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2015 Lupo’s Spiedies eating contest

update Aug 10 The Daily Review has a contest report Press Connects has a gallery

update Fox 40 has a video and article | Contest video

Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1st 14 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 11.75 Juan “more bite” Rodriguez
3rd 11 Geoffrey Esper
4th 10 Yasir Salem
5th 8 Eric “Badlands” Booker
6th 7.75 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
7th 5.75 Daniella Gioia
8th 5.5 Jeff Barish amateur qualifier winner
8th 5.5 Ryan “The Abyss” Siciliano
10th 5.25 William “Wild Bill” Myers
11th 5 Jeff Diamond
12th ? Mike Deitz
12th ? Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele

Joey Chestnut, Badlands Booker, Yasir Salem, Juan Rodriguez and Geoff Esper are expected to compete.

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CA State Fair corn dog qualifier results

Corn Dog Qualifier results from Stephanie Wu Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 (3 minutes, top 10 advance)

1) Molly Schuyler 18
2) Dave Brunelli 12
3) Pat Bertoletti 11
4T) Edward Chin 7
4T) Zane Glaser 7
6) Michael 6
7T) Kirk Taylor
7T) Sergio Reyes-Raya
9) Nathan 5.5
10T) Jacob Debba 5
10T) Ryan Ashburn 5 Stephanie Wu reports that Joey Chestnut will be a special guest at the California State Fair corn dog contest in Sacramento. A qualifier will be held tonight and the finals tomorrow will award $6100.

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Matt Stonie takes top spot in MLE top 50

Matt Stonie has taken the top spot in the MLE top 50 from Joey Chestnut. The switch appears to be the only change (cached version) ; Geoff Esper and Nela Zisser remain unranked. Joey took the top spot from Takeru Kobayashi on July 12, 2007, giving him a reign of 8 years and 2 days.

A championship parade will be held for Matt Stonie in San Jose on Friday.

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Joey Chestnut wins Knoxville Hooters qualifier, Gideon Oji 2nd

Results Part 1 | Part 2

1) Joey Chestnut 176 wings
2) Gideon Oji 155
3) Juliet Lee 145
4) Juan Rodriguez 112
5) Damien Boykin 103
6) Matt Raible 96
7) Eric “Badlands” Booker 94
8) Ronnie Hartman 90
9) “Wild” Bill Myers 70

Eric “Badlands” Booker appeared on WATE 6 this morning.

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2015 Corinth, MS Slugburgers

updateWTVA has an article and video

Full Results Part 1 | Part 2

1) Joey Chestnut 33
2) Juan Rodriguez 23
3T) “Nasty” Nate Biller 13
3T) “Big Eater Mike” Mike Whities 13
5) Matthew Raible 11.25
6) “Wild” Bill Myers 10.5
7) Daniel Mennard 10
8) Steve Bennett 8
9) Jeff Stark 7.5
10) Alex “Moose” Perez 6
11) Brent Johnson 3.5
12) Taylor Coombs 3

Rob Schofield reports that Joey Chetnut won the contest and Juan Rodriguez was runner-up.

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The new poll asks what competitive eating matchup you would most like to see. Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi, Molly Schuyler, Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo are the options.

Matt Stonie defeats Joey Chestnut to break 8 year Nathan’s streak

Video of entire finals

Video of protest
by Collectively Free (CF) and Direct Action Everywhere (DxE)

Full Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Matt Stonie 62, personal best
2) Joey Chestnut 60, 8 year streak ended
3) Tim “Eater X” Janus 35.5
4) Erik Denmark 33
5) Adrian Morgan 31
6) Yasir Salem 30
7) Geoff Esper 29.5
8) Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez 28
9) Eric “Badlands” Booker 24.5
10) Pablo Martinez 22
11) Steve Hendry 21.75
12) Crazy Legs Conti 19.5
13T) Brian Dudzinski 19
13T) Gideon Oji 19
15) Jeff Butler 17
16) Nate Biller 16

Matt Stonie has upset Joey Chestnut 62 to 60

ESPN Stats & Info has an analysis of Joey Chestnut’s streak.

