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Nathan’s hot dog personal bests for 2013

A list of personal bests for Nathan’s hot dog contests in 2013 according to the database follows:

2013 Jul 4 1st 69 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jul 4 2nd 51 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jun 29 1st 50 10 min Tim “Eater X” Janus Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Queens, NY
2013 Apr 20 1st 40 10 min Miki Sudo Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jul 4 4th 39.75 10 min “Notorious” Bob Shoudt Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jun 15 1st 38 10 min Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Atlanta, GA
2013 Jul 4 1st 36.75 10 min Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jul 4 2nd 36 10 min “The Lovely” Juliet Lee Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2013 Apr 20 1st 31.5 10 min Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Las Vegas, NV
2013 Apr 20 2nd 31 10 min Tom “Goose” Gilbert Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jun 8 1st 31 10 min Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Calgary, AB, Canada
2013 Jun 2 1st 31 10 min Molly Schuyler Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women St. Paul, MN

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The Rake & Herald has an interview with Crazy Legs Conti, who says that the Major League Eating: The Game app was a MLE highlight for 2013 (it was ported to the iPhone/iPad last year) and hopes for a return of the CP Biggest Eater circuit (cpbiggesteater.com now brings up an empty page). He advises novice competitive eaters to limit their travel expenses.
Simply Potatoes in Mumbai, India held the "Ultimate Potato Eating Competition" today.
Phoenix Magazine has a video of Jeff "The Beast Man" Butler attempting to eat 36 hot dogs in 10 minutes. There will be an article about him in the January 2014 issue.
The release date for the second update of MLE rankings in 2013 has been announced as Monday, December 23.
Massive Wieners in Prahran, VIC, Australia (Melbourne area) reportedly wants to hold a hot dog eating contest in Januaray awarding the winner a trip to the 2014 Nathan's finals.
Last night, former NFL lineman Kyle Turley announced he would attempt the 72 ounce steak challenge at the Big Texan in Amarillo. He actually ordered a 24 ounce steak, citing too many rules as his reason for declining the challenge.
The new poll asks who you think is the current favorite for the national contest in Wing Bowl 22.
The Mountain West Conference has a video of yesterday's pie eating contest where members of the Fresno State football team defeated USC Trojans as part of pre-game festivities for the Las Vegas Bowl.
The Plymouth Herald reports that Adrian Morgan from Plymouth, England, a former commonwealth gold medalist in judo, ate a food challenge at the Prince of Wales in Princetown, Devon with a total weight of 18 pounds in 26 minutes.
SmithsonianMag.com has contest report on the hot tamale contest held in Greenville, MS won by Dectric Boldien.
The Seiken vs. Goldsteins "debate" has been moved to this thread.
NUVO Magazine has a short article about competitive eating focusing on Matt Stonie and Meredith Boxberger making note of the face that they are both 5 feet 8 inches and 128 pounds.
Home Depot has an inflatable consisting of a polar bear, penguin and snowman participating in a gingerbread man eating contest available for sale. (via slickdeals)
A clip from today's episode (syndicated, check for stations & air times) of "The Doctors" where eating stunt performers Glozell, "Chuck from the Bronx" and "LA Beast" are interviewed can be viewed online.
The "World Pie Eating Championship", probably the best publicized European eating contest, will take place tomorrow at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England. This year's gimmick is "topless" or crustless pies, supposedly due to the request of risk assessment lawyers. update Dec 18 Ian Coulton won the contest with a time of 1:06
Pat Bertoletti ate 2 pounds of scrapple and a pound of cream cheese in 100.3 seconds today on ustream to qualify for Wing Bowl 22. This will be the first Wing Bowl appearance for him since the Wing Bowl 16 in 2008 and fills two of the four spots that will be awarded for performing stunts on streaming video.
Slims Last Chance Saloon in Seattle announces it will hold a pepper eating contest later today that will be recorded for an upcoming episode of Stan Lee's Superhumans.
A video and facebook gallery Frank's Red Hot Battle to the Bone held in London last month won by Shareen "Juno" Carter are available.
Randy Santel attempted the Balense reus burger challenge at Broodjeshoek in Balen, Belgium yesterday. He is not the first American to attempt the challenge, Joey Chestnut was the first person to complete the challenge last month, winning the jackpot of 785 euros ($1080) (he donated 350 euros ($480) to charity). (video | article 1 | article 2)
TheDoctorsTV.com has a summary of Tuesday's episode about dangerous viral videos. Chuck from the Bronx and the LA Beast .
Mystique Casino in Dubuque will hold a wing eating contest on January 31 awarding $1000 to the winner. Weekly qualifiers will be held in January.
Artie Lange's pizza eating contest from a 2003 episode of the Howard Stern Show can be viewed on youtube.

2013 Tunica, MS Nathan’s qualifier

update results

Men
1) Aaron Osthoff 27
2) Nate Biller 18, wild card leader
3) Ronnie Hartman 17

Women
1) Val Bromann 5.75

Aaron Osthoff, Ronnie Hartman and Nate Biller headline the males competing for a spot in the 2014 Nathan’s finals at Bally’s in Tunica, MS.

Val Bromann is the only female who has announced she will compete.

Ronnie Hartmann has a picture of a billboard promoting the contest.

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