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PA Home Page has a news video about Larell Marie Mele.

June 24, 2014 at 9:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Larell Marie Mele, Scranton, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The "Hungry" competitive eating documentary by Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart was released on internet streaming services today. The film can be downloaded on iTunes for $12.99. update June 25 Kobayashi has links where the movie can be rented on amazon and vudu.

June 24, 2014 at 7:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hungry | Permalink * Comments (18)

According to a review by Paste Magazine, Andrew Lewis Conn’s new novel, O, Africa opens with Babe Ruth competing a hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous in 1927.

June 23, 2014 at 2:44 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Male Athletes, Nathan's History | Permalink * Comments

Fink Beats the Stomach is a new competitive eating podcast series.

June 23, 2014 at 11:35 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (5)

The "Battle of the Big Eaters! World Championships" recorded last month in New York City will be televised on TV Tokyo this weekend. A team of Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli, Tom Gilbert and Stephanie Torres will face off against a Japanese quartet consisting of Takuya Yakamoto, Ayari Sato, Tomoko Miyake and Hitomi Sato. Teams representing Germany and Thailand will also compete. (clip) (via All Pro Eating Facebook).

June 21, 2014 at 9:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, New York City, Television | Permalink * Comments (8)

The competitive eating documentary Hungry will be available on iTunes, hulu and VOD platforms on June 24. (trailer)

June 19, 2014 at 9:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hungry | Permalink * Comments (36)

Business Week has an article about Nathan's Famous claiming that sales in stadiums, movie theaters, and non-Nathan’s restaurants have offset a decline in purchase at supermarkets and company owned restaurants.

June 19, 2014 at 12:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | Permalink * Comments (2)

Bob Shoudt reports that he currently appears with Joey Chestnut in a picture on the home page of FoxNews.com used to illustrate a story about the dangers of processed red meat.

June 13, 2014 at 1:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Health, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Daily Herald reports Taco in a Bag will appear on NBC's First Look following the June 21/22 episode of Saturday Night Live. Hostess Audrina Partrige will undergo a competitive eating "boot camp" under the tutelage of Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown. The West Dundee, IL restaurant will also appear on the July 27 episode of Chicago's Best on WGN.

June 13, 2014 at 11:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Television, Tim Brown | Permalink * Comments (5)

The Week has an article & podcast about Yasir Salem.

June 12, 2014 at 8:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (5)

The ESPN schedule for July 4 now lists live coverage of the men's & women's Nathan's finals on ESPN3. Coverage of the women's contest will begin at 11:15 am Eastern. ESPN2 will show the men's contest tape delayed at 2 pm.

June 12, 2014 at 3:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments (63)

Joey Chestnut co-stars in a commercial with John Gruden and John Daly promoting watching soccer/fútbol at Hooters (The World Cup is not explicitly mentioned due to trademark issues). The ad received negative reviews from Eurosport and Fansided.

June 12, 2014 at 3:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hooter's Wing Eating Championship, Joey Chestnut, Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Stroud News & Journal reports that a 56 year old man died after choking in a pickled egg eating contest held at the Boars Head Inn in Berkeley, England.

June 12, 2014 at 8:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Gloucestershire | Permalink * Comments

In the made for Nickelodeon movie Terry the Tomboy (debut June 21 8/7c) the protagonist has to decide between winning a pie eating contest at the county fair or acquiring a boyfriend. Trailer video

June 10, 2014 at 4:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, Women | Permalink * Comments

All time money won according to eatfeats database

June 10, 2014 at 12:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Statistics

A list of everyone with total cash winnings of more than $100 according to the eatfeats database follows.

