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In honor of National Hot Dog Day, Guinness has a list of 5 frankfurter records. The largest ever hot dog eating contest was held in Valencia, Spain and had a field of 3189 competitors.

July 23, 2015 at 2:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments (1)

Slate.com has a blog entry about "Eat to Win", Nina Berman's gallery of photographs taken at eating contests. The project was facilitated by a competitive eating calendar which is not named in the post.

July 22, 2015 at 6:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries | Permalink * Comments (2)

The AP Archive has posted videos of a late 1990s (probably 1998) Nathan's weigh-in overseen by Rudy Guiliani and contest held in Schweikert's Alley won by Hirofumi Nakajima. (Additional AP archive eating contest videos)

July 21, 2015 at 7:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's History, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The July 3 cartoon for New Yorker magazine was captioned "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which may involve an occasional hot dog eating contest'

July 21, 2015 at 11:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, New York City | Permalink * Comments

USA Today has an article about competitive eating health risks with quotes from Matt Stonie and Pat Bertoletti, who says (without providing details) that he has experienced an injury while training.

July 20, 2015 at 11:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Matt Stonie, Pat Bertoletti | Permalink * Comments

Sunstar Scheduling has a request for a medic for the Hooters Wing Championship on Saturday.

July 20, 2015 at 9:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Hooter's Wing Eating Championship, Tampa | Permalink * Comments

ABC30 has an article and video about Pablo Martinez' training session where he ate a 5 pound burrito in 13 minutes.

July 19, 2015 at 8:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Fresno, Pablo Martinez, Television, Training, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Geoff Esper, Nela Zisser added to MLE top 50

July 16, 2015 at 2:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Geoff Esper, Marcos Owens, Nela Zisser, Rankings

Stephanie Wu & Pablo Martinez noted that additional changes have been made to the MLE top 50 (the top 10 remain unchanged):

added: Geoff Esper #11, Nela Zisser #22, Lesley Ryder #35,
removed: Ben Do #40, Nicole Rodriguez #49, Neil Sebree #50

update Marcos Owens has been removed; Ben Do remains (via comment)

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Matt Stonie takes top spot in MLE top 50

July 14, 2015 at 7:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Rankings

Matt Stonie has taken the top spot in the MLE top 50 from Joey Chestnut. The switch appears to be the only change (cached version) ; Geoff Esper and Nela Zisser remain unranked. Joey took the top spot from Takeru Kobayashi on July 12, 2007, giving him a reign of 8 years and 2 days.

A championship parade will be held for Matt Stonie in San Jose on Friday.

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Trashploitation has a review of Eat it Up, a short film about rival competitive eating gangs.

July 14, 2015 at 4:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies | Permalink * Comments

Chronicle Live has an article claiming that eating challenges at northeast England restaurants are endangering diners' health.

July 12, 2015 at 9:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Newcastle | Permalink * Comments

MLE head to head results July 9, 2015

July 9, 2015 at 5:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

A list of cumulative head to head results over the last 365 days for people with 2 or more MLE results for that time period follows.

1 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) 96.3% 180-7
2 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) 95.4% 124-6
3 Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) 87.5% 21-3
4 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) 82.3% 78-16-2
5 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) 80% 48-12
6 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) 69% 40-18
7 Miki Sudo (M Su) 68.9% 104-45-7
8 Geoffrey Esper (G Es) 68.2% 15-7
9 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) 66.8% 89-44-1
10 Marcos “The Monster” Owens (M Ow) 61.3% 45-28-2

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SportsTVRating has the viewership numbers for Saturday's televised sports. The rating for the live Nathan's brpadcast on ESPN2 was 0.4 (highest of the day) and the audience was 1,129,000 (second to primetime NASCAR race). The combined audience for the 4 showings of the finals on July 4 ws 2.38 million.

