Stephanie Wu noticed that Neslie Ricasa has been removed from the #36 spot in the MLE rankings. Liz McClurg has been inserted at #48. Joey Chestnut proposed to Neslie Ricasa during the 2014 Nathan's finals; the engagement has since been called off.
Geoff Esper, Nela Zisser added to MLE top 50
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)
Matt Stonie takes top spot in MLE top 50
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.
Stephanie Wu noticed that BeeJay Alexander was added to the MLE rankings at #37. (Jake Larry was removed). Her MLE page lists her residence as Norfolk, which probably makes Virginia the first state to have multiple females in the MLE top 50.
The new poll asks who do you think has the greatest stomach capacity. On a Food Battle Club from 2001 or 2002, Takeru Kobayashi increased his weight by 26 pounds.
DanMang noticed that Gideon Oji was inserted into the MLE top 50 at #26 (probably the first Africa-born member of that list). Dax "The Ginger" Swanson reports that he was ejected.
Timeout Chicago has a ranking of all the offerings at Taco in a Bag. The menu item named after Miki Sudo is #2 and The Big Jim Reeves is #7. update May 6 MyFoxChicago.com has an article and video
Stephanie Wu noticed that Bob Shoudt has been removed from the #8 position of the MLE rankings. Marlene Wigginton has been inserted at #50.
2014 MLE results for unranked eaters who won cash or ate 15+ HDB
The list below contains MLE results from the past year for people who won cash or ate 15+ Nathan’s hot dogs and were not ranked in 2014. The new poll asks who you think most deserves to enter the MLE top 50 when it is next updated.
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An anonymous emailer noticed that Aaron Osthoff has removed from the #21 position of the MLE top 50 and everyone from #22-#50 appears to have been shifted up a notch. Jacob Larry has been inserted at #50 even though he does not appear to have competed in a MLE event since May 2012. update Aaron Osthoff will be competing in tonight's qualifier for the Dubuque Wing Bowl.
The Harris Poll has released the results of a poll asking Americans about sports / competitive activities. Six percent of the respondents said they consider competitive eating a sport. Results for other choices in the poll: chess 14%, poker 11%, quidditch 11%, video gaming 9%.
The Guardian reports that its story about the Hungry Horse's doughnut burger was the fourth most viewed article about "sustainable food" in 2014.
2014 MLE top 50 released
Juan Rodriguez noticed the MLE top 50 has been updated for the first time in 2014. The top 5 remain unchanged
1) Joey Chestnut
2) Matt Stonie
3) Tim Janus
4) Miki Sudo
5) Sonya Thomas
6) Erik Denmark (#14 previous)
7) Adrian Morgan (#7)
8) Bob Shoudt (#6)
9) Michelle Lesco (#9)
10) Juliet Lee (#8)
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It has now been 368 days since the Major League Eating top 50 was updated on December 23, 2013. I think this is the first time there has been over a year between rankings updates.
The Wall Street Journal has a ranking of holidays based on quantity and quality of televisied sports. Nathan's hot dog eating contest is not listed for Independence Day (which is #2 overall).
Eatfeats MLE rankings – end of 2014
I have updated the MLE rankings using the system described last year. People need two MLE contest results in the past 365 days to be listed.
| win % | Prize $ | HDB | $HDB | %$HDB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 97.1 | 1 | $57150 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 91.6 | 2 | $32850 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | 74.1 | 4 | $4300 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 5.5 | 4.75 | 3 |
| 4 | Miki Sudo | 67.8 | 7 | $22675 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 3.5 | 5.25 | 4 |
| 5 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | 72.3 | 5 | $10200 | 4 | 29 | 10.5T | 7.25 | 6.125 | 5 |
| 6 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | 82.6 | 3 | $2675 | 11 | – | – | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| 7.5T | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | 71.4 | 6 | $7800 | 6 | 27.75 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7.5T |
| 7.5T | Erik “The Red” Denmark | 63.6 | 10 | $4650 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7.5T |
| 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | 64.9 | 8 | $8750 | 5 | 28.5 | 12 | 8.5 | 8.25 | 9 |
| 10 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | 60.3 | 12 | $3700 | 9 | 35 | 6 | 7.5 | 9.75 | 10 |
MLE has posted a 2001 edition of its Gurgitator publication to twitter. Article topics include Kevin Lipsitz & Lorraine Arrol's marriage, the Glutton Bowl, Gut Buster, Cookie Jarvis' rookie of the year candidacy, Don Lerman's Cloud Burger record and the top 70. There are 2 people in that list currently ranked: Badlands Booker (#9) and Brian Seiken (#65) (Large images: page 1 | Page 2)
Inactive / retired members of MLE top 50
Here some current members of the MLE top 50 who might not appear in the next edition of that list.
- Sean Gordon (#15) announced retirement on July 4
- Pete Davekos (#20) no contests in over a year
- Brian Subich (#25) announced retirement
- Jon Bello (#32) no MLE contests in over a year, did not sign contract
- Mike Landrich (#39), no contests in over a year
- Neil Sebree (#40), 1 contest in past year
- Matt Bonanno (#43), 1 contest in past year
- Bryan Beard (#45), no contests in past year
- Ben Do (#47), 1 contest in past year
- Joao Paulo (#49), no contests in past year
ScreenCrush has a list of the best acts of gluttony on film which does not include the The Blues Brothers ordering four fried chickens, a Coke and dry white toast or LeeLoo, the genetically enhanced superwoman from The Fifth Element pounding down whole chickens as if they were McNuggets. Does anyone have other notable omissions?
NPR has a list of 8 competitions between 1899 and 1976 which are billed as "Epic Eating Contests in American History".
The new poll asks who you think is currently the top male American independent competitive eater. Dave Brunelli currently has a 7 contest winning streak against men. His only losses to males since July 3 took place at a controversial rib eating contest in Tunica, MS.
The Hungarian film Taxidermia, which has a segment about an aging competitive eater, is ranked #9 in Pop Matters list of the 10 best body horror films of all time.
The new poll asks who you think is currently the top female competitive eater.
In a reddit.com poll asking which activities are sports, competitive eating had the second lowest percentage (between chess and poker) of voters considering it an athletic activity.
Eatfeats MLE Rankings July 2014
I have updated the MLE rankings using the system described last year. People need two MLE contest results in the past 365 days to be listed.
| win % | Prize $ | HDB | $HDB | %$HDB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 97.7 | 1 | $41850 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 92.7 | 2 | $23450 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo | 84.6 | 3 | $16175 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.25 | 3 |
| 4.5T | Tim “Eater X” Janus | 82.5 | 6 | $6700 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 4.5 | 5.25 | 4.5T |
| 4.5T | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | 84 | 4 | $5925 | 8 | 39.75 | 5 | 6.5 | 5.25 | 4.5T |
| 6 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | 75.7 | 7 | $14000 | 4 | 36.75 | 7 | 5.5 | 6.25 | 6 |
| 7 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | 74.2 | 8.5T | $6400 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 8 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | 70.7 | 10 | $7400 | 5 | 28.5 | 16 | 10.5 | 10.25 | 8 |
| 9 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler | 74.2 | 8.5T | $1150 | 15 | 31 | 11T | 13 | 10.75 | 9 |
| 10 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | 64.4 | 13 | $5900 | 9 | 36 | 8.5T | 8.75 | 10.875 | 10 |
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