OregonLive has an article about competitive eating with quotes from Joey Chestnut and Carlene LeFevre. The quoted doctors are more positive about competitive eating than medical experts often are:
Patterson’s a fan of competitive eating. “I find those things fascinating to watch, actually,” she says. And gurgitators — competitive eaters’ chosen moniker — may have a healthier relationship with food than many jockeys, gymnasts and wrestlers, who can become anorexic or bulimic trying to keep their weight down.
Eating for contests is not a disorder, or “in any way contributory to any eating disorders,” says Dr. James Hancey, a psychiatrist at Oregon Health & Science University — though “to my mind, it’s the height of stupidity.”
OregonLive also has a video interview with Joey Chestnut.
Chinook Winds rib eating contest results from a Jason Erb email:
1st Joey Chestnut 8.05 lbs, 4th victory in a row
2nd Rich Lefevre 5.3 lbs, 4th 2nd place finish in a row
3rd Erik Denmark 4.55 lbs, 3rd 3rd place finish in a row
4th Jason Erb 3.7 lbs, 3rd 4th place finish in a row
5th Brickhouse Braunstein 3.35 lbs
update
Blog entry and gallery by KC Photo
Desert Diva blog entry
Picture of Joey, Erik and fan
The Daily News Online has a preview of Sunday’s rib eating contest at Chinook Winds Casino in Oregon. The columnist, Rick S. Alvord, turned down an offer from the casino:
The fine folks at the casino told me to call them if I had a craving to interview Chestnut. Yeah, well, my career hasn’t deteriorated to that point yet, but thanks anyway.
For some reason, I think I already know what he’d say …
A mock Joey Chestnut interview follows. (Perhaps the real Joey Chestnut could have informed the author that the Wing Bowl does not take place at night)
Results from the Nathan’s finals
1. Joey Chestnut 59, won 5 hot dog eat off
2. Takeru Kobayashi 59
3. Tim Janus 42
4. Pat Bertoletti 38
5. Sonya Thomas 34
Online news archives contradict Rich Shea’s claim that the contest was the first to be tied at the end of regulation time: 1990, 1980, 1978 (Memorial Day weekend)
Comments on this post are now closed. Please use the second place poll thread to comment on the Nathan’s finals.
update #4
Gothamist blog entry and gallery
Sports Illustrated article and gallery
Joey Chestnut’s mother prepares for her son’s return
Jill Stoler blog entry about Coney Island contest
July 5 update #3
Yardbarker report from Coney Island. Juliet Lee was named rookie of the year.
Newsday article and gallery
New York Post report
San Jose Mercury article
Calorie Lab blog entry
ABC News article
Wackbag thread with Pat Philbin pictures
Times and Democrat column
Southtown Star article about Pat Bertoletti
BBC news video
Kobayashi’s blog entry about the contest
Praise for Rich LeFevre
Anti-CE thread in Serious Eats from Raphael Brion
update #2 IFOCE.com has full results (from Crawfish)
AP article
Gersh Kuntzman column
ESPN.com video
flickr gallery by dietrich (from TechCrunch)
update NECN.com has the contest video in its entirety
The teleblog follows after the jump.
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Q: Do you and Kobayashi actually hate each other?
A: We might like each other in 15 years when we’re done. A lot of us are close friends.
Pat Philbin commented that Joey Chestnut was interviewed on 660 WFAN this morning. If you missed that appearance, a podcast is available. Eater X also did an interview yesterday.
WFAN will hold an on air hot dog eating contest tomorrow morning. First prize is NY Jets tickets. Second prize is more Jets tickets hot dogs.
Gersh Kuntzman has a new column in the Brooklyn Paper about the Nathan’s finals. The first half is about Kobayashi receiving a sponsor’s exemption. The second half is an encomium to George Shea which closes with the following statement:
So, sure, Joey Chestnut may down 60 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes on Friday, but without Shea, he’d just be a disgusting spectacle.
ABCNews also has a new interview with Kobayashi.
ifiy has a link to MajorLeagueEating.asia, which announces that Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi will face off in an eating contest in Singapore July 27. Three qualifiers to select local entrants will be held and the purse is $3,000 (it is not stated if that is in US or Singapore dollars) Five different types of foods will be used in the contest, including fishballs, premium otah and sotong head.
Earthtimes has an article about the contest.
The contest might result in a schedule conflict for Joey Chestnut, who has been announced as the co-star for Nacho Mountain. Principal photography for that movie has been scheduled for July 20 through July 27.
There are two short competitive eating articles in current magazine issues. I do not believe either article is online:
update Skinnyboy has a scan of the National Geographic article
Joey Chestnut has written an entry for his yardbarker blog about tuning up for the Nathan’s finals by competing in a hot dog eating contest held at Hooterpalooza last Tuesday in Fremont, California. Joey managed to eat 43 hot dogs in 8 minutes, which is greater than the winning total at all 10 minute qualifiers held this year. Joey reveals his feelings about Kobayashi in the second half of the blog entry.
Youtube videos of the contest are available: Part 1, Part 2
There is an interview video embedded in the comments.
