2020 Z-Burger eating contest
Results from video stream, 10 minutes
| 1st | 35 | Molly Schuyler | new record |
| 2nd | 34 | Dan “killer” Kennedy | broke previous record (32) |
| 3rd | 25 | Andy Puhl | |
| 4th | 17 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 5th | 13 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti | |
| 6th | 10 | “munchin mike” Longo | birthday, ends 4 year hiatus |
The 2020 Z-Burger eating contest is now streaming at https://www.facebook.com/zburgerdc/
Molly Schuyler sets Laredo Jalapeno Festival record
Professional results from tonight’s La Costena Jalapeno eating contest in Laredo, TX. update Official results
1) Molly Schulyler 310 peppers in 15 minutes (contest record), $3000
2) Andrew Puhl, 202 peppers
3) Brandon “Da Garbage Disposal” Clark 170
from facebook video (results start at 42:30)
2020 New Orleans Red Beans and Rice
The top 3. There was at least 20 minutes between contest conclusion and the announcement of any results, which might be a MLE record. update Remainder of results
| 1st | 39.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 32.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 29.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 23.75 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 5th | 19.5 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 19.5 | “Big Eater Mike” Michael Whities | |
| 7th | 19 | Gideon Oji | |
| 8th | 15.75 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 9th | 13.5 | Brett “The Branimal” Healey | |
| 10th | 8 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden, Gideon Oji, Adrian Morgan, George Chiger, Brett Healey, Crazy Legs Conti, Steve Hammond, Mike Whities and Alex Perez are expected to compete. The contest is expected to start at 3pm central.
Geoff Esper posted a practice session video
Joey Chestnut and Crazy Legs Conti did a radio interview yesterday.
Michael Jenkins won the first prize of $250 in yesterday's eating contest at the Florida Key Lime Pie Festival in Merritt Island, FL, an event marked by unconventional rules and controversial judging.
Elijah Rosenthal ate 18 hot dogs in an hour to win $400 in a contest held yesterday in Vicksburg, MS (the original duration was 10 minutes). He is the son of event promoter Robert Rosenthal.
2019 St. Elmo’s shrimp cocktail contest
Official results 8 minutes
| 1st | 10 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | wins for 7th year in a row |
| 2nd | 7 | George Chiger | |
| 2nd | 7 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 6.2 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 5.1 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 6th | 4.9 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 7th | 3.2 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | 3.1 | John Gebhard | |
| 8th | 3.1 | Matthew Raible |
St. Elmo’s said they will stream the contest at https://www.facebook.com/stelmosteakhouse/ at 3:30 but a video has not started yet. update The video has started
Joey Chestnut, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Derek Jacobs and Darrien Thomas are expected to compete.
The absence of Geoff Esper guarantees that Joey Chestnut cannot be tied for the most MLE non-qualifier victories in 2019, even if the San Jose Waffle matchup is not counted as an official competition.
Joe Menchetti ate 23 pork rolls to win the first prize of $500 in tonight's pork roll eating contest at Meadowlands Racectrack in East Rutherford, NJ.
Molly Schuyler won the first prize of $3000 in today's burger eating contest at Uncle Jack's Meat House in Astoria, NY.
Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle ate 14 cannolis to win today's eating contest at SopranosCon in Seacaucus, NJ.
Joey Chestnut ate 81 waffles over 8 minutes to win an eating contest held at tonight's San Jose Barracudas game. Matt Stonie was the runner-up with 75. update Contest video
Radim Dvoracek ate 15 veggie burgers in 30 minutes to win the first prize of 1000 Swiss Francs (about $1010) in today's eating contest at the Grand Casino in Basel, Switzerland.
Kevin Ross won the first prize of $500 in tonight's Bad Ass Burrito Eating Contest held at El Chingon in San Diego.
2019 Circuit of the Americas Brisket
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 27 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | failed to break record due to larger sandwiches according to George Shea |
| 2nd | 17.5 | Nick Wehry | announced as 4th |
| 3rd | 17 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 16.75 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 5th | 16.1 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 15 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 7th | 14 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 8th | 13.5 | George Chiger | |
| 9th | 10.25 | Greg “The Savage” Wilson | |
| 10th | 9 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 12th | 5 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
George Shea said that larger sandwiches prevented Joey Chestnut from breaking the MLE brisket sandwich eating record (34.75) held by Bob Shoudt.
