Kobayashi wins West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship
update Sept 8 TheSun.Co.UK has an article with a video and OrangeCounty.com has a video
update Sept 7 Personal bests have been updated.
update Sept 6 #2 CBS and KTLA have new videos. A video of almost all of the entire contest is available. Patch has a gallery.
update Sept 6 The OC Register has an article and gallery and Fox News has an article. (via comment)
update 11:13 Naader Reda has the results
1) Takeru Kobayashi, 49 hot dogs, lowest total in a big hot dog contest since 2005
2) Tom Gilbert 29
3) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 25
4) Rich LeFevre 23.75
5) Johnnie Excel 22.75
6) Naader Reda 17
7) Dale Bone 16.5
8) Kevin Ross 16
9) Aaron Ybarra 14
10) Mary Bowers 6.5
update 9:52 Kobayashi’s official total is 49 hot dogs
update 9:30 The contest is over. Rebecca Hall reports that Kobayashi ate 47 hot dogs. (Dale Boone reportedly quit)
Naader Reda has a preview of this evening’s West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at The Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, which will start at 6pm Pacific (9 pm eastern).
At least six competitors in the ten person field have eaten at least 30 hot dogs in a contest. Here are the personal bests according to the eatfeats databse (contests only, no exhibitions)
Takeru Kobayshi 64.5 HDB in 10 minutes
Tom Gilbert 34.5 12 minutes + OT
Rich LeFevre 34 HDB in 12 minutes / 31 in 10 minutes
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski 33 12 minutes + OT
Dale Boone 31 in 10 minutes
Johnnie Excel – 30 HDB in 15 minutes
Kevin Ross 20 HDB in 10 minutes
Naader Reda – 17.5 HDB in 12 minutes
Aaron Ybarra – 17 HDB in 12 minutes
Mary Bowers – 8 HDB in 12 minutes
If Tom Gilbert finishes ahead of Pete Czerwinski, it would be the third time in a row he has bested “Furious” Pete and Tom Gilbert would have a strong claim as the top non-IFOCE competitive eater besides Kobayashi. Here are their head to head results:
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Eater supported said
September 5, 2011 @ 5:56 pm
Notice every contest is less than 10 mins. Today is 10 mins. Getting ready to lose to the real champion.
munchin mike said (Registered December 19, 2009)
September 5, 2011 @ 6:17 pm
Im confused y is there 10, 12 15 min
munchin mike said (Registered December 19, 2009)
September 5, 2011 @ 6:25 pm
Wait im retarted…….didnt read first
LOOKER said
September 5, 2011 @ 6:35 pm
Any site that will stream it Live??
Gentleman Joe said (Registered December 8, 2005)
September 5, 2011 @ 7:16 pm
West Coast last yr does not count. It was Pete’s 2nd contest of the day. & I believe they split $$$ on West Coast.
Bartolini’s was clear & convincing though.
Gastrodyne said (Registered July 17, 2011)
September 5, 2011 @ 9:47 pm
I’m kind of… shocked, not just today, it happens in some contest from time to time. When Koby eats 47 HDBS, pat eats just sightly over 4.5 pounds of chiken wings… i wonder how much the actual food impacts eating (aside of the obvious size diference if there is any). At the same time, i don’t picture derby offering contestants cold hot dogs or cold wings to the eaters – for the sake of the second example i just gave a sentence ago. I can picture them not being in the best condition, like say 27 degrees (celsius here), but unless you are a very picky eater that shouldn’t affect perfomance that much… Seriously, there are times when i feel like, judging only by the numbers, i can beat those top guys. It just draws my attention, don’t focus on this last claim.
Hope to know how the rest of the contestants placed.
jmluckie33 said (Registered July 6, 2011)
September 5, 2011 @ 11:30 pm
Wow nowhere near the numbers i thought would be put up by Kobe. Also if i was them i would nt let that DALE( I QUIT) Boone bk in another one of they contest. Other than that it went like i thought it would with Kobe, tom n Pete didnt see anyone else that could match up with KObe.
