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Joey Chestnut pleads guilty to battery

May 19, 2026 at 7:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Indianapolis, Joey Chestnut

update May 21Front Office Sports reports that Joey Chestnut will not be penalized by MLE or Nathan’s for the incident.

update US Magazine has posted the terms of Joey Chestnut’s 180 day probation: no alcohol, drugs or firearms. He must also submit to drug and alcohol testing, enter a treatment program and have all travel outside Indiana approved by his probation officer.

US Magazine reports that Joey Chestnut plead guilty in April to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from an altercation at Joe’s Grille in Westfield, IN on March 21. He received 180 days probation, which will be in effect for Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest on July 4. Presumably, the terms of Chestnut’s probation will allow him to leave Indiana and travel to New York, but the article did not explicitly state that. Here is the description of the incident:
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Joey Chestnut will face off against teams of three at a gyro eating contest at Nick the Greek in San Diego on May 19. The winner will receive $1000.

May 15, 2026 at 7:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Prizes, San Diego, Team Contests, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (19)

Pat Bertoletti was the guest on this morning's epsidoe of "Toon in with Me" on MeTV.

May 12, 2026 at 10:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Bertoletti, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

2026 Ultimate Bologna Showdown

May 9, 2026 at 11:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Joey Chestnut, Knoxville

update WVLT and WATE have articles

Full results are in an Instagram story

1st 16 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut contest record
2nd 12.75 James Webb
3rd 10 Nick Wehry
4th 9 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
5th 8 Cameron Meade
6th 7.5 Radim Dvoracek
7th 5.25 Tanner Gray
8th 3 Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz
9th 2.75 Matthew Raible
10th 2.5 Crazy Legs Conti
11th 2 Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown
12th 1.5 Rene Rovtar

WVLT8 will livestream the Ultimate Bologna Showdown from Knoxville, TN.

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Joey Chestnut will oversee the Rural King Popcorn Showdown in Terre Haute, IN on Memorial Day, May 25.

May 3, 2026 at 11:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Terre Haute | Permalink * Comments (1)

Gideon Oji defends Sweet Corn Fiesta title

April 26, 2026 at 5:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Gideon Oji, Palm Beach

Results from today’s National Sweet Corn Eating Championship held at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL are on the MLE Instagram

1st 58 Gideon Oji
2nd 54 Nick Wehry
3rd 48 Miki Sudo
4th 36 Crazy Legs Conti
5th 30 Eric “Badlands” Booker
6th 29 Tanner Gray
6th 29 Jacob Williams
8th 16 Rene Rovtar

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Max Stanford completed the chicken fried steak challenge at Kendall's in Noble, OK twice, the first time in a record 6:12.

April 24, 2026 at 11:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicken Fried Steak Eating Challenges, Max Stanford, Oklahoma City | Permalink * Comments (8)

Max Stanford announced that he is quitting his day job to focus on competitive eating and social media.

April 20, 2026 at 3:57 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Max Stanford | Permalink * Comments (25)

2026 Mass Hole Donuts

April 18, 2026 at 4:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Contest Results, Pat Bertoletti

Results of today’s Mass Hole’s Marathon Donut Eating World Championship in Medford, MA (10 minutes) can be found on Instagram.

1st 100.5 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
2nd 99 Nick Wehry
3rd 94 Geoffrey Esper
4th 75 Cameron Meade
5th 60 Derek Hendrickson
6th 50 Jerome Burns
7th 47 Tanner Gray
8th 35 Matthew Stefanilo
9th 26.25 Crazy Legs Conti
10th 18 Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown
11th 13 Rene Rovtar

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Joey Chestnut will make appearances at nine minor league ballparks this year. His first competition will be at a Wichita Wind Surge game on April 17. He said that his contract with Nathan's prevents him from eating hot dogs at his appearances without permission.

April 17, 2026 at 1:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Wichita | Permalink * Comments (15)

The Extreme Eating World Cake Eating "Championship" will be livestreamed today starting at 11:45 am eastern. Despite the title, the only listed opponents for Joey Chestnut will be two Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive linemen. update Joey Chestnut ate 10.5 pounds of chocolate cake in 5 minutes. Four Buccaneers linemen combined for 9.5 pounds.