$408,400 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
$245,450 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
$208,081 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
$181,000 Takeru Kobayashi
$132,125 Tim “Eater X” Janus
$126,725 “Notorious” Bob Shoudt
$60,200 Rich “The Locust” LeFevre
$58,132.66 “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti
$55,126.33 “Furious” Pete Czerwinski
$50,900 Jamie “Bear” McDonald
$46,425 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie
$38,669.72 Dale “Mouth of the South” Boone
$36,615 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee
$36,508.66 David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli
$34,291.66 Eric “Badlands” Booker
$32,274 Miki Sudo
$31,249 Tom “Goose” Gilbert
$30,100 Molly Schuyler
$27,216.66 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan
$27,175 Erik “The Red” Denmark
$25,000 Stephanie Florio
$24,749.66 Jonathan “Super Squibb” Squibb
$23,625 Crazy Legs Conti
$20,702 Hall “Hoover” Hunt
$20,650 Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres
$20,175 Chip “The Phenom” Simpson
$19,975 Tim “Gravy” Brown
$16,450 Ed “Cookie” Jarvis
$15,525 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
$14,600 Eric “Silo” Dahl
$12,950 Joe “JamminJoe” LaRue
$12,300 Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff
$10,000 Jennifer Paolotti
$10,000 Todd Bertch
$10,000 Reed Hair
$8,033 Ian “The Invader” Hickman
$7,600 “Jalapeno” Jed Donahue
$7,533.33 Will “The Champ” Millender, IV
$7,500 Paul Trovato
$7,375 Johnnie Excel
$7,250 Ron Koch
$7,120 “munchin mike” Longo
$7,000 “Big” Ben Monson
$6,800 Bob “Killer” Kuhns
$6,575 Sean “Flash” Gordon
$6,450 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
$6,250 “Fabulous” Floria Lee
$6,150 Naader “Freak8r” Reda
$6,113.33 Joel “The Cannon” Podelsky
$5,766.66 “Nasty” Nathan Biller
$5,327 Carlene LeFevre
$5,294 Mark “The Human Vacuum” Lyle
$5,200 Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein
$5,050 Juan “more bite” Rodriguez
$5,000 Helen Tan
$5,000 Jade Dozentroth
$5,000 Meredith Boxberger
$5,000 Colin “The Conqueror” MacLaurin
$5,000 Daniel Mercer
$5,000 Jamie “Garbage Disposal” Jill
$5,000 Ng Chin Sheng
$4,950 Saoheng “The Stallion” Young
$4,800 Frank “the Kaiser” Wach
$4,400 Marco “Mongo” Marquez
$3,725 Benjamin “The Wolf” Taylor
$3,700 Randy Santel
$3,625 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
$3,600 Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough
$3,550 Jacob Larry
$3,500 Chris Merchant
$3,500 Tomas “Tommy Boy” Cortina
$3,350 Jason “The Erbivore” Erb
$3,350 Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski
$3,340 Kyle “The Hammer” Hanner
