update Nov 8 Timberjay.com has a contest report

update VirginiaMN.com has an article

Joey Chestnut appeared on CBS3Duluth and KBJR 6 yesterday.

Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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update Oct 16 Elk Grove Citizen has a report on the contest held for local amateurs. It was the first eating competition for victor Kristina Ramirez.

update Oct 11 Jon Davis video

update Oct 9 Videos: Elk Grove News | corralesderabago | Jeremy Flint | Doc Souza
ElkGroveNews.new article

Facebook Live video

Results from scoresheet

Picture of the entire contest field

Sam Barclay appeared on Good Day Sacramento this morning to promote the contest.

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update Videos City of Lewisville | Hungry Saiyan

Results from scoresheet
Facebook video

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Official Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

The top 3 in today’s Buffalo Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wing Fest from Fink Beats the Stomach

1) Geoff Esper
2T) Carmen Cincotti
2T) Joey Chestnut

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The Hooters facebook has a live video of the contest.

update The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery

Official results Part 1 | Part 2

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update June 21 The Boston Herald has a gallery

Women’s winner
1) Danielle Leppert-Siminauer 5

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update June 3 The Boston Globe has an interview with Geoff Esper about his victory

Darron Eats has a video

updateTheET.com has a press release spelling the winner’s name as “Jeffrey”

update Eric Shroder has a video

Results Part 1 | Part 2

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Craig Reed has the top 3:
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1) Geoffrey Esper 5:00 to finish 5 lbs of pizza, beef on weck sandwiches and crunch rolls
2) Gideon Oji 6:26
3) Joey Chestnut 7:15, 1st finish out of top 2 since June 2013 Chicago Ribfest
4) Sonya Thomas, 3.75 lbs at conclusion
5) Jim Reeves, 3.27 lbs
6) Yasir Salem, 3.23 lbs
7) Badlands Booker, 2.62 lbs
8) Daniela Gioia, 2.4 lbs
9) Wild Bill Myers, 2.15 lbs
10) Larell Marie Mele, 1.66 lbs
11) Mary Bowers, 1.28 lbs

Buffalo News has an interview with “Buffalo” Jim Reeves.

Mary Bowers has a picture of the roster for tomorrow’s wing contest: Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Geoffrey Esper, Eric “Badlands” Booker, Yasir Salem, “Buffalo” Jim Reeves, Daniella Gioia, Gideon Oji, Bill Myers, Larell Marie Mele, Michael Dietz & Mary Bowers.

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Syracuse.com has an article and video about the qualifier

Ryan Siciliano has the winners from today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Syracuse. Larell Marie Mele says she took the women’s wild card lead. Results part 2

1) Geoff Esper 34.5
2) Yasir Salem 31, takes men’s wild card lead
3) Jim Reeves 23
4) Ryan Siciliano 16
5) Steven Dorgo 15
6) Bill Myers 14.5
7) Jesse Kanula 13
8) Don 8
9T) Kevin Belbey 7
9T) Derek 7

1W) Meredith Boxberger 21
2W) Larell Marie Mele 14.5, takes women’s wild card lead

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update Miki Sudo posted a picture from the Delta terminal in Atlanta, so presumably she had travel issues

TWV has a contest video

update WDTV has a video Miki Sudo does not seem to have competed.

Results from today’s pepperoni roll eating contest at the Three Rivers Festival in Fairmont, WV Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1) Geoff Esper 23
2T) Gideon Oji 20
2T) Sonya Thomas 20
4) Brian Dudzinski 19.75
5) Eric “Badlands” Booker 17.5
6) Juliet Lee 17
7) Matt Cohen 10.75
8) Michael Deitz 10
9) Matthew Raible 8
10) Bill Myers 7.75

Miki Sudo was expected to compete as of this morning

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update Sep 30 Jeff Edelstein has a report on his last place finish.

update Sep 28 MILB.com has an article

update Full Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
NJ.com article

The Trentonian has a contest report with some results and a gallery. MLE has yet to post any news.

JZig12 reports that Joey Chestnut won today’s pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ.

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Stephanie Wu & Pablo Martinez noted that additional changes have been made to the MLE top 50 (the top 10 remain unchanged):

added: Geoff Esper #11, Nela Zisser #22, Lesley Ryder #35,
removed: Ben Do #40, Nicole Rodriguez #49, Neil Sebree #50

update Marcos Owens has been removed; Ben Do remains (via comment)

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update Fosters.com has an article

Richard Shea has the top 3 | #4-#7
1) Geoff Esper 30.5
2) Pablo Martinez 30, new wild card leader
3) Micah Collins 25
4) Ryan Siciliano 16
5) Wild Bill Myers 12.5
6) Steven Bliam 11
7) Dick Pruitt 8
8) Quentin Admundsen 7

1W) Mia Davekos 8

Geoff Esper, Pablo Martinez, Micah Collins an Mia Davekos are expected to compete.

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update Brian Seiken has a contest video

Results Full results Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Men
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 36
2) Geoff Esper 30, wild card leader
3T) Brian Seiken 13.5
3T) Wild Bill Myers 13.5
5) Jordan Rothman 10
6T) Andy Flamm 7. 5
6T) Seth Rothman 7.5
8) Nick Durham 4

Women
1) Meredith Boxberger 18
2) Lisa George 6.5
3) Prudence DiBenedetto 6
4) Mary Sevastos 1

The favorites are Meredith Boxberger and Tim Janus, who says he has not eaten a hot dog since the 2014 Nathan’s finals.

Janus’ last contest was the Brooklyn cannoli eating contest in October. According to the official account of that event, he received second place after he claimed he was credited with an extra plate after tying Badlands Booker. (Interestingly, the Brookly Daily’s account makes no mention of that deduction and claims the margin was .75 cannolis.)

Previous Mets’ ballpark qualifier winners

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