Blaize Koon ate 17 sausages in 10 minutes to defend his title from 2016 at Brat Days in Sheboygan, WI. (The contest was not held in 2017). update Blaize Koon video interview
Brandon Clark ate 33 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win $500 and defend his title at Heinkel’s Hot Dog Eating Contest at Decatur Celebration in Decatur, IL today. Kyle Hanner was the runner up with 18 hot dogs.
Pat Bertoletti ate 4.5 pounds of HopCat crack fries in 6 minutes to win the first prize of $2000 at the Michigan Brewers Guild's Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti on Saturday.
Marcus, Patrick and Edher tied for the first prize of $2500 in today's Carolina Reaper hot wing contest at PT's Tavern in Henderson, NV.
Brandon "Da Disposal" Clark ate 25 hot dogs in 8 minutes to win the first prize of $400 in Smilin Clyde's hot dog eating contest in Oak Lawn, IL. Teddy Delacruz was the runner up.f
Jessica Sclafani ate 52 wings to win the first prize of $500 in the amateur eating contest held by the Long Beach, NY Fire Department.
Molly Schuyler defends California State Fair corn dogs
Results from Facebook Live video
1) Molly Schuyler 32
2) Dave Brunelli 20.75
3) Edward Chin 16.75
4) Sergio Reyes-Garcia 11.625
Geoff Esper wins Fresno Tacos
update: Fresno Bee column | Visalia Times Delta gallery | CBS47 video
Official results of taco eating contest at Taco Truck Throwdown in Fresno (8 minutes)
| 1st | 73 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 65 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 3rd | 50 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 45 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 5th | 36 | Zach Armas | |
| 5th | 36 | Steve Hendry | |
| 7th | 29 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 8th | 17 | Jon Davis | |
| 9th | 15 | Scott Rubin | |
| 10th | 9 | Jorge Martinez |
Article about yesterday’s qualifier won by Zach Armas
Dan Kennedy ate 36 4 inch blueberry pies in 10 minutes to win a eating contest at the Red White & Blueberry Festival in Reynoldsville, PA. Andy Puhl was the runner up with 27.
2018 Vaughan, Ontario Pizza Eating Championship
| 1st | 19.25 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 17 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 11 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 9 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 8.25 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 6th | 6 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 7th | 5.75 | Jesse Kankula | |
| 8th | 5.5 | John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic | |
| 9th | 4 | Steven “The Clutch” Dorgo | |
| 10th | 2 | Humza Raza | |
| 11th | 1.75 | Rene Rovtar |
150 pizza have been prepared for the contest. Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper and Gideon Oji are expected to compete.
Molly Schuyler wins CEC meatball eating contest
The top 3 from today’s CEC meatball eating contest from an Alexander Witthöft comment
1) Molly Schuyler 62 meatballs
2) Bob Shoudt 53
3) Nate Figueroa 37
Bob Shoudt won the first prize of $500 and a pair of tickets to the Eagles home opener in last night's crab fries eating contest at Chickie's & Pete's in Philadelphia. Dave Brunelli was runner-up and Nick "The Lunatic" Volpi was 3rd.
Greg Webb won tonight's hot dog eating contest at Up Dog in Independence, MO. The contest went into overtime.
Molly Schuyler wins Paul’s Pantry cinnamon rolls eating contest
The top 5 from today’s cinnamon roll eating contest at Paul’s Pantry from Naader Reda.
1) Molly Schuyler 19 rolls, $1000 prize
2) Naader Reda 12 rolls
3) Edward Chin 11.75 rolls
4T) Raina Huang 11 rolls
4T) Kevin Ross 11
KOMU has an article about Brandon "Da Disposal" Clark eating a personal best 35 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $300 in a hot dog eating contest in Jefferson City July 4. Greg Webb was the runner up.
2018 Men’s Nathan’s finals
| 1st | 74 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | new record |
| 2nd | 64 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 3rd | 43 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 41 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 5th | 40 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 6th | 37.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 34 | Max Suzuki | |
| 8th | 33 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 9th | 32 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 10th | 31 | Nick Wehry | |
| 11th | 28 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 12th | 27 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 12th | 27 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 14th | 25 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 15th | 24.75 | George Chiger | |
| 16th | 24 | Steve Hendry | |
| 16th | 24 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 18th | 21.5 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | |
| 18th | 21.5 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 20th | 21 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 21st | 20 | Eric “Badlands” Booker |
21 entrants have been announced, so apparently all expected entrants will compete and no sponsors exemptions have been added to the field.
