2019 Nathan’s mens finals
1st | 71 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
2nd | 50 | Darron Breeden | |
3rd | 47 | Geoffrey Esper | |
4th | 46 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
5th | 39 | Max Suzuki | |
6th | 36 | Nick Wehry | |
7th | 34 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
7th | 34 | Gideon Oji | |
9th | 29 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
10th | 28.5 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
10th | 28.5 | Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran | |
12th | 27 | Derek Jacobs | |
12th | 27 | Pablo Martinez | |
14th | 26 | George Chiger | |
14th | 26 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
14th | 26 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
16th | 22.5 | Steve Hendry | |
16th | 22 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas |
Joey Chestnut’s margin of victory appears to be the largest since Takeru Kobayashi defeated Badlands Booker 50.5 to 26 in 2002.
Brazilian Corbucci Eats is doing an Instagram Live video from the crowd on https://www.instagram.com/corbuccieats/
2019 Nathan’s womens finals
1st | 31 | Miki Sudo | |
2nd | 26.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
3rd | 23 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
3rd | 23 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke | |
5th | 18 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
6th | 14 | Sophia Devita | |
7th | 12.5 | Katie Prettyman | |
8th | 11 | Holly Titus | |
9th | 10.5 | Kathryn Tesch | |
9th | 10.5 | Kelly Wong | |
11th | 9 | Jocelyn Walker | |
12th | 8 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
13th | 7 | Julie Goldberg | |
14th | 7 | Rene Rovtar | |
15th | 6 | Kat Wong |
31 is the lowest high total for a female in the Nathan’s finals since Sonya Thomas ate 25 in her first Nathan’s finals in 2003. (She ate 32 in a 12 minute contest in 2004).
1st | 32 | Molly Schuyler | contest record |
2nd | 24 | Dan "killer" Kennedy | |
3rd | 20 | Andy Puhl | |
4th | 15 | David "Tiger Wings and Things" Brunelli | |
5th | 11 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
Steve Hendry wins Santa Cruz qualifier
update July 1 DailyDemocrat and TimesHeraldOnline have articles
Here is the top 5 as best as I can figure out (twitter thread)
1st | 25 | Steve Hendry | |
2nd | 15.5 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
3rd | 13 | Kirk Taylor | |
4th | 12 | “funubergames” | |
5th | 11 | Jon Davis |
Steve Hendry won tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier in Santa Cruz. No females competed. updateMatthew White has a video | Preview video
Miki Sudo wins Fortune Bay Wild Rice Hotdish
Official results of today’s Fortune Bay World Wild Rice Hotdish Eating Championship in Tower, MN (contest length 8 minutes).
1st | 14 | Miki Sudo | |
2nd | 13.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
3rd | 12.25 | Darron Breeden | |
4th | 8 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
4th | 8 | Ben Welch | |
6th | 6 | Ethan Teske | |
7th | 5 | Alex Cook | |
8th | 4 | Billy Milbeck | |
8th | 4 | travis schultz | |
10th | 3 | Paul Shyrer |
2019 Hooters Wing Championship
1st | 281 | Geoffrey Esper | new record |
2nd | 256 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
3rd | 234 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
4th | 223 | Nick Wehry | |
5th | 214 | Miki Sudo | |
6th | 200 | Gideon Oji | |
7th | 199 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
8th | 172 | Steve Hendry | |
9th | 158 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
10th | 115 | Pablo Martinez | |
11th | 111 | Nate Biller |
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie did a joint interview on FoxReno.com this morning.
Beard Meats Food & Julie Goldberg win Mets qualifier
updateQNS.com has an article
Official results from this morning’s qualifier at the Mets ballpark in Queens.
1) Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran 32, first Briton to qualify since 2005
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 28
3) Brian Dudzinski 23
4) Michael Dietz
5) “Beautiful” Brian Seiekn 13
1) Julie Goldberg 9.5
2) Prudence DiBenedetto 6
Geoff Esper wins Mattituck Strawberry Shortcake
The MLE instagram has posted the top 6 for the Mattituck Lions Club World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY
1) Geoff Esper 17.5 pounds in 8 minutes
2) Darron Breeden 14
3) Darrien Thomas 11
4T) Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran 10.75
4T) Wayne 10.75
6) George Chiger
Darrien Thomas & Kay Wong win Taste of Syracuse qualifiers
1st | 19.25 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | probably first Canadian male to win qualifer in USA |
2nd | 17 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
3rd | 14.5 | Mike Landrich | |
4th | 14 | Steve Radzwilla |
1st | 6 | Kay Wong | |
2nd | 3 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Geoff Esper wins Malted Barley pretzel eating contest
Official results 8 minutes
1st | 26 | Geoffrey Esper | |
2nd | 18.5 | Nick Wehry | |
3rd | 18 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
3rd | 18 | Gideon Oji | |
5th | 17 | Miki Sudo | |
6th | 14 | Georger Chiger | |
7th | 8 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
8th | 5 | Bennett | |
8th | 5 | Jason Day | |
8th | 5 | Lufkin | |
11th | 4.5 | Staton | |
12th | 4 | Tracie Dickerson |
Matt Stonie wins Salvation Army donuts
1st | 46 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
2nd | 43 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
3rd | 41.5 | Miki Sudo | |
4th | 40.25 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
5th | 31 | Derek Hendrickson | |
6th | 17 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks | |
7th | 16 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
8th | 12 | Elder | |
9th | 11.5 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
10th | 11 | Ortiz |
Prize winners for today’s Salvation Army donut eating contest held at the USS Midway in San Diego via Facebook Live video (results start at 1:07)
Geoff Esper defeats Joey Chestnut in Hostess Donettes
Official results for today’s Hostess Donettes eating contest in Austin.
