July 26, 2024 at 5:48 pm by
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Announced results (8 minutes)
1 Pat Bertoletti 220
2 James Webb 213
3 Geoff Esper 211
4 Sean Yeager 166
5 Australian (Kylan Lee?) 131
James Webb is running a video of today’ Wendy’s chicken nugget eating contest.
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The Frankfort, IL Fall Festival will hold a pasta eating contest on August 31 awarding $500/$300/$200. Qualifiers will be held August 8 and 15. July 26, 2024 at 1:54 am by
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The 909 Night Market will hold a hot dog eating contest in Pomona, CA on July 28 awarding $100 and a flat screen TV July 24, 2024 at 12:53 am by
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Caesar's Palace is refunding all Nathan's hot dog eating bets that were made in states where the competition had not been approved by regulators. July 24, 2024 at 12:14 am by
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Today is the 100th birthday of Mortimer Matz, co-founder of the
Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest in 1972 with Max Rosey. A New York Senate Resolution celebrates his centennial. In a 2010 interview for the New York Times, Matz discusses the creation of the competition and the fabrication of its 1916 origin story. Mortimer Matz still works in public relations. blog entry from May, he discussed how he created a fake Egyptian artifact with hieroglyphics to promote a radio station July 23, 2024 at 11:44 pm by
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Slice of Flint in Flint, MI will hold a pizza eating contest on July 27 awarding $500 to the winner. July 23, 2024 at 12:48 am by
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Pat Bertoletti, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, James Webb and Nick Wehry are expected to compete in Wendy's Chicken Nugget Eating Championship before Friday's Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip, NY. Webb is now billed as a resident of Little El, TX.
July 22, 2024 at 4:20 pm by
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The Butler Eagle has a gallery of Saturday's ShuBrew hot dog eating contest at Horse Trading Days in Zelinople, PA. The top 3: 1 Molly Schuyler 48 hot dogs (10 minutes) 2 Dan Kennedy 47 hot dogs 3 Jack Legath 28 hot dogs July 22, 2024 at 1:11 am by
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Bammy's Chili Dogs in St. Alban's, WV will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 20 awarding $250/$100/$50 to the top 3 finishers. July 19, 2024 at 1:36 am by
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Beef O Brady's in St. Petersburg, FL will hold a wing eating contest on July 19 awarding $200 to the winner. July 18, 2024 at 2:29 am by
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Urban Wings in Atlanta will hold a wing eating contest on July 29 awarding $300/$100/$50 to the top 3. July 17, 2024 at 1:55 am by
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Submarine House will hold a sandwich eating contest in Kettering, OH on August 10 awarding $1000 to the winner. Entrants will need to qualify by eating a 16 inch submarine in under 16 minutes before July 21. July 15, 2024 at 3:51 am by
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Matt Thomas reported that Ken Hoffman, a longtime judge at the Nathan's Finals and columnist for the Houston Chronicle and Culture Map, suddenly passed away this weekend. His last article about competitive eating was about Mary Bowers' quest to find her birth parents. July 15, 2024 at 12:51 am by
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July 13, 2024 at 12:09 pm by
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Announced results: 8 minutes
1 Pat Bertoletti 18.475 lb.
2 Geoff Esper 16.044
3 James Webb 15.319
4 Nick Wehry 12.6
5 Gideon Oji
6 Matt Raible
7 Cherish Brown
8 Rene Rovtar
James Webb has started a livestream video.
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USA Today reports that the audience for Nathan's hot dog eating contest on ESPN2 fell to 831,000 after attaining about a million viewers the previous two years. The decline is attributed to the absence of Joey Chestnut.
July 13, 2024 at 2:44 am by
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The Birdhouse in Robbinsdale, MN will hold a hot dog eating contest Saturday awarding $200 to the winner. The runner-up will receive a $100 gift card. July 12, 2024 at 2:14 am by
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James Webb, Nick Wehry, Geoff Esper and Pat Bertoletti are expected to compete in Saturday's Great American Blueberry Eating Championship in Grand Rapids, MI. July 12, 2024 at 1:55 am by
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Jack Legath ate 114 donut holes in 4 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in a contest held July 4 at Paristown in Louisville. July 11, 2024 at 1:38 am by
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Gauchos will hold a hot dog eating contest in Dublin, Ireland on July 14 awarding 400 Euros to the winner. July 11, 2024 at 1:34 am by
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B-52 Burgers & Brews will hold a hot wing eating contest on July 13 awarding $300 to the winner. July 11, 2024 at 1:25 am by
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Randy Santel ate 22 hot dogs in 15 minutes to win an eating contest at Dog Days of Summer in Vero Beach, FL on July 4. Katina DeJarnett was runner up with 21 hot dogs. July 11, 2024 at 12:48 am by
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July 9, 2024 at 8:46 am by
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update July 15 TMZ has an interview with Geoff Esper about the allegations:
“There has been other cheating instances in the past,” he said. “As far as I know there was never any suspensions or anything like that. So by looking at past practices, I don’t see that’s going to happen, but I think to stop it from happening in the future something should be done.”
“If there’s no incentive not to do it, why wouldn’t someone else do it?”
update July 12 USA Today has an article with statements from Wehry and Major League Eating:
“I asked Sean how many (hot dogs) he got,’’ Wehry, 35, told USA TODAY Sports by text. “Said awesome job but it looked like more. Always recount…so we did. All of us at one point or another have been shorted a plate, double plated etc.’’
The plates, served to competitors during the event, hold five dogs and buns. After the contest, empty plates are used to determine the official tally of hot dogs and buns consumed.
The extra plate boosted Wehry’s total to 51.75 from 46.75, according to the allegations.
Yeager, who competed while standing next to Wehry, told USA TODAY Sports he did not want to comment “until someone can help us get more video (of the incident) to put this thing to bed.’’
Major League Eating (MLE), which runs the Nathan’s contest, said it investigated the matter and was taking no action against Wehry, who received $1,000 for finishing fourth.
“After being made aware of the accusation stemming from last Thursday’s contest, MLE investigated the incident, carefully considering the complaint and reviewing the videos provided to us,’’ MLE said in a statement. “Like many other professional sports leagues, it is our policy to not overturn judges’ decisions after the final results have been recorded.
“Earlier today, Nick Wehry asked MLE to lower his score to 46.75 based on his touching another eater’s plates. MLE has agreed to adjust the official count. Wehry remains the 4th place finisher of the hot dog eating contest on July 4, 2024.”
The Washington Post also has an article
update July 10 The allegations about Nick Wehry made the front page of the New York Post
update The New York Post has an article about the incident
Yesterday afternoon, the following allegations were made in a long comment about the men’s 2024 Nathan’s finals:
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The ShuBru Hot Dog Eating Contest at Horse Trading Days in Zelienople, PA on July 20 will award $1000/$500/$250 to the top 3 competitors if they eat 20 hot dogs or more. July 6, 2024 at 1:34 am by
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Raina Huang ate 15 hot dogs in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $2,500 in today's "Weenies & Bikinis" competition held at Stadium Swim in Las Vegas. July 4, 2024 at 10:54 pm by
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July 4, 2024 at 11:49 am by
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Badlands Booker has defended his chugging championship. One of the other competitors had a “reversal” which appears to rival Sloth in the Wing Bowl as one of the greatest reversals in competitive eating history.
Dutch Mazz is also doing a live video that will hopefully have clearer audio than Gigi’s.
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