Five additional end of 2013 polls have been added to the sidebar to join the previous female competitive eater of 2013 poll.
2013 End of Year poll choices, Part 1
A listing of choices for the first batch of end of year polls follows. Other choices will be added to the poll if requested
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IFOCE.com has a list of the top 10 moments in competitive eating for 2013, all of which took place at Major League Eating events.
Winter 2013-14 MLE top 50 released
The first MLE top 50 since May was announced today. The first column is the new rank, 2nd is previous rank and 3rd is change
1 1 0 Joey Chestunt
2 4 +2 Matt Stonie
3 2 -1 Tim Janus
4 7 +3 Miki Sudo, 1st woman to be ranked ahead of Sonya Thomas
5 3 -2 Sonya Thomas
6 5 -1 Bob Shoudt
7 6 -1 Adrian Morgan
8 9 +1 Juliet Lee
9 14 +5 Michelle Lesco
10 16 +6 Jeff Butler
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The release date for the second update of MLE rankings in 2013 has been announced as Monday, December 23.
The Tailgate Fan blog lists Tim Janus, Juliet Lee, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo and Sonya Thomas as competitive eaters with "killer figures"
MLE ranking system – 1 contest minimum
A ranking of people who have competed in one MLE contest in the past 365 days using the ranking system introduced last week follows. A breakdown of the winning percentages can be found in this post.
| win % | Prize $ | HDB | $HDB | %$HDB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 97.4 | 3 | $41000 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 93.4 | 4 | $13400 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 2.5 | 3.25 | 2 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo | 88.6 | 5 | $16750 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | 100 | 1.5T | $2000 | 9 | – | – | 9 | 5.25 | 4 |
| 5 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | 84.7 | 7 | $8050 | 5.5T | 50 | 3 | 4.25 | 5.625 | 5 |
| 6 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | 84.2 | 8 | $12150 | 4 | 36.75 | 7 | 5.5 | 6.75 | 6 |
| 7 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | 80.2 | 10 | $8050 | 5.5T | 39.75 | 5 | 5.25 | 7.625 | 7 |
| 8 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | 79.4 | 12 | $6350 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 6.5 | 9.25 | 8 |
| 9 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler | 75.8 | 13 | $850 | 16 | 31.5 | 9 | 12.5 | 12.75 | 9 |
| 10 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | 72.7 | 14 | $4700 | 8 | 27.5 | 18.5T | 13.25 | 13.625 | 10 |
2013 will have the latest release of the autumn IFOCE / MLE top 50 since at least 2005. Previous fall ranking release dates: Nov 8, 2006 | Nov 7, 2007 | Oct 22, 2008 | Oct 1, 2009 | Oct, 22 2010 | Oct 26, 2011 | Nov 21, 2012
New ranking system
To improve the rankings based on head to head competition, I have added the benchmarks of money won in non Nathan’s MLE contests over the past year and personal bests in Nathan’s contests over the past 12 months. The current top 10 in the new system:
| win % | Prize $ | HDB | $HDB | %$HDB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 96.4 | 1 | $41000 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 91.1 | 2 | $13400 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 2 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo | 86.2 | 3 | $16750 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | 81.7 | 4.5T | $8050 | 5.5T | 50 | 3 | 4.25 | 4.375 | 4 |
| 5 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | 81.7 | 4.5T | $12150 | 4 | 36.75 | 7 | 5.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | 74.1 | 7 | $8050 | 5.5T | 39.75 | 5 | 5.25 | 6.125 | 6 |
| 7 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | 76.6 | 6 | $6350 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.25 | 7 |
| 8 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler | 69.1 | 8 | $850 | 15 | 31.5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | 68.4 | 9 | $4700 | 8 | 27.5 | 16.5T | 12.25 | 10.625 | 9 |
| 10 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | 61.1 | 12 | $950 | 14 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 11.5 | 10 |
An explanation of the columns:
- win % Winning percentage over the past 12 months. This was listed in a previous post The column on the right has the ranking of that value.
- Prize $ Money won in non-Nathan’s MLE contests held during the previous 365 days. If a competitor did not win any cash, he or she tied for last place with $0. The column on the right has the ranking of that value.
- HDB Personal best in a Nathan’s qualifier or finals from the past year. If there is no Nathan’s result from the past year, the field is empty. The column on the right has the ranking of that value.
- $HDB If a hot dog personal best is present, this column contains the average of prize money ranking and the hot dog ranking, otherwise it is set to the prize money ranking
- %$HDB This column contains the average of the winning percentage ranking and the $HDB column. This value is sorted and ranked to produce the final rankings in the leftmost and rightmost columns.
Ties in the rankings result in averaging the placements. If there was a two way tie for third, both places would receive a rank of 3.5.
A listing of all competitors with two or more MLE contests in the past year is available after the jump.