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Joey Chestnut offers a minute by minute breakdown of what he is thinking in a 10 minute contestto the Hollywood Reporter.

Joey Chestnut vs Matt Stonie / Miki Sudo vs Sonya Thomas breakdowns

Here are some reasons why Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo and Sonya Thomas might win tomorrow

Pro Joey Chestnut

  • Has 8 Nathan’s totals (2 in 12 minute contests) better than Matt Stonie’s personal best of 56
  • Managed to hit 60 hot dogs 2 years after first Nathan’s contest, something Matt Stonie has failed to do in 5
  • Has managed to pull out of mid-season slumps by July 4 in previous years

Pro Matt Stonie

  • Undefeated in 2015
  • Has defeated Chestnut 2 of the last 3 times he has faced him by large margins (22.2 – 15.25 gyros, 120 – 85 Twinkies
  • Joey Chestnut has lost 2 of his last 3 contests, including a defeat to Adrian Morgan for the first time in his career

Pro Miki Sudo

  • Only woman to exceed 37 since 2012
  • Sonya Thomas has not eaten more than 28 hot dogs since 2013
  • Has won significantly more money than Sonya Thomas since July 5 ($14,950 vs. $2,400)

Pro Sonya Thomas

  • Only woman to ever do 41 or more hot dogs
  • Miki Sudo is winless since her 2014 Nathan’s victory
  • Beat Miki Sudo badly in her last 2 contests at the Buffalo Wing Festival in August

Head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Matt Stonie and Sonya Thomas vs. Miki Sudo from the past two years follow after the jump.

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The Atlantic has an analysis of competitive eating's prospects after Joey Chestnut's streak of domination ends. Molly Schuyler, who halved Joey Chestnut's Big Texan record, is not mentioned as a potential successor.
Today.com has an article about competitive eaters' digestive systems. There is also a video of Joey Chestnut's and Sonya Thomas' appearance on this morning's show. .
The New York Post has an article about the termination of the relationship between Joey Chestnut and Neslie Ricasa. The planned date for their wedding was May 9.
GQ has an interview with Joey Chestnut, who says he ate chicken bones in the Wing Bowl to ensure that all the wings he ate were counted.
The NY Daily News has an interview with Joey Chestnut about his rivalry with Matt Stonie, who he calls a "really young, skinny, feminine version of me.” The 8-time Nathan's champion says that one week's training will guarantee him victory in any contest and also makes the claim that he has never lost a "major" eating contest. (Takeru Kobayashi defeated Chestnut in the 2009 Krystal Square Off.)
In a facebook chat for the NY Daily News, Joey Chestnut mentioned the possibility of a competition against Takeru Kobayashi and said Major League Eating has agreed to the event. (direct link to comment). Nathan's President and COO Wayne Norbitz said that talks were underway but nothing definite has been planned. George Shea had no comment about the matchup.
live105.cbslocal.com has a podcast of Joey Chestnut's appearance yesterday on the Kevin Klein show. He says that he has broken off his relationship with Neslie Ricasa after proposing to her during last year's Nathan's finals and that MLE prevented him from wearing an item promoting a military charity during a previous Nathan's finals.
The Trentonia reports that Joey Chestnut will compete in a pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ on September 26. Another pork roll eating contest will be held in East Rutherford, NJ on June 20. update Jun 7 A page about the contest is available on the Trenton Thunder's website.
Iguana's Tacqueria has posted pictures of two finishers of the Burritozilla in the early 2000s: Joey Chestnut and "mystery hot girl". The San Jose restaurant will hold qualifiers for a Burritozilla eating contest next month.
The Pocono Record has an interview with Joey Chestnut about judging the Nathan's qualifier at Pocono Raceway on June 7.

2015 Illegal Pete’s burritos

9News has a contest report which says that Michael Simon of the Denver Outlaws ate 4 burritos, which would put him ahead of Mary Bowers at 11th.

