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.
2019 Mutton Glutton
| 1st | 52 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 43 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 31 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 25 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 24 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 21 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 7th | 20 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 8th | 15 | Matt Hannan | |
| 9th | 12.5 | Matthew Raible | |
| DQ | ? | John Wells |
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Gideon Oji, Matt Hazzard, Derek Jacobs, Darrien Thomas and Bartley Weaver are expected to compete.
2019 Valdosta qualifier
Winners
Adrian Morgan 26
Jocelyn Walker 10
Adrian Morgan, Jocelyn Walker and Brittany Powell are expected to compete. Adrian Morgan will have the chance to match Larell Marie Mele as the only people with qualifier wins every year since the 2011 gender split.
Most Nathan’s qualifier victories since 2011.
2019 Long Island Ducks Nathan’s qualifier
Results via Fink Beats the Stomach (More results)
| 1st | 47 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 29 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 22.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 4th | 19 | Roderick Buenviaje |
| 1st | 18 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | has won qualifier every year since gender split in 2011 |
| 2nd | 7 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 3rd | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Facebook Live video by Fink Beats the Stomach
Previous winners of Nathan’s qualifiers held at the Long Island Ducks ballpark. A gap of almost 13 years between competitions might be a record for qualifier sites.
| 2006 Jun 24 | 1st | 21.5 | 12 min | Allen “Shredder” Goldstein |
| 2005 Jun 25 | 1st | 24 | 12 min | Ed “Cookie” Jarvis |
| 2004 Jun 26 | 1st | 18.75 | 12 min | Oleg Zhornitskiy |
Brandon Clark defends Bodega taco title
Brandon “Da Garbage Disposal” Clark ate 24 tacos in 10 minutes to defend his title at Bodega in Miami Beach and win $1000.
Joel Hansen ate 9 pizzas in an hour to win the first prize of $1000 in today's eating contest at Arni's Pizza in Lafayette, IN. Eric Dreifuerst was runner up.
2019 Palm Beach Sweet Corn Fiesta
update May 2 AJC.com has an article about Gideon Oji’s victory.
Jason Genova video
Palm Beach Post has a gallery (note the debris in picture #8)
Ruptly has a video
Official top 7 & other results
| 1st | 57 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 43 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 35.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 34.25 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 32 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 6th | 29.25 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 7th | 23.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| ? | 16 | Tracie Dickerson | |
| ? | 14 | Jason Ruppert |
Jay Ruppert reports that Gideon Oji won today’s contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach.
2019 Las Vegas Nathan’s qualifier
update Apr 30Max Suzuki has a video
| 1st | 41 | Max Suzuki | |
| 2nd | 25 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 3rd | 21 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 4th | 16.5 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks | |
| 5th | 15 | Ron Koch | |
| 6th | 8.5 | Ryan Dubinsky | |
| 7th | 8 | Dave Ruffalo | |
| 8th | 7 | Luca Spanio |
| 1st | 28 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 2nd | 3 | Jessica Darwin |
Rich Lefevre appeared on Las Vegas Now yesterday.
Previous winners of the Las Vegas qualifier from 2003
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2019 Miami Marlins qualifier
Official results. This might be the first time women have taken 3 of the top 5 overall places in a Nathan’s qualifier.
| 1st | 27.25 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 2nd | 26 | Brett Healey | |
| 3rd | 8 | Brian Roselar | |
| 4th | 7.75 | Mike Anderson | |
| 5th | 7 | Jason Ruppert | |
| 6th | 5 | Richard Rusak |
| 1st | 11.5 | Kelly Wong | |
| 2nd | 10.5 | Doris Garcia | |
| 3rd | 8.5 | Tracie Dickerson | |
| 4th | 4 | Brittany Broder |
Pablo Martinez, Brett Healey, Jay Ruppert and Tracie Tiburon are expected to compete.
Brandon "Da Garbage" Disposal Clark ate a record 27 slawburgers in 10 minutes to defend his title at the Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN and claim the $500 first prize.
Joel Hansen ate 9 sandwiches to win the first prize of $300 in yesterday's sandwich eating contest at Via Panini in Maple, ON.
2019 Fort Myers Nathan’s qualifier
News-Press.com has a gallery and video
Joni Mederios has an instagram gallery.
Winners
1) Nick Wehry 34
1W) Mary Bowers 10.25
FortMyersBeachTalk.com has an interview with Mary Bowers.
Takeru Kobayashi defends Chronic Taco title
update April 12
Full official results have been posted:
| 1st | 157 | Takeru Kobayashi | |
| 2nd | 146 | Molly Schuyler | |
| 3rd | 107 | Dan “killer” Kennedy | |
| 4th | 94 | Jesse Pynnönen | |
| 5th | 78 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 6th | 59 | Kevin Ross | |
| 7th | 47 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda | |
| 8th | 41 | Jimmy “The Spicialist” Lin |
Naader Reda has uploaded a video of his choking incident
update #2 The Los Angeles Daily News has a contest report giving the official results as
1) Takeru Kobayashi 157 tacos
2) Molly Schuyler 146 tacos
Naader Reda required the Heimlich maneuver during the contest, but completed the competition.
Takeru Kobayashi ate 157 tacos in 10 minutes to defend his Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Challenge title at the Sabroso Taco Fest in Dana Point, CA. update Eric Anderson has a video of the contest. Kobayashi and Molly Schuyler were announced as having both eaten 160 tacos at the conclusion of the competition.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark ate 4 pounds of Boudin sausage in 2 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's eating contest at the Boudin Festival in Scott, LA. Ray Smith was runner up.
Dave Brunelli won the first prize of $1000 in yesterday's wing eating contest at Brixx and Barley in Long Beach, NY.
2019 Carnaval Miami croqueta eating contest
| 1st | 185 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 140 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 108 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 101 | Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran | |
| 5th | 85 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 64 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 6th | 64 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 8th | 28 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 9th | 27 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 10th | 20 | Tracie Dickerson |
Amateur contest results from Michael Jenkins (5 minutes)
1) Joel Hansen 87
2) Michael Jenkins 46
3) Jay Figueroa 33
Katie Prettyman’s live stream
Wayne Algenio ate 30 meatballs in 4 minutes to win the first prize of $1000 in today's eating contest at That Meetball Place in Patchogue, NY.
Russell "The Black Hole" Keeler won Saturday's bacon eating contest at the Anthracite Cafe in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Molly Schuyler defends Laredo jalapeno contest title
Molly Schuyler ate a record 277 peppers to defend her title and win $3000 at the La Costeña Jalapeño Eating Contest in Laredo, TX tonight. Brandon “Da Garbage Disposal” was runner up with 178 peppers, Dan “Killer” Kennedy was 3rd with 142.
update LMTOnline.com has a gallery
Brandon "Da Garbage" Disposal Clark ate a 28 inch pizza in 19 minutes by himself at Cici's in Liberty, MO to win a $500 prize. The contest was for two person teams.
Joel Hansen ate 5.5 pounds of poutine in 5 minutes to win a contest held at Allen Street Poutine Company in Buffalo yesterday.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark won a jalapeno eating contest Sunday at the ZestFest in Irving, TX after winning a hot wing contest on Saturday. Both contests awarded a 65 inch TV.
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