week.
The ColemansBandG twitter is giving away trophies from Krystal Square Off qualifiers to make room for new trophies. (Coleman's Bar and Grill is the name Crazy Legs Conti has given to his apartment.)
Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Crazy Legs Conti are expected to compete against the top locals in the finals of the CP Biggest Eater qualifier in Singapore on Saturday. update CP Brand Singapore announces that Matt Stonie has replaced Pat Bertoletti.
The Denver post has a gallery of the bratwurst eating contest held at Denver Oktoberfest. Joey Chestnut 's team ate 38 sausages in 8 minutes and Bryan Beard's team ate 30. Crazy Legs Conti served as emcee. update Sept 25 The Denver Post has an article. Mark Sutherburg was the top amateur. update Sept 25 #2 greenami has a video of the event.
Regis Philbin refereed 1963 eating contest featuring Ernie Ladd
The MLE facebook announces that Pat Bertoletti, Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti will attempt to break the record for banana eating on tomorrow’s episode of Live with Regis & Kelly.
Regis Philbin had previous involvement with competitive eating before the debut of Live with Regis & Kelly. In 1963, he served as a referee for an eating contest between San Diego Charger defensive lineman / pro wrestler Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd and Nick Cordileone. Flickr has a picture of the program for the contest.
Pat Bertoletti will stay in New York City and compete in Thursday’s cannoli contest in an attempt to obtain his 36th record. Eric “Badlands” Booker and Maria “Edible” have also been announced as entrants.
The MLE facebook announces that "Buffalo" Jim Reeves became the first person to compete in the same contest ten years in a row at the Buffalo Wing Festival earlier this month and that Crazy Legs Conti will also reach that mark in Thursday's cannoli eating contest. This claim must apply to IFOCE contests only; Lester Tucker has won a quail egg eating contest in Texas for 16 years in a row.
Ben Maller has a blog entry for Yahoo! Sports PostGame about the Asia/Pacific tour by Joey Chestnut, Adrian Morgan and Crazy Legs Conti.
The facebook page for The Navy Club in Yongsan, South Korea announces that Joey Chestnut, Crazy Legs Conti and will compete in a pro-am eating contest on August 17.
Crazy Legs Conti and Adrian Morgan will accompany Joey Chestnut to Yokosuka Base in Japan on August 6. update August 6 The facebook page for American Idol contestant John Wayne Schulz has a picture of the three competitive eaters and others.
Crazy Legs Conti's advice helped Nick Altschuller defeat the Tasty Burger Challenge at Kings in Dedham, MA. (Conti's choice in competitive eating music: "Air Supply or early Menudo") update Pete Davekos coached Shannon "The Mutilator" Mulaire of Fox 25 on her eating challenge for a segment that will appear on the 10:30 pm news tonight. (A gallery of the challenge) update #2 The video and article (which misspells "Carlene Pop" as "Carling Pop") are now available.
Sick and Wrong Podcast has an interview with Crazy Legs Conti.
No Joe Schmo has an interview with Crazy Legs Conti.
In the Boston Globe, Crazy Legs Conti announces that he is not retiring from competitive eating.
Laura Leu wrote a column for Salon.com about training for the Queens Nathan's qualifier with Crazy Legs Conti and then competing in that event.
In an article on IFOCE.com, Brian Subich responds to Crazy Legs Conti's comments in a FoodRepublic post about the Concord Mills qualifier.
Food Republic has a post by Crazy Legs Conti (via comment) about the Concord Mills qualifier in which he compares his career to Shaquille O'Neal's and an interview with Pat Bertoletti. (Conti claims that the second best remunerated IFOCE member received $40,000 which would make the total earnings for the rest of the IFOCE besides Joey Chestnut ($218,000) $332,000 if George Shea's claim of $600K in total compensation is accurate.)
With one qualifier left, it appears that at least one Nathan's finals streak will be broken. Crazy Legs Conti has competed in the last nine Nathan's finals and I believe that Eric "Badlands" Booker has appeared in all Nathan's finals he has attempted to qualify for since 1997. (Booker took a hiatus in 2007.) The only way both Conti and Booker could reach the finals is if they both exceed 37 hot dogs in Saturday's qualifier in Fishkill, NY.
Crazy Legs Conti upsets Notorious B.O.B at Sweet Corn Fiesta
update Apr 19 Sun Sentinel has a gallery of the contest.
update Apr 18 Philly.com has an article about Bob Shoudt who developed a new corn-eating techique for the contest.
updated Results have been updated with values from the MLE facebook and Sean Brockert. Wellington Homes has a gallery.
3:34 George Shea has the top 3:
1) Crazy Legs Conti 33.5 ears of corn in 12 minutes
2) Bob Shoudt 32.5 ears
3) Hall Hunt 31 ears
4) Sean “Wrecking Ball” Brockert 25 ears
5) David Solomon 22 ears
Bruce Ollis 16 ears
Jimmy “Klepto” Altman 16 ears
Garret Elkins 15 ears
Jason “Value Meal Killa” Pennington 14 ears
Eric Liebl 11 ears
3:15 The contest has apparently started according to Jeff Gibbard
TMZ has a picture of Takeru Kobayashi, Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti and a giant bowl of artichoke dip, which was reportedly Kobayashi's Super Bowl Snack.
In the press conference announcing his signing with the Boston Celtics, Shaquille O'Neal stated he intends to compete against Glen "Big Baby" Davis in a chowder eating contest. NESN lists Crazy Legs Conti as another possible eating contest opponent for Shaq.
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