$3,300 Craig “The Keg” Reed
$3,300 Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin
$3,000 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
$3,000 Steven Ruscio
$2,950 Jon Bello
$2,950 Jay “The Gormonster” Gorman
$2,900 Mark “the muncher” Williams
$2,850 “Hungry” Charles Hardy
$2,833 “King” George Van Laar
$2,825 Chris “The Mad Greek” Abatsas
$2,775 Marcos “The Monster” Owens
$2,717 Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard
$2,700 “The Natural” Arturo Rios, Jr.
$2,650 Michael Jenkins
$2,600 Yasir Salem
$2,575 Damon “The Omen” Wells
$2,550 Kevin Ross
$2,500 “Large” Todd King
$2,500 “The Prophet” Levi Oliver
$2,500 Travis “Chewy” Fowler
$2,450 Don “Moses” Lerman
$2,450 “Big” Brian Subich
$2,350 Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio
$2,300 Randy Harrison
$2,275 Patrick Vandam
$2,200 John Palmgren
$2,200 Hung Shing “Johnny” Wu
$2,186.74 Larry “The Legend” McNeil
$2,150 Matthew Holowicki
$2,000 Chotiwit Niwatdechbordin
$2,000 Mark “Bonestripper” Reigelsperger
$2,000 Hung Yuk “Natalie” Chin
$2,000 Josh Mei
$2,000 Matt Siverio
$2,000 Chiau Lin Lau
$2,000 Chiun “Jimmy” Peng
$2,000 Justin Veron
$2,000 Israel “Big Iz” Jimenez
$2,000 “Team Half Shell”
$2,000 Yat Ming “Chris” Lam
$2,000 Thidathip Hadthai
$2,000 Olia “Red Dragon” Zaitseva
$2,000 Brad Stokes
$1,950 Allen “Shredder” Goldstein
$1,900 Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle
$1,900 Chris Flores
$1,850 Russ “The Black Hole” Keeler
$1,825 Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler
$1,800 corey fanguy
$1,800 Ta Way Yang
$1,750 Pete “PrettyBoy” Davekos
$1,650 Brent Ricord
$1,650 Chance “The Chicken Hawk” Dewerth
$1,650 Oleg Zhornitskiy
$1,600 Mark “Wimpy” Pederson
$1,550 Jack “Snack Jack” Diamond
$1,550 Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo
$1,550 Kevin “The Carburetor” Carr
$1,500 Brett “Spike” Maloney
$1,500 Nela Louise Zisser
$1,500 Chris Branton
$1,500 Rebecca Oey
$1,500 Tyler King
$1,500 Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker
$1,500 Steve Hendry
£1,500 Shareen Carter
$1,450 Pete “Broken Wing” Maurizio
$1,450 Sam “Big Country” Vise
$1,400 Donovan Busta
$1,400 David “SyKoBOZO” Cagle
$1,308 Jimmy “The Spicialist” Lin
$1,250 Eric “Broham” Broe
$1,250 Juris “Dr. Bigtime” Shibayama
$1,250 Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman
$1,200 Nick “Papagorgio” Kehler
$1,200 Sean “Wrecking Ball” Brockert
$1,200 “Hurricane” David Solomon
$1,200 Mandy Brown
$1,167 Carolyn Bozman
$1,150 Gary Klucken
$1,150 Steven Craft
$1,150 Kevin “The Lion” Kordalski
$1,100 Ben Do
$1,100 Pat “The Viper” Viviano
$1,100 Ken “A.D.H.D” Douglas
$1,050 Jon Boddy
$1,050 Justin Mih
$1,025 Jim Hamrick
