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Hot Dog 148th anniversary / “Little Arlene” photoshop

June 30, 2015 at 11:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Nathan's History

Today is the 48th anniversary of an event held at Nathan’s Famous Coney Island location on June 30, 1967 to commemorate the centennial of the invention of the hot dog in 1867. The UPI reported that Walter Paul ate 127 hot dogs in an hour at that celebration. This is the first Nathan’s hot dog eating contest that can be found in online news archives.

Research has not been able to turn up any more information about the competition, but a picture taken at that event of a bathing-suit clad model holding a plate of hot dogs has been circulating on social media. I have not been able to determine the name of the model or the original image source.

A modified version of this image was used in ESPN’s documentary about the St. Louis Spirits of the ABA to illustrate big-eating “Little Arlene”, a halftime performer for that franchise. (direct link to image in youtube video.) I doubt the woman was Arlene, but I have never seen a picture of her.

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DeadSpin has a post titled "What Happens If Someone Dies During The Hot Dog Eating Contest?" that assumes there would be a cancellation if there was a significant mid-contest health incident (Nathan's PR does not provide a definite answer). In the 2006 Las Vegas Nathan's qualifier, there was no interruption after an competitor passed out and was removed by stretcher. Joey Chestnut would go on to become the first American to eat 50 hot dogs at that event.

June 30, 2015 at 4:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | Permalink * Comments

All time Nathan’s personal bests

June 30, 2015 at 2:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics

A list of the all time personal bests for people who have eaten 10 or more hot dogs in a Nathan’s contest according to eatfeats database follows:

2013 Jul 4 1st 69 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jul 4 2nd 64.5 10 min Takeru Kobayashi Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2014 Jul 4 2nd 56 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jul 4 3rd 55 10 min Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jul 4 4th 53 10 min Tim “Eater X” Janus Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2012 Jul 4 1st 45 10 min Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2012 Jul 4 5th 45 10 min “Notorious” Bob Shoudt Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jun 20 1st 40 10 min Eric “Badlands” Booker Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Queens, NY
2013 Apr 20 1st 40 10 min Miki Sudo Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Las Vegas, NV
2007 Mar 24 1st 39.5 12 min Chip “The Phenom” Simpson Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Sunrise, FL

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MLE head to head results 2015 midpoint

June 30, 2015 at 1:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months for people who have results for two or more MLE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:

1 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) 96.7% 178-6
2 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) 94.4% 119-7
3 Geoffrey Esper (G Es) 85.7% 6-1
4 Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) 85% 17-3
5 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) 79.3% 72-18-2
6 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) 78.6% 44-12
7 Miki Sudo (M Su) 68.3% 101-45-7
8 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) 66.8% 87-43-1
9 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) 64.2% 34-19
10 Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler (J Bu) 63.8% 30-17

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"Nacho Extreme", the competitive eater on Wahlburgers, is being sued for failing to deliver a script to Mark Wahlburg after he received $1000 to perform that service.

June 30, 2015 at 10:23 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Television | Permalink * Comments

The Las Vegas Sun has an article about competitive eating training with quotes from Miki Sudo and Juan Rodriguez. The Las Veags challenge list says that the jackpot for the Pho 87 challenge is now $1,870.

June 29, 2015 at 11:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Challenge Lists, Juan Rodriguez, Las Vegas, Miki Sudo, Training | Permalink * Comments

IFOCE / MLE contests by state

June 27, 2015 at 2:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

Today’s Nathan’s qualifier in New Hampshire appears to be the first IFOCE / MLE contest in that state. According to the eatfeats database, there are now five states which have never held an IFOCE / MLE event: Idaho, Montana, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wyoming. (The “Gutbuster in Alaska” contests are not in the database). Total IFOCE/MLE contests by state:

192 NY
76 NV
59 CA
59 FL
47 TX

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live105.cbslocal.com has a podcast of Joey Chestnut's appearance yesterday on the Kevin Klein show. He says that he has broken off his relationship with Neslie Ricasa after proposing to her during last year's Nathan's finals and that MLE prevented him from wearing an item promoting a military charity during a previous Nathan's finals.

June 26, 2015 at 2:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Joey Chestnut, Neslie Ricasa, Podcasts, San Francisco | Permalink * Comments (5)

Tracy Goode has an interview with the co-hosts of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast on Rake & Herald. They are doing a short series of podcasts with Nathan's competitiors: Crazy Legs | Erik Denmark | Nate Biller | Juan Rodriguez | Michelle Lesco | Dave Wood

June 25, 2015 at 3:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (10)

The 2015 broadcast schedule for the men's Nathan's finals is now available. The contest will be live on ESPN2 at noon and then rerun seven more times on July 4. It does not appear the women's contest will be televised.

