Latest results in database (All results)
2018 Indiana State Fair ice cream eating contest
update Aug 9
Articles: Indy Star | RTV6
Videos: Hungry Hazzard | Naptown Buzz | News Now | RTV6 | Crotin
Joey Chestnut Interviews: Nuvo | Colts.com (says he had a motorcyle accident which damaged his teeth)
Indiana Dairy Association gallery
| 1st | 15.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 14.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 12 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 6th | 11.25 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 7th | 11 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 7th | 11 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Matt “Sweet Tooth” Cohen | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Matthew Raible | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Meliss Klabel |
Joey Chestnut interview with Geist Magazine | WTHR.
On his Instagram, Joey Chestnut posted a picture of a 11 pound burger in Phuket, Thailand, which he ate in less than 20 minutes.
2018 Men’s Nathan’s finals
| 1st | 74 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | new record |
| 2nd | 64 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 3rd | 43 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 41 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 5th | 40 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 6th | 37.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 34 | Max Suzuki | |
| 8th | 33 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 9th | 32 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 10th | 31 | Nick Wehry | |
| 11th | 28 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 12th | 27 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 12th | 27 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 14th | 25 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 15th | 24.75 | George Chiger | |
| 16th | 24 | Steve Hendry | |
| 16th | 24 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 18th | 21.5 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | |
| 18th | 21.5 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 20th | 21 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 21st | 20 | Eric “Badlands” Booker |
21 entrants have been announced, so apparently all expected entrants will compete and no sponsors exemptions have been added to the field.
Joey Chestnut has started a website at https://shop.joeychestnut.com/default.asp for his line of condiments. All profits from sales until July 6 will be donated to Hidden Heroes a charity for wounded veterans. (via Mercury News)s
2018 Vallejo Nathan’s qualifier
update TheReporter article
Official results
1) Steve Hendry 28
2) Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker 20
1W) Katie Prettyman 14.5, highest female rookie total in 2017-18
2W) Mary Bowers 12
Exhibition: Joey Chestnut 72
Joey Chestnut will do an exhibition during the event.
2018 Baked Bear ice cream sandwiches
| 1st | 25.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | defends title |
| 2nd | 23 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 3rd | 19.5 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 4th | 15.75 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 5th | 15.5 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 6th | 14.75 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks | |
| 7th | 14 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 8th | 10 | Noah Huggins | |
| 9th | 9.5 | Jon Davis | |
| 10th | 8.75 | Carlene LeFevre | |
| 11th | 7.75 | Shawn “The Vacuum” Kirby | |
| 12th | 7 | Jon Haley |
Joey Chestnut ate 25.5 ice cream sandwiches in 6 minutes to defend his title
This will probably be the last matchup of Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie before the Nathan’s finals
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 San Pedro Fish Market Shrimp
update May 29 Foodbeast video
update Press Telegram has a gallery and article which claims that Miki Sudo competed
Facebook Live video
Official results
| 1st | 77 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 7 pounds |
| 2nd | 74 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 56 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 4th | 43.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 5th | 40 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 6th | 38 | Steve Hendry | |
| 6th | 38 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | announced on stage as having tied for 5th |
| 8th | 33 | Jon Bello | |
| 9th | 23 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks | |
| 10th | 15 | Ryan Buicko | |
| 11th | 14 | Alex “Moose” Perez | |
| 12th | 11 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers |
Joey Chestnut is expected to compete at the Vaughan Pizza Festival in Vaughan, ON on July 15. The contest will be sponsored by Pie Wood Fired Pizza, which has sponsored an contest in Barrie, ON that Takeru Kobayashi has competed in since 2010.
2018 Mutton Glutton contest
update May 17 Matt Hazzard has a video.
update May 14 Messenger-Inquirer, TriStateHomePage and WEVV have articles. 14News has a pre-contest interview with Joey Chestnut
| 1st | 81 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 1st win of 2018, new record |
| 2nd | 53 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 52.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 31 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 27 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 6th | 18.5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 7th | 13 | Steve “Pi Guy” Martin | |
| 8th | 9.5 | Carpenter | |
| 9th | 9 | Dee “Princess Pi-Anna” Martin | |
| 9th | 9 | John Wells | |
| 11th | 8 | Coleman | |
| 11th | 8 | Ingleheart |
Joey Chestnut appearance at restaurant yesterday
It has been over 5 months since Joey Chestnut’s last MLE win at the St Elmos Shrimp cocktail contest in Indianapolis, which might be his longest victory drought since he ascended to the #1 ranking.
