Male competitive eaters category

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CommercialAppeal.com has an article about Randy Santel attempting the New Wing Order Mouth Melter Challenge in Memphis, a challenge consisting of three large menu items.

August 13, 2020 at 7:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Memphis, Nacho Challenges, Randy Santel, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

Eddie Eats America, a series in which British strongman Eddie Hall toured the United States and dined at food challenge restaurants, will make its American premier tonight on The Cooking Channel at 10pm eastern.

August 11, 2020 at 2:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Male Athletes, Television | Permalink * Comments

The Carolina Panthers held a bunless hot dog eating contest for team members at Bank of America stadium today. The rookie defensive linemen were victorious.

August 8, 2020 at 11:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charlotte, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

Michael Dietz announced that he has retired from competitive eating and will focus on slapfighting. He is the second currently ranked member of the MLE top 50 to announce his retirement after Ronnie Hartman.

August 6, 2020 at 9:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (1)

MoneyInc.com has an article titled "How Matt Stonie Achieved a Net Worth of $5 Million".

August 4, 2020 at 10:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Matt Stonie | Permalink * Comments

Tulsa World has an article about Randy Santel's tour of Oklahoma this week, which started yesterday at The Hamlet.

August 4, 2020 at 7:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Randy Santel, Tulsa | Permalink * Comments

"Battle of the Buffets" a 2003 event recorded in Las Vegas televised on the Travel Channel has been uploaded to youtube. Competitors include Eric "Badlands" Booker, Rich and Carlene LeFevre and Ed "Cookie" Jarvis.

August 3, 2020 at 8:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:All You Can Eat, Carlene LeFevre, Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Las Vegas, Rich LeFevre, Television | Permalink * Comments (3)

In a video released today, Joey Chestnut and youtube superstar Mr. Beast faced off to eat what was billed as the world's largest slice of pizza. The video is currently the #1 trending video on youtube and has received almost 8 million views. At 39.6 million subscribers, Mr. Beast might be the top channel involved with a food challenge.

August 2, 2020 at 12:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Pizza Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. He is also the organizer of OL Masterminds Summit, a convention for offensive lineman. On July 11, Pro Football Talk criticized a hot wing eating contest held at that event for unsafe practices, which did not receive a positive response from Johnson.

July 30, 2020 at 6:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Male Athletes, Philadelphia | Permalink * Comments

Ronnie "Megabyte" Hartman has started selling T-shirts at https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/megabyteronnie

July 28, 2020 at 10:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Merchandise, Ronnie Hartman | Permalink * Comments (1)

Slice of Vegas reports that Joey Chestnut completed its 9 pound Double Down pizza challenge. According to Derek Hendrickson's Instagram, he also drank two pitcher of Coors Light during the meal.

July 26, 2020 at 8:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Las Vegas, Pizza Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

jackhirons posted a painting of Rich LeFevre competing in the 2006 Wing Bowl on his Instagram.

July 24, 2020 at 7:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rich LeFevre, Wing Bowl 14 | Permalink * Comments (2)

BarBend.com has a report on Brian Shaw's video of his attempt to eat 15,000 calories in a day, which was his everyday diet when he won four World's Strongest Man titles.

July 23, 2020 at 7:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments

NewsMiner has a report on Randy Santel and Katina "Eats Kilos" DeJarnett finishing the 40 by 26 inch "Garbage Pizza Challenge" at Riverside Pizza i Nenana, Alaska in 44:40. They were the first pair to beat the 45 minute limit.

July 20, 2020 at 12:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Katina DeJarnett, Pizza Eating Challenges, Randy Santel, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments

Tim Janus appeared on the latest episode of the Run Along podcast to discuss his retirement and the reasons for the termination of his competitive eating career. At the peak of his training, he says he was drinking 3.5 gallons of water multiple times a day, which he immediate threw up.

July 17, 2020 at 10:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Podcasts, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (11)

LexMedia has a video of Geoff Esper attempting the 30 inch pizza at Nick's Place in Lexington, MA without assistance.

July 16, 2020 at 10:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Geoff Esper, Pizza Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

NewsMiner.com has an article about Randy Santel and Katina Eats Kilos attempting the undefeated Garbage Pizza Challenge at Riverside Pizza in Nenana, Alaska Saturday.

July 13, 2020 at 11:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Alaska, Katina DeJarnett, Pizza Eating Challenges, Randy Santel, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments

Ronnie Hartman did an Ask Me Anything interview session on reddit.com. He billed himself as a pro competitive eater currently signed with MLE despite recently announcing his retirement.

July 12, 2020 at 8:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Ronnie Hartman | Permalink * Comments

Geoff Esper uploaded a video of a pizza challenge yesterday. While eating 7 Domino's pizzas, he makes no mention of his mystery absence from the 2020 Nathan's finals.

July 9, 2020 at 11:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2020 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Geoff Esper, Pizza Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

In an interview for TMZ.com, Joey Chestnut said he has no plans to retire and will continue to compete as long as his doctors give him a clean bill of health.

July 9, 2020 at 10:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments

Mashed.com has a video titled, "The Truth About Competitive Eater L.A. Beast".

July 7, 2020 at 12:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Sportscasting.com has a flashback to former NFL defensive lineman Willian "The Refrigerator Perry" competing in the 2003 Nathan's finals.

July 5, 2020 at 11:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2003 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

Joey Chestnut defends Nathan’s title with record 75

July 4, 2020 at 1:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2020 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Results, Joey Chestnut, New York City

update Official results

1st 75 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut contest record
2nd 42 Darron Breeden
3rd 39.5 Nick Wehry combined with Miki Sudo’s 48.5 to set couples record of 88
4th 24 George Chiger
5th 20 Eric “Badlands” Booker

Joey Chestnut has defended his Nathan’s Famous hot dog title with a record 75 hot dogs.

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The fields for the 2020 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest have finally been announced. The big shock is that Geoff Esper is not competing with the men's field consisting of Joey Chestnut, Darron Breeden, Nick Wehry, George Chiger and Badlands Booker. This is the second consecutive surprise omission for Esper after he was left out of the Quarantine Challenge field. The women's field is as expected: Miki Sudo, Larell Marie Mele, Katie Prettyman, Julie Goldberg and Rene Rovtar.

July 3, 2020 at 4:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2020 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Previews, Geoff Esper | Permalink * Comments (8)

Quarantine expansion puts Nathan’s field in doubt

June 30, 2020 at 3:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Cardboard Shell", 2020 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, George Chiger, Gideon Oji, Matt Stonie

New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he is expanding the list of states whose residents must self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving in his state, which will apparently prevent Matt Stonie (CA), Gideon Oji (GA) and Michelle Lesco (AZ) from competing in the 2020 Nathan’s Finals if they cannot get an exemption. Earlier today, Rich Shea appeared to confirm that Michelle Lesco will not be able to compete. Joey Chestnut is already in New York, so he is not affected by the directive.

update MLE has announced Nick Wehry will replace Matt Stonie.

update July 1 George Chiger will replace Gideon Oji.

update July 1 #2 A press release lists Miki Sudo, Katie Prettyman and Larell Marie Mele as female competitors. Katie Prettyman does not think that Sarah Reinecke and Sophia DeVita will compete due to schedule conflicts.

update July 2 NJ.com reports Rene Rovtar will be the 4th female competitor.

update July 2 #2 Julie Goldberg will apparently complete the women’s field.

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