Scott Watkins, also known as "Scott Eats" ate 48 hot dogs in 10 minutes to claim the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's eating contest at the Frankfort, IN Hot Dog Festival. This event would not be allowed if Scott signed a MLE contract after winning the Las Vegas Nathan's qualifier on July 4.
Molly Schuyler won today's corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento. update The top 3 1) Molly Schuyler 40.5 corn dogs, contest record 2) Dan Kennedy 39.5 3) Mirza Selmic 18
Garlo's will hold a pie eating contest at Coogie Bay Hotel in Coogie, NSW, Australia on September 20 awarding $5,000 to the winner. Entrants need to submit a video of themselves eating two Garlo's pies as fast as possible.
The hot dog eating contest from the "Beach Games" episode of "The Office" has been uploaded to youtube.
The Schuyler, NY Cornfest will hold a corn eating contest on August 8 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
The Kennett Square, PA Mushroom Festival will hold an amateur fried mushroom eating contest on September 13 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three.
Enrico's will hold a spaghetti eating contest at the Frankfort, IL Fall Festival on September 5 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top three. Qualifiers will be held on July 25, August 13 and August 27.
Registration is now open for two September 12 Major League Eating Contests: the:Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ and the North Shore Beef's Three Way Slider World Championship in Boston.
The Southern Illinoisan has an article about Molly Schuyler completing the 12.5 pound, 28 inch pizza challenge at Pizza Villa in Anna, IL in 12 minutes.
Joey Chestnut ate a five pound BBQ nacho plate in 2:12 to win a contest held after tonight's Memphis Redbird game. (video)
Registration is open for the Buffalo Wing Festival contests: the Buffet Bowl on August 29 and the Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship on August 30.
Mamma Mia's Trattoria will hold a pizza eating contest in Lake Worth, FL on August 1 awarding $700 to the winner, $300 to the runner up.
Total hot dogs eaten and lifespan truncation
Happy National Hot Dog Day. In 2021, University of Michigan of researchers posted a study claiming that eating a hot dog would shorten the lifespan of its consumer by 36 minutes. Using that figure, the following table list the amount of lifespan truncation for competitive eaters from the combined totals of hot dog events in the eatfeats database. The statistics inclunde MLE contests, non-MLE competitions and exhibitions. The first column is the number of hot dog events for a given competitor.
| # | Hot Dogs | Avg. | Minutes | Days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1870 | 60.32 | 67320 | 46.75 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 27 | 1085.33 | 40.2 | 39071.88 | 27.13 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
| 45 | 1057.75 | 23.51 | 38079 | 26.44 | Eric “Badlands” Booker |
| 59 | 988.83 | 16.76 | 35597.88 | 24.72 | Crazy Legs Conti |
| 25 | 976.25 | 39.05 | 35145 | 24.41 | Tim “Eater X” Janus |
| 32 | 941.75 | 29.43 | 33903 | 23.54 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt |
| 34 | 921.25 | 27.1 | 33165 | 23.03 | Erik “The Red” Denmark |
| 15 | 876.25 | 58.42 | 31545 | 21.91 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| 33 | 876 | 26.55 | 31536 | 21.9 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre |
| 26 | 869.5 | 33.44 | 31302 | 21.74 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas |
| 20 | 864.12 | 43.21 | 31108.5 | 21.6 | Geoffrey Esper |
| 26 | 863.12 | 33.2 | 31072.5 | 21.58 | Molly Schuyler |
Burgers Never Say Die will hold a burger eating contest on August 1 awarding two tickets to that night's Red Sox at Dodgers game along with a limo ride to the Dodger Stadium.
Top Nathan’s Famous debuts
A list of the top first-time results for Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contests follows. Scott Watkins set the record for a qualifier debut on July 4. All the top 6 debuts are by non-Americans.
Eric "Badlands" Booker drank 7 cans of Moxie soda in under two minutes to win a chugging contest held at the Moxie Festival in Lisbon, Maine on Saturday.
Boonedogs in Lexington, KY will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 15 awarding $500 to the winner.
Bartolini's will hold a meatball eating contest for amateurs on July 18 in Midlothian, IL awarding $1000/$500/$250 to the top three. $1,000 in gift cards will also be awarded to the top 5. Entrants will need to qualify at the restaurant by July 17. Molly Schuyler will serve as head judge.
James Webb wins Saugus wings
update July 12 WMUR has a video
update Full official results
| 1st | 249 | James Webb | 7.77 lbs |
| 2nd | 241 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 7.52 lbs, first loss for Joey Chestnut was a steak eating contest in Japan vs. Ryu in October. His last MLE defeat was the Wings for Wishes contest in Miami in March 2025. |
| 3rd | 209 | Geoffrey Esper | 6.54 lbs |
| 4th | 179 | Jerome Burns | 5.61 lbs |
| 5th | 158 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | 4.95 lbs |
| 6th | 149 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 102 | Matthew “mattachewsit” Stefanilo | |
| 8th | 97 | Brandon “The Titanium Jaw” Macey | |
| 9th | 96 | Steven Farlow | |
| 10th | 65 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 62 | Dave Rossi | |
| 12th | 44 | Harmon Cap | |
| 13th | 42 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
The top 6 from the Saugus wings eating contest in Seabrook, NH from James Webb’s video (results in pounds, 10 minutes)
1 7.77 James Webb
2 7.54 Joey Chestnut
3 6.54 Geoffrey Esper
4 5.61 Jerome Burns
5 4.95 Pat Bertoletti
6 4.65 Radim Dvoracek
The last loss for Joey Chestnut was a steak eating contest in Japan vs. Ryu in October. His last MLE defeat was the Wings for Wishes contest in Miami in March 2025.
The Frankfort, IN Hot Dog Festival will hold an eating contest on July 25 awarding $1,0000 to the winner.
ESPN PR announced that five million viewers watched Saturday's Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on ABC and ESPN2, an all time record for the event. The previous highest live audience was 1.9 million in 2011.
Registration is open on MajorLeagueEating.com for The Mother Road Festival Cozy Dog Eating Championship in Springfield, IL on September 26.
USA Today on Nathan’s Famous gambling
Josh Peter of USA Today has has written an article about the post contest jumps for Miki Sudo (33->38.75) and Nick Wehry (39->45) in Saturday’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest. The increments enabled over/under bettors who wagered on overs to declare victory. Sam Barclay was responsible for boosting Miki Sudo’s count by 5, claiming a missed plate. In the ESPN Miki Sudo camera, it appears that she came into contact with at most 34 hot dogs for the duration of the contest. Retired eater Darron Breeden had the following quote:
I agree that standards need to be raised for the eaters, the fans and especially for anyone that has money tied to it,’’ said Breeden, who finished second twice. “…You want to preserve the integrity of the contest.
Miki Sudo did a radio interview for Q105. When asked about the counting issues, she said she did not know where the extra five hot dogs came from. (AI transcript from youtube)
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Molly Schuyler ate 45 hot dogs on July 4 to win the first prize of $1,000 at Stewart's in Tuckerton, NJ. Dan Kennedy was runner up with 40. update The SandPaper has a contest report and gallery
Regsitration is now open for Smoke's Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto on September 19.
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