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Joey Chestnut 4-peats St. Elmo’s Shrimp contest
Contest video on St. Elmo’s facebook
Joey Chestnut has won the contest for the fourth year in a row with a record total of 15 pounds.
Official results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 15 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 14.25 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 3rd | 10.1 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 10 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 5.33 | Matthew Raible | |
| 6th | 5 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
| 7th | 4.75 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 8th | 4.5 | Matt “Sweet Tooth” Cohen | |
| 9th | 3.5 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz |
Joey Chestnut responded to reader comments in this indystar.com video
Previous winners
| 2015 Dec 5 | 1st | 12.25 | 8 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship | Indianapolis, IN |
| 2014 Dec 6 | 1st | 10.42 | 8 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship | Indianapolis, IN |
| 2013 Dec 7 | 1st | 9.25 | 8 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship | Indianapolis, IN |
IndyStar has an interview with Joey Chestnut about defending his St. Elmo Steak House Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship Saturday in Indianapolis where he will face off against Carmen Cincotti.
Joey Chestnut has uploaded a video of him finishing a 5 pound Burritozilla at Iguana's in 1:41. Molly Schuyler took 1:32 in a recent contest and Matt Stonie needed 1:50 in a video.
A parody game show Joey Chestnut did promoting Sun Microsystems new server in 2008 can be viewed on youtube. The campaign was dropped due to "company branding issues".
Joey Chestnut has posted the third video from his recent trip to Singapore: setting a record in a 3kg chicken and rice challenge.
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)
Joey Chestnut has started a youtube channel with a video of his trip to southeast Asia last month.
2016 Taste of DC Chili
| 1st | 9 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 2.25 gallons, new record |
| 2nd | 7.75 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 3rd | 4.75 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 4th | 4.25 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
| 5th | 4 | Kevin “Qwazy” Ambs | |
| 6th | 3.5 | Yasir Salem | |
| 7th | 3 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 3 | Micah “Wing Kong” Collins | |
| 9th | 2.25 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 10th | 2 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz |
Joey Chestnut appeared on WTOP and Good Morning Washington yesterday.
Previous winners
| 2015 Oct 10 | 1st | 1.8125 | 6 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Ben’s Chili Bowl’s World Chili Eating Championship | Washington, DC |
| 2014 Oct 11 | 1st | 1.875 | 6 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Ben’s Chili Bowl’s World Chili Eating Championship | Washington, DC |
| 2013 Oct 12 | 1st | 2 | 6 min | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | Ben’s Chili Bowl World Chili Eating Championship | Washington, DC |
| 2012 Oct 7 | 1st | 2 | 6 min | Tim “Eater X” Janus | Ben’s Chili Bowl’s World Chili Eating Championship | Washington, DC |
| 2011 Oct 9 | 1st | 16 | 6 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Chili Eating Championship | Washington, DC |
2016 Elk Grove pumpkin pie
update Oct 2
Elk Grove Laguna News has an article
Contest video from Elk Grove News | Facebook
Full Results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Results are pounds over 8 minutes
| 1st | 19.375 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 16.6875 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 3rd | 11 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 8 | Steve Hendry | |
| 5th | 6.625 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 6th | 5.4375 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 7th | 3.5 | Jon Davis | |
| 8th | 3.25 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 9th | 3.125 | “Coach Davis” | |
| 10th | 2.9375 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks | |
| 11th | 2 | “Coach Marty” |
Molly Schuyler reports Joey Chestnut won today’s pumpkin pie eating contest in Elk Grove, CA with 19 pounds of pie.
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 |
The facebook for Kalamazoo Restaurant & Cafe in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia announces that Joey Chestnut set the record of 2:26 for its burger challenge.
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
Joey Chestnut defends Zinzinnati brats
update WLWT has an article
1) Joey Chestnut 67 bratwurst in 10 minutes
2) Gideon Oji 40.75
3) Matt Cohen 29
4T) Scott Thomas 26
4T) Ethan Teske 26
6) Matthew Raible 18
7) Sean Mulcahey 16.25
8) Patrick Kelly 6.5
9) Sara Lamar 6.25
Joey Chestnut announces that he failed a 10kg (22 lbs.) curry rice challenge at Gold Curry in Bangkok, Thailand. The prize for finishing the challenge is 100,000 yen or about $950.
Joey Chestnut is currently in Singapore. Yesterday he faced off against Zermatt Neo in a satay eating challenge and set a record. Today he attempted the burger challenge at BEAST.
Geoffery Esper wins 2016 Buffalo Buffet Bowl, Chestnut 3rd
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.
2016 Nugget Rib Eating Championship
update Sept 1 TMZ.com has an article about Rich LeFevre’s 3rd place performance.
update MyNews4 and RGJ.com have articles
1 Joey Chestnut 9.6 lb in 12 minutes
2 Matt Stonie 7.8 lb
3 Rich LeFevre 4.8 lb
4 Steve Hendry 3.6 lb
5 Brian Burghart 2 lb, U of Nevada teacher
6 Donald Brown 1.8 lb
7T Marlon Ting .8 lb
7T Micheal Simpkins .8 lb
9 Gilbert Chick DQ
Joey Chestnut wins Chacho’s Tacos
Nathan's Famous will line up 1916 hot dogs in Grand Central Terminal on September 2 to set a Guinness Record. Joey Chestnut will oversee the event.
MLE announces that Joey Chestnut has withdrawn from Saturday's gyoza eating contest in Los Angeles to do Chacho's Tacos contest in San Jose. A press release was just sent out hyping the now canceled gyoza faceoff with Matt Stonie.
Joey Chestnut and Carmen Cincotti will attend Friday's Trenton Thunder game. A qualifier awarding a spot in the September 24 MLE pork roll eating contest will also take place.
Joey Chestnut will appear at tonight's Reading Fightins game in Pennsylvania. update July 27 WMFZ has an article about the event.
2016 American Burger Co Roadstar Challenge
1 Joey Chestnut, 4 in 4:24
2 Caremen Cincotti, 4 in 4:48
3 Gideon Oji 4 in 7:42
4 Josh Miller 3.125 in 12 minutes
5 Ronnie Hartman 2.5 in 12
6 Matt Raible 2 in 12
7 Bill Myers 1.75 in 12
8 Henry Roach 1.25 in 12
Joey Chestnut did a podcast about the challenge.
A list of the amateur competitors has been posted.
Live 105 DJ Kevin Klein will hold a championship parade for Joey Chestnut today on the San Francsico Embarcadero today at noon.
Joey Chestnut will be a food judge at Beach, Bacon and Brewfest at Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, OR on Saturday.
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