2018 Mattituck strawberry shortcake
update Contest video
Patch.com has an article and gallery
1st | 22 | Carmen Cincotti | |
2nd | 20 | Geoffrey Esper | |
3rd | 14 | Gideon Oji | |
4th | 12 | George Chiger | |
5th | 11 | Nick Wehry | |
6th | 9.5 | Brrian Dudzinski | |
7th | 8.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
8th | 8 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
9th | 5.75 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
10th | 3 | Jason Smith |
2018 Hostess Donette eating contest
PhillyVoice has an article
Dizexhaled has a video
1st | 257 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
2nd | 244 | Carmen Cincotti | |
3rd | 204 | Darron Breeden | |
4th | 176 | Gideon Oji | |
5th | 139 | George Chiger | |
6th | 124 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
7th | 122 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
8th | 116 | Ivan “The Avocado” Mendoza | |
9th | 44 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
10th | 24 | Rene Rovtar |
This will probably be the last meeting of Joey Chestnut and Carmen Cincotti before the Nathan’s finals. Joey Chestnut has not defeated Carmen Cincotti since the White Hut cheeseburg eating contest in West Springfield, MA on September 23.
2018 Orlando Chili Festival
1st | 9.75 | Carmen Cincotti | new record |
2nd | 8.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
3rd | 8.5 | Darron Breeden | |
4th | 7.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 2nd finish out of top 3 since 2005 |
5th | 6.75 | Gideon Oji | |
5th | 6.75 | Miki Sudo | |
7th | 4 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
8th | 1.5 | Silvia Tough |
update Facebook Live contest video
The Orlando Sentinel has an interview with Joey Chestnut.
Darron Breeden practice video
2017 Tulsa Bratwurst contest
update Oct 26 Carmen Cincotti and Darron Breeden have videos
update Oct 23 Robert McKinney has the rest of the prizewinners
Matt Dutton has the top 3
1) Carmen Cincotti 90.5
2) Darron Breeden 76.5
3) Gideon Oji 66.5
4) Rich LeFevre 49
5) Robert “Food Challenge Bros” McKinney 40
Carmen Cincotti won today’s bratwurst eating contest at Linde Oktoberfest in Tulsa with a total of 90.5 sausages in 10 minutes. (from Facebook Live video)
Carmen Cincotti wins Toronto poutine
update Oct 19 Carmen Cincotti and Darron Breeden have videos
update Oct 16 Article MetroNews.ca | Canoe.com | Toronto Star | Toronto Sun | GlobalTimes.cn gallery
Interview with Steven Dorgo before contest
Full results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1st | 20.25 | Carmen Cincotti | |
2nd | 15.5 | Darron Breeden | |
3rd | 13.75 | Gideon Oji | |
4th | 13 | Miki Sudo | |
5th | 10 | Yasir Salem | |
6th | 8 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
7th | 7 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
8th | 6.5 | Veronica Boggia | |
8th | 6.5 | John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic | |
10th | 5 | Steven “The Clutch” Dorgo | |
11th | 4.75 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
Carmen Cincotti wins Trenton pork rolls
update Oct 11 Videos Carmen Cincotti | Darron Breeden | Darron Breeden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4cnLYQ91h0“>practice video
Carmen Cincotti precontest interview | Crazy Legs Conti Huffington Post preview
update NJ.com has an article
Trenton Thunder have a video
The top 3 | Part 2
1) Carmen Cincotti 40
2) Darron Breeden 33
3) Brian Dudzinski 23.25
4T) Crazy Legs Conti 15.5
4T) Michael Deitz 15.5
Carmen Cincotti ate 40 pork rolls to
win the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case’s Pork Roll Eating Championship.
2017 Mets qualifier
The Mets twitter has a sped up video.
Full men’s results from Wild Bill
1st | 53 | Carmen Cincotti | |
2nd | 27 | Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio | |
3rd | 13 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
3rd | 13 | “Beautiful” Brian Seiken | 1st contest since removal from MLE top 50 |
5th | 10 | Bob Zazzaro | |
6th | 8 | Anthony Campos | |
7th | 7 | Andy Flamm |
1W) Daniella Gioia 14.75
Carmen Cincotti and Daniella Gioia should win unless something unexpected happens.
Previous winners of qualifiers held at Mets ballparks
2017 Sweet Corn Fiesta
update May 10 dLifeHD has a video
update May 4 HappeningMag.com has an interview with Carmen Cincotti.