April 4, 2026 at 9:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Tampa | Permalink * Comments (17)

USA Today's For The Win has an interview with Joey Chestnut about partnering with Major League Eating to produce a version of the 9-9-9 challenge which will be available at six ball parks. The menu item consists of 9 undersized hot dogs, 9 small cups and a 24 ounce beer. SFGate found that the beer was insufficient to fill all the containers.

March 25, 2026 at 11:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (4)

Extreme Eating Championships announced that Joey Chestnut will be competing in its World Chocolate Cake Eating Championship at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on April 4. I think this will be the first time a Major League Eating competitor has done a contest sanctioned by an organization other than MLE. Buccaneers offensive linemen Tristan Wirfs and Luke Goedeke will also compete.

March 24, 2026 at 4:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Male Athletes, Organizations, Tampa | Permalink * Comments (38)

The Barnet Post has an article about Max Stanford, Franco's Feasts and Nick of "Lifting Weights, Cleaning Plates" attempting a whole lamb weighing about 15 kg at Goda Restaurant on Ballards Lane in London.

March 18, 2026 at 2:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, London, Max Stanford, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments (15)

Bam Adebayo scored 83 points for the Miami Heat tonight, the second highest total in NBA history (only surpassed by Wilt Chamberlains's 100 points). In 2019, he faced off against Takeru Kobayashi in a burger eating contest for charity.

March 10, 2026 at 10:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Male Athletes, Miami | Permalink * Comments (2)

2026 Wings for Wishes

March 7, 2026 at 3:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Joey Chestnut, Miami

Full results are on the MLE Instagram

1st 221 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 176 James Webb
3rd 163 Nick Wehry
4th 125 Miki Sudo
5th 115 Gideon Oji
6th 62 Jacob Williams
7th 61 Steven Farlow
8th 50 Brad Barker
9th 35 Luke Sobieraj

James Webb is doing a live video

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The BBC has an article about Nick "Wayward Feaster" Marden bicycling 128 miles from Bristol, England to Cattleman's Steakhouse in Paignton, Devon where he attempted the 4.5 kg cottage pie challenge. The event raised money for Bristol Sports and Community Hub.

March 4, 2026 at 8:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charity Events, Devon, Eating Challenges, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Sun-Sentinel has a interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in Saturday's Wings for Wishes wing eating contest in South Miami.

March 3, 2026 at 11:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Miami | Permalink * Comments (4)

British Eating League chicken patty contest

March 1, 2026 at 8:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, James Webb, Staffordshire

    ReThe British Eating League is livestreaming its chicken patty eating contest at the Patty Freaks in Litchfield, England. James Webb is competitng. update Results are on the youtube video

    1 James Webb 60 chicken fillets
    2 Max Stanford 45 chicken fillets
    3 Reese vs. Food
    4 Radim Dvoracek
    5 Stef2Hungry

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Nela Zisser's apparance (as part of Team Australia) on the Japanese program "Dekamori Hunter" has been uploaded to youtube. Max Suzuki leads Team Japan.

March 1, 2026 at 12:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Max Suzuki, Nela Zisser, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

KEZJ has an article about Randy Santel's food challenge trip in southern Idaho. He attempted the Train Wreck breakfast challenge at the Depot Grill in Twin Falls, ID twice in one session.

February 23, 2026 at 8:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boise, Eating Challenges, Randy Santel | Permalink * Comments (44)

The Los Angeles Dodgers held a team wing eating contest yesterday. They also held wing eating contests during spring training in 2024 and 2025 and won the World Series both years. The Dodgers official social media asked their players what food they would choose for an eating contest.

February 19, 2026 at 7:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments (1)

The team of Tim "Gravy" Brown and Teddy Delacruz ate 22 paczkis in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $200 in Saturday's eating contest at Bennison's Bakery in Evanston, IL.

February 15, 2026 at 11:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Contest Results, Team Contests, Tim Brown | Permalink * Comments (4)

Reddit has a thread with over 100 comments about the health hissues Takeru Kobayashi's discussed in the Netflix documentary: "Hack Your Health - The Secrets of Your Gut".

February 14, 2026 at 8:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Kobayashi (小林尊) | Permalink * Comments (14)

Card Player Magazine has a interview with Joey Chestnut about his bagel contest victory and participation in the Celebrity Poker Tour.

February 14, 2026 at 8:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Las Vegas | Permalink * Comments (25)

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