2019 World Slopper Eating Championship
update Articles Westword | Chieftain | KOAA
Videos: Colorado State Fair | Chris Fendrich
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
1st | 28.25 | Darron Breeden | |
2nd | 18.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
3rd | 17.5 | Brett “The Branimal” Healey | |
4th | 15.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
5th | 13.5 | Derek Hendrickson | |
6th | 11 | Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard | |
7th | 9.5 | Mark “toothless” Sutherburg | announced as 6th on stage |
8th | 8 | Don | Coors Lounge |
9th | ? | Luis Martinez | Sunset Inn |
10th | ? | Teigan Torres | Riverside Bar & Gril |
11th | 4.5 | Jody Howell | predicted he would eat 20 |
KRDO is currently running a live stream of today’s World Slopper Eating Championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo.
Profile of amateur competitor Jody Howell
Darron Breeden & Doris Garcia win Norfolk Harborfest qualifier
Darron Breeden and Doris Garcia have been announced as the winner of today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Norfolk Harborfest.
Darron Breeden wins Acme Oyster eating contest
The MLE instagram has the top 3 in today’s Acme Oyster eating contest in New Orleans.
1 Darron Breeden 44 dozen
2 Michelle Lesco 20 dozen
3 Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran 14 dozen
Clinton Station Diner 105 lb burger conquered
Miki Sudo announced that the 10 person team consisting of herself, Molly Schuyler, Bob Shoudt, Dan Kennedy, Darrron Breeden, Geoff Esper, Brandon Clark, George Chiger, Nick Wehry and Andrew Puhl completed the 105 pound burger challenge at the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ and claimed a $5,000 prize. Flux Happens has videos of the start and end of the challenge. Molly Schuyler was the last member eating.
2018 Lewisville Tamales
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2 (10 minutes, shortened from 12 previously)
1st | 70 | Darron Breeden | |
2nd | 55.75 | Miki Sudo | |
3rd | 50.5 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
4th | 46.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
5th | 43.5 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
6th | 28 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
6th | 28 | Scott Rohne | |
8th | 25 | Brent Ricord | |
9th | 20 | Katie Prettyman | |
10th | 14 | Jocelyn Walker | |
11th | 12 | Alex “Moose” Perez | |
12th | 6 | Mark Poland |
2018 Wisconsin State Fair Cheese Curd Eating Contest
Official results (8 oz servings)
1st | 10.25 | Darron Breeden | |
2nd | 9.75 | Gideon Oji | |
3rd | 9.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
4th | 5.25 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
5th | 3.125 | Eric Hucke | |
5th | 3.125 | Matthew Raible | |
7th | 2.875 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
8th | 2.75 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
8th | 2.75 | Amanda Reitenbach | |
10th | 2.5 | Keith Branch | |
11th | 2 | Meliss Klabel |
update Darron Breeden reportedly won and Joey Chestnut was 3rd.
Precontest interviews Joey Chestnut | Andrew Kogutkiewicz
Darron Breeden wins 2018 Acme Oyster eating contest
update June 10 WGNO article | Nola article
The top 3 from Rich Shea. Tim “Eater X” Janus was at the contest, but I don’t know if he competed
1 Darron Breeden 40 dozen
2 Michelle Lesco 27
3 Adrian Morgan 26
update Nick Reimann reports that Darron Breeden won with a total of 480 oysters in 8 minutes.
Darron Breeden, Sonya Thomas, Michelle Lesco, Adrian Morgan and Crazy Legs Conti are expected to compete.
2018 Preakness Balloon Festival Nathan’s qualifier
update May 20 Darron Breeden has a video
update May 14 Videos: Frank Godfrey Jr. | K Womble introduction video
Darron Breeden practice session video
1st | 46.5 | Darron Breeden | |
2nd | 33.5 | Nick Wehry | 3rd most so far in 2017-18 circuit |
3rd | 20 | Kevin Liu | |
4th | 13 | Corey Yu-Yang Hsu | |
5th | 12.75 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
6th | 7.5 | Jonathan Koscianski | |
7th | 6.5 | Bryan Shepherd | |
8th | 5.5 | Chris Kilgalen | |
8th | 5.5 | Brett Shepherd | |
10th | 5 | Rich Henderson |
1st | 26 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | qualifies for 12th consecutive year |
2018 Finkies awards winners
The Fink Beats the Stomach announced the winners of their “Finkies” awards for 2017, which were based on online polls:
Rookie of the Year: Rene Rovtar
Showman of the Year: Beard Meats Food
Male Competitive Eater of the Year: Joey Chestnut
Female Competitive Eater of the Year: Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
Emcee of the Year: Eric “Badlands” Booker
Darron Breeden did not agree with the Rookie of the Year choice. Molly Schuyler and Miki Sudo have yet to comment on the Female of the Year award.