The blog for Penn Live has an entry about the movie “Nacho Mountain”. Filming locations are currently being scouted in the Lehigh Valley. The film’s IMDB page lists Joey Chestnut, who will be performing as himself, as one of the stars. The release year is projected as 2009. Producer Dan Maher gives the following description of the plot:
He describes it as a quirky comedy about a fellow named Keefer who starts an underground food-eating competition. “When the town’s health-crazed mayor threatens to shut the tournament down, Keefer and his buddies fight to keep the contests going,” Maher explains.
A PG-13 rated teaser (probably NSFW) is available on youtube and a page for the movie has the following casting call:
NOW ACCEPTING HEADSHOTS AND PICTURES OF ANYBODY IN LEHIGH VALLEY WANTING TO PLAY EXTRAS, OR FILL CHARACTER ROLES! PLUS SIZES ARE GOOD, OBESE IS GREAT. ANy deformities (missing limbs, little people, etc.) are guaranteed screen time.
A craigslist posting has additional job information and says that principal photography will take place from July 21 to 27.
update The star of the movie, Jay Larson, has a page on ComedyCentral.com
A movie poster can be seen on the movie’s myspace page
The Times Herald has an article about Joey Chestnut’s appearances in Topps “legend” series of baseball cards and in the upcoming MLE game. Joey says that his performance in the gyro eating contest was hindered by the gyros’ garlic sauce.
“Beautiful” Brian Seiken has uploaded a page praising Joey Chestnut for temporarily adding critical comments to his myspace page about Takeru Kobayashi and his reported injury.
Local news video broadcast March 24 on KAMR about Joey Chestnut breaking the Big Texan’s 72 ounce steak record has been posted to youtube.
Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a blog entry and gallery about his attempt at the Big Texan.
Joey Chestnut has written an entry for his yardbarker blog about last Saturday’s contest at the Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA. Joey is disappointed with his training and focus compared to 2007. He closes the entry with his thoughts on the official results:
In the end of this contest, I was given credit for eating 8.9 lbs of fried asparagus (I think I only ate about 8.3 lbs., and Pat was close behind). People that are new to Competitive Eating will learn that sometimes the numbers do not exactly add up, but it is rare for the actual placing to get screwed up. Pat did great and he would have edged me out, if there weren’t so many people pushing me to win in this contest. I don’t know if the video shows it, but I could feel myself respond to the cheers from the audience.
The Las Vegas Sun reports that Joey Chestnut is expected to compete in the Nathan’s qualifier to be held at the New York, New York Casino in Las Vegas on May 8. Previous defending champions did not need to qualify. Other expected entrants are Rich LeFevre and Ron Koch.
Today’s results from the Stockton Asparagus Festival from erikdenmark.blogspot.com:
1 - Joey Chestnut 8.8 lb.
2 - Pat Bertoletti 7.14 lb.
3 - Erik Denmark 4.75 lb.
4 - Juris Shibayama 4.5 lb.
5 - Jason Erb
6 - Nate Biller
? - Eric Louie
update The top 4 have been updated with amounts from IFOCE.com
update #2 The Sacramento Bee and Record Net have articles about the contest. Record Net has a gallery (eating contest pictures begin at #59)
update #3 Video of KCRA’s coverage of the contest can be seen on youtube. Pat’s counter has 8 pounds when the contest ends (see above)
Joey Chestnut has posted a video to his yardbarker blog of him preparing for Saturday’s asparagus eating contest by eating 3 pounds of asparagus in 3 minutes. The video is also available on youtube. Joey makes the following prediction for the contest:
Pat is a great eater and whenever I get lazy he pulls off an upset. The chances of Pat walking away with a win in this contest are slim to none. I will let you all know how the contest goes down.
An Orlando Sentinel blog reports that Joey Chestnut will appear in the 2008 Allen & Ginter baseball card set. Takeru Kobayashi appeared in the 2006 set. Abraham Lincoln is another non baseball player in the set.
(via Hugging Harold Reynolds) Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti have started a group blog at http://yardbarker.com/users/PBandJC. Pat’s first post describes his techniques for the upcoming asparagus contest. Yardbarker is a blog host for famous athletes. Recent posters include Darren McFadden, Greg Oden and Rasheed Wallace. (Rasheed Wallace gave thumbs up to Joey Chestnut’s first post)
Loading ...| 2008 Jul 20 A Bowie, MD
Bowie Baysox Burger Bonanza |
| 1st 8.875 Ian "The Invader" Hickman |
| 2nd 8.875 Elizabeth "Rubber Gut" Canady |
| 3rd 6.5 Mark "The Human Vacuum" Lyle |
| 2008 Jul 19 Chicago, IL
Bacci World Pizza Eating Championship |
| 1st "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
| 2008 Jul 19 A Akron, OH
Hamburger Eating Contest |
| 1st 13 Pete "Broken Wing" Maurizio |
| 2nd 13 Kevin Kordalski |
| 2008 Jul 19 Bayonne, NJ
Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| 1st Frank Paulyzn |
| 2008 Jul 19 Dixon, CA
Lamb Rib Eating Contest |
| 1st 2.375 Chris Kilkenny |
| $15000 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut |
| $12250 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti |
| $8550 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
| $6000 | Tim "Eater X" Janus |
| $5750 | "Furious" Pete Czerwinski |
| $5000 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| $4500 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas |
| $2100 | Ian "The Invader" Hickman |
| $1500 | Russ "The Black Hole" Keeler |
| $1500 | Erik "The Red" Denmark |