Matt Stonie has uploaded a video of the brain taco eating contest held at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis earlier this month. The youtube commenters generally think that winner Joey Chestnut received favorable judging.
Archive for October, 2013
Ben Do will compete in a birthday cake eating contest at Henley Honda in St. Catharines, Ontario Friday. He is billed as the Canadian poutine eating champion even though he finished behind Meredith Boxberger at Smoke Poutinerie eating contest.
For Halloween, a couple is dressing up as Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.
MLE head to head rankings – 1 contest minimum
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months for people who have at least one result from a MLE contest in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Molly Schuyler (M Sc) | 100% | 3-0 |
| 1 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (P Be) | 100% | 13-0 |
| 3 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 97.4% | 223-6 |
| 4 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 93.4% | 114-8 |
| 5 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 88.4% | 148-19-1 |
| 6 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 84.7% | 83-15 |
| 7 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 84.2% | 135-25-1 |
| 8 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski (B Du) | 81.3% | 13-3 |
| 9 | Mark “the muncher” Williams (M Wi) | 80% | 8-2 |
| 10 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 79.4% | 85-22 |
| 10 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 79.4% | 86-22-1 |
eBay has several autographed pictures of Takeru Kobayashi for sale (most taken at Monday's Chompionship in Toronto). The minimum bid for a picture is $34.95 and the buy it now price is $54.95. Bidding ends November 5.
Naader Reda offers advice in FoodBeast.com on maximizing Halloween candy eating consumption.
Mick Morgan's in Sharon, MA will hold a wing eating contest on Sunday awarding 2 tickets to the Patriots vs. Browns game on December 8.
Tailgate Fan has a list of competitive eating records for Halloween candy types listing Naader Reda as a Canadian.
IllPumpYouUp.com has produced a video of three bodybuilders attempting an 8 pound burger challenge at Shack's Island & Grill in Clearwater, FL.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear on the Canadian sports channel TSN today at 5 pm eastern.He ate 4 hot dogs in 30 seconds.
MLE head to head results – 3 contest minimum
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months for people who have results for three or more MLE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 96.2% | 150-6 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 90.7% | 78-8 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 85.5% | 112-19 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 81.3% | 65-15 |
| 5 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 80.7% | 102-24-1 |
| 6 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 74.1% | 64-22-1 |
| 7 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 73.8% | 59-21 |
| 8 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler (J Bu) | 67.8% | 30-14-1 |
| 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) | 66.1% | 63-32-1 |
| 10 | Sean “Flash” Gordon (S Go) | 62.5% | 16-9-3 |
A fake trailer video (may not be safe for work) has been produced for "Feed to Kill", a horror movie set in the world of French competitive eating. Project blog | facebook (via Dread Central)
Takeru Kobayashi will participate in the finals of the JustEat.ca Campus Chompionship at the Drake Hotel in Toronto tonight (competitor list). update Kobayashi ate 32 slices of pizza in 3 minutes. update Oct 29 Smoke's Poutinerie amateur champion, Steven "The Clutch" Dorgo, representing the University of Guelph, won the collegiate contest. update Nov 1 Ignite News.ca article
Fish City Grill in Dallas will hold an oyster eating contest on Saturday for 4 person teams awarding $2000 to the winning quartet. Teams must raise at least $300 in donations.
MLE Rankings based on head to head competition – October 28, 2013
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months for people who have results for two or more MLE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 96.4% | 163-6 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 91.1% | 82-8 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 86.2% | 119-19 |
| 4 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 81.7% | 109-24-1 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 81.7% | 67-15 |
| 6 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 76.6% | 73-22-1 |
| 7 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 74.1% | 60-21 |
| 8 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler (J Bu) | 69.1% | 32-14-1 |
| 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) | 68.4% | 70-32-1 |
| 10 | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff (A Os) | 65.8% | 12-6-1 |
Madison.com has an article about Eric "Silo" Dahl.
The Big Eaters Club has a video of Stephanie Torres attempting the Progressive Challenge at the Mad Greek Deli in Portland.
The new poll asks who you think is the leading candidate to be the overall competitive eating rookie of 2013 across all organizations / genders.
The record for Kooky Canuck 7 pound challenge burger was reportedly broken yesterday with a time of 4:35. update Matt Stonie was the finisher
Molly Schuyler wins Bierhaus NYC bratwurst contest
update Oct 30 The Deadly Sins has a video
update Oct 27-2 Michael Amezquita has a video (via WeisnGaudiTV)
update Oct 27 Wayne Algenio has a video (via comment)
Results from today’s bratwurst eating contest at Bierhaus NYC Part 1 | Part 2
1) Molly Schuyler 40 brats
2) Jamie McDonald 28
3) David Brunelli 22
4) Kevin Ambs 18
Joey Chestnut wins 2013 Tunica, MS Twinkies
update Nov 2 The Rake & Herald has a contest report
TuniCams has a video
update Oct 30 Crazy Legs Conti has a Huffington Post blog entry in which he says he finished 6th (he was actually 7th after taking into account the tie for 5th place).
update Oct 28-2 Hostess has a video
update Oct 28 The Huffington Post has a video
Official results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 121
2) Matt Stonie 111 fixed
3) Miki Sudo 71
4) Adrian Morgan 57
5T) Brett Campbell 40
5T) Josh Miller 40
7T) Crazy Legs Conti 28
7T) Matthew Raible 28
? Don Potts
update Joey Chestnut has been announced as the winner with 121 Twinkies in 6 minutes
Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo and Adrian Morgan are at the contest site
Crazy Legs Conti has a preview of today’s Twinkie Eating Championship at Tunica-Bally’s Casino in Tunica, MS.
Matt Stonie has a picture of the 100 Twinkies he purchased for a training session.
Fresco Mexican Grill in South Sanford, Maine will hold a taco eating contest Tuesday awarding $200 Cash or a trip for 2 to Las Vegas.
At tonight's Big East Tip Off at Seton Hall University, Takeru Kobayashi ate 11 hot dogs in 10 1 minute and drank a gallon of milk in 15 seconds. update Oct 26 A video of the event is available (from NBC Sports)
Sushi + Rotary Sushi Bar in Aurora, IL will hold a sushi eating contest on November 6 awarding $850 in gift cards ($500 to the winner).
The Toronto Star has an article about a dinner with Takeru Kobayashi and "Furious" Pete Czerwinski.
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