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Mashed has a video titled "The Damaging Effects Food Challenges Have On Your Body" which includes footage of the Nathan's Finals and Michelle Lesco's Guinness record attempts. The video cites research by Brian Wansink of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab that was found to be fraudulent.

January 1, 2020 at 6:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Health, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Possible 2020 MLE top 50 changes

December 31, 2019 at 11:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

Here are possible new entrants for the MLE top 50 when it is updated (last update was June 25)

Possible removals from the top 50

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2019 MLE head to head results

December 29, 2019 at 11:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

Here are the head to head results for 2019 MLE contests for people with two or more contest results in the database:

1 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) 95.6% 153-7
2 Geoffrey Esper (G Es) 94.7% 142-8
3 Darron Breeden (D Br) 84.3% 113-21
4 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) 82.1% 11-2-1
5 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) 75.8% 47-15
6 Max Suzuki (M Su) 74.2% 23-8
7 Miki Sudo (M Su) 71.8% 84-33
8 Nick Wehry (N We) 71.6% 94-37-1
9 Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond (S Ha) 71.4% 15-6
10 Gideon Oji (G Oj) 67.9% 74-34-4

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Darron Breeden recorded a cover of "Born to Love You" on electric guitar as the background music for a video of his 2019 competitive eating highlights.

December 29, 2019 at 10:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Darron Breeden, Music, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Diana Prince faces off against Barry Allen and Doris Zeul in a pie eating contest in an episode of DC Super Hero Girls available on Cartoon Network UK's youtube channel. (Pie eating contest episode starts at 2:20).

December 28, 2019 at 1:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Miki Sudo, Darron Breeden, Max Suzuki, Angela Sato and Takeru Kobayashi appear in a promo video for "King of Gluttony" that will be televised on TV Tokyo on January 12. Kobayashi is not shown eating, so he may not be a competitor. Screen captures:

December 27, 2019 at 4:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ayari Sato (佐藤綾里), Darron Breeden, Japan, Kobayashi (小林尊), Max Suzuki, Miki Sudo, Television | Permalink * Comments (33)

Leah Shutkever faced off against Eddie Hall in a 4 pound wing challenge, her second video with the British strongman competitor.

December 26, 2019 at 1:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Leah Shutkever, Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Michelle Lesco eating 2.448 kg (86.35 oz) of mayonnaise in 3 minutes made Guinness World Records 2019 Records Round-up.

December 25, 2019 at 11:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Cardboard Shell", Records | Permalink * Comments

Matt Stonie produced a thank you video for surpassing 10 million subscribers to his youtube channel.

December 23, 2019 at 12:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Videos | Permalink * Comments (15)

TheThings.com has curated a gallery of 19 pictures of Joey Chestnut eating Nathan's hot dogs.

December 21, 2019 at 7:57 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Joey Chestnut, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | Permalink * Comments (2)

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video titled "From Engineering to Competitive Eating" that was originally produced for GameTV's How The Game Is Played

December 21, 2019 at 7:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Miki Sudo appears in a picture promoting the "King of Gluttony" program that will be televised on TV Tokyo on January 12. Darron Breeden (in the back row) might be another competitor. Japanese entrants include Max Suzuki, Angela Sato and Hatsuyo Sugawara. (link to picture) update Miki Sudo confirms she will appear.

December 20, 2019 at 3:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Darron Breeden, Japan, Miki Sudo, Television | Permalink * Comments (8)

Leah Shutkever faced off against Damian the Builder in a 6 pound Christmas dinner eating contest at The George Pub in Stockton on Tees England for an On the Tools TV video.

December 20, 2019 at 7:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Leah Shutkever, Newcastle, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

King of Donair in Halifax, NS has an instagram video of Joel Hansen eating its 12 pound "World's Largest Donair" in 42 minutes.

December 20, 2019 at 7:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Nova Scotia, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Bright Side has a video asking "What if You Ate 100,000 Calories in One Day?"

December 16, 2019 at 12:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Raina Huang was challenged to eat 15 pounds of milk & cookies in a video for Buzzfeed's "Bring Me" series.

December 14, 2019 at 12:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dessert Eating Challenges, Raina Huang, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

"“El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer", a 1997 episode of the Simpsons in which a Homer's spicy chili challenge induces hallucinations, is #7 in Time Magazine's list of the top 10 episodes of the animated series.

December 14, 2019 at 9:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Spicy Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments

2019 MLE victories count (excluding qualifiers)

December 13, 2019 at 11:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

Total MLE (non qualifier) victories in 2019, counting the Chestnut vs. Stonie waffle matchup as an official contest:

13 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
10 Geoffrey Esper
3 Miki Sudo
2 Darron Breeden
1 Gideon Oji
1 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan
1 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie

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The Guinness World Records youtube channel has a video of Leah Shutkever's attempt to break her burrito eating record.

December 11, 2019 at 1:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Leah Shutkever, Records, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

The latest Fink Beats the Stomach episode has an interview with Oliver Brooks, the stage master for the Nathan's finals.

December 11, 2019 at 1:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (10)

Bartley Weaver IV ate 47 slices of pizza in 30 minutes at Larry's Pizza in Bowling Green, KY to raise $5,000 for Kentucky State Police's "Shop with a Tropper" charity. (BG Daily News video)

December 9, 2019 at 11:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bartley Weaver, IV, Charity Events, Pizza Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

AOL.com has a video about Crazy Legs Conti as part of its In the Know series.

December 9, 2019 at 10:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crazy Legs Conti, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

Reddit.com has a thread about the dangers of competitive eating currently with 63 comments which was started by a tweet with a scan of a competitive eater who experienced acute pancreatitis after completing a burger challenge.

December 8, 2019 at 9:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health | Permalink * Comments (16)

A video of the book Hot Dog Eating Champ by "Jimmie Chestbump" being read aloud with captions can be viewed on youtube.

December 6, 2019 at 6:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Comics, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Inside Edition has a video about Molly Schuyler's (billed as "underdog") victory in the burger eating contest held at Uncle Jack's Meat House in Astoria, NY last month.

December 6, 2019 at 12:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

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