July 9, 2015 at 8:57 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments

Patrick Bertoletti attempted to consume 120 raw eggs on tonight's episode of America's Got Talent. update The Chicago Tribune has an article

July 8, 2015 at 12:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Bertoletti, Television | Permalink * Comments (10)

Greensboro.com has has an article on Ronnie Hartman's training session at Hooters, where he plans to eat 100 wings tonight. update WFMY reports "Megabyte" ate 77 wings in 10 minutes

July 6, 2015 at 4:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Greensboro, Hooter's Wing Eating Championship, Ronnie Hartman, Training | Permalink * Comments (1)

NJ.com catches up with Bill "El WIngador" Simmons, who is attempting to rebuild his life after being released from prison about a month ago. The five time Wing Bowl winner He served two years of a seven year sentence for cocaine distribution and will be on parole until September 2018. He hopes to write a book about his experience.

July 5, 2015 at 5:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Books, Camden, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments

Joey Chestnut vs Matt Stonie / Miki Sudo vs Sonya Thomas breakdowns

July 3, 2015 at 10:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo, Sonya Thomas, Statistics

Here are some reasons why Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo and Sonya Thomas might win tomorrow

Pro Joey Chestnut

  • Has 8 Nathan’s totals (2 in 12 minute contests) better than Matt Stonie’s personal best of 56
  • Managed to hit 60 hot dogs 2 years after first Nathan’s contest, something Matt Stonie has failed to do in 5
  • Has managed to pull out of mid-season slumps by July 4 in previous years

Pro Matt Stonie

  • Undefeated in 2015
  • Has defeated Chestnut 2 of the last 3 times he has faced him by large margins (22.2 – 15.25 gyros, 120 – 85 Twinkies
  • Joey Chestnut has lost 2 of his last 3 contests, including a defeat to Adrian Morgan for the first time in his career

Pro Miki Sudo

  • Only woman to exceed 37 since 2012
  • Sonya Thomas has not eaten more than 28 hot dogs since 2013
  • Has won significantly more money than Sonya Thomas since July 5 ($14,950 vs. $2,400)

Pro Sonya Thomas

  • Only woman to ever do 41 or more hot dogs
  • Miki Sudo is winless since her 2014 Nathan’s victory
  • Beat Miki Sudo badly in her last 2 contests at the Buffalo Wing Festival in August

Head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Matt Stonie and Sonya Thomas vs. Miki Sudo from the past two years follow after the jump.

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Vocativ has a post titled: "Bloated But Loaded: Is A Competitive Eating Career Worth Stomaching?" with quotes from Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo.

July 3, 2015 at 5:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Business | Permalink * Comments (21)

Today.com has an article about competitive eaters' digestive systems. There is also a video of Joey Chestnut's and Sonya Thomas' appearance on this morning's show. .

July 3, 2015 at 1:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Science, Sonya Thomas | Permalink * Comments

Vice.com has a video of Takeru Kobayashi displaying his hot dog eating techniques to former boxer Eric Kelly. Kobayashi tells TMZ that he would easily defeat Chestnut if he faced off in a hot dog eating contest.

July 3, 2015 at 1:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Male Athletes, Training, Videos | Permalink * Comments

KGUN9 has an article and video about Michelle "Cardbaord Shell" Lesco.

July 3, 2015 at 10:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Cardboard Shell", Videos | Permalink * Comments

Ken Hoffman has a column for Politico about serving as a judge / counter at the Nathan's finals for 10 years. He will oversee Joey Chestnut tomorrow.

July 3, 2015 at 10:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Judging | Permalink * Comments

CNN Money has an analysis of Nathan's Famous stock, which is down 30% in 2015 after an increase of 270% over the previous five years.

July 3, 2015 at 10:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | Permalink * Comments

Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco describes her training regimen in an article in Muscle and Fitness.

July 2, 2015 at 10:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Cardboard Shell", Training | Permalink * Comments

Crazy Legs Conti did an interview on Kiss 108 this morning with the following description: "Boston competitive eater #CrazyLegs on @MattyShow about how to beat @joeyjaws at @originalnathans @eatingcontest". (According to the eatfeats database, Conti is winless (0-47) for his career vs Chestnut).

July 2, 2015 at 10:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Crazy Legs Conti, Podcasts, Statistics | Permalink * Comments (4)

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