£1,014 Lup Fun Yau
$1,002 **** *******
$1,000 Andrew Moss
$1,000 Isaac “The Bottomless”
$1,000 Louis Bryant
$1,000 Andy Johnson
$1,000 Brandon Runyon
$1,000 David “The Pizza Tank” Frank
$1,000 Jim Compliment
$1,000 Aniceto “Nuno” Mata
$1,000 Scott “The Pork Slayer” Sayer
$1,000 Mark Skiba
$1,000 Steve Piccolo
$1,000 Barry Goldman
$1,000 Mitchell “The Beast” Manresa
$1,000 Luis “El Chef” Bruni
$1,000 Nickel Rivers
$1,000 Bobby Bodea
$1,000 Mike Wilkes
$1,000 James Smead
$1,000 J. D. Castile
$1,000 Chris Thompson
$1,000 Eddie “Bang Bang” Hernandez
$1,000 “Wild Rice”
$1,000 “Loppi” Joe Kerschner
$1,000 Seaver “the Achiever” Miller
$1,000 Leland Collins
$1,000 “The Gripper”
$1,000 Tomas Loarca
$1,000 Team Wynkoop
$1,000 Walter Hamilton
$1,000 Warren Carlyle
$1,000 Wally Jacoby
$1,000 Chris “The Big Cat”
$1,000 Doug Drees
$1,000 Barlas Yuce
$1,000 Max Woodhead
$1,000 Sam “I Am The Man” Brown
$1,000 “Bayou” Boyd Bulot
$1,000 Joshua “Jabber Jaws” Currier
$1,000 Damon “Whos ur daddy” Serignet
$1,000 Trevor “Macho Borracho” Iordanides
$1,000 Rich “The Condor” Rappa
$1,000 Dan Gorgas
$1,000 Kale Long
$1,000 Mark Hansen
$1,000 Josh “Crash” Dean
$1,000 “Truffle Shuffle”
$1,000 Clayton Naylor
$1,000 Erik Irwin
$950 Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz
$950 Paul “BoneBreaker” Barlow, Jr.
$950 “Tiny” Tim Rauscheder
$888 Ben Saunoa
$875 Andrew “A Bomb” Lane
$850 Mike “The Real Skinny” Hoffman
$850 Rich “Big Rig” Brooking, III
$800 Alex “The Texas Tornado” Thomas
$800 Chris Roache
$775 Victor “The Devastator” Dew
$775 Jimme “JiminEater” Mares
$750 Peter Nichols
$750 Michael “Per Diem” Parish
$750 Justin Hoff
$750 Chris “The American” Schlesinger
$750 Leon “Justice” Feingold
$750 Michael Diebold
$750 Dylan Davidson
$750 Chris Coble
$750 Jermaine Lewis
$750 Cody Hasselbrook
$750 Juan Carlos Nunez
$750 Mitch Moses
$717 Arnie “Chowhound” Chapman
$700 Creighton Bailey
$700 Jon “jcrue” Taylor
$700 Vera Laisenne
$700 Damien Boykin
$700 Nuchanart Chattiwaporn
$700 See Boon Long
$700 Felix Ariga
$700 Poonsak Muangnoicharoen
$700 Maria Koh
$700 Gus Beisel
$700 Mei Chun Chun
$666 Mallory Roe
$650 Joey Saint
$650 Steven “Steve-O” Ramirez, II
$600 Liam “Lambchop” Burt
$600 Ernie “The Mansfield Monster” Clifton
$600 Rob Whalen
$600 Lester Tucker
$600 Chuck Stuart
$600 Christian “Musk-ox” McCarthy
$600 Roland “”The BuzzSaw”” Milutin
$600 James Burgess
$600 Jack Anderson
$600 Steven “Steve-O” Ramirez II
$575 Greg “The Floss” Moss
$550 Douglas Plenuk
$550 Graham Kist
$550 “Sweet” Jill Stoler
$550 Timm “The InTimmidator” Dilling
$510 Kevin “Qwazy” Ambs
$500 Dave Leonard
$500 Patch Ronald
$500 Ernie “The Heat Seeker” Almaraz
$500 Matt Kulcsar
$500 James Roberson
