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Joey Chestnut defends Smoke’s Poutinerie title
| 1st | 21.25 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 18.5 | Max Stanford | |
| 3rd | 15 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 3rd | 15 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 13.875 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 13.75 | Miki Sudo | |
| 7th | 13.375 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 13.25 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 9th | 9.625 | Jacob Williams | |
| 10th | 9.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 11th | 8.5 | John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic | |
| 12th | 8 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 13th | 6 | Semora Kludy |
Nothing has yet to be posted about today’s poutine eating contest in Toronto other than an Instagram post from Albuquerque Steve reporting that Joey Chestnut has defended his title with a total of 21 pounds in 10 minutes.
Joey Chestnut will attend MustardFest in Springfield, OH on September 12. He will oversee but not compete in Woeber's Hot Mustard & Horseradish Eating Contest.
2026 Buffalo Wing Festival wing championship
Official results (12 minutes)
| 1st | 241 | $2,500.00 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Westfield, IN | |
| 2nd | 228 | $1,250.00 | James Webb | Sydney, NSW, Australia | |
| 3rd | 187 | $600.00 | Miki Sudo | Tampa, FL | |
| 4th | 180 | $400.00 | Jerome Burns | Danbury, CT | |
| 5th | 169 | $250.00 | Nick Wehry | Tampa, FL | |
| 6th | 157 | Geoffrey Esper | Oxford, MA | ||
| 7th | 151 | Max Stanford | Brixton, England, UK | ||
| 8th | 146 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | Orillia, ON, Canada | ||
| 9th | 86 | George Chiger | Pocono Pines, PA | ||
| 10th | 55 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | Selden, NY | ||
| 11th | 51 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | Breinigsville, PA |
James Webb is doing a live video.
WFMY reports that Joey Chestnut will appear at a hot dog eating contest at the Carolina Classic Fair in Winston Salem, NC on October 8. The winner of the contest will receive $250. update August 21 Joey Chestnut's fee will be $7,500.
Joey Chestnut faced off against pairs of fans in a tater tot eating contest at tonight's Lake Country DockHounds game in Wisconsin. The total of the winning duo exceeded Joey's amount by less than a tenth of an ounce.
Joey Chestnut ate a five pound BBQ nacho plate in 2:12 to win a contest held after tonight's Memphis Redbird game. (video)
James Webb wins Saugus wings
update July 12 WMUR has a video
update Full official results
| 1st | 249 | James Webb | 7.77 lbs |
| 2nd | 241 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 7.52 lbs, first loss for Joey Chestnut was a steak eating contest in Japan vs. Ryu in October. His last MLE defeat was the Wings for Wishes contest in Miami in March 2025. |
| 3rd | 209 | Geoffrey Esper | 6.54 lbs |
| 4th | 179 | Jerome Burns | 5.61 lbs |
| 5th | 158 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | 4.95 lbs |
| 6th | 149 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 102 | Matthew “mattachewsit” Stefanilo | |
| 8th | 97 | Brandon “The Titanium Jaw” Macey | |
| 9th | 96 | Steven Farlow | |
| 10th | 65 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 62 | Dave Rossi | |
| 12th | 44 | Harmon Cap | |
| 13th | 42 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
The top 6 from the Saugus wings eating contest in Seabrook, NH from James Webb’s video (results in pounds, 10 minutes)
1 7.77 James Webb
2 7.54 Joey Chestnut
3 6.54 Geoffrey Esper
4 5.61 Jerome Burns
5 4.95 Pat Bertoletti
6 4.65 Radim Dvoracek
The last loss for Joey Chestnut was a steak eating contest in Japan vs. Ryu in October. His last MLE defeat was the Wings for Wishes contest in Miami in March 2025.
2026 Nathan’s Famous men’s contest
Results from the MLE Instagram story
| 1st | 66 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 51 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 47.5 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 45 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 42.5 | Max Stanford | |
| 6th | 40.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 7th | 35.5 | Cameron Meade | |
| 8th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 30 | Gideon Oji | |
| 10th | 28 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 11th | 27 | Jerome Burns | |
| 12th | 26 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 22 | Yunho Choi | |
| 14th | 18.5 | Tanner Gray | |
| 15th | 10.5 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Unofficial results
1 Joey Chestnut 66
2 Pat Bertolett 52
3 James Webb 48
The ESPN2/ABC Nathan’s Famous appears to have been tabled. The livestream by Live Wallking is working.
The New York Post has obtained police body camera video of Joey Chestnut being questioned about his slapping incident on March 21 at a Westfield, IN bar. He claimed to have no memory of the assault due to drunkenness. update A video of the questioning is on youtube
Joey Chestnut was interviewed by the Stacking Pennies podcast when he was in Charlotte for the NASCAR races Memorial Day weekend. They do not ask him about his recent arrest for battery and probation.
The Reading, PA Fighting Phils will hold a tribute to Joey Chestnut at their May 30 game. A bobblehead doll will be available.
Joey Chestnut pleads guilty to battery
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.
2026 Ultimate Bologna Showdown
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.
Joey Chestnut will oversee the Rural King Popcorn Showdown in Terre Haute, IN on Memorial Day, May 25.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2026 Wings for Wishes
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
The Sun-Sentinel has a interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in Saturday's Wings for Wishes wing eating contest in South Miami.
Card Player Magazine has a interview with Joey Chestnut about his bagel contest victory and participation in the Celebrity Poker Tour.
Siegel’s Bagelmania 2026
Full results are on the MLE Instagram
| 1st | 16.875 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 16.75 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 16.125 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 4th | 16 | James Webb | |
| 5th | 13.875 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 11.5 | Cameron Meade | |
| 7th | 10.25 | Gideon Oji | |
| 8th | 9 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 9th | 6.25 | Jacob Williams | |
| 10th | 4 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 2.5 | Camille O’Brien | |
| 12th | 2 | Sam Stackhose |
The livestream for the Siegel’s Bagelmania eating contest from Las Vegas has started.
A 2012 episode of "Hell's Kitchen" in which Joey Chestnut faced off against the chefs in a chicken wing eating contest can be viewed on the Kitchen Nightmares youtube channel.
Rural King, a farm and home retailer, announced a partnership with Joey Chestnut and a popcorn eating circuit in 2026-27. Several popcorn eating qualifiers for amateurs will be held during 2026. Winners of those competitions will take on Joey Chestnut in the finals on National Popcorn Day in 2027.
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