Molly Schuyler ate a five pound burger in 3:59 to win the first prize of $1000 at Colony Days in Atascadero, CA tonight. update KSBY has a video
2018 Pacific Park taco eating contest
Official results (8 minutes)
| 1st | 62 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 52 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 40 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 4th | 37 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 32.5 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | |
| 6th | 32 | Taran Eckel | |
| 7th | 17 | Nathan Klocke | |
| 8th | 14 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 9th | 10 | Casey Lin | |
| 10th | 6 | Stewart Lopez | |
| DQ | ? | Marco Gutierrez | |
| DQ | ? | “Magic” Mikey McDonigal |
ABC7 has a live video
2018 Trenton pork rolls
Official results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 50 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 38 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 29 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 29 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 22 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 6th | 20 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 14.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 8th | 12 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 9th | 9.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 10th | 7 | Scott Voegele | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 4.5 | Kristina Rovtar |
The Trenton Thunder twitter reports Geoff Esper won today’s pork roll eating contest with a total of 50.
2018 Lewisville Tamales
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2 (10 minutes, shortened from 12 previously)
| 1st | 70 | Darron Breeden | |
| 2nd | 55.75 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 50.5 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 4th | 46.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 5th | 43.5 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 6th | 28 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 6th | 28 | Scott Rohne | |
| 8th | 25 | Brent Ricord | |
| 9th | 20 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 10th | 14 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 11th | 12 | Alex “Moose” Perez | |
| 12th | 6 | Mark Poland |
2018 Chef One NYC Dumpling Festival
2018 Zinzinnati Bratwurst
Official results 10 minute contest
| 1st | 65.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 48.25 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 39 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 38 | George Chiger | |
| 4th | 38 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 35 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 7th | 26 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 8th | 18 | “Big Eater Mike” Michael Whities | |
| 9th | 13 | Sean Mulcahey | |
| 10th | 7.25 | Randy Rico | |
| DQ | ? | Matthew Raible |
Joel Hansen won the first prize of $1000 in today's pizza eating contest at King of Donair in Halifax, NS.
Raina Huang ate 36 aebleskivers in 5 minutes to win yesterday's contest at Danish Days in Solvang, CA, doubling the previous record of 18.
Molly Schuyler wins Tulare County corn dogs
Sergio Reyes Raya has the top 3 in yesterday’s corn dog eating contest at the Tulare County Fair:
1) 25 Molly Schuyler 8 minutes
2) 10.5 Sergio Reyes Raya
3) 10.3 Scott Rubin
2018 Big E White Hut World Cheeseburg Championship
update Full official results (10 minutes) Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 47 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 45 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 28 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 26 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 21 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 16 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 15.5 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 7th | 15.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 11.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 10th | 5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 11th | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
There is a close race between Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper for most non-qualifier MLE victories in calendar year 2018:
| 8 | Geoffrey Esper |
| 7 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 3 | Carmen Cincotti |
| 2 | Darron Breeden |
| 1 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie |
| 1 | Miki Sudo |
| 1 | Gideon Oji |
Joe Menchetti ate 16 lobster rolls in 10 minutes to defend his title at the Hampton Beach (NH) Seafood Festival and claim a $600 prize.
MDJ Online has a report on Sunday's bagel eating contest at Noshfest in Marietta, GA covering the rivalry between runner-up Dale Boone and winner Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark, who wore a skullcap to mock Boone's baldness.
2018 Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest
Official results (12 minutes) Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 206 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 194 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 182 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 168 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 139 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 132 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 104 | Jim Reeves | |
| 8th | 102 | Miki Sudo | |
| 9th | 100 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | competed in pro-wrestling bout before contest |
| 10th | 82 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 11th | 65 | George LoBianco | |
| 12th | 64 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
WIVB TV has a livestream video of the contest.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark announced he ate 7 bagels to win first prize of $500 in today's bagel eating contest at Noshfest in Marietta, GA. Dale Boone also competed.
2018 Taste of Hamburg-er eating contest
Results via Dan Kennedy from yesterday’s professional burger eating contest at Taste of Hamburg-er in Hamburg, PA. The contest was truncated to 8 minutes from 10 after running short on burgers.
| 1st | 24 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | |
| 2nd | 22 | Dan “killer” Kennedy | |
| 3rd | 20 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 4th | 17 | Andy Puhl | |
| 5th | 10 | Stephen “Barracuda” Hillegass |
2018 Buffalo Buffet Bowl
Official results, posted 20 hours after contest conclusion Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 5.25 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 5.25 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 5.25 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 5.25 | Darron Breeden | |
| 5th | 3.17 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 2.8 | Mike Landrich | |
| 7th | 2.55 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 8th | 2.53 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 2.25 | Miki Sudo | |
| 10th | 2.11 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 11th | 1.88 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 12th | 1.81 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
Fink Beats the Stomach reports that Geoff Esper won the Buffet Bowl held at the Buffalo Wing Festival. MLE has yet to post results.