1st | 235 | Geoffrey Esper | |
2nd | 200 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
3rd | 146 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
4th | 134 | Brett Healey | |
5th | 125 | Greg Wilson | |
6th | 79 | Albert Bravo | |
7th | 77 | Albert Carr | |
8th | 61 | Juan Aguilar | |
9th | 52 | Aaron Stroope | |
10th | 51 | Jocelyn Walker |
Darron Breeden wins Acme Oyster eating contest
The MLE instagram has the top 3 in today’s Acme Oyster eating contest in New Orleans.
1 Darron Breeden 44 dozen
2 Michelle Lesco 20 dozen
3 Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran 14 dozen
George Chiger wins Dutch Wonderland Nathan’s qualifier
1st | 31.5 | George Chiger | |
2nd | 19.5 | “Big Eater Mike” Michael Whities | |
3rd | 14.25 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
4th | 13.5 | Benjamin Burman | |
5th | 12.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
6th | 11.5 | Felix Wedge | |
7th | 9.5 | Tyler Whitney | |
8th | 5 | Joseph Sanchez |
No females competed
Joe Menchetti defeats Molly Schuyler in Zoi’s Pizza
Joe Menchetti has posted the results for the professional division of Zoi’s Pizza eating contest in Seymour, CT today
1) Joe Menchetti 56 sec
2) Molly Schuyler 1:03
3) Dan Kennedy 1:04
4) Dave Brunelli
2019 St. Louis Cardinals Nathan’s qualifier
Official results
1) Derek Jacobs 30
2) Brett Healey 28
3) Darrien Thomas 23.5
4) Bartley Weaver 23
1) Holly Titus 13
Joey Chestnut wins Canteen Sandwich contest
Ottumwa Courier has an article
Prizewinners from https://www.instagram.com/hungryhazzard/ live video
1) Joey Chestnut 28.5, new record
2) Gideon Oji 19
3) Matt Hazzard 13.5
4) Mike Johnson
5) Melvin Randall / Randolph
Adrian Morgan wins Rouse’s Markets crawfish contest
update Jun 7 Darron Breeden has a video with totals for the top 4
update Top 8 via Jay Ruppert
1st) Adrian Morgan
2nd) Michelle Lesco
3rd) Tony Wood
4th) Darron Breeden
5th) Crazy Legs Conti
6th) Alex Perez
7th) Jason Ruppert
8th) Pretty Boy Davekos
The Top 3 from Rich Shea
2019 Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Rolls
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1st | 43 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
2nd | 37.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
3rd | 26 | Darron Breeden | |
4th | 24.5 | Nick Wehry | |
5th | 20 | Derek Jacobs | |
6th | 15 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
6th | 15 | George Chiger | |
8th | 14.5 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
9th | 14 | “Big Eater Mike” Michael Whities | |
10th | 12 | Ben Welch | |
11th | 10 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
11th | 10 | “Big” Brian Subich | |
13th | 4.5 | Rene Rovtar | |
14th | 3 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
2019 Elk Horn Aebleskivers
1st | 91.5 | Miki Sudo | ends 21 month gap of female victories in MLE mixed gender contests |
2nd | 87 | Gideon Oji | |
3rd | 78 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
4th | 73 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
5th | 51 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
6th | 50 | Derek Hendrickson |
2019 Cincinnati Reds Nathan’s qualifier
Results men
1 Ronnie Harman 29.5
2 Derkek Jacobs 29
Results women
1T Katie Prettyman 14
1T Sophia Devita 14
An eat-off could not be held due to lack of time. Apparently finals spots will be awarded to both women.
Ronnie Hartman appeared on WKRC (video) today to promote tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier that will take place after the Cincinnati Reds game concludes (around 10 pm eastern if the game does not go into extra innings). Derek Jacobs, Sophia Devita and Katie Prettyman are also expected to compete.