The first Nathan's qualifier of the 2020s will take place at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, CA on June 18. The top 3 male and female finishers will receive a spot in the July 4 contest. Registration opens May 31.

May 30, 2022 at 12:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Oakland | Permalink * Comments (13)

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  1. Anonymous said

    May 31, 2022 @ 2:14 pm

    Big deal. So 6 people in each bracket who don’t get invited automatically will have to compete for a seat.

  2. Anonymous said

    May 31, 2022 @ 3:48 pm

    What about the 17 other males and 17 other females?
    Less then 3 weeks to prepare ..

  3. Anonymous said

    June 1, 2022 @ 10:46 am

    So will there be 20 competitors. Don’t have 20 women with contracts, I think.

  4. Anonymous said

    June 1, 2022 @ 12:22 pm

    From OJ’s previous post:
    “NY1 reports that Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest will return to its traditional location outside the original Coney Island restaurant on July 4. 16 men and 12 women are expected to compete; the only named expected entrants in the article are Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo and Michelle Lesco.”
    So these qualifiers will fill 6 seats on each side, which means 9 men and 4 women will be “invited”.

  5. Anonymous said

    June 1, 2022 @ 6:10 pm

    @12:22 No, the top 10 men and top 6 women will receive invitations, and then 6 more of each from the two qualifiers will receive invitations.

  6. Anonymous said

    June 2, 2022 @ 2:42 pm

    16 men – Joey = 15 – 6 = 9.
    12 women – Miki – Michelle = 10 – 6 = 4.
    Previous champions always get a seat.
    If Matt competes, which I doubt, only 8 men will be invited.

  7. Anonymous said

    June 2, 2022 @ 5:26 pm

    What’s the word on Stonie , is he taking a extended leave of absence from competitive eating.

  8. Anonymous said

    June 2, 2022 @ 11:00 pm

    @2:42 Joey and Matt are receiving invitations too. They’re defending champions, yes, and they’re returning as invitees.

  9. Anonymous said

    June 2, 2022 @ 11:01 pm

    @2:42

    You don’t subtract the previous champions from the invitation list just bc they’re previous champions. Those are still invitations

  10. Anonymous said

    June 4, 2022 @ 2:57 am

    Makes for some stacked nathans qualifiers I guess? but who are the invites? top 5 from last year (excluding joey / matt)?

  11. Anonymous said

    June 5, 2022 @ 11:43 am

    Nick thinks he can beat chestnut at hot dogs. Can’t even beat Geoff. Probably won’t beat deep dish

  12. Anonymous said

    June 5, 2022 @ 9:26 pm

    Yeah who are the invites?

  13. Anonymous said

    June 9, 2022 @ 11:51 am

    Is it true Nathan’s is Chinese owned?

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