2018 Nathan’s womens finals
Sonya Thomas competed according to this picture (via redrabbit comment, but was not listed in the results)
| 1st | 37 | Miki Sudo | |
| 2nd | 28 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 3rd | 25 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
| 4th | 21 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke | |
| 5th | 19 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 6th | 14 | Sophia Devita | |
| 7th | 13 | Jingru “Panda” Chen | |
| 8th | 12 | Kassandra Zapata | |
| 9th | 11 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 10th | 10.5 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 11th | 8 | Tracie Dickerson | |
| 11th | 8 | Kathryn Tesch | |
| 11th | 8 | Holly Titus | |
| 14th | 7 | Brittany Powell | |
| 15th | 6.5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 15th | 6.5 | Brynn Szeles | |
| 17th | 5 | Kristina Rovtar | |
| 18th | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
19 competitors have been announced, so someone besides Steffi Valkov will not appear.
Molly Schuyler defends Z-Burger title
update The top 3
1) Molly Schuyler 27 burgers
2) Dan Kennedy 24
3) Dave Brunelli 18
Jennifer Munoz reports that Molly Schuyler ate 27 burgers to defend her Z-burger title in Washington, DC today.
Michael Jenkins ate 16 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in today's hot dog eating contest at The Twisted Tuna in Stuart, FL.
2018 Mets Nathan’s qualifier
Fink Beats the Stomach has the winners
| 1st | 34 | Nick Wehry | avoids being 1st person to eat 33+ hot dogs in qualifier and not make finals |
| 2nd | 28 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 3rd | 14 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
| 4th | 13.25 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 5th | 10 | Oliver Brooks | |
| DQ | ? | John Sharkey |
| 1st | 7 | Prudence DiBenedetto | |
| 2nd | 6 | Bailey “Ott Dog” Ott | thought she should have won |
Bailey Otter might have eaten more than winner
If Nick Wehry does not win today’s qualifier, he will be the first person to do 33+ hot dogs in a circuit and not make the finals. Previous competitors who hit that mark either won a subsequent qualifier or received the wild card. The previous high for not making the finals was Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin’s 32 in 2009.
Non-winning 32+ qualifier performances
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2018 Washington, DC Nathan’s qualifier
| 1st | 21 | Gideon Oji | late to contest, started with 4:20 remaining |
| 2nd | 15 | Gregory Price | |
| 3rd | 13.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 4th | 11 | Jack Caldwell | |
| 5th | 7 | Shawn Redwine |
| 1st | 7 | Brittany Powell | |
| 2nd | 4 | Amanda Kulick |
2018 St. Louis Nathan’s Cardinal qualifier
update Results via Brandon Clark & Kyle Hanner comments
1) Jim Reeves 21
2) Brett Healey 20
3) Crazy Legs Conti 19.5
1W) “Panda” Jin 12
“Buffalo” Jim Reeves was the male winner of the Nathan’s qualifier at the St. Louis Cardinals ballpark according to Matthew Theodore.
2018 Mattituck strawberry shortcake
update Contest video
Patch.com has an article and gallery
| 1st | 22 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 2nd | 20 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 14 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 12 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 11 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 9.5 | Brrian Dudzinski | |
| 7th | 8.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 8th | 8 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 5.75 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 10th | 3 | Jason Smith |
Dave Brunelli ate 29 hot dogs to win the first prize of $500 in a June 3 eating contest at Landmark Public House in Dorchester Center, MA
2018 Norfolk Harborfest Nathan’s qualifier
update 13News Now video | Pilot Online article
Official results
1) George Chiger 30
2) Brian Dudzinski 24
3) Crazy Legs Conti 16
1W) Rene Rovtar 6
George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Brian Dudzinski and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete.
Local competitiors Jack Saladino and Sam Roewer did interviews.
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