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.
2024 Uranus Fudge Factory eating contest
| 1st | 13.5 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 10.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 9.375 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 8.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 7.75 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 6th | 6 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 5.5 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 9th | 2.5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 10th | 2.375 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 11th | 2.25 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 2.25 | John Gebhard | |
| 13th | 1 | Daniel Hueppelshauser | |
| 14th | 0.9375 | Rene Rovtar |
Facebook Live video of the contest
Tanner Gray ate a 3 pound burger in 6:20 to win the first prize of $500 in tonight's eating contest held at Kirby G's Diner and Pub in McDonough, GA.
Nat vs Food had the highest point total after 8 contests over this weekend in Thailand to win a spot in the Nathan's finals.
Alexander de Vera won the first prize of $500 in Saturday's lumpia eating contest at the Island Pacific in Granada Hills, CA (results announcement starts at 1:00). Raina Huang also did an exhibition. The contest was closed to previous winners and professional eaters.
Molly Schuyler won the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's meatball eating contest at Millie's of Staten Island. Dan Kennedy was the runner-up and Wayne Algenio was 3rd. update NBC New York has a video
Raina Huang won the first prize of $1,000 in today's pizza eating contest at Topanga Social in Los Angeles.
2024 Wings for Wishes
Official results (10 minutes):
| 1st | 224 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 198 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 154 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 147 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 109 | Joey Przybylowicz | |
| 6th | 96 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 7th | 58 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 8th | 45 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
James Webb wins Wonderful Pistachios, Joey Chestnut 5th
update Feb 28
Santa Monica Closeup and Ed Woo have videos
Santa Monica Daily Press has an article
Results from James Webb’s video (announcement starts at 33:35): 8 minute contest
1 James Webb 338 pistachios
2T Nick Wehry 221
2T Darrien Thomas 221
4 Steve Hammond 191
5T Joey Chestnut 167
5T Bartley Weaver 167
7 Joey Bosa 152
8 Gideon Oji 147
I think this is the first time Joey Chestnut’s contest total has ever been doubled. Even in his first Nathan’s finals in 2005, he still ate about 2/3 of what Takeru Kobayashi did (32 hot dogs vs. 49)
Joey Bosa finished ahead of MLE’s #6 eater, Gideon Oji.
In a post contest interview on stage, Darrien Thomas said he not only abstained from training, he had never eaten a pistachio before the competition. That handicap did not prevent him from finishing second.
TMZ has an interview with Los Angeles Chargers defender Joey Bosa about competing in today’s Wonderful Pistachios Get Crackin’ Eating Championship at the Santa Monica Pier. Bosa is not the first NFL defensive lineman to compete in a Major League Eating contest, In 2003 William Perry competed in the Nathan’s hot dog finals and ate 4 hot dogs before quitting midway through the competition. In 2005, Perry also particpated in the Trip Rewards World Birthday Cake Eating Championship and finished last.
Yesterday at the Jalapeño Festival in Laredo, TX, Molly Schuyler ate 329 peppers to win the event's eating contest for the sixth time in a row. Dan Kennedy was the runner up with 191.
The team of Frank Wach and Teddy Delacruz ate 25 paczkis in 6 minutes to defend their title at Bennison's Bakery's paczki eating contest yesterday.
Mo "MohMotion" Mbengue won the first prize of $1,000 in Saturday's "Super Ball" fish ball eating contest held at Island Pacific Market in Santa Clarita, CA. Raina Huang also competed. update MohMotion tiktok video update Feb 13 A press release about the event is available. Kevin Ross was runner up. Raina Huang was MC and not eligible to win.
Philly Mag has a report on this morning's Wing Pole wing eating contest held at Club Risque in Philadelphia. Dave Brunelli ate 171 wings to defend his title and claim the first prize of $3,000. Steven "Mr. Mayo" Buchanan was the runner up.
2024 Siegel’s Bagelmania eating contest
James Webb is running a live video of today’s Siegel’s Bagelmania eating contest in Las Vegas
Official results: (8 minutes)
| 1st | 15 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 14.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 13 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 10.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 10.25 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 6th | 10 | Miki Sudo | |
| 7th | 7.75 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 7.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 3.75 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 10th | 2.25 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 11th | 1.75 | Elizabeth Salgado |
2023 St. Elmo’s Shrimp Cocktail contest
| 1st | 16.7 | Geoffrey Esper | defends title |
| 2nd | 16 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 15 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 12.8 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 11.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 5 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
| 7th | 4.5 | Mark Enstrom | |
| 8th | 2.4 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
St. Elmo’s is running a live video of the contest
Raina Huang ate 92 dumplings to win the first prize of $1,000 at today's Topanga Social eating contest in Canoga Park, CA.
The top 3 from Saturday's professional donut eating contest at the Sandusky, OH Donut Fest: 1) Dan Kennedy 68 donuts in 8 minutes $1,000 2) Molly Schuyler 56 3) Andrew Puhl 50
Wayne Algenio ate 48 pierogis yesterday to defend his title at Pierozek's eating contest in Brooklyn and claim the $500 first prize.
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