Nathan Famous' main Coney Island location reopened at 7 pm yesterday.
Molly Schuyler appears to have decided to compete in the Nathan's qualifier in St. Paul, Mn on June 2.
Pat Bertoletti appears on a picture promoting a contest awarding 4 front row seats in the Nathan's finals.
NY1 has an article about the planned reopening of the main Coney Island Nathan's on Memorial Day weekend.
Nathan’s wild card standings 5/9/2013
Current standings for the Nathan’s wild card follow after the jump
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The New York Post reports there was a fire yesterday at the Coney Island Nathan's located at Surf & Stillwell. There were no injuries.
Juan Rodriguez wins 2013 Naples, Fl Nathan’s qualifier
update May 8 Crazy Legs Conti has a report
The top 3 men
1) Juan Rodriguez 27.5
2) Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle 24.5
3) Crazy Legs Conti 23
Laura Riehman defends her women’s title at the Naples qualifier, increasing her winning count to 6.5 from 4.5
1:30 A Vine.com video from the contest has been posted (does not mention winner)
Today’s qualifier in Naples, FL is expected to start at 1 pm WINK held a promo contest yesterday.
Molly Schuyler announces she will be competing in attending the St. Paul, MN Nathan's qualifier.
Miki Sudo (40 hot dogs) & Jeff Butler (31.5) win MLE debuts
update April 22 The UNLV student paper has an article about Miki, who will be competing in the Stockton Asparagus Festival.
update April 21 Rake & Herald has a contest report
Twitpics: Lefevres | winners w/trophies | winner announcement | 40 sign | Miki w/trophy | contest
update Las Vegas Informer has a short article
update 4:09 Pacific Full results: Part 1 | Part 2 have been added
update 3:59 Pacific Winners have been announced
Women
1) 40 Miki Sudo, all-time best female debut, best non Sonya Thomas women’s result
2) 24 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (should take women’s wild card barring surprises)
3) 3 “Birthday girl”
Men
1) 31.5 Jeff “The Beastman” Butler
2) 31 Tom Gilbert (takes men’s wild card lead)
3) 29.5 Pablo Martinez
4) 27.5 Erik Denmark (Nathan’s streak in jeopardy)
5) 22 Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez
6) 21 Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle
7) 14 Andrew Kim
8) 11 Mark King
9) 3 “Raiders Fan”
update 3:49 Pacific The first report claims Miki Sudo ate 40 hot dogs
Expected to make their MLE debut today: Miki Sudo, Jeff “The Beastman” Butler and Pablo Martinez.
A video of an undercard contest has alread been posted.
Erik Denmark announces he will be competing in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Las Vegas.
2013 Miami Nathan’s qualifier
Results – men
1) Yasir Salem 26
2) Brian Duzinski 23 (takes wild card lead (if one is to be awarded))
3) Mike Katz 17.5
4) Juan Angel 13.5
women
1) Mary Bowers 10.5
This is the first southeast Florida Nathan’s qualifier since a 2007 contest held at the Florida Panthers arena. In 1997, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore, famous for creating the “butterfly ballot” used in the 2000 presidential election, would serve as a judge for the Boca Raton Nathan’s qualifier in 1997.
Mary Bowers’ seatmate tweeted: “The lady i sat next to on the plane was flying from LA to Miami to compete in a hot dog eating contest… #goodlord”. Mary appeared on 10local news this morning
Golden Lady Wallace declined an invitation to compete, so apparently spots are still available.
2013 Nathan’s Savannah qualifier
update April 11 Savannah Now has an article, 106.9 produced a video about its DJ competing and Rake & Herald has a contest report (include weekend’s other contests)
update April 8 Steve “Pi Guy” Martin’s total has been announced at 10.
update SavannahNow.com has an article and gallery
Results for today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Savannah
Men
1) Pete Davekos 25 hot dogs
? Steve “Pi Guy” Martin 10
Women
1) Dee Martin 8.5
A short contest promoting tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier in Savannah took place on Good Morning Savannah between pro wrestler Bruce "The Hangman" Pobanz and Fractious Phoebe of the Savannah Derby Devils. Pobanz claimed to be ranked #2 for over-50 competitive eater in 2008. If such a listing existed, Rich LeFevre and Ron Koch would have been ranked ahead of Pobanz if it was accurate. (via comment)
Crazy Legs Conti has a report for Huffington Post about spectating at the Coney Island Boardwalk Nathan's qualifier and Edward Leavy Jr. has some pictures from that event (page 1 | page 2) (It is interesting that none of the approximately 10 million in greater NYC wanted and/or received a berth in the qualifier)
Maggie KillNBrawl and Fractious Phoebe of the Savannah Derby Devils will compete in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier.