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Possible new entrants in next MLE top 50
A list of people in the MLE head to head rankings (two contest minimum) that are currently unranked in the MLE top 50 and have at least one victory in that listing follows. Money won in MLE contests this year and Nathan’s hot dog bests in 2013 are also listed
- 18 “Nasty†Nathan Biller 48.4% 15-16 $750 (apparently re-instated after ejection from Spring 2013 rankings)
- 27 Josh Miller 37.5% 6-10 $300
- 29 Ronnie “MegaByte†Hartman 31.4% 11-24 23.5 HDB $250 ($750 if you count the military only chili contest)
- 35 Neslie Ricasa 23.8% 5-16 14 HDB
- 43 Sean Mulcahey 16.7% 2-12-1
- 45 Steve “Pi Guy†Martin 12.5% 1-10-1 15 HDB
- 45 Kevin Sekulic 12.5% 1-10-1 12 HDB
- 48 Don Potts 11.8% 3-29-2
- 49 Jacob Halicek 11.5% 1-11-1 12 HDB
- 50 Mia “Meatballz†Davekos 9.1% 1-10
- 55 Alex “Moose†Perez 2.9% 1-34 $300
MLE top 50 eaters with no contests in past year
The following people listed with their most recent MLE contest are ranked in the MLE top 50, but have not done a contest in that organization in the past 365 days:
| 2012 May 19 | 5th | 20.5 | 10 min | Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2012 May 20 | 6th | 5.5 | 10 min | Nick Bauer | World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2012 Jun 9 | 5th | 15 | 10 min | Kobi Bauer | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | Tempe, AZ |
| 2012 Oct 13 | 13th | 3.5 | 10 min | Maria “Edible” | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2012 Oct 21 | 5th | 21 | 10 min | Matt Bonanno | Great Pumpkin Farm World hands-Free Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship | Clarence, NY |
Others who could be removed from the next top 50:
Paul Barlow – retired
Pete Davekos – might have retired
Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle – might have retired
The new poll asks who you think is the leading candidate to be the overall competitive eating rookie of 2013 across all organizations / genders.
The new poll asks who you think should be #3 in the next MLE top 50.
The All Pro Eating rankings have been updated to place Molly Schuyler in the top position.
All Pro Eating declares Molly Shuyler the top independent female competitive eater and lists her second behind Jamie McDonald in its new overall rankings even though she has never lost to him (or anyone else). At the National Fried Mushroom Eating Championship in Kennett Square, PA on September 7, she broke Jamie McDonald's 2012 record by 3.5 pounds. (He was listed as an entrant in this year's competition but did not compete) update September 17 Omaha.com has an article about the new ranking. update September 18 A list of Molly Schuyler's eating challenges and records has been appended to the article. OMAVore has a post about the list.
Vice.com on Joey Chestnut vs. Matt Stonie
Vice.com has a blog entry calling Joey Chestnut vs. Matt Stonie competitive eating’s next great rivalry.
The new poll asks who you think should be #2 in the next MLE top 50. A listing of head to head results over the past year for Tim Janus, Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo follows after the jump.
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Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is #2 on Awful Announcing's ranking of ESPN alternate programming. (The World Series of Poker is #1).
The new poll asks who you think is the top North American female competitive eater not ranked in the current MLE top 50.
The new poll asks who you think is currently the best competitive eater not ranked in the MLE top 50 after Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown were ejected from that list.
B for Banishment: Bertoletti, Brown, Biller out of MLE top 50, Miki Sudo #7
update May 10 Rake & Herald has a post about the new rankings containing an interview with Pat Bertoletti who says he declined to extend his MLE contract due to issues it was causing with the Glutton Force Five food truck and his “Stuffed” youtube series. He says he might have competed in his last eating contest.
Flashback: November GQ article where Pat Bertoletti says he is contemplating retirement. ( Joey Chestnut also says he is considering retiring after the 2013 Nathan’s finals)
update May 9 Flashback to the Spring 2010 top 10 Half are apparently no longer with MLE ( Kobayashi (#3) Pat Bertoletti (#4) Ben Monson (#7) Hall Hunt (#9) Tim Brown (#10) )
Miki Sudo noticed that the MLE top 50 was updated today. The new top 10:
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In honor of Mother's Day, the new poll asks who you think is currently the top mother in competitive eating.
The facebook for Pork in the Park has a poll asking who do you think will win Sunday's wing eating contest: Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus or Sonya Thomas.
The new poll asks who you think is currently the top female competitive eater in North America who is non a MLE member.
Jamie McDonald has officially been moved to the top position in the All Pro Eating rankings.
The new poll asking who you think should be 2012 rookie of the year runner-up after Jamie McDonald has been started. update The poll is looking for the competitive eater (other than Jamie McDonald) who started competing in 2012 (or late 2011) with the most impressive contest / challenge results this year.
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