update Oct 13 Travel Seminar has a gallery from the chili eating contest held at A Taste of DC last Sunday.

update Oct 11 Ben’s Chili Bowl has 8 videos, including interviews with Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas.

update Oct 10 #2 NBC Washington and MyFoxDC have videos and DC.Eater.com has a gallery. The Washington Post calls fourth place finisher Sonya Thomas the runner-up.

update Oct 10 The rest of the results have been posted. Brian Seiken has a contest video and interviews with Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee. Mix 107.3 also has a contest video.

update 11:24 WTOP has an article and gallery.

update 2:05 WJLA has a gallery

update 1:35 Melissa Savoy has the top 4
1) Joey Chestnut 2 gallons
2T) Tim Janus 1.5 gallons
2T) Bob Shoudt 1.5 gallons
4) Sonya Thomas 1.25 gallons

update 1:30 Joshua R Hicks reports that Joey Chestnut won the contest with a total of 2 gallons of chili (16 pounds).

The contest is expected to start at 12:35 eastern. Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Juliet Lee, Micah Collins, Crazy Legs Conti, Brian Subich, Maria “Edible”, Brian Dudzinski, Bill Myers, Brian Seiken, Andrew Kossuth, Tim Connelley (amateur) and Andrew Petrick (amateur) are expected to compete.

I think this will be the first IFOCE non-qualifier contest on the east coast between Palm Beach and Atlantic City since the funnel cake eating contest at Kings Dominion in Virginia in May 2009.

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update 11:15 Full results have been posted. Oktoberfest Zinzinnati has a facebook gallery. Cincinatti.com has an article.

5:03 The top 3: 1) Joey Chestnut 35 2) Tim “Gravy” Brown 31.5 3) Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff.

4:46 Joey Chestnut reportedly won the contest with a total of 35 sausages.

4:20 The contest has started. Pat Bertoletti does not seem to be competing.

Pat Bertoletti is reportedly present at the contest site, but says he will not compete.

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A list of Joey Chestnut’s contest results since September 1, 2010 follows after the jump. The only loss Joey Chestnut has experienced since the 2010 Buffalo Wing Festival updated (not counting the exhibitions against teams of amateurs) was at the Wing Stop contest in Dallas, where the top four finishers were credited with an amount that broke the IFOCE boneless wing record. Read the rest of this entry »

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update Sept 1 #2 RGJ has a gallery and the Sparks Tribune has an article

update Sept 1 KTVN has an article and RGJ has an article with two videos

update The top 5 have been posted update #6-#10 added

1 Joey Chestnut 7.6 pounds in 12 min
2 Pat Bertoletti 6.6
3 Matt Stonie 6.35
4 Erik Denmark 5.25
5 Ron Koch 3.85
6 Damon Wells 3.6
7 Koepke 2.2
8 Triplett 2.05
9T Jason Erb 1.85
9T Ken Douglas 1.85
11 Carrol 1.4

RGJ.com confirms that Joey Chestnut will compete in tonight’s contest, which is expected to start a 6 pm Pacific (9 pm eastern).

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update 9:51 The Taco Bell facebook has a gallery

update 7:57 Official results:
1) Joey Chestnut 53 tacos in 10 minutes
2T) Tim Janus 48 tacos
2T) Matt Stonie 48 tacos
4) Eric “Badlands” Booker 34
5) Pete Davekos 31
6) Sean Brockert 10

update 7:35 Yentzen reports that Joey Chestnut ate 53 burritos to break the previous record of 48.

update 7:31 (I think these are the results. The audio is difficult to make out) 1) Joey Chestnut 2) Tim Janus 3) Matt Stonie 4) Badlands Booker 5) Pete Davekos

update 7:22 The contest is over

update 7:13 The contest has started and the video is down again.

update 7:08 The video is back on an professional introductions have started.

update 6:12 The event appears to be opening with an amateur contest. The signs have both number and prices for the amount of tacos eaten.

The contest should start at 6pm according to Taco Bell Puerto Rico’s facebook page.

update A webcast of the contest is available on UStream

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1) Joey Chestnut 62
2) Pat Bertoletti 53
3) Tim “Eater X” Janus 45
4) Bob Shoudt 39
5T) Matt Stonie 34
5T) Sean Gordon 34
7) Erik Denmark 33.5
Adrian Morgan 31
9) Aaron Osthoff 27
10) Pete Davekos 25.5
11) Pat Philbin 24
12T) Damon Wells 23
12T) Brian Subich 23
14) Lu Ming Kui 21, originally announced as 16
15) Chris Lam 14
16) Mak Tai Loi 11
DQ) Tim “Gravy” Brown

17:02 Val Bromann has more on Tim “Gravy” Brown’s disqualification: “Also, Gravy didn’t reverse. He choked. He’s OK.”

15:25 Damon Lindelof, co-creator of LOST, likes Adrian Morgan’s tattoo.

14:51) Full official results have been posted on the MLE facebook

14:46 videos friom the ESPN telecast of the contest and introductions have been posted on youtube.
14:02 The rest of the men’s results have been announced except for Pat Philbin .

13:15 4 of the top 10 twitter trending topic are related to the contest: Joey Chestnut #4, Pepto Bismol #5, Bertoletti #7, Major League Eating #8

13:01 The official top 6 has been announced

12:58 Official Top 3 1) Joey Chestnut 62 2) Pat Bertoletti 53 3) Tim “Eater X” Janus 45

12:57 The WSJ liveblog of Kobayashi’s event has not been updated in a half an hour.

12:56 Joey’s official total appears to be 62

12:54 Unofficial results Joey 61 Pat 55 Tim 43 Bob 39

12:52 2 minutes left Joey 53 Pat 48, a record does not look probable

12:51 Joey’s lead is switching between 3 – 5 with about 3 minutes left, Bob Shoudt has moved into 4th. Gravy Brown has withdrawn.

12:50 4 minutes left Joey 43 Pat 40

12:49 Halfway Joey 37 Pat 34 Tim 26 Matt 24

12:48 “Deep Dish” is the #5 twitter trending topic

12:46 2 minutes in, Adrian & Matt are in the top 4, Joey & Pat around 20

12:44 The contest starts.

12:43 “Megatoad” is currently the #7 global trending topic on twitter.

12:39 Joey Chestnut is introduced.

12:36 Now the top 4 males will be introduced.

12:35 Val Bromann reports that Adrian Morgan won rookie of the year

12:34 The Chinese are introduced after Matt Stonie

12:29 Introductions have started, Brian Subich is first.

12:24 Sonya Thomas is currently the #5 global trending topic on twitter, Joey Chestnut is #7

The Wall Street Journal is liveblogging not just Nathan’s but Kobayashi’s event

The cash winnings in the sidebar have been finally updated with 2011 values and Pat Bertoletti is the current leader with a total of $24,950 to Joey Chestnuts $24,000 (Will Pat remain the leader after the contest?)

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