update June 10 Brian Subich has uploaded a contest video

update June 9 #2 WPXI and TimesOnline have videos.

update June 9 Pittsburgh Live has an article.

update 5:00 WPXI has an article and slideshow. The Pittsburgh YWCA has a gallery.

update 1:07 JC Ciesielski has some pictures

update 12:41 Official Results – men
1) Aaron Osthoff 28
2) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 27
3) Brian Subich 22
4T) “Wild” Bill Myers 16
4T) Ted Wilson 16
6) Cale Kirby 9.5
7) Jaymi Wilson 9
8T) Steve Myers 7.5
8T) Kurtis Rucker 7.5
10) Justin Purtee 5

women
1) Juliet Lee 28

update 12:38 The contest appears to be over. Someone (possibly Juliet Lee) ate 28.

update 12:34 The contest has started.

update 12:30 A picture from the “Bob Uecker” seats.

The MLE facebook reports that Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, “Wild” Bill Myers and Juliet Lee will also compete. (via comment)

A list of Brian Subich’s Nathan’s performances are available after the jump
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With the 2011 Nathan’s qualifier circuit about half done, here is the wild card leader board consisting of all non-winning performances of 20 hot dogs or more:

If a women’s wild card is awarded, here is the current leader board for that:

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update 7:30 The rest of the results.

update 6:36 Results have been posted

1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 45
2) “Notorious” Bob Shoudt 37
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 24
Laura Leu 7 – top woman

The qualifer will take place before tonight’s Mets game, which has a 7:10 starting time.

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1) Pat Bertoletti 38
2) Scott Bickel 18
3T) Jake “The Great Lake” Larry 17
3T) Jeremy Park 17
Craig Reed 10
Jamie Park 7 – women’s winner

update June 3 The Tower City Facebook has a gallery

update 8:10 Cleveland.com has a blog entry reporting that Jamie Park will compete in Coney Island despite not reaching the 10 hot dog minimum
WKYC has an article and video
Metromix has a gallery

update 2:15 Cleveland Scene has a slideshow

update 1:10 The MLE twitter has the rest of the top 4:

update 1:01 Brian Subich has the Top 2:

update 12:56 The contest is over. Craig Reed estimates Bickel’s total at 17.

update 12:53 The contest is underway

Bob Shoudt announces that he will not compete in today’s qualifier and will attempt to qualify for the finals Saturday in Queens.

The headline of a NewsNet5 article claims the contest has already taken place.

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Scott Bickel appeared on Fox 8 News this morning to promote tomorrow’s Nathan’s qualifier in Cleveland. (A video of his appearance does not seem to be available.)

update Bob Shoudt announces that he will compete. According to the eatfeats database, this will be the first meeting of two of the current top five IFOCE members in a Nathan’s qualifier since the 2007 Philadelphia qualifier.

update #2 A video of the appearance is available.

update #3 Tower City Center has a page about the contest listing ultramarathoner Darris Blackford and Amy Brilhart as other competitors.

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update May 30 Atlantic City Weekly and Brian Seiken have contest videos.

update 4:52 Full results have been posted Part 1 | Part 2

Men
1) Pat Philbin 27
2) Aaron Osthoff 26.5
3) Crazy Legs Conti 22
4) Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston 18.25
5) Yasir Salem 15
6) “Wild” Bill Myers 14.5
7) Joe Lopardo 12
8) Tom Grille 11
9) Andrew Kossuth 10
10 Tengiz Mammadov 4.5

Women
1) Sonya Thomas 34, 9th consecutive best performance in a Nathan’s qualifier
2) Elise Rosenberg 8
3) Kira Nightingale 6

update 3:23 Melissa Savoy reports that Pat Philbin won the men’s contest. A picture of Pat and his trophy.

update 2:55 Sonya’s total was 34 hot dogs. This is Sonya’s ninth Nathan’s qualifier victory in a row.

update 2:50 Hollywood Bee reports a woman won the overall contest (almost certainly Sonya Thomas)

The contest is expected to start at 2 pm.

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The following list compares an eater’s current IFOCE ranking with the most hot dogs he or she has eaten in a Nathan’s contest since the start of 2010 according to the eatfeats database.
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update May 22 Jmann Review attended the contest and wrote a blog entry

3:09 The top 4
1) Pete Davekos 25
2T) Dan Coonan 11
2T) Robert O’Neil 11
4) Tim Michaud 10

Lauren Gallagher won the female division with 3 hot dogs.

2:00 Todd J Thomas reports that Pete Davekos ate 25 hot dogs, which should suffice for qualification with Badlands Booker’s absence. The woman standing next to Davekos appears happy with her performance. We will see if she broke 10 HDB.

update 1:50 Todd J Thomas has a picture of the contest which is underway now. There is at least one woman competing. Badlands Booker is not in the picture.

The contest should start at 1 pm eastern.

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