$500 Antonio Martinez
$500 Steven “The Clutch” Dorgo
$500 Landan Soto
$500 Ian “The Crocodile” Coker
$500 Edward Chin
$500 Ken “Mongo” Federighi
$500 Chris “Hulk” Lincoln
$500 Mike “Iron Chef” Nafziger
$500 “The Wall”
$500 Talman Madsen
$500 Adolph Perez
$500 Jake Larry
$500 Carson “Collard Green” Hughes
$500 Kasey Kees
$500 Tray Mead
$500 Craig Bird
$500 Bobby Smith
$500 Sterling Dranetz
$500 Joe Markey
$500 Molly Cary
$500 Colley Handspike
$500 Rashad Newsom
$500 Javier “El Maldito” Mendez
$500 Steve Nowak
$500 Bill “Pit” Pendleton
$500 Adam Dion
$500 Wee Teck Hong
$500 Stephen “Cue Ball” Cue
$500 Johnny Kim
$500 Brent “Hamburger Hercules” Hurst
$500 Kyle “12th eater” Brogdon
$500 Vivian Chu
$500 Jeremy Gagnon
$500 JD Kisner
$500 Andy Hille
$500 Arya Malek
$500 Thitipan Seephaphankul
$500 Sou Sang Chiu
$500 Rodger “Speaker Tweaker” Hanft
$500 Natthanan Charoendechakit
$500 Ed Taboada, Jr.
$500 Pat Barrett
$500 Danny Lothamer
$500 Honey Tan
$500 Mike Fitzgerald
$500 Jacob “Phat Jacob” Kream
$500 Brandon Scott
$500 Bobby Humley
$500 Ryan Delano
$500 Martin Martinez
$500 Mike “Last Samurai” Wilkerson
$500 Jeff “The Boa” Brueing
$500 Melissa Selph
$500 Alex Hernandez
$500 Adam Balducci
$500 Steve “Freight Train” Moss
$500 Matt “Mad City Masticator” Allen
$500 Shu Ying Cao
$500 DJ Scribner
$500 Chris Nichols
$500 Andrea Johnson
$500 Andy Dickman
$500 Jeremiah Forster
$500 Chris Yee
$500 Dustin Gatewood
$500 Darius Boomsma
$500 Nate Collamer
$500 Tyler Allen
$500 Parker Morgan
$500 Jeff “The Champ” Quinney
$500 George Hadary
$500 Justina Laisenne
$500 Ron Ewing
$500 Patrick Lasher
$500 Court Wheeler
$500 Paul Dickey
$500 “Team TBT”
$500 Maria Duran
$500 Dillon Fairclough
$500 Nick
$500 Erik Franks
$500 Nick Bauer
$500 William “Wild Bill” Myers
$500 Justin “The Jester” Vernon
$500 Monty “Moe Train” Wiradilaga
$500 Gus D
$500 Andrew Silva
$500 Darren Koen
$500 Jon “Fat Boy” Kennedy
$500 Nathan Bromberg
$500 Angela Kaon
$500 Jason “J-Dogg” P
$500 Mark Hapka
$500 Dalton Jobson
$500 Breandan “Skin & Bones” Lyman
$500 Mike Reedy
$500 Alex Grove
$500 Michael Fortney
$500 Frank “The Tank” Paulin
$500 Nick Kapetanis
$500 Lonnie Jones
$450 Jud Odom
$450 “Sunshine” Richard McLean
$450 Elizabeth “Rubber Gut” Canady
$449.17 Suzanne “Suzilla” French
$400 Mike Crouse
$400 Clinton “Mr. Biggs” Higgins
$400 Daniel Ballard
$400 Chris Kilkenny
$400 Elliot “The Savage” Maruffi-Cowley
$400 Steve “Strikeout” Smaldone
$400 Wes Bare
$400 Bryan Tiner
$400 Shawn “Monday” Algermon
$400 Matt Bonanno
$400 Tyler Harshey
$400 Anthony Marsano
$380 Dax “theGinger” Swanson
$375 Peter Parker
$350 Chris Floyd
$350 Kevin “The Goat Man” Harris
$350 Aurelio Gonzalez