King Carb has a contest video
update The Palm Beach Post has a gallery
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Carmen Cincotti 61.75 ears
2) Gideon Oji 49
3) Yasir Salem 45
4) Eric “Badlands” Booker 31
5) Brian Dudzinski 29.25
6) Pedram Esmaeelzadeh 27.75
7) Mr. Rodriguez 20
8) Matt Matador 17
update It appears Carmen Cincotti won with a record 61 ears.
Yasir Salem, Carmen Cincotti, Badlands Booker and Gideon Oji are expected to compete along with Pedram Esmaeelzadeh.
Previous winners
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Carmen Cincotti conquers croquetas
<>update March 15 Carme Cincotti has a video
Update March 14 Nate Figueroa has a video
The Miami Herald reports that Joey Chestnut dropped out due to illness at the last minute.
Carnaval Miami croqueta results (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Carmen Cincotti 158
2) Geoff Esper 144
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 92
4) Michelle Lesco 90
5) Nate Figueroa 80
6) Erik Denmark 74
7) Victor Aldrich 10
Carmen Cincotti defeats Joey Chestnut in Tulsa brats
Carmen Cincotti has a video
Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Carmen Cincotti 101 bratwurst in 10 min, new record
2) Joey Chestnut 100
3) Rich LeFevre 48
4) Robert McKinney 39.5
5) Chris Hobson 23.5
6) Carlene LeFevre 20.5
7) Alex Perez 14
8) Joe Alcott 10
9) Mr. Linde 7
10 Candice Alcott 2.5 (Mrs. Tulsa)
2016 Smoke’s Poutinerie
update Oct 5 Videos: Carmen Cincotti | Erik Lamkin vlog | Scott Lomas Introductions / Contest start
update Oct 2
Articles: Toronto Sun | Canoe.ca | Sina.com
Thank you on reddit.com for holding the contest
Videos: Eduardo M | Erik Lamkin video of vegan protestors from Direct Action Everywhere. Unlike at Nathan’s, they do not appear to have interfered with the contest table. This is the third MLE contest in 2016 the group has protested (Chicago Ribs, Nathan’s, poutine)
Instagram videos from “Step Daddy J”‘ have the top 3 for the amateur contest:
1st 9 Erik “The Electric” Lamkin
2nd 6 John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic
3rd 5 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
update Here is what MLE reports are the pro results: Part 1 | Part 2
1 Joey Chestnut 25.5
2 Carmen Cincotti 25
3 Matt Stonie 23.25
4 Geoff Esper 18.5
5 Gideon Oji 14.5
6 Michelle Lesco 13
7 Yasir Salem 12.5
8 Badlands Booker 10.75
9 Jim Reeves 8.6
9 Steven Dorgo 8.6
11 Bill Myers 8
12 Ben Do 7.75
13 Jesse Kankula 7
Erik Lamkin reports he won the amateur contest
Erik Lamkin produced a training video
Previous winners
2015 Oct 3 | 1st | 22 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | World Poutine Eating Championship – pros | Toronto, ON, Canada |
2014 Oct 4 | 1st | 14.75 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | World Poutine Eating Championship – pros | Toronto, ON, Canada |
2013 Oct 19 | 1st | 24 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
2012 Oct 13 | 1st | 9.5 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
2011 Sep 24 | 1st | 9.75 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
2010 May 22 | 1st | 13 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
2016 Trenton pork roll contest
update Sept 29 CentralJersey has an article about Carmen Cincotti’s runner-up finish.
update Sept 27
A lot of coverage for Bill Spadea at the festival: NJ101.5 video | Chasing News video | NJ101.5 blog entry | personal blog entry
Carmen Cincotti has a video | Interview with Carmen Cincotti
update Sept 25 NJ.com has an article
update The Trenton Thunder have a contest video
update Full Results | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1st | 43 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | defends title |
2nd | 40 | Carmen Cincotti | |
3rd | 31 | Geoffrey Esper | |
4th | 22.5 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
5th | 15 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
6th | 14.5 | Kevin “Qwazy” Ambs | |
7th | 14 | Micah “Wing Kong” Collins | |
8th | 10.5 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
8th | 10.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
10th | 9 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
11th | 6.5 | Bill Spadea |
update Hugging Harold Reynolds has the top 2
1) Joey Chestnut 43
2) Carmen Cincotti 40
Joey Chestnut appeared on NJ 101.5 yesterday