Joey Chestnut brand condiments are now available for sale on Amazon.com. (via BigJon TV).
Joey Chestnut faced off against Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer in a hot dog eating contest during a break in last night's game vs. the Houston Rockets. With an estimated net worth of $38.7 billion dollars, the former Microsoft CEO might be the richest person to have competed in an eating contest. (video).
Orlando Food Guys have an Instagram video of Joey Chestnut finishing the challenge burger in 40 seconds at Beth's Burger Bar while he was in Orlando for the World Chili Eating Challenge.
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
Joey Chestnut posted a picture of mustard bottles branded with his name. The probable manufacturer of the condiments in Silver Springs Foods in Eau Claire, Wi, who said they would host the 10 times Nathan's champion. update Joey Chestnut appeared on WEAU in Eau Claire today to launch the product line, which will compete with Nathan's Famous' branded condiments. update Feb 13 Leader Telegram has an article about the product launch.
Parade.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in The Amazing Race. He says that Tim "Eater X" Janus was his first choice for partner and he wouldn't change that decision despite their elimination in Wednesday's episode. He says he is disappointed there was no big eating challenge during the race and he wishes he had ran more before starting to get in better shape. update Jan 30 Reality TV World also has an interview with Joey Chestnut.
Team Chomp, consisting of Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus, was eliminated from season 30 of The Amazing Race after they had difficulty solving a puzzle based on a Van Gogh painting at the end of last night's episode recorded in south France. They were beat out for the final spot by Team Wellstrung, a pair of bodybuilding violinists. Other challenges Team Chomp did yesterday included boating with a single person sailboat, catapult construction, sandal making and a bocce style game called petanque. Team Chomp was the only duo to attempt the painting challenge; other teams did a challenge in a Roman arena now used for bullfighting.
The Amazing Race youtube channel has a preview video for Wednesday's episode recorded in Tangiers, Morocco starring Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus. It appears one of the challenges Team Chomp will face will be belly dancing.
The Amazing Race youtube channel has a video Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus doing the Icelandic drinks challenge that did not appear in last week's episode. Crossfit champion KatrÃn DavÃðsdóttir was their server. There is another outtake video of "Team Chomp" discussing their competitive eating records.
Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus, competing as Team Chomp, managed to avoid finishing in last place in yesterday's debut episode of the 30th season of The Amazing Race and will appear in week 2. The most daunting challenge of the episode was traversing a gorge in Iceland using a zipline. Teams also had to imbibe Icelandic alcohol; Team Chomp's drinking did not appear in the episode. This is not the first reality TV show, the duo appeared in. In a 2010 episode of Shaq vs. Joey Chestnut faced off in a hot dog eating contest against the NBA great after he was coached by Tim Janus (via 2 paragraphs)
Chicago.CBSLocal.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in The Amazing Race with Tim "Eater X" Janus as Team Chomp. He says he hopes to have an undefeated 2018 in competitive eating. The season will premier tomorrow on CBS.
Joey Chestnut drank 12 pints of beer in under 75 seconds last night in a New Year's Eve show in Indianapolis hosted by Pat McAfee of Barstool Heartland.
Youtube has an interview with Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus about competing in the 30th season of The Amazing Race as "Team Chomp". The first episode of the series will be televised on January 3.
Times Herald Online has an article about Merlin Chestnut, father of Joey Chestnut, who works as a music teacher at Solana, CA Middle School. His students will perform a concert on December 20 at the 105 year old Empress Theater in Vallejo, CA.
CBS officially announced the two-person teams that will compete on season 30 of The Amazing Race starting on January 3. Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" will be competing as "Team Chomp". In an interview, Joey Chestnut says he hopes to show the world "that competitive eaters are the best at solving problems". (video interview)
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