Announced Nathan’s qualifier sites for 2012 finalists
- Savannah April 6: Micah “Wing Kong” Collins | Pete Davekos | Tim Janus
- Las Vegas April 20: Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | Matt Stonie
- Calgary June 8: Nicole Anderson | Meredith Boxberger | Aaron Osthoff (the women’s wild card will probably come from this contest if one is awarded)
- Boston June 22: Matt Stonie (if he does not qualify in Las Vegas)
2013 Coney Boardwalk qualifier
update March 26 Jason Beinstein has a video. A caption says David Soberman ate 13 hot dogs.
Rake & Herald, Grub Street and Amusing the Zillion have contest reports
The qualifier was mentioned (without any footage) on Good Morning America
update March 24 Brian Seiken has posted some videos
update The winners
“Notorious” Bob Shoudt 36 hot dogs
Larell Marie Mele 17
update #2 Other results
“Wild” Bill Myers 13
Andrew Kossuth 12.5
“Beautiful” Brian Seiken 11 (thinks he ate 13)
Crazy Legs Conti was on site
update #3 Brooklyn Gossip has a gallery
The current temperature is 45F (Is this the coldest outside contest in IFOCE/MLE history?)
2013 Nathan’s qualifier circuit announced
update – The full list of dates & sites has been posted. Registration will open at noon eastern tomorrow.
The full 2013 Nathan’s qualfier circuit should be out today. Dates which have already been announced:
- March 23, Coney Island Boardwalk
- April 6, Savannah (Drayton Street at East Bay Street)
- April 13, Miami (K-Mart)
- April 20, Las Vegas (NYNY Hotel / Casino)
- May 4, Naples, FL (Mercato’s)
- June 2, St. Paul, MN (Grand Avenue Grand Old Day)
- June 8, Calgary (Cross Iron Mills Mall)
- June 12, Pittsburgh (Market Square)
- June 15, Atlanta (Cypress Pint & Plate)
- June 22, Boston (Phantom Gourmet Beach BBQ Party
- June 29, Queens, NY Mets ballpark
- June 29, East Rutherford, NJ (Meadowlands)
Other probable sites: Las Vegas, Miami, Naples, FL, Atlanta and Savannah, GA, St. Paul, MN, Queens, Pittsburgh, and East Rutherford, NJ (A commenter noticed that Cleveland was dropped from the original list, which drops the number of contests outside east coast states to 3.)
Nathan’s will sponsor a hat giveaway at the June 29 Mets vs. Nationals game, so the Queens qualifier will probably take place on that date.
Comments about next Saturday's qualifier on the Coney Island Boardwalk in the 54 inch pizza challenge thread have been moved to this post.
Nathan’s qualifier circuit to open March 23 on Coney Island Boardwalk
update March 8 Crain’s New York has an incorrect claim that the March 23 qualifier will be the first Coney Island Nathan’s contest held on a date other than July 4. Erik Denmark won a Coney Island qualifier on July 3, 2006.. In the 1970s, contests were held at various days in the summer, including Labor Day and Memorial Day weekend.
BrooklynPaper.com reports that the 2013 Nathan’s qualifier circuit will open on March 23 at the Nathan’s location on the Coney Island Boardwalk. Expected competitors include Tim “Eater X” Janus, Eric “Badlands” Booker, Crazy Legs Conti and “Michelle” [sic] Marie Mele. The Nathan’s location on the boardwalk will open March 18 and the main restaurant at Surf & Stillwell is hoping to complete post-Sandy reconstruction by Memorial Day.
update Registration is now open for the boardwalk qualifier. The first qualifier of the Hooters circuit in Panama City, FL is also accepting entrants.
IFOCE.com lists the qualifier cities as Las Vegas, Boston, Miami and Naples, FL, Atlanta and Savannah, GA, St. Paul, MN, Queens, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Calgary and East Rutherford, NJ.
update #2 2012 qualifer sites which are not listed include Garden City, MI, Atlantic City, Concord, NC, Thackerville, OK and Tempe, AZ. If no qualifiers are added, there will be one qualifier each in the central (St. Paul), mountain (calgary) and Pacific (Las Vegas) time zones.
update #3 A press release says the finals will start at noon and be televised on ESPN.
Rich Shea announces the 2013 Nathan's Boston qualifier will be held in conjunction with a Phantom Gourmet event (April 23, May 18 or June 21-23) and hints the entire circuit will be released next week. Possible sites that were not on the 2012 circuit include Atlanta and St. Louis. update The Calgary qualifier will take place on June 8.
A trip to New York City to be honorary judges at the Nathan's finals was auctioned at a charity event in Knoxville, TN.
The Village Voice has an update on the rebuilding of Nathan's Famous Coney Island location. Debris removal has started and it is estimated that clean up will take a month before reconstruction can begin.
The Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest countdown timer is still off according to a picture Lisa van Gelder took today.
Newsday has an article about Coney Island recovery where Nathan's Famous president says the July 4, 2013 contest will "absolutely" take place and the restaurant at Surf & Stillwell hopes in March or April.
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