Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest category

Ken Hoffman has a column for CultureMap Houston about retiring from his role as a judge in the Nathan's finals.
The NY Post has an article titled "The wild, outrageous and downright disgusting secrets of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest". Tim Janus' claim of having "reversed" almost 10,000 times in his career is mentioned.

2018-19 Nathan’s qualifier winners

A list of winners of qualifiers in the 2018-19 Nathan’s circuit follows:
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ESPN has a press release about next Thursday's coverage of the Nathan's finals. Adam Amin will be a commentate on the men's contest, which will be televised on ESPN2 at noon Eastern. The women's contest will be streamed on ESPN3. Segments about Geoff Esper and Darron Breeden will be shown before the contest.

Steve Hendry wins Santa Cruz qualifier

update July 1 DailyDemocrat and TimesHeraldOnline have articles

Here is the top 5 as best as I can figure out (twitter thread)

1st 25 Steve Hendry
2nd 15.5 Sergio Reyes-Raya
3rd 13 Kirk Taylor
4th 12 “funubergames”
5th 11 Jon Davis

Steve Hendry won tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier in Santa Cruz. No females competed. updateMatthew White has a video | Preview video

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WKBW has an article about Ronnie Hartman competing in the Nathan's finals.

Juliet Lee & Gideon Oji win DC Nathan’s qualifier

Rich Shea announced that Gideon Oji (25 hot dogs) and Juliet Lee (23) won today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC. Juliet Lee extends her streak of years with a qualifier victory to 13.

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2019 Nathan’s finals odds

Covers has posted the following odds for the 2019 Nathan’s finals. (In gambling terminology, a minus signs implies you need to bet that amount to win $100. Betting $100 wins the amount followed by a plus sign). In other gambling news, David Purdum reports the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has denied requests from sportsbooks based in that state to offer betting on the Nathan’s finals. update Casino.org has an article about the denial

Joey Chestnut to win?
Yes -888
No +616

Hot dogs eaten by men’s winner?
O 73.5 (+120)
U 73.5 (-140)

Miki Sudo to win women’s contest?
Yes -1000
No +673

Hot dogs eaten by women’s winner?
O 38.5 (-115)
U 38.5 (-115)

5Dimes is also accepting Nathan’s bets

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Registration is now open for two qualifiers for the 2019-20 Nathan's circuit: July 17 at a Salt Lake Bees game and August 10 at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Beard Meats Food & Julie Goldberg win Mets qualifier

updateQNS.com has an article

Official results from this morning’s qualifier at the Mets ballpark in Queens.

1) Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran 32, first Briton to qualify since 2005
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 28
3) Brian Dudzinski 23
4) Michael Dietz
5) “Beautiful” Brian Seiekn 13

1) Julie Goldberg 9.5
2) Prudence DiBenedetto 6

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Simcoe.com has an article about Darrien Thomas competing in the Nathan's finals.

2018-19 Nathan’s Famous qualifier winners

With three qualifiers remaining in the circuit, here are the qualifier winners for 2018-19.
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Darron Breeden & Doris Garcia win Norfolk Harborfest qualifier

Darron Breeden and Doris Garcia have been announced as the winner of today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Norfolk Harborfest.

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Darrien Thomas & Kay Wong win Taste of Syracuse qualifiers

Official results

1st 19.25 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas probably first Canadian male to win qualifer in USA
2nd 17 Crazy Legs Conti
3rd 14.5 Mike Landrich
4th 14 Steve Radzwilla
1st 6 Kay Wong
2nd 3 Prudence DiBenedetto

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2019 ESPN July 4 schedule

The ESPN schedule for early July is now out. The men’s Nathan’s finals will be televised on ESPN at noon Eastern and rerun at 3PM and 4PM. The women’s finals will be streamed on ESPN3 for the ninth consecutive year. (ESPN2 will be showing First Take during the women’s Nathan’s finals). ESPN3 will also show camera feeds focused on Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo.

The Good, The Bad, The Hungry will be televised on ESPN on July 2 at 8 pm and be rerun at 9:30 pm.

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George Chiger wins Dutch Wonderland Nathan’s qualifier

2019 St. Louis Cardinals Nathan’s qualifier

Official results
1) Derek Jacobs 30
2) Brett Healey 28
3) Darrien Thomas 23.5
4) Bartley Weaver 23

1) Holly Titus 13

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Lancaster Online has an interview with George Chiger about competing in the Nathan's qualifier at Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, PA on Sunday. He calls Larell Marie Mele his competitive eating mentor.

2019 Cincinnati Reds Nathan’s qualifier

Results men
1 Ronnie Harman 29.5
2 Derkek Jacobs 29

Results women
1T Katie Prettyman 14
1T Sophia Devita 14

An eat-off could not be held due to lack of time. Apparently finals spots will be awarded to both women.

Ronnie Hartman appeared on WKRC (video) today to promote tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier that will take place after the Cincinnati Reds game concludes (around 10 pm eastern if the game does not go into extra innings). Derek Jacobs, Sophia Devita and Katie Prettyman are also expected to compete.

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2019 Colorado Rockies Nathans qualifier

Winners

Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez 26
Sarah Reinecke 20

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2019 Valdosta qualifier

Winners
Adrian Morgan 26
Jocelyn Walker 10

Adrian Morgan, Jocelyn Walker and Brittany Powell are expected to compete. Adrian Morgan will have the chance to match Larell Marie Mele as the only people with qualifier wins every year since the 2011 gender split.

Most Nathan’s qualifier victories since 2011.

9 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
8 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee
8 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
8 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan
6 Erik “The Red” Denmark
6 Meredith Boxberger
6 Yasir Salem
6 Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers
6 Juan “more bite” Rodriguez
6 Eric “Badlands” Booker

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A 1991 episode of the cable public access show Beyond Vaudville has an interview with Frank "Large" Dellarosa, the Nathan's champion of 1991 and 1992, (starts at 8:45). He says he broke a the overall contest record from 1959, which he calls the first year of the contest.

2019 Long Island Ducks Nathan’s qualifier

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Results via Fink Beats the Stomach (More results)

1st 47 Geoffrey Esper
2nd 29 George Chiger
3rd 22.5 Eric “Badlands” Booker
4th 19 Roderick Buenviaje
1st 18 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele has won qualifier every year since gender split in 2011
2nd 7 Julie Goldberg
3rd 4 Prudence DiBenedetto

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Previous winners of Nathan’s qualifiers held at the Long Island Ducks ballpark. A gap of almost 13 years between competitions might be a record for qualifier sites.

2006 Jun 24 1st 21.5 12 min Allen “Shredder” Goldstein
2005 Jun 25 1st 24 12 min Ed “Cookie” Jarvis
2004 Jun 26 1st 18.75 12 min Oleg Zhornitskiy

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George Chiger, Brian Dudzinsky, Larell Marie Mele, Bill Myers and Michael Deitz are listed as expected entrants in the Nathan's qualifier to be held at Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, PA on June 2.

2019 Las Vegas Nathan’s qualifier

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