Jack Legath ate 114 donut holes in 4 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in a contest held July 4 at Paristown in Louisville.
Randy Santel ate 22 hot dogs in 15 minutes to win an eating contest at Dog Days of Summer in Vero Beach, FL on July 4. Katina DeJarnett was runner up with 21 hot dogs.
Raina Huang ate 15 hot dogs in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $2,500 in today's "Weenies & Bikinis" competition held at Stadium Swim in Las Vegas.
2024 Nathan’s Famous mens finals
| 1st | 58 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | personal best |
| 2nd | 53 | Geoffrey Esper | personal best |
| 3rd | 52 | James Webb | personal best, UK Commonwealth record |
| 4th | 51.75 | Nick Wehry | personal best |
| 5th | 46 | Takuya Yamamoto | best Japanese result since Kobayashi |
| 6th | 43 | Ricardo Corbucci | Latino record |
| 7th | 38.5 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 8th | 33 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 32 | Max Stanford | |
| 10th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 11th | 28.75 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 12th | 28 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 27.5 | William Lyon | |
| 14th | 23 | Radim Dvoracek |
Badlands Booker has defended his chugging championship. One of the other competitors had a “reversal” which appears to rival Sloth in the Wing Bowl as one of the greatest reversals in competitive eating history.
Dutch Mazz is also doing a live video that will hopefully have clearer audio than Gigi’s.
Miki Sudo sets Nathan’s Famous women’s record
| 1st | 51 | Miki Sudo | new Nathan’s womens record |
| 2nd | 37 | Mayoi Ebihara | Japanese women’s record |
| 3rd | 23.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 5th | 13 | Tandra Childress | |
| 6th | 12 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 7th | 8.75 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 8th | 8 | Rubianne Garcia | |
| 9th | 7.4 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 10th | 7.25 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 11th | 7 | Crystal Ocampo | |
| 12th | 6 | Ellen Straub | |
| 13th | 5.5 | Elizabeth Salgado | |
| 14th | 5.25 | Julie Goldberg |
Gigi’s Time is running a livestream
2024 Z Burger eating contest
Fox 5 DC has a live video of this afternoon’s Z burger eating contest in Washington, DC.
The top 5
1T Molly Schuyler 34
1T Dan Kennedy 34
3 Joel Hansen 30
4 Robert McGee 15
5 Andrew Krawczyk 10
2024 Washington, DC Nathan’s qualifier
Two days after the contest, official results have been posted on the contest page on the MLE website
| 1st | 36.75 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 2nd | 28 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 24 | Valentin Ferrer | from Spain |
| 4th | 20 | Gordon “Hungry” Hazzard | first MLE contest since 2021 |
| 5th | 16 | Michael “Mailman” Doolin | |
| 6th | 15 | Grant Tragni | |
| 7th | 14 | Crazy Legs Conti |
| 1st | 7 | Ellen Straub | |
| 2nd | 5 | Grace Furlong |
Sean Yeager has started a video of this afternoon’s Nathan’s qualifier at the National Capitol BBQ Battle in Washington, DC.
Jack Legath won the first prize of $1024 in today's 24 inch pizza eating contest at Toarmina's Pizza in Detroit. The WHIP Show was runner up.
2024 Alameda County Fair Nathan’s qualifier
update June 18 Results with full names are on the MLE contest page. Dan Downey has a contest video
Full results have been posted without full names:
| 1st | 27.75 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 2nd | 24.5 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 3rd | 22 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | first contest since 2022 |
| 3rd | 22 | Yasir Salem | first Nathan’s contest since 2017 |
| 5th | 16 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda | |
| 6th | 9.5 | Nick Esarco | |
| DQ | ? | Andrew Imhoff |
| 1st | 12 | Tandra Childress | competitive eating debut |
| 2nd | 10 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 3rd | 7 | Crystal Ocampo | |
| 4th | 6 | Elizabeth Salgado |
2024 Mattituck Lions Strawberry Shortcake Contest
update June 19 Kylan Lee has a video
update June 16 Full results were posted this morning:
| 1st | 23.75 | Geoffrey Esper | wins contest 3rd year in a row |
| 2nd | 20.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 16 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 14 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 12.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 12.33 | Max Stanford | |
| 8th | 11 | Kylan Lee | |
| 9th | 10 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 10th | 9.25 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 11th | 8 | Peter Ritter | |
| 12th | 6 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Top 4 results from the strawberry festival’s facebook video (8 minutes)
1 Geoff Esper 23.75 pounds
2 James Webb 20.5
3 Sean Yeager 16
4 Darrien Thomas 14.5
James Webb is doing a livestream of this afternoon’s strawberry shortcake in Mattituck, NY.
update The livestream was terminated just before results were announced.
Lake Compounce Nathan’s qualifier
6 hours after the competition, the MLE twitter has yet to post a winner, but the MLE instagram has some results on its stories
49.5 Geoff Esper
31 George Chiger
28 Kylan Lee (Australia)
20 Josh Krady
17.5 Mark Frost
6.75 Julie Goldberg
4.75 Addison Skaggs
update Geoff Esper (49.5) and Julie Goldberg (6.75) were today’s winners via the Lake Compounce instagram stories
Geoff Esper, George Chiger, Josh Krady and Julie Goldberg are expected to compete in this afternoon’s Nathan’s qualifier at Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT.
Salvation Army DC donuts
update PiZetta Media has a video of the contest
Full results: (8 minutes)
| 1st | 70 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 61 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 50 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 4th | 46 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 45 | Max Stanford | |
| 6th | 39 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 7th | 37 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 34 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 9th | 31 | Tanner Gray | |
| 10th | 21 | Peter Ritter | |
| 11th | 16.75 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele |
The top 3 from James Webb’s video
1 James Webb 70 donuts, new record
2 Nick Wehry 61
3 Sean Yeager
Salvation Army is doing a facebook live video of today’s donut eating contest in Washington, DC.
