Prize money won since July 5, 2012
According to the eatfeats database, Jamie McDonald has won the most prize money since July 5. His total of $21,200 leads Joey Chestnut by $550. The top 5 (the rest of the top 30 follows after the jump):
| $21,200.00 | Jamie “Bear” McDonald |
| $20,650.00 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| $8,000.00 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| $5,500.00 | Tim “Eater X” Janus |
| $5,150.00 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
Current 2012 cash prize money standings
Here are the current top five in total cash winnings for calendar year 2012 according to the eatfeats database:
| $43,000.00 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| $40,400.00 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| $24,950.00 | Jamie “Bear” McDonald |
| $24,750.00 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
| $19,500.00 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas |
The rest of the top 20 is available after the jump
| $14,450.00 | Tim “Eater X” Janus |
| $9,350.00 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan |
| $9,150.00 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie |
| $9,050.00 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee |
| $8,750.00 | Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres |
| $8,500.00 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt |
| $8,483.00 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli |
| $7,833.00 | “Furious” Pete Czerwinski |
| $7,649.00 | Tom “Goose” Gilbert |
| $5,950.00 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti |
| $5,900.00 | Eric “Silo” Dahl |
| $5,000.00 | Paul Trovato |
| $4,700.00 | Tim “Gravy” Brown |
| $3,500.00 | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff |
| $3,300.00 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Unified rankings based on head-to-head competition end of 3rd quarter
The unified (MLE and non-MLE) list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past year for people who have results for five or more contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Takeru Kobayashi (T Ko) | 100% | 21-0 |
| 2 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 98.2% | 112-2 |
| 3 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (P Be) | 90.8% | 138-14 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 85.7% | 71-11-2 |
| 5 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 84.1% | 53-10 |
| 6 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 82.1% | 75-16-1 |
| 7 | Jamie “Bear” McDonald (J Mc) | 81.5% | 44-10 |
| 8 | Damon “The Omen” Wells (D We) | 80% | 16-4 |
| 9 | Tom “Goose” Gilbert (T Gi) | 79.4% | 13-3-1 |
| 10 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 72.6% | 81-30-2 |
Non-IFOCE rankings based on head-to-head competition end of 3rd quarter
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past year for people who have results for four or more non-IFOCE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10
| 1 | Takeru Kobayashi (T Ko) | 100% | 23-0 |
| 2 | Jamie “Bear” McDonald (J Mc) | 89.7% | 35-4 |
| 3 | Damon “The Omen” Wells (D We) | 82.4% | 14-3 |
| 4 | Tom “Goose” Gilbert (T Gi) | 76.7% | 11-3-1 |
| 5 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli (D Br) | 68.6% | 34-15-2 |
| 6 | Eric “Silo” Dahl (E Da) | 68% | 17-8 |
| 7 | Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres (S To) | 67.7% | 32-15-1 |
| 8 | “Furious” Pete Czerwinski (P Cz) | 67.2% | 19-9-1 |
| 9 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti (J Me) | 61.3% | 19-12 |
| 10 | Kevin Ross (K Ro) | 53.1% | 7-6-3 |
MLE Rankings based on head to head competition – end of 3rd quarter
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past year for people who have results for three or more MLE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 98.4% | 121-2 |
| 2 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (P Be) | 91.4% | 148-14 |
| 3 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 85.7% | 77-12-2 |
| 4 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 84.8% | 56-10 |
| 5 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 84.1% | 87-16-1 |
| 6 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 75.6% | 95-30-2 |
| 7 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 72.3% | 87-33-1 |
| 8 | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff (A Os) | 68.3% | 40-18-2 |
| 9 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) | 64.8% | 59-32 |
| 10 | Jamie “Bear” McDonald (J Mc) | 64.7% | 11-6 |
Pat Bertoletti vs. Matt Stonie head to head rankings
A list of head to head results for Pat Bertoletti and Matt Stonie follows after the jump. Matt Stonie has finished ahead of Pat Bertoletti in the last two contests they have competed in after Pat finished ahead in 8 of the previous 9 contests. The new poll asks who you think should be #2 in the next IFOCE top 50. Read the rest of this entry »
Hooters finals field
A list of the winners of Hooters wing qualifiers follows sorted by reported amount of wings eaten follows:
Matt Stonie becomes 8th member of double deuce club
After yesterday’s qualifier victory, Matt Stonie became the 8th person to eat 40 or more hot dogs in a Nathan’s contest. 40+ personal bests:
| 2009 Jul 4 | 1st | 68 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2009 Jul 4 | 2nd | 64.5 | 10 min | Takeru Kobayashi | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | 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 Jun 23 | 1st | 42 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | Boston, MA |
| 2009 Jul 4 | 5th | 41.75 | 10 min | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2009 Jul 4 | 6th | 41 | 10 min | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2009 Jun 20 | 1st | 40 | 10 min | Eric “Badlands” Booker | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Queens, NY |
2012 Nathan’s qualifier 10+ hot dog results
A list of all known Nathan’s 2012 qualifier results of 10 hot dogs is available after the jump.