$350 Lew “The Chew” Porchiazzo
$350 Ramsey Hilton
$350 Mike Sylvester
$350 Bryan “the Lion” Miller
$324.17 Keatin “Thunder” Shelton
$300 Shanei McMulley
$300 Tony “Bam Bam” Martinez
$300 Andy “The Jaws of San Diego” Bishop
$300 Charles Bill, Jr.
$300 Alex “Moose” Perez
$300 Andrew “Chicago Style” Skweres
$300 Darwin Marquez
$300 Frank Hardy
$300 Dave “Big Dave” Werick
$300 Octavio Sebastian
$300 Austin King
$300 Dave St. Fort
$300 Douglas Slater
$300 Ryan McMullan
$300 Alex Krupnick
$300 “Merciless” Daniel Merchant
$300 Eleazar Felix
$300 Brad Haskell
$300 Chau Bui
$300 Mark Hughes
$300 Aaron Burgau
$300 Keith Salas
$300 Eric Brown
$300 “Hamburger Rednecks”
$300 Paul “Porkslap” Arcaria
$300 Chris Cancienne
$300 Mike “Muscle”
$300 Zachary Richards
$300 Chester Fisher
$300 Mark Monse
$300 Mat Dwyer
$300 Scott Burger
$300 Greg Winge
$300 Andrew Coletti
$300 Pierre Vincelette
$300 Josh Miller
$300 Meat Head Donkeys
$300 “Big Eats”
$300 Clay “Lunch Pail” Luttrell
$300 Neil Sebree
$300 Leefer Davidson
$300 “El Toro” Jimenez
$300 Antonio Banderas
$300 Chris Deery
$275 Ryan DeCaro
$250 Andrew Schwarz
$250 Rob “Rolls” Boyce
$250 Pat Bruss
$250 Tom Krigbaum
$250 Brett Barna
$250 Tae Oh
$250 Kristine Ducusin
$250 Tim Roberson
$250 Elliot “The Bone Collector” Rader
$250 Katie Kowalchek
$250 Eric San Pedro
$250 Harry Richter
$250 Robert Guiterez
$250 Miguel “Mikey” Cruz
$250 Andres Betancur
$250 Mike Thierry
$250 T Brown
$250 Scott Siegel
$250 Daniel Morbitzer
$250 Nick Holeman
$250 Joseph “Eclipse” Viola
$250 Tim Rueter
$250 Erik “Hurricane” Mikkelsaar
$250 Rashan Thornton
$250 Benjamin Navarro
$250 Kobi Bauer
$250 Brendan “Obesity”
$250 Ken “Tender Vittle” Tittle
$250 Troy Cox
$250 Gio Benitez
$250 Don “Sugar Bear” Schaeffer
$250 Chris “The Consumer” Goulah
$250 Cody Mauro
$250 Nick “The Full Story” Dettore
$250 Jamie Mata
$250 Ryan “Big Mac” McMillan
$250 Brian Henderson
$250 Ash “Big Dozen” Minor
$250 Jon Knutson
$250 Emory “E-Train” Fiveash
$250 Miranda Cardona
$250 Anthony Caldera
$250 Evan Denmark
$250 Tim Bertch
$250 Jerry “Tiny-Tex” Williamson
$250 J Linn
$250 Pops “Billy” Harbour
$250 Andy Thompson
$250 Thomas “Shrek” Topel
$250 Diego Maldonado
$250 Elliot Guidry
$250 Monte Colfack
$250 Maria “Edible”
$250 “Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz
$250 David “Tiny” Chavis
$250 James Ramsey
$250 Paul Petrie
$250 “Two Ton” Tommy Tuohy
$250 John Riddle
$250 Chris Fergan
$250 Mike Fournier
$250 Joe “Joey G” Gallignani
$250 Charles Wise
$250 James Keller
$250 Mark “The Masher” Morales
$250 Lisa Voicheck
$250 John Mistretta
$250 Nick Farano
$250 Jason Smith
$250 Will Peters
$250 Phil “The Fury” Fiore
$250 Mike Finnell
$250 David Johnson