June 25, 2015 at 9:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments (1)

Craigslist has a request for an EMT to oversee a competitive eating event in Long Beach on June 27, most likely the Hooters wing qualifier.

June 23, 2015 at 7:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Hooter's Wing Eating Championship, Long Beach | Permalink * Comments

Mashable has a blog entry about a 1.595 km (almost 1 mile) pizza created in Milan, Italy that received a Guinness record for World's Longest Pizza.

June 23, 2015 at 8:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Italy, Pizza Eating Challenges, Records | Permalink * Comments

ilonggo Tech Blog has a review of the new competitive eating game Warriors of Nom Nom for iPhone/iPad and Android devices.

June 23, 2015 at 7:05 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Games | Permalink * Comments

The Clifton Chili Club youtube page has a video of Kate Ovens taking on Jay in the "Double Dares You" burger and cheesecake challenge at the Bristol Marriott City Centre Hotel'

June 22, 2015 at 11:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Kate Ovens, Somerset, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

Dale Boone won last weekend's eating contest at the Big Kahuna Wing Festival in Knoxville, TN.

June 21, 2015 at 8:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dale Boone, Knoxville, Videos | Permalink * Comments (12)

Stephanie Wu announces she has finished 100+ eating challenges

June 18, 2015 at 5:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Statistics, Stephanie Wu

Stephanie Wu announced yesterday she successfully completed the challenge at Uncle Linny’s which takes her count to 100.5. She is the first woman (and fifth overall) to reach the challenge century mark. Others with 100+ documented challenge counts: Randy Santel (250+), Ramsey Hilton (200+), Naader Reda, Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker.

Other possible members of the century club include the LeFevres, Pete Czerwinski, Pat Bertoletti, Joey Chestnut.

Taft Parker has finished Shula’s 48 ounce steak at least 347 times. This might be the overall top mark for challenges done if you do not require different sites.

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ESPN SportsCenter will be broadcast from Coney Island the morning of July 4 on ESPN2 to promote the Nathan's finals.

June 18, 2015 at 5:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN, New York City | Permalink * Comments

The Man vs. Food restaurant in London has started a twitter at https://twitter.com/manvsfoodlondon/. They offer s 7 pound burger challenge awarding £250 and a free meal for the entire table if finished.

June 18, 2015 at 10:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, London, Prizes, Websites | Permalink * Comments

News.com.au has an article about Nela Zisser's latest video where she faces off against Isaac Harding Davis of Australia in a five foot sandwich eating contest.

June 15, 2015 at 11:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Nela Zisser, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

The schedule for the ESPN family of channels is now available for July 4, 2015. The men's Nathan's contest will be live on ESPN2 starting at noon and be rerun at 1pm, 2pm and 4pm (on ESPN) that afternoon. For the fifth straight year, the women's contest will not be televised on a cable channel; it does not currently appear on the ESPN3.com July 4 streaming schedule. (The ESPN3 schedule does list Ultimate Disc League and cricket competitions).

June 15, 2015 at 9:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments (6)

Mary Bowers appeared on the lastest episode of The Josh Wolf Show on CMT and presided over a hot dog contest.

June 14, 2015 at 9:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Mary Bowers, Television, Women | Permalink * Comments

Carlene LeFevre appeared on yesterday's episode of MTV's Girl Code to offer some competitive eating tips and preside over a hot dot eating contest. (video)

June 11, 2015 at 10:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Carlene LeFevre, Television | Permalink * Comments (13)

Hartford Business gave its Best New Start-Up award to Jamie McDonald and his restaurant Bear's Smokehouse, which saw its revenues quadruple in 2014 and currently employs 75 workers.

June 8, 2015 at 9:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Hartford, Jamie McDonald | Permalink * Comments (5)

A trailer is available for Warriors of Nom Nom, a competitive eating game for iPhone/iPad. (via Indie Game Magazine)

June 8, 2015 at 7:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments

The New York Post has an article about the lawsuits against Giorgio Kolaj after his restaurant Valentino's failed. He is the co-founder of Famous Famiglia, which sponsored several pizza eating contests in New York City.

June 7, 2015 at 11:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, New York City | Permalink * Comments

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