Live video of brisket eating contest at Circuit of the Americas in Austin
2019 Fortune Bay Indian taco eating contest
| 1st | 39 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 31.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 27 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 13 | John Gebhard | |
| 5th | 10 | Jake Becker | |
| 6th | 8.5 | Jason Krause | |
| 7th | 8 | Sean Lien | |
| 8th | 5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 9th | ? | Chad Johnson |
Defending champ Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Gideon Oji and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark announces he won the first prize of $1000 in tonight's Ghost Taco eating contest at Sugar Taco in Los Angeles.
Michael Jenkins won the first prize of $250 in yesterday's pizza eating contest at the Italian Heritage Festival in Palm Coast, FL.
2019 Smoke’s Poutinerie Championship
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 28 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | new record |
| 2nd | 27.25 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 24.625 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 22.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 5th | 17.25 | Max Suzuki | |
| 6th | 16.75 | Nick Wehry | |
| 7th | 16.5 | Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran | |
| 8th | 15.375 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | first finish outside top 5 in MLE career |
| 9th | 14.75 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 10th | 13.5 | George Chiger | |
| 10th | 13.5 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 12th | 11.125 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco |
Livestreaming on youtube has started. The MLE contest is expected to start at 3pm Eastern.
This could be the final matchup between Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper in 2019. On November 2, Joey Chestnut is expected to compete in a brisket eating contest in Austin while Geoff Esper defends his Indian taco title at Fortune Bay in Tower, MN.
Mohammed Hamoud won the first prize of $2500 in yesterday's Bacci Pizza Jumbo Slice eating contest in Chicago.
Dan Kennedy annouced he ate 20 burgers to win the first prize of $1000 in yesterday's eating contest at Lumpy's Burgers in Antioch, CA. Edward Chin was the runner up and Scott Rubin was 3rd. Previous winners were not allowed to received the first prize money, which prevented Molly Schuyler from defending her title.
On Friday, Raina Huang won the dumpling eating contest at the Dumpling and Beer Festival in San Gabriel, CA for the third year in a row. Taran Eckel was runner up.
Pete Davekos ate 9 1/4 lb. hot dogs in 7 minutes to win the first prize of $201 in yesterday's hot dog eating contest in Topsfield, MA.
2019 Pacific Park tacos
| 1st | 82 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 69.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 69 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 69 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 47 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 24 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 7th | 16 | “Dr. Fantastic” Monte Cook | |
| 8th | 15 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 9th | 14 | Cory Hayashi | |
| 10th | 12 | Jason Krause |
2019 Lewisville tamales
update Oct 2 Katie Prettyman video
Full results (without full names) | Full results with full names
Steve “The Rabbit” video
| 1st | 95 | Geoffrey Esper | 10 minute contest record |
| 2nd | 78.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 59 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 4th | 51 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 48 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 46 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 46 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 8th | 44 | Brett “The Branimal” Healey | |
| 9th | 30 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 10th | 29 | Francisco Galicia | |
| 11th | 27.5 | John Gebhard | |
| 12th | 20 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 13th | 15 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 14th | 10 | Mark Poland | |
| DQ | ? | Greg “The Savage” Wilson |
https://www.instagram.com/beyondseattleeats/ has a live video of the contest.
Previous contest winners
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Molly Schuyler sets Great Pumpkin Farm pie record
update WGRZ article | Molly Schuyler video
Buffalo News article
The top 5 from today’s pie eating contest at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY via Brandon Clark’s video
1) Molly Schuyler 50 slices, new record
2) Joel Hansen 41
3) Dan Kennedy 39
4) Andy Puhl 34 won eat-off
5) Brandon Clark 34 lost eat-off
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio emceed the meatball eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro on Saturday after terminating his presidential campaign. He oversaw the traditional weigh-in for Nathan's finalists at City Hall his inaugural year of 2014, but has not been involved in that event since then. Scott Hirsch ate 34 meatball in 6 minutes to win the contest.
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