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2025 Colorado State Fair Sloppers
update The Pueblo CHieftain has a gallery.
Major League Eating has posted the last names of the prize winners of the Slopper eating contest at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, CO. I assume these are the full names:
| 1st | 39 | Geoffrey Esper | contest record |
| 2nd | 23 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 22 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 3rd | 22 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 17.5 | Mark “the muncher” Williams | |
| 6th | 9.5 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | |
| 7th | 8.5 | Formanek |
2024 Colorado State Fair Slopper contest
The Pueblo Chieftain has a gallery
Announced results 8 minutes
1 Geoff Esper 31.5 Sloppers
2 James Webb 31
3 Steve Hammond 19.5
4 Tanner Gray 15
5 Mo Mbengue 14
6 Sergio Reyes Raya 10
7 Mark Sutherberg 8.5
James Webb is running a live video
The field: Mark Sutherberg, Tanner Gray, Mo Mbengue, Sergio Reyes Raya, Steve Hammond, James Webb, Geoff Esper
Registration is now open for the Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto August 10 and the World Slopper Eating Championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, CO on August 31.
James Webb wins Colorado State Fair Slopper contest
James Webb is the first person besides Geoff Esper to win the Slopper eating contest at the Colorado State Fair in the 2020s. Official results
| 1st | 32 | James Webb | first person besides Geoff Esper to win contest since 2019 |
| 2nd | 31.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 23 | Mo Mbengue | |
| 4th | 21.5 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 5th | 20 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 6th | 19 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 7th | 16 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 8th | 10.75 | Jon Ansell | |
| 9th | 9 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | |
| 10th | 8.75 | Chris Sealey |
After arriving in Colorado for tomorrow's Slopper eating contest, James Webb ate 6 pounds of chocolate at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Colorado Springs.
Registration will open today for a Nathan's Famous qualifier to be held in Selsey, West Sussex, England on August 26. I think this will be the first Nathan's qualifier held outside the USA since a Beijing qualifier in 2011. Registration is now open for the Slopper championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo on September 2, the Buffalo Buffet Bowl on September 2, the USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship in Buffalo on September 3 and the Lewisville, TX tamale contest on September 30.
Geoff Esper wins Colorado State Fair slopper eating contest
| 1st | 33 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 25 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 24 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 22 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 5th | 15.75 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 15.5 | Andrew Krawczyk | |
| 7th | 12.5 | Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker | |
| 8th | 11 | Jon Ansell | |
| 8th | 11 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 10th | 9 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | |
| 11th | 8.5 | Kevin Schumaker |
2021 Colorado State Fair Slopper contest
Official results. The fair did not bother to livestream the MLE contest.
| 1st | 34 | Geoffrey Esper | wins for 3rd year in a row |
| 2nd | 22.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 20 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 4th | 19 | Ricardo Corbucci | MLE debut |
| 4th | 19 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 16.75 | Brett “The Branimal” Healey | |
| 7th | 14 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 8th | 10 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | |
| 9th | 8.5 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks | |
| 10th | 7.5 | Mike Coco | from Gray’s Coors Tavern |
| 10th | 7.5 | Jocelyn Walker |
The Colorado Sate Fair facebook has a video of the contest. They are currently having an undercard for local media and celebrities.
Ricardo Corbucci is expected to make his MLE debut tomorrow at the World Slopper Eating Championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo. Defending champion Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden, Michelle Lesco, Adrian Morgan, Steve Hammond, Brett Healy and Doug Ecks are also expected to compete.
Geoff Esper and Darron Breeden are expected to compete in the World Slopper-Eating Championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo on September 4. The competition will be open to spectators unlike last year's event.
The Colorado State Fair will has scheduled its Slopper Eating Championship for September 4.
The Colorado State Fair, scheduled from August 27 to September 6 in Pueblo, CO, announced that it intends to bring back its slopper eating contest.
2020 Colorado State Fair Slopper contest
(Official results)
1) Geoff Esper 37.5 sloppers in 8 minutes, new record
2) Joey Chestnut 32
3) Nick Wehry 28
4) Gideon Oji 23.5
5) Darron Breeden 21.5
6) Bryan Beard 12
7) Alex Perez 6
The livestream of today’s World Slopper Eating Championhip can be viewed at https://www.coloradostatefair.com/
The field for the World Slopper Eating Championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo Saturday will include Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Gideon Oji, Nick Wehry, Bryan Beard, Alex Perez and defending champion Darron Breeden.
The World Slopper-Eating Championship will return to the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo on September 5. The contest will be closed to spectators but will be livestreamed. Joey Chestnut and defending champion Darron Breeden are expected to compete along with six unnamed Major League eaters.
Fat Belly Pizza in Colorado Springs has a 28 inch Belly Buster pizza challenge for two people that awards $250 if finished in under an hour.
The Colorado State Fair, scheduled for August 28 - September 7 in Pueblo, still intends to hold a MLE Slopper eating contest. The could be the first MLE contest open to the public in over 6 months.
The World Slopper Eating Championship will return to the Colorado State Fair that will be held in Pueblo, CO from August 8 to September 7.
2019 World Slopper Eating Championship
update Articles Westword | Chieftain | KOAA
Videos: Colorado State Fair | Chris Fendrich
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 28.25 | Darron Breeden | |
| 2nd | 18.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 3rd | 17.5 | Brett “The Branimal” Healey | |
| 4th | 15.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 13.5 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 6th | 11 | Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard | |
| 7th | 9.5 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | announced as 6th on stage |
| 8th | 8 | Don | Coors Lounge |
| 9th | ? | Luis Martinez | Sunset Inn |
| 10th | ? | Teigan Torres | Riverside Bar & Gril |
| 11th | 4.5 | Jody Howell | predicted he would eat 20 |
KRDO is currently running a live stream of today’s World Slopper Eating Championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo.
Profile of amateur competitor Jody Howell
Fox21 has a video about the Gut Buster pizza challenge at Fat Boys pizza in Colorado Springs which awards $300 to a team of 2 that finishes it in under an hour.
Andrew Lane has a blog entry about Stephanie Torres finishing the Govanator Challenge at Govnr's Park in Denver without assistance, which is usually attempted by two person teams. The estimated weight of the burger, bun, toppings & fries was 13.5 pounds, which Stephanie finished in 53 minutes. Andrew and Stephanie also won $300 by completing the Gut Buster Pizza at Fat Boys in Colorado Springs.
Chieftain.com has an article about Marco Marquez' victory at a jalapeno eating contest at Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colorado where he ate 100 peppers in 10 minutes.
Homer 1350 AM in Pueblo, Colorado is holding a wing eating contest awarding a 32 inch television. (via facebook)
Three “Outrageous Food” restaurants
Here are three restaurants that will appear on Outrageous Food on the Food Network on Saturday at 10 pm eastern.
- McGuire’s Irish Pub, Pensacola, FL – meal: “Terrible Garbage Burger”
- King’s Chef Diner, Colorado Springs, CO – meal: “The Thing” (5 pound breakfast)
- Pizza Machine Springfield, IL – meal: 60 inch pizza delivered by crane
The Pueblo Native has a profile of Marco "Mongo" Marquez
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