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Nick Wehry wins Buffalo Buffet Bowl

The top 3 of today’s Buffalo Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wing Festival via Joel Hansen’s video
1 Nick Wehry
2 Miki Sudo
3 George Chiger

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2024 Colorado State Fair Slopper contest

Announced results 8 minutes
1 Geoff Esper 31.5 Sloppers
2 James Webb 31
3 Steve Hammond 19.5
4 Tanner Gray 15
5 Mo Mbengue 14
6 Sergio Reyes Raya 10
7 Mark Sutherberg 8.5

James Webb is running a live video

The field: Mark Sutherberg, Tanner Gray, Mo Mbengue, Sergio Reyes Raya, Steve Hammond, James Webb, Geoff Esper

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Netflix produced a video about the rules for the "Unfinished Beef" matchup between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.The New York Post has an article about the dunking ban for the competition. Dunking buns in water was prohibited in the 2009 Krystal Square Off slider eating contest, which Kobayashi won handily.
Netflix has a youtube video to promote "Unfinished Beef" about how Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi train for hot dog eating contests.
Fightful.com reports that pro wrestlers Rey Mysterio and Omos will be part of the "Unfinished Beef" broadcast on Netflix from Las Vegas on September 2. Tickets for the poolside undercard with Leah Shutkever, Matt Stonie and the USC Trojan Marching Band are available on 1iota.com

Stonie & Shutkever in “Unfinished Beef” undercards

TVLine announces that there will be two undercard competitions for “Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef” that will be streamed on Netflix from Las Vegas on September 2: Matt Stonie and Leah Shutkever will face off against opponents who have yet to be named. This will be Matt Stonie’s first public eating competition since a Draft Kings event in April 2021 and Leah Shutkever’s first public competition since the Highway 55 burger eating contest in June 2018. The broadcast co-hosts will be actor/comedian Rob Riggle and WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Garcia. Cari Champion and Chris Rose will be the announcers for the competitions.

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Project Casting has a casting call for extras for an eating competition show to be produced in Las Vegas that will pay $125. This is almost certainly the Joey Chestnut vs. Takeru Kobayashi matchup that will be streamed on Netflix on Labor Day.
Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi appeared on NBC's Today Show this morning to promote their hot dog eating contest in Las Vegas on Netflix on September 2. I think this is Kobayashi's first public appearance in the United States since a September 2019 charity burger eating contest in Miami. Joey Chestnut also appeared on the Bob & Tom Show today. He said that Kobayashi requested a ban on dunking hot dogs in water and also hints that there will be undercard eating competitions before the main event.
James Webb ate 20 Dagwood Dogs in a record 4:21 to set the record at The Ekka in Brisbane, QLD, Australia (video). update 7News Brisbane video
Netflix has produced a trailer for the "Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef" matchup that will be streamed from Las Vegas on September 2. update A press release says the event will take place at the HyperX Arena Las Vegas at Luxor Hotel and Casino.
Joe Menchetti won Sunday's clam eating contest at Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY.

2024 Smoke’s Poutinerie contest

update Aug 13 Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Pat Bertoletti appeared on Breakfast TV Friday

update Full results on contest page

The Hamilton Spectator has a contest report. Joel Hansen says he signed up at the last minute. Donna Wang has a contest video

1st 20.5 Joel Hansen
2nd 20 James Webb
3rd 18.5 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
4th 18 Geoffrey Esper
5th 13.5 Miki Sudo
6th 11.5 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
7th 9.5 Tanner Gray billed as probable Rookie of the Year
8th 8 George Chiger
9th 6.5 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
10th 4.5 Crazy Legs Conti

James Webb has started a livestream of today’s Smoke’s Poutinerie contest in Toronto.

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1Iota is offering free tickets to Chestnut vs. Kobayashi - Unfinished Beef in Las Vegas on September 2. Spectators must be 21 or older.
CT Insider has an article about a video produced by British comedian Max Fosh in which Nick Wehry faces off against a bear in a hot dog eating contest.
Joey Chestnut ate 343 mini-donuts in under 8 minutes at the Queen City Exhibition in Regina, SK to break his previous record of 304. The event raised money for the Regina Food Bank.
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef will be streamed on Netflix on September 2 at 3pm Eastern / noon Pacific from an undisclosed location in Las Vegas.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry will appear at the VooDoo Burger Bash at Ybor City in Tampa on August 3.
CJME reports that Joey Chestnut will compete in the Queen City Ex Mini-Donut Eating Competition in Regina, SK on August 3 for the third year in a row. The event will raise money for the Regina Food Bank.
The "I'm a Competitive Eater" episode of MTV True Life can be viewed on youtube. The program documents the competitive eating careers of Takeru Kobayashi, Tim "Eater X" Janus and Ian "The Invader" Hickman in the summer of 2005. Watch (or record) it quickly; it may not remain up forever.
The Lucky Shuck will hold an oyster eating contest on August 2 in Jupiter, FL awarding $150 cash and $200 in gift cards to the winner. Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath will be in attendance.

2024 Great Midwest Rib Fest

Announced results 12 minutes
1 James Webb 8.1 pounds
2 Kylan Lee 5.42
3 Ryan Rodacker 3.69
4 Tanner Gray 2.92
5 Darrien Thomas 2.54

James Webb has started a livestream of today’s Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake, MN.

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2024 Wendy’s chicken nugget contest

Announced results (8 minutes)
1 Pat Bertoletti 220
2 James Webb 213
3 Geoff Esper 211
4 Sean Yeager 166
5 Australian (Kylan Lee?) 131

James Webb is running a video of today’ Wendy’s chicken nugget eating contest.

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The Guardian interviews Takeru Kobayashi

The Guardian has a long interview with Takeru Kobayashi about facing off against Joey Chestnut in a hot dog eating contest on Netflix on September 2. He believes the event will be his final competition.

Will September’s bout with Chestnut be Kobayashi’s last? He has to believe it will be. “Unless I think each match is my last one, I will not be able to perform at my peak level.” But he is enjoying the thrill of competing again. “When you do something for a really long time, you start to lose the magic that you felt initially,” he says. “This has really brought back the feeling of how much fun it is to push yourself.”

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Joey Chestnut National Hot Dog Days interviews

For National Hot Dog Day on July 17, Joey Chestnut did interviews for The Daily Meal, Mashed, People and BroBible.

In the Daily Meal interview he discusses the breakdown of his relationship with Major League Eating
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Joey Chestnut did a video promoting More [plant-based] Meat Monday for Impossible Foods. His endorsement deal with the company resulted in his lockout from the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
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