$250 John Smavely
$250 James “Big Bess” Besser, II
$250 Sara Ramon
$250 Karl “Galactus” Cramer
$250 John Paul Michalik
$250 Mike Abadie
$250 David Kuypers
$225 “Beautiful” Brian Seiken
$200 Eric Leibl
$200 Steve “Chickenator” Flores
$200 John Rivera
$200 Gary Leggett
$200 John Russell
$200 Caihlin Durkin
$200 Paul Langton
$200 Jared Robillard
$200 Maya Ekman
$200 J Robin
$200 Al Gallegos
$200 Keith Kratky
$200 Alex “Killer” Miller
$200 Jose Luis Ramos
$200 Matt Brunelli
$200 Joshua Lambert
$200 Caroline “Hell Belle” Cederblom
$200 “Marvelous” Cesar Martinez
$200 Howard Balzer
$200 Jerry “Leunatik” Leu
$200 Brett Campbell
$200 Kelly “Gator” Addison
$200 Chad Clowers
$200 Matthew Raible
$200 Jeremy Sims
$200 Scott Wilbur
$200 Israel “Izzy” Perez
£200 “Top Dogs”
$200 James Cunningham
$200 Lorie Eckstein
$200 Al Morrill
$200 Mark Lyle
$200 Josh Wakefield
$200 Brad Keasler
$200 Chad Craven
$200 Ryan Conner
$200 Jason “Value Meal Killah” Pennington
$200 Mike Garcia
$200 Kara Walker
$200 David Regich
$200 Juan “Cracker” Angel
$200 Stacey “Eaterama” McCarthy
$200 Fred “The Anvil”
$200 Nick Labella
$200 Jerry Chitmongran
$200 Jordan Parsons
$200 Buddy Owens
$200 Andre “The Assasin” Wainliss
$200 Paul Graziadei
$200 Jason May
$200 Jonathan Acosta
$200 Steve Sloane
$200 Joe Whitacre
$200 Todd Stubb
$200 Shawn Fields
$200 Village Inn
$200 Chris Cubas
$200 Darren DeVries
$200 Bruce Ollis
$200 Michael “bar mitzvah” Bartley
$200 Peter Galvan
$200 Armando “Tacho” Padilla
$200 Tim “Obi-Wing-Kenobi” Cain
$200 Richard Tweedy
$200 Dennis Meserole
$200 Kenny Vick
$200 Sean Alvarado
$200 Joe Lopez
$200 jeff pedabaugh
$186.74 Kristy “Lethal Kristy Lee” Spurlock
$186.74 Timothy “Ace” Cameron
$175 Domenico Alesi
$175 Jake “The Butcher” Casey
$167 Catherine Bernstein
$167 Jessica O’Neil
$150 Zack Alvarado
$150 Reno Bezzina
$150 Craig Hooper
$150 Gretchen Vogel
$150 Anne Steele
$150 Chris Coleman
$150 Mark “The Bucket” Petersen
$150 Carey “Powerhouse” Poehlmann
$150 Larry Shaitelman
$150 Jacob Moran
$150 Sam Sacharoff
$150 Scott Thomas
$150 Chris Thurston
$150 Frank Gonzalez
$150 “We Be Eatin”
$150 Dimitry “The Ukraine Train” Shchupak
$150 Joe Noto
$150 Dan Yanovich
$150 Tim Downing
$150 Phil “Big sexy” Brunelli
$150 Todd Peterson
$150 Johnny Rodriguez Rosales
$150 Bill Hayward
$150 Jake Saltzman
$150 Alex “The Juice” Jordan
$150 Mike R
$150 Mike Young
$150 Lester Coleman
$150 “Spartacus”
$150 Amy Walter
$150 Lane Rasberry
$150 Marcus “Buff” Bartone
$150 Zach Fowle
$125 Pablo Martinez
$125 John “Oink Oink” Bradley
$125 Jason “Polish Love” Skrzypek
$125 Mike Katz
$125 Jermey “Garbage Disposal” Tresselt
$125 Chunk “The Chomper” Davidson
$120 Henry Rodrieguez