Coney Island temperature increase from 1 pm to 4 pm
Both The Brooklyn Paper and the New York Post wrote articles about the time shift of the Nathan’s finals three hours later and the possibility for hotter weather during the competition. To determine the average increase in temperature, the following table lists the 12:51 pm and 3:51 pm temperatures for JFK Airport for the past ten July 4s using data from Wunderground.com.
| Year | 12:51 | 3:51 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 96.1 | 97.0 | 0.9 |
| 2003 | 81.0 | 86.0 | 5.0 |
| 2004 | 77.0 | 77.0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 78.1 | 75.9 | -2.2 |
| 2006 | 84.9 | 78.1 | -6.8 |
| 2007 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | 77.0 | 80.1 | 3.1 |
| 2009 | 78.1 | 82.0 | 3.9 |
| 2010 | 95.0 | 99.0 | 4.0 |
| 2011 | 81.0 | 84.9 | 3.9 |
| Avg | 81.8 | 83 | 1.2 |
MLE Rankings based on head to head competition June 4, 2012
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 366 days for people who have known results for two or more MLE contests during that time period follows after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »
MLE Rankings based on head to head competition May 31, 2012
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 366 days for people who have known results for two or more MLE contests during that time period follows after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »
Victories in different states on consecutive days
Pat Bertoletti won contests this past weekend in Pennsylvania and Texas. According to values in the eatfeats database, competitors have won contests in different states on consecutive days 21 times previously. (Dale Boone also won contests in North Carolina and Tennessee on July 4, 2008.) A listing of these results follows after the jump.
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Total cash winnings since Jan 1, 2012 & May 23, 2011
Listings of people who have won more than $2000 in the past year and/or $1000 in the current calendar year according to values in the eatfeats database are available after the jump. These listings are incomplete; several independent contests (Sylvester’s Burgers, San Antonio tamales, etc.) have not announced results. Please put any unlisted cash awards not entered in the database in the comments.
The sidebar will be updated soon to list both of these tables.
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IFOCE head to head comparison table May 22, 2012
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 365 for people who have known results for two or more contests during that time period follows after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »
Joey Chestnut vs. Pat Bertoletti head to head results since 2009
Pat Bertoletti’s victory at the Dorney Park cheesesteak contest yesterday is the first time he has finished ahead of Joey Chestnut since the Wingstop contest held in Dallas in April 2011. Pat’s previous finishes ahead of Joey Chestnut before then came at the Mars bar eating contest in San Diego in July 2010 and the September 2009 Reno rib contest. A listing of head to head results since 2009 follows after the jump.
