Latest results in database (All results)
| 2012 May 19 | 1st | 32 | 10 min | Hot Dog Eating Finals | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2012 Jan 11 | ? | 34 | 5 min | Las Vegas Wing Bowl Wing Off | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2011 Dec 7 | 1st | ? | ? | Man vs. Cheeburger - 3 pounder | Las Vegas, NV |
Andrew Lane reports that Tom Gilbert won a hot dog eating contest held at Ellis Island Casino in Las Vegas last night with a total of 32 hot dogs.
Kobayashi to compete in Crif Dog Classic in NYC July 4
(via Darren Rovell) CrifDogClassic.com has a press release announcing that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Roberta’s in Brooklyn on July 4. Other listed competitors are Stephanie Torres, Tom Gilbert, Johnnie Excel, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Brad Sciullo. No prizes or qualifiers are listed; two entrants will be selected using reddit.com. The competition will be streamed on SI.com.
LasVegas.CBSlocal.com has a video from the first qualifier for the 2012 Las Vegas Wing Bowl which said that Tom Gilbert was disqualified.
Vegas CheeseSteaks reports that Tom Gilbert (7:30) and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez (17:52) finished its 10 pound cheesesteak challenge today. update Jan 16 A video of the challenge is available.
VegasSportsGab has a report on the first qualifier for the 2012 Las Vegas Wing Bowl held last night. Tom Gilbert (34 wings in 5 minutes), 2010 winner Travis Fowler (37 wings, best of night), 2011 winner Paul Trovato (36 wings) and Kimberly (23 wings) were among those who qualified for the finals on February 3. update KTNV has a short video.
Tom Gilbert won a three pound burger eating contest held at the Las Vegas Cheeburger Cheeburger. Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez was the runner up. (gallery)
Tom Gilbert wins Las Vegas spaghetti contest
Naader Reda has the top 5 (Part 1 | Part 2) in today’s spaghetti eating contest awarding $1000 in Las Vegas:
1) Tom Gilbert 11 lbs 6 oz, 7 minutes
2) Stephanie Torres 10 lbs 5 oz
3) Rich LeFevre 8 lbs 1 oz
4) Juan Rodriguez 7 lbs 12 oz
5) Naader Reda 6 lbs 1 oz, competed in pie contest earlier in the day
The Las Cruces Bulletin reports that Tom Gilbert won Sunday's eating contest at the Enchilada Fiesta and donated $900 of his $1000 prize. Stephanie Torres was the runner-up.
2011 Bartolini’s meatballs results
Full results of today’s professional Bartolini’s meatball eating contest (via email)
1st Place Tom “GOOSE” Gilbert 53 Meatballs, new record
2nd Place Bob “KILLER” Kuhns 43 1⁄4 Meatballs
3rd Place “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 35 Meatballs
4th Place Clay “LUNCH PAIL” Luttrell 34 Meatballs
5th Place Juan “JUAN MORE BITE” Rodriguez 32 Meatballs
6th Place “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 30 3⁄4 Meatballs
7th Place Steve “FREIGHT TRAIN” Moss 29 1⁄4 Meatballs
7th Place Jake “THE GREAT LAKE” Larry 29 1⁄4 Meatballs
8th Place Frank “THE FORK” Wach 26.5 Meatballs
9th Place Tom “SHREK” Topel 25.5 Meatballs
10th Place Tom “TOMMY BOY” Cortina 16 3⁄4 Meatballs
11th Place Eric “THE STOMACH” Hucke 11 3⁄4 Meatballs
Robert “THE AMATUER” Harms won the amateur division with 18.5 Meatballs
update The Southtown Star has an article about the contest.
The facebook for Ellis Island Casino in Las Vegas has a gallery of Saturday's chili dog eating contest won by Tom Gilbert.
The Ellis Island Casino twitter has the top 3 of tonight's hot dog eating contest: 1) Tom Gilbert 2) Johnnie Excel 3) Rich LeFevre
95.5 Vegas Country has posted a video of Tom Gilbert winning the corned beef eating contest held at Hash House A Go Go in Las Vegas on St. Patrick's Day.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about successfully completing a burger challenge, a sandwich challenge and a team pizza challenge with Tom Gilbert in Las Vegas on Christmas Eve.
The facebook for Naked City Pizza in Las Vegas has a gallery of the debut of its pizza challenge on Christmas Eve. Tom Gilbert and Naader Reda were the first pair to finish the challenge with a time of 16:19.
Mr. Dash's facebook reports that Tom Gilbert won yesterday's burger eating contest in San Diego by eating 18.5 burgers in 10 minutes, defeating Stephanie Torres by a half a burger. Johnnie Excel came in third with 16.5 burgers.
Tom Gilbert defeats Furious Pete in OT at Derby Deli contest
update OC Register reports that Tom Gilbert won the contest with a total of 34.5 hot dogs. Gilbert and “Furious” Pete Czerwinski were tied at 29.5 at the end of regulation and the contest went into overtime. Joseph Barleta from Laguna Beach was third with 20 hot dogs.
Furious Pete Czerwinski claims that he and Gilbert had an agreement to split the sum of the first and second prize money before the overtime started.
The Derby Deli facebook has posted some pictures from today’s West Coast hot dog eating contest, but has not announced a winner. update A constest judge reports the winner ate 34.
A facebook page for the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, CA has been set up at http://www.facebook.com/EatDirtyWaterDog. The first prize will be $3,000 and Tom Gilbert is expected to defend his title. The contest T-shirt has already been designed.
The facebook for The Catch announces that Tom Gilbert was the first person to finish the OMG burger challenge at the Anaheim restaurant in under an hour and claim the $500 award.
facebook.com/flancerscafe: Tom Gilbert won this afternoon's pizza eating contest at Flancer's Cafe in Gilbert, Arizona by eating a record 18 slices. update The East Valley Tribune has a gallery. update #2 The New Times has a blog entry.
JackFMVegas has a video of the third Wing Off qualifier for the Las Vegas Wing Bowl. Tom Gilbert was also disqualified for being a professional.
The OC Register reports that Thomas Gilbert, listed as a Las Vegas resident, won $1000 at the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Contest at the Derby Deli & Dueling Piano Bar in Mission Viejo by eating 25 hot dogs in 15 minutes. Greg "The Floss" Moss also competed.
Full results for Saturday's finals of the Battle of the Bone wing eating contest have been posted. Tom Gilbert is not listed, but Chillin Peng (#2), Gus Beisel (#3) and David Cohn (#8) were allowed to compete even though they have competed in IFOCE contests.
HeavyTable reports that Tom "Goose Gilbert" will attempt to win $1,000 by eating the 30 inch pizza at Randy's Pizza (Minneapolis area) tonight without assistance. The challenge will be webcast starting at 7:30 pm central (8:30 eastern). update The challenge is over and a video of the webcast is available.
The SouthTown Star has a report on Sunday's Bartolini's meatball eating contest.
Tim Rauscheder has uploaded videos from Sunday's meatball contest sponsored by Bartolini's. Tom "Goose" Gilbert won the contest by eating 50 meatballs, breaking "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's previous record of 43.
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