2012 Nathan’s Pittsburgh qualifier
update June 14 Pittsburgh.CBSLocal.com has an article.
update 10:49 WPXI has a video. Triblive and WTAE have articles
update 4:37 The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has a video
update The MLE facebook has full results
The top 3:
1) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 27
2) Brian Subich 26.25
3) Mike Landrich 16.5
4) “Wild” Bill Myers 15.5
5) Tom Keeton 11.5
6T) Jakub Kelly 8
6T) Steve Myers 8
8) Dan McCloud 5.5
1W) Theresa Subich 9
update 12:35 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins was the winner with 27 hot dogs.
update 12:32 The female winner ate 9.
update 12:29 The contest is over.
update 12:21 The contest is underway. Pat Doyle is live-tweeting the contest. He says there is only one woman competing.
update 11:40 MSNBC reports the Subiches are attempting to break a record. If they are attempting to exceed the most hot dogs eaten by a husband & wife, the LeFevres ate 50.5 hot dogs in the 2005 Nathan’s finals. (They ate 45 hot dogs in a qualifier on two occasions, results are after the jump.)
There might be a dark horse in today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Pittsburgh. Jakub Seamus Kelly, born in the Czech Republic, thinks he can eat 30 hot dogs. update Rich Shea says that Brian Seiken and Hunter Hinson are also expected to compete in addition to previously named competitors.
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anonymous said
June 13, 2012 @ 10:10 am
Most of them that think can’t eat for shit
Heart Breaker said
June 13, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
Brian S,
Damn, so close! hopefully this gives you extra motivation for NC!
So what was Jakub Seamus Kelly number?
catch 22 said
June 13, 2012 @ 3:07 pm
Darn! You were Ooooooooooooh so close to that 30 HDB’s, Jakub!
mike landrich said (Registered July 4, 2007)
June 13, 2012 @ 5:47 pm
I kind of felt bad for Jakub. He honestly thought that doing 3 in a minute equals 30 in a 10 minute contest. The “wall” is a fearsome opponent most underestimate.
Naader Reda said
June 13, 2012 @ 7:47 pm
If Jakub really only got 8, Im a bit surprised. Tells me that he didnt do any practices (or as Mike suggests) or ever tried going for longer than a minute.
Pittsburgh's Real Eaters said
June 13, 2012 @ 7:51 pm
Not a known Pittsburgh eater in the bunch….. all the real Pittsburgh eaters are under contract to no entity. They do what They want, when they want.
Anonymous said
June 13, 2012 @ 8:10 pm
That’s hilarious ! Really !! Hahaha
anonymous fan said
June 13, 2012 @ 10:17 pm
HAHA Typical Subich! Hes still eating well after the 10minutes and Rich has a look of disgust and absurdity of the mess he has made. Watch the end of the video. Also, insiders state he had full meats under his plates post judging. Looks like his 26 was more like 22
anonymous said
June 14, 2012 @ 9:18 am
10:17 you are right . Rich seems disgusted and not very happy
Jakub Kelly said
June 14, 2012 @ 8:46 pm
😀 😀 I was a little too confident at the beginning. Anyway it was really fun and I had a great time. Congrats to the winner, and to the other competitors I hope to see at market square next year, this time I will practice before hand.
mike landrich said (Registered July 4, 2007)
June 14, 2012 @ 8:59 pm
Good attitude Jakub. Don’t wait until next year though. Get into every contest and challenge you can, regardless of the food and practice that way. Much more fun and productive.
Jakub Kelly said
June 14, 2012 @ 9:10 pm
Mike: thx for the advice, I will try other competitions to except for spicy food ones, when I eat spicy food I get instant diarrhea 🙂
a said
June 15, 2012 @ 12:26 am
I heard killer kuhns and brokenwing got denied entry. I think they could top 27
anonymous said
June 15, 2012 @ 2:16 am
Did you expect otherwise 1226? They should have opted for hooters qualifiers
a said
June 16, 2012 @ 8:26 am
I just think it’s funny 216 How they can promote the contest and claim that the qualifiers are fair when it seems they bring in the eaters they want to participate in the finals with. When they were judging in the end it looked like the Shea brother was upset with Subich. I guess he had more hotdog on the table instead of down. I think they wanted him to win instead of there other eater… It doesn’t matter Subich will be at the finals with his wife. They have to have him there to put some excitement back because it will be the same thing again this year Shoudt, Janus and Bertoletti will stay close to Chestnut for 3 min or so then he will pull away.