The 2023 Nathan’s men’s contest has been cancelled due to lightning and rain. I am not sure why the 2020 contest setup could not be recreated in the second floor of Nathan’s Famous’ building and the competition held later today.

update Ronnie Hartman says the contest will start around 2pm eastern

Official results:

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Gigi’s Time is running a livestream on youtube Super Friends NYC is also doing a live stream

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It was announced earlier today that Prudence DiBenedetto has received a wild card spot in the Nathan’s finals, which implies four wild cards will be granted. Here are the current fields with the currently announced international byes assuming four wild cards. It is not clear if all the female wild cards will compete, since they will have to pay for their own travel.
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updateWUSA9 has a news video

Official results from today’s Nathan’s Famous qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC.

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Here is the current Nathan’s field based on the byes posted on the MLE twitter

Men
Champions bye: Joey Chestnut
International byes: Ricardo Corbucci, Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran, Max Suzuki, James Webb
Qualifier winners:

Women
Champions byes: Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco
International bye: Mary Bowers
Qualifier winners:

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Here are the top 2023 non-winning Nathan’s results for competitors who have yet to qualify. The number of wild card recipients have yet to be officially announced.

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update Contest video by Misty Family Vlogs

Official results update Men’s results have been fixed

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The ESPN July 4 schedule is now out. The men’s Nathan’s finals will be televised live on ESPN2 at noon Eastern and then rerun five times. The women’s contest is not listed, but it appears it will be relegated to streaming again. At 10am, ESPN will show Wimbledon and ESPN2 will air First Take. The documentary “The Good, The Bad, The Hungry” will also be shown twice on ESPN2.

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Results from the Nathan’s qualifier at tonight’s Daytons Dragons game

Both Cherish Brown and Kelly Wong will receive a spot in the July 4 contest.

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updateMay 28
Video by Sam Messenger
Official results

Fox 8 is currently running a live video

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Miki Sudo is doing a live video.

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Registration is now open for four Nathan’s qualifiers awarding a spot in the July 4 contest to the top male and female finishers.

May 27 Berea, OH
June 9 Dayton, OH
June 17 Pleasanton, CA
June 24 Washington, DC

update Registration for a June 17 qualifier in Cincinnati will open May 6 at 9 am. This places 3 out of the 6 announced qualifiers in Ohio.

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A facebook event page claims that the first Nathan’s Famous qualifier of 2023 will take place May 13 at Old Town in Kissimmee, FL (south Orlando). BBQ in DC will also hold a qualifier in Washington, DC on June 24. The traditional New York Mets Father’s Day qualifier might also return. Nathan’s will sponsor the giveaway promotion for their June 18 game, which has previously been a hint that a qualifier will take place during the event.

update April 21 A press release says there will also be qualifiers in Cincinnati on June 17 (probably a Reds game) and Pleasanton, CA (probably a return to the Alameda County Fair)

Registration opens today (April 21) at noon eastern for the Kissimmee qualifier.

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Official results

Joey Chestnut was rushed by a stage crasher, but still managed to defend his title.

For people who lack ESPNews, DutchMazz is running a live video from the top of the Coney Island subway station. Tim “Eater X” Janus was on the bus of champions, perhaps he will compete.

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Miki Sudo will look to become the first parent with the top male or female total in the Nathan’s Famous finals in the 21st century. All of the other previous top finishers since 2001: Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Sonya Thomas have been childless. There do not appear to be any surprises with the field. w

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The Nathan’s weigh in was held today. Joey Chestnut was in crutches. He made a instagram post on December 29 about a leg injury requiring surgery. Tim “Eater X” Janus was present; it was not clear if he will be a competitor. His last eating contest was in October 2015.

update The official field is now out. There are no major surprises. Beard Meats Food will compete and Tim Janus will not make a comeback. Instead of doing a blog entry for each article about the competitors. I will have links to all the coverage of the confirmed entrants below

Geoff Esper
Nick Wehry
Gideo Oji
Pat Bertoletti
Ronnie Hartman
Brett Healey intends to retire from competitive eating after Nathan’s
Juan Rodriguez
Steve Hammond
Bartley Weaver, IV
James Webb
Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran
George Chiger
Derek Hendrickson
Pablo Martinez
Derek Jacobs

Miki Sudo
Michelle Lesco
Katie Prettyman
Sarah Reinecke Rodriguez
Sophia DeVita
Larell Marie Mele
Jules Golberg
Holly Titus
Jocelyn Walker
Rene Rovtar
Prudence DiBenedetto
Catie Livermore

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