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Crif Dog Classic field personal hot dog bests
The New York Daily News and Yahoo! Postgame have articles about the Crif Dog Classic. A list of the personal bests in 10-12 minute hot dog eating contests for the announced field for that competition follows:
| 2009 Jul 4 | 2nd | 64.5 | 10 min | Takeru Kobayashi | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2011 Sep 5 | 2nd | 29 | 10 min | Tom “Goose” Gilbert | West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship | Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2011 Jul 4 | 3rd | 28.5 | 10 min | Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2007 Jun 28 | 2nd | 26.5 | 12 min | Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | West Chester, PA |
| 2011 Sep 5 | 5th | 22.75 | 10 min | Johnnie Excel | West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship | Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2010 May 29 | 5th | 20 | 10 min | Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Atlantic City, NJ |
IFOCE head to head table, end of April 2012
With 2012 about a third over here is the list of head to head results over the past year for people who have competed in two or more IFOCE contests over the past 12 months
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Pat Bertoletti reports that Joey Chestnut has offered to bet him $10,000 that he will not come within 10 hot dogs at the Nathan's finals. The gap last year was 9 HDB, but that is the only year the difference has been in single digits. Here are the differences between their totals at Surf & Stillwell on July 4. List of results available after the jump
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Aaron Osthoff wing contest amounts
Aaron Osthoff’s total was announced as one pound in last night’s Hooters qualifier. This is the smallest reported amount he has had in a wing contest. (In a two minute charity contest earlier this year, he ate 1.3 pounds.)
| 2012 Apr 18 | 3rd | 125 wings | 10 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship Qualifier | Indianapolis, IN | weight announced as 1 pound |
| 2012 Jan 28 | 1st | 1.3 lb. | 2 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | Wing Eating Contest | Dubuque, IA | |
| 2011 Oct 1 | 3rd | 3.64 lb. | 10 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | Jacksonville Wing Ding Festival Wing Eating Championship | Jacksonville, AR | |
| 2011 Sep 4 | 5th | 4.17 lb. | 12 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | US Chicken Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY | |
| 2011 Aug 7 | 1st | 3.466 lb. | 12 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | Toronto’s Festival of Beer Wing Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
Crazy Legs Conti wins Hooters Indianapolis wing eating qualifier
update The top 3
1) Crazy Legs Conti 148 wings
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown 101 wings (more weight than Aaron Osthoff)
3) Aaron Osthoff 125 wings (not 100% happy with the judging)
update Apr 19 If the reported amounts are accurate, there was a big discrepancy in the competitors’ weight per wing.
1) Conti 48 oz / 148 wings = .324 oz (9.1 g) / wing
2) Brown 17 oz / 101 = .168 oz (4.7 g) / wing
3) Osthoff 16 oz / 125 = .128 oz (3.6 g) / wing
Cities with the most Nathan’s qualifiers 2003-2012
Here is a list of cities / metros with two or more Nathan’s qualifiers over the past 10 years according to the eatfeats database and the 2012 schedule.
- 14 New York City (7 at Mets ballpark, 2 in Brooklyn, 5 South Street Seaport
- 10 Philadelphia (6 at Independence Hall, 3 at QVC Studio, 1 in Camden, NJ
- 10 Las Vegas (all at NYNY)
- 10 Tempe, AZ (all at Arizona Mills)
- 9 Atlanta (6 in Atlanta, 3 in Newnan)
- 9 Norfolk (8 at MacArthur Center, 1 at Oceana Station)
- 7 Hartford
- 6 San Francisco Bay Area
- 6 Charlotte, NC
- 6 Long Island (2 Elmont & 4 Islip)
- 5 Boston (3 Boston, 2 Foxborough)
- 5 Cranbury, NJ
- 5 Minneapolis / St. Paul
- 5 South Florida (3 Pembroke Pines, 2 Sunrise)
- 3 Pittsburgh
- 3 Atlantic City
- 3 Saratoga Springs, NY
- 3 Los Angeles
- 2 Fishkill, NY
- 2 Cleveland
- 2 Overland Park, KS
- 2 Thackerville, OK
2011 IFOCE head to head results
The IFOCE head to head results for people who have two or more results from 2011 IFOCE contests in the eatfeats database follows after the jump. The first table ranks the combined head to head results for each competitor.
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