The Orlando Sentinel has a report on today's rib eating contest held at Tony Romo's in Orlando. Michael Jenkins ate 3.4 pounds in 3 minutes to win. Runner-up Dana Williams ate 3.1 pounds. She walked on after looking for a place to eat for her family.
2018 Snowbird bratwurst contest
Official results 10 minute contest
| 1st | 33 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 24 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 21 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 19.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 5th | 10.5 | Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker | |
| 6th | 10.25 | Russ Adair | |
| 7th | 7.5 | Scott Rubin | |
| 8th | 6 | Jonny Dingo | |
| 9th | 5.25 | Darin Hanson | |
| 10th | 3.75 | Luke Mulholland | |
| 11th | 3 | Brooke Mangum |
A Facebook Live video of the contest is available.
2018 LA Gyoza contest
The top 5 | Results Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 359 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 297 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 232 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 222 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 5th | 205 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 192 | Miki Sudo | |
| 7th | 175 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 8th | 168 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 9th | 167 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 10th | 155 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 11th | 153 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 12th | 143 | Steve Hendry | |
| 13th | 118 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | |
| 13th | 118 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 15th | 117 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 16th | 113 | Jon Bello | |
| 17th | 110 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke | |
| 18th | 38 | Brian Moote | from 97.1 Amp Radio |
| 19th | 21 | Casey McCabe | from 97.1 Amp Radio |
The 2018 Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/eatfast/videos/451615502018902/
LAIst has an article about Jon Bello, Doug Ecks, and Mary Bowers, who will be a commentator.
Joe Menchetti & Wayne Algenio win East Islip, NY contests
Results from today’s contests in East Islip, NY
Royal Caribbean Bakery National Bun & Cheese Eating Championship:
1 Joe Menchetti
2 Dan Kennedy
3 Wayne Algenio
Caribbean Food Delights National Beef Patty Eating Championship:
1 Wayne Algenio
2 Dan Kennedy
3 Joe Menchetti
Joe Menchetti won the first prize of $1000 in yesterday's corn eating contest in Schuyler, NY.
2018 Iowa State Fair Nathan’s Qualifier
update
Des Moines Register article
Patrick Coughlin video
Article about Iowa competitive eater Mark Williams
Official results
1) Matt Hazzard 29.5
1W) Rene Rovtar 7 (sole female)
The Des Moines Register has a gallery of Matt Hazard eating 29 hot dogs at the Iowa State Fair to win the first qualifier of the 2018-19 Nathan’s circuit. A caption incorrectly claims that Jake Thompson was the victor of the 2017 qualifier actually won by Juan Rodriguez.
2018 Wisconsin State Fair Cheese Curd Eating Contest
Official results (8 oz servings)
| 1st | 10.25 | Darron Breeden | |
| 2nd | 9.75 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 9.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 4th | 5.25 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 3.125 | Eric Hucke | |
| 5th | 3.125 | Matthew Raible | |
| 7th | 2.875 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 8th | 2.75 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | 2.75 | Amanda Reitenbach | |
| 10th | 2.5 | Keith Branch | |
| 11th | 2 | Meliss Klabel |
update Darron Breeden reportedly won and Joey Chestnut was 3rd.
Precontest interviews Joey Chestnut | Andrew Kogutkiewicz
Dan "Killer" Kennedy ate 26 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win an eating contest at The Texas restaurant in Kane, PA yesterday.
2018 Indiana State Fair ice cream eating contest
update Aug 9
Articles: Indy Star | RTV6
Videos: Hungry Hazzard | Naptown Buzz | News Now | RTV6 | Crotin
Joey Chestnut Interviews: Nuvo | Colts.com (says he had a motorcyle accident which damaged his teeth)
Indiana Dairy Association gallery
| 1st | 15.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 14.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 12 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 6th | 11.25 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 7th | 11 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 7th | 11 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Matt “Sweet Tooth” Cohen | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Matthew Raible | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Meliss Klabel |
Joey Chestnut interview with Geist Magazine | WTHR.
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