Bertoletti, Rene Rovtar win BBQ in DC Nathan’s qualifier
The top 3 men and women from today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC. The top 3 men and women advance to the finals.
1 Pat Bertoletti 40, 1st Nathan’s qualifier since April 21, 2012
2 Ronnie Hartman 29.5
3 Derek Jacobs 27
1 Rene Rovtar 6.5
2 Prudence DiBenedetto 5
3 Catie Livermore 2.8
update
Mac Stoddard has a video. Crazy Legs Conti and Buffalo Jim Reeves also competed. Mike Whities had to miss the contest for work. George Chiger and Jules Goldberg might have received byes.
Catie Livermore’s 2.8 hot dogs is a record low qualifying total, breaking a tie for 3 by:
Lauren Gallagher, Foxborough, MA 2011
Meghan Drake, Valdosta, GA 2017
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Anonymous said
June 25, 2022 @ 5:52 pm
6.5 and 3.5 should stay home. My 10 year old daughter did 8 in 10 minutes.
Anonymous said
June 25, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
What’s sad is that there were too few qualifiers for any real people to compete and everyone was guaranteed to go into Coney that’s not a competition
Anonymous said
June 25, 2022 @ 6:08 pm
Nathan’s don’t taste very good anymore since the new Chinese owners
Anonymous said
June 25, 2022 @ 6:27 pm
Imagine going to coney only eating 6.5 hot dogs to get there. What an embarrassment to the sport
Anonymous said
June 25, 2022 @ 10:09 pm
@6:27 would need to have the men & women field combined for one field as is the case for the other competitions and then do placement to the top 10 overall for Nathan’s
Anonymous said
June 25, 2022 @ 10:35 pm
If you qualify for Coney Island, does MLE pay for your plane Ticket ?
Anonymous said
June 25, 2022 @ 10:38 pm
JJ you got full results ?
Anonymous said
June 25, 2022 @ 11:36 pm
What!!! Nathan’s are Chinese owned? That’s crazy!!!! Our country is giving in to the Chinese.
Anonymous said
June 26, 2022 @ 12:56 am
I heard molly did 55 in a practice
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
June 26, 2022 @ 2:36 am
Conti is the only person I know outside the top 3 who competed.
Anonymous said
June 26, 2022 @ 4:10 am
How did big eater mike and chiger do?
Anonymous said
June 26, 2022 @ 10:47 am
10:38 PM – why do you keep calling OJ JJ?
Anonymous said
June 26, 2022 @ 11:40 am
Nice numbers Rene
Anonymous said
June 26, 2022 @ 11:41 am
Remember when they had a rule where eaters had to eat at least 20HDB to get the free trip to NYC?? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Anonymous said
June 26, 2022 @ 12:38 pm
@4:10am neither competed. Chiger announced that he is going to Nathan’s from a pizza eating challenge that he did back on the 24th. BEM pulled out of the competition as he is back in MS. Not sure on Darrien, CLC, or any of the others that may have competed
Anonymous said
June 26, 2022 @ 1:50 pm
So, whats happening with the women?
Anonymous said
June 26, 2022 @ 3:41 pm
@5:52 why would you let your kid eat 8 hot dogs. That’s terrible parenting
Also, who care what Molly supposedly did in practice. Is she going? No? Then who gives a shit. We know she’s great and joeys great and Kennedy’s great and mikis great and Geoff’s great the rest suck. We don’t need to speculate their practice.
I think you need a certain number to get your trip paid for to coney.
Anonymous said
June 27, 2022 @ 7:07 am
Wishing Pepperidge Farm well.
Easy DC said
June 27, 2022 @ 9:52 am
OJ J , do you have full results? Rene , do you get your flight payed for Coney Island?
pukenut said
June 27, 2022 @ 10:56 am
Maybe someone should identify as a woman and win nathans with like 50+
Anonymous said
June 27, 2022 @ 4:38 pm
Women didn’t have to qualify. Miki threatened Mle because she wouldn’t eat if there was competition .
Anonymous said
June 27, 2022 @ 9:14 pm
@10:56 they will likely face this situation one day. how are the shea’s with lgtbq+
Anonymous said
June 28, 2022 @ 12:26 pm
The women had as many qualifiers as the men. Anyone could’ve gone
Anonymous said
June 28, 2022 @ 2:10 pm
The price of food and gas are way up . So less people are practicing CE and less people are coming to events
Anonymous said
June 29, 2022 @ 2:50 am
MLE has pros doing 6.5.
Anonymous said
June 29, 2022 @ 3:45 am
Big eater mike “had to work” lol. He probably heard pat was coming and didn’t want to waste his time.
Anonymous said
June 29, 2022 @ 11:17 am
Most of MLE pros are amateur eaters thinking Nathan’s was a possibility. Super joke. MLE would have been smart to keep kobayashi. Why isn’t Molly in MLE? Joel? Randy? Think about it. Control the herd. Keep the eaters that offer no resistance. Nick and miki? That’s a drama story in itself. Joey is a cash cow. No other eater offers anything besides Booker. That poor guy will end up stroking out soon because of his health. MLE is not a dream if the gatekeepers are the executioners.
Anonymous said
June 29, 2022 @ 12:21 pm
I don’t consider the female eaters doing less than 8 pros
Anonymous said
June 29, 2022 @ 12:24 pm
Anybody with a update with the Totals ?
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
June 29, 2022 @ 12:47 pm
I think Jim Reeves, Darrien Thomas and Conti were the non-qualifiers. Contests MCed by George Shea are often incomplete with results.
Anonymous said
June 29, 2022 @ 3:04 pm
@11:17 tell us how you really feel. I think Joel and Molly and stuff aren’t in MLE cause they choose not to be. MLE doesn’t choose that to “control the heard” . How do you think miki and Nick are a drama story in itself? Geoff doesn’t offer talent? He’s one of the best according to anyone. Booker is a nice guy but should probably loose weight
Anonymous said
June 30, 2022 @ 11:34 am
Eating Chinese hot dogs is a national sin and you all know it. Pathetic
BigEaterMike said (Registered January 18, 2013)
June 12, 2024 @ 12:59 pm
3:45 am: I turned down getting on stage for work in 21 I believe. My kids well being is more important. I didn’t know Pat was going but, I can’t argue, I wouldn’t pulled out though.