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The Atlantic has a report on last month's Eastern Shore Wing War asking the question "Is Competitive Eating a Sport?" containing quotes from Crazy Legs Conti, Juliet Lee, "Wild" Bill Myers and Eric "Badlands" Booker. Jason Bernstein of ESPN is also interviewed; the decline of competitive eating ratings and coverage on that network is not mentioned.

June 9, 2014 at 10:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Maryland | Permalink * Comments

Abroad in Japan has a video about the Wanko Soba noodle eating contest, billed as Japan's greatest food challenge.

June 8, 2014 at 9:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Former Man vs. Food will play on the "Rest of the World" team in Soccer Aid, a charity game with teams of former players and celebrities to benefit UNICEF that will be played Sunday in Manchester. The manager of that side will be Jose Mourinho of Chelsea (Adam Richman might be the first American to be coached by "The Special One"). In the July 2014 UK issue of Cosmopolitan, Richman poses nude with a soccer ball strategically placed to exhibit a 70 pound weight loss.

June 7, 2014 at 8:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

Most MLE victories in a given city

June 6, 2014 at 12:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

A list of people with three or more victories in a MLE contest in a given city according to the database follows:

10 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Buffalo, NY
9 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas New Orleans, LA
8 Eric “Badlands” Booker Manhattan, NY
8 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Stockton, CA
7 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Brooklyn, NY
7 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Houston, TX
7 Rich “The Locust” LeFevre Las Vegas, NV

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The T-shirt for Ribfest Chicago's eating contest lists the top contenders.

June 4, 2014 at 5:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (1)

2014 Nathan’s finals to be tape-delayed on ESPN2

June 3, 2014 at 11:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN

update June 6 The new poll asks what change you would like to see to have the Nathan’s finals covered live.

The July 4 TV Schedule for the ESPN networks is now available and lists the broadcast of the Nathan’s finals at 2pm eastern on ESPN 2. This means the men’s contest will be tape delayed (as in 2012) since the event starting time is noon eastern.

At that time ESPN will be showing the men’s Wimbledon semifinals and ESPN2 will be showing the first quarterfinal of the 2014 World Cup. (If that competition goes to overtime / penalty kicks, it will cut into the Nathan’s program). A rebroadcast is scheduled for July 6 at 1pm eastern.

ESPNU will be showing a rerun of the NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, so the Nathan’s finals could be shown live on that channel. The ESPN3.com schedule does not list the women’s contest; hopefully that will be added.

The July 4 schedule on NathansFamous.com appears to confirm that the telecast will be tape-delayed.

update The early World Cup quarterfinal on July 4 will have a team from group E or F vs. G or H. Germany vs. France appears to be the most likely matchup. The USA could play at that time in the extremely unlikely event they win Group G.

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The guest on Brian Seiken's fourth podcast is Kyle "Hammer" Hanner.

June 2, 2014 at 1:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kyle Hanner, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (44)

Nathan’s qualifiers with female bests (since 2011)

June 1, 2014 at 9:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics, Women

Yesterday’s qualifier in Bloomingdale, IL was the sixth time the female winner of a Nathan’s qualifier ate as much or more than the male winner since the genders were split in 2011. The other five:

2011 May 28 1st 34 10 min Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – women Atlantic City, NJ
2011 May 28 1st 27 10 min Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – men Atlantic City, NJ
2011 Jun 8 1st 28 10 min Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – men Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Jun 8 1st 28 10 min “The Lovely” Juliet Lee Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – women Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Apr 20 1st 40 10 min Miki Sudo Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Las Vegas, NV
2013 Apr 20 1st 31.5 10 min Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jun 2 1st 31 10 min Molly Schuyler Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women St. Paul, MN
2013 Jun 2 1st 29 10 min Pablo Martinez Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men St. Paul, MN
2013 Jun 12 1st 30 10 min Marcos “The Monster” Owens Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Jun 12 1st 30 10 min “The Lovely” Juliet Lee Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Pittsburgh, PA
2014 May 31 1st 28.5 10 min Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Bloomingdale, IL
2014 May 31 1st 27.5 10 min Eric “Badlands” Booker Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Bloomingdale, IL

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Nikki "Mouth" Rodriguez, sister of Juan Rodriguez, appeared on Fox Chicago this morning to talk about competing in tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier in Bloomingdale, IL.

May 30, 2014 at 2:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Chicago, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (2)

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal competed in a spicy eating contest with a field of local celebrities at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas today and lost to his wife, Jennifer Thal.

May 29, 2014 at 8:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Music, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

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