Parma Rib N Rock Nathan’s qualifier
Official results from today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Parma Rib ‘N Rock in Parma, OH. update News 5 Cleveland has an article
| 1st | 48.25 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 2nd | 48 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 30 | William Lyon | |
| 4th | 13.75 | Peter Ritter | |
| 5th | 13 | John Gebhard | |
| 6th | 12 | Seth Bower | |
| 7th | 11.5 | Dominic Mandato | |
| 8th | 10 | Joey Kinsley | |
| 9th | 9.75 | Eddie Rodriguez |
| 1st | 11 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 2nd | 5.5 | Stacey Queen |
Jeremiah "El Toro" Jimenez won the first prize of $500 in today's pizza eating contest at Dom DeMarco's in Las Vegas.
2024 Jack’s Donut hole eating contest
Official results (8 minutes):
| 1st | 350 | James Webb | new record |
| 2nd | 317 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 285 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 209 | Valentin Ferrer | |
| 5th | 182 | Tanner Gray | |
| 6th | 118 | Michael “Mailman” Doolin | |
| 7th | 88 | Matthew Raible | |
| 8th | 82 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 9th | 75 | John Gebhard | |
| 10th | 60 | Tracy Goode | |
| 11th | 53 | Rene Rovtar |
James Webb has started a live video of the contest
ChipShotz.com has an article about the Cuban sandwich eating contest held Saturday in Tampa as part of cigar manufacturer J. C. Newman's Founder's Day celebration. Nick Wehry ate 22 sandwiches in 8 minutes to win the contest. Miki Sudo was runner up with 18.5.
2024 Ultimate Bologna Showdown
Full results are on the MLE contest page updated May 19
| 1st | 14 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 11.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 10.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 4th | 8.25 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 5th | 5.625 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 5.5 | Tanner Gray | |
| 7th | 3.75 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 3.625 | Peter Ritter | |
| 9th | 3.25 | Michael “Mailman” Doolin | |
| 10th | 2.5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 11th | 2 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 11th | 2 | Glenn Jacobs | Knoxville mayor / WWE’s “Kane” |
| 13th | 1 | Rene Rovtar |
The WATE article about the contest incorrectly claims that Gideon Oji competed. This makes 4 recent contests for which Oji was announced as an entrant (wings, fudge, sweet corn, bologna) but did not show up.
WVLT is livestreaming today’s Ultimate Bologna Showdown in Knoxville, TN.
Times Square Nathan’s qualifier
| 1st | 35 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 32.5 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 26.5 | Yunho Choi | from South Korea |
| 4th | 15 | Anthony Kamenski | |
| 5th | 12.5 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 6th | 11 | Jeffrey Bonacorda | |
| 7th | 7.75 | Jason Ruppert | |
| 8th | 5.5 | Steven Peterson |
| 1st | 16 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | qualifies for 14th finals (all womens contests) |
| 2nd | 9 | Olivia Murphy | overall competitive eating debut |
| 3rd | 6 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 4th | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
The Field: Steven Peterson, Olivia Murphy, Jeffrey Bonacorda, Anthony Kaminsky, Jay Ruppert, Julie Goldberg, A Korean (didn’t get the name), Prudence DiBenedetto, Larell Marie Mele, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Gideon Oji
KumaMonster has started a live stream of today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Times Square in Manhattan. The introductions are expected to start at noon Eastern.
West Michigan Whitecaps Nathan’s qualifier
Full results of the Nathan’s qualifier at tonight’s West Michigan Whitecaps game. Darrien Thomas Instagram video update WCSG has an article
| 1st | 22 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 2nd | 20 | Tanner Gray | |
| 3rd | 14.5 | Nathan Klein | |
| 4th | 7.75 | Paul Van Dussen |
| 1st | 8.5 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 2nd | 7 | Rubianne Garcia |
2024 Manor Palooza World Sausage Eating Championship
The top 8 from James Webb’s live video (10 minutes)
1) James Webb 51 sausages, new record
2) Geoff Esper 38
3) Nick Wehry 31
4T) Greg Wilson 20.5
4T) Christopher “Old Guy Eats” Dale 20.5
6 Tanner Gray, MLE debut
7T Yasir Salem 15
7T Alberto Bravo 15
Old Guy Eats has started a live video
Miki Sudo defends Sweet Corn Fiesta title
Sometime this morning, the top 6 were posted. I think this is the first time the MLE twitter has gone radio-silent on same day results; previously, they at least uploaded a picture of the victor. update May 1 MLE has uploaded a contest video
| 1st | 56 | Miki Sudo | defends title |
| 2nd | 54 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 3rd | 50 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 48 | Yasir Salem | first contest since April 2018 |
| 5th | 32 | Joey Przybylowicz | |
| 6th | 30 | George Chiger |
Miki Sudo ate 56 ears in 12 minutes to defend her title.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry appeared on CW34 this morning to discuss competing in the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL.
"King" Kylan Lee ate 15 hot dogs in 3 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in a contest held at Meatstock in Sydney, Australia.
Raina Huang won the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's Jay Bird's Chicken Eating Competition at Topanga Social in Los Angeles. (video)
Michael Doolin ate 14 slaw dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 at today's eating contest at the Hot Slaw Festival in Cleveland, TN.
HertsLive reports that Max Stanford ate a 2kg kebab box in 6:37 to win a British Eating League event held at Chip-o-dee in Wrexhan, Wales. John "Food and the Beast" Dawes was runner up.
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