Anonymous said
September 5, 2011 @ 11:37 pm
the totals are way off, which ones are right?
LOOKER said
September 6, 2011 @ 12:29 am
Sad day for WLOCE aka Dale Boone.
Anonymous said
September 6, 2011 @ 1:18 am
world champion dale boones fan page ‘says ‘dale was hurt today in oc. updates soon, please pray.’
Eater supported said
September 6, 2011 @ 2:24 am
You could tell something happen on stage he was in the lead then slow way down at the very start. you could tell something gave while he was eating. He was taken of stage with emt in tow. It s was kept from the press of course. And not from what i hear if was from eating he do not really get started he did 16 but i saw he didnt even get a chance to kick it in. I got his back on this one. he was about to .He did kick it in for about 4 hotdogs then something gave way.
JOE L. said
September 6, 2011 @ 6:59 am
We are praying for mr boon ,,, praying that he goes away and stays there
Anonymous said
September 6, 2011 @ 8:32 am
http://www.foxsports.com.au/other-sports/japanese-star-kobayashi-polishes-off-49-hot-dogs-in-10-minutes-in-his-return-to-competitive-eating/story-e6frf56c-1226130762699
PR said
September 6, 2011 @ 5:01 pm
Tom doesn’t get the accolade Pete gets because he is perceived as a boring eater with no personality, even though he’s beating Pete left and right.
future of competitive eating said
September 6, 2011 @ 5:24 pm
Just a matter of time before they get sick of paying Kobayashi a very handsome appearance fee for beating low level competition . There will come a time when they will ask Koby to try and pursuade Chestnut Sonya and the great eaters of MLE to compete against him. When he fails to do so its all over for him
A conserned fan said
September 6, 2011 @ 8:05 pm
What are you doing Rich Lafevre,? You’ll never beat Koby, you can’t beat Gilbert or Pete, and they wont pay your transportation. Can you afford to keep on losing?
Rich LeFevre said
September 7, 2011 @ 2:13 pm
First of all, conserned fan, it’s “concerned” (not conserned) and secondly, none of us will ever beat Koby and I can afford my own transportation to drive 540 miles (round trip) even if I didn’t win $750 for beating everybody else in the contest. Maybe I just like to compete and not sit on the sidelines and whine about other eaters like you do.
Porkslap Arcaria said (Registered June 16, 2008)
September 8, 2011 @ 3:31 am
Amen Rich. That is a competitive eater.
WLOCE said
September 8, 2011 @ 6:13 am
Welcome Rich . To A new start. WLOCE newest member.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
September 8, 2011 @ 7:56 am
Hey, in CE, as with most things in life, it’s not the destination that’s so important, but the journey. Rich’s enjoyment of the ride is what keeps him going. I know of no other eater within 20 years of his age who can eat as much as Rich, or who is as healthy.
Rich is a fun-loving youngster masquerading as a senior citizen. The man’s got it going on!
If his mug and bio were on bottles of Ensure sales would go through the roof!
anonymous said
September 8, 2011 @ 9:03 am
If you look at the expression on Ross and Naader faces after Boone is introduced, its quite obvious that he had words with them prior to the intro’s
anonymous said
September 8, 2011 @ 1:18 pm
For concerned fan.Dont worry about Lafevre , it’s all about his ego..He has to be around people who think he is so great..At his age he does more harm to his body than a 20 year old.I hope you know what your doing to your body..Watch out for yourself Lafevre and please be very carefull, your a good guy..
anonymous said
September 9, 2011 @ 6:42 pm
After viewing past totals of furious pete and goose, i think we can conclude that the hot dogs they ate in IL were oscar meyer weiners and the ones they ate in Viejo CA were closer to regulation size. The West Coast event were indeed regulation size which proves after all those years in which Boone made it to the Nathans finals. he obviously got over on the judges who miscalculated his inflated totals. 16 or 17 is about Boone;s max would you agree?
Anonymous said
September 9, 2011 @ 7:07 pm
Have you ever seen him with his hands resting inside his overalls at the end of a event… just sayin. I say strip his ass down and you’ll find a half dozen in his bibs…