Top 6 | 7-11
1 Joey CHestnut 19 12 ounce burritos
2 Miki Sudo 18.5
3 Michelle Lesco 14.25
4T Adrian Morgan 14
4T Juan Rodriguez 14
6 Yasier Salem 13
7 Daniella Gioia 12
8 Josh Miller 8.5
9 Pablo Martinez 8
10 Alex Perez 5
11 Mary Bowers 3

Joey Chestnut will look to avoid his first three contest losing streak since September 2009.

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2015 Niko Niko gyro’s contest

update May 24 Fire Forks has a video of the whole contest

update May 18 Robb “Pizza Punisher” Zipp has a 32 minute video from the contest.

update Matt Stonie has defended his title with a total of 22.

The top 3 from Miki Sudo Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Matt Stonie 22
2) Joey Chestnut 15.25
3) Miki Sudo 14.5
4) Steve Hendry 10.5
5) Nate Biller 7.5
6) Costa Pollos 7
7) Nick Trevino 5.75
8) Alex Perez 4

Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo, Steve Hendry, Nate Biller and Alex Perez are expected to compete.

Joey and Matt appeared on KPRC earlier today.

previous winners

2014 May 18 1st 24 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship Houston, TX
2013 May 19 1st 22.5 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut World Gyro Eating Championship Houston, TX
2012 May 20 1st 18 10 min Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti World Gyro Eating Championship Houston, TX
2011 May 15 1st 21.5 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship Houston, TX
2010 May 15 1st 21 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship Houston, TX
2009 May 16 1st 21 10 min Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship Houston, TX
2008 May 17 1st 12 10 min Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship Houston, TX

Joey Chestnut vs. Matt Stonie, previous 365 days

2014 Nov 22 1st 9.35 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Foxwoods World Turkey-Eating Championship Mashantucket, CT
2014 Nov 22 2nd 8.45 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Foxwoods World Turkey-Eating Championship Mashantucket, CT
2014 Nov 8 1st 120 6 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie World Twinkie Eating Championship Tunica, MS
2014 Nov 8 2nd 85 6 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut World Twinkie Eating Championship Tunica, MS
2014 Oct 5 1st 20.8125 8 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship Elk Grove, CA
2014 Oct 5 2nd 19.625 8 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship Elk Grove, CA
2014 Oct 4 1st 14.75 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie World Poutine Eating Championship – pros Toronto, ON, Canada
2014 Oct 4 2nd 11.75 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut World Poutine Eating Championship – pros Toronto, ON, Canada
2014 Aug 27 1st 9.16875 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut John Ascuaga’s Nugget World Rib Eating Championship Sparks, NV
2014 Aug 27 2nd 8.1875 12 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie John Ascuaga’s Nugget World Rib Eating Championship Sparks, NV
2014 Aug 16 1st 384 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship Los Angeles, CA
2014 Aug 16 2nd 377 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship Los Angeles, CA
2014 Jul 22 1st 182 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Hooters World Wing Eating Championship Las Vegas, NV
2014 Jul 22 3rd 165 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Hooters World Wing Eating Championship Las Vegas, NV
2014 Jul 12 1st 43 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie The World Slugburger Eating Championship Corinth, MS
2014 Jul 12 2nd 42 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut The World Slugburger Eating Championship Corinth, MS
2014 Jul 4 1st 61 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2014 Jul 4 2nd 56 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2014 May 18 1st 24 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship Houston, TX
2014 May 18 2nd 21 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship Houston, TX

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2015 St. Louis Nathan’s qualifier

update May 18 A press release announces that Guinness will claim the record for most selfies taken (4,296) was set at the game. It would be interesting to know how that total was obtained.

The Cardinals official website has a video (via Teryn Schaefer)

Results

1) Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez 25
2) Kyle Hanner 16
3) Matt Raible 13

1W) Marlene Wigginton 10

Joey Chestnut appeared on KMOX yesterday

Personal bests for announced entrants

2014 Jul 4 6th 32 10 min Juan “more bite” Rodriguez Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jun 2 5th 12 10 min Matthew Raible Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men St. Paul, MN
2014 May 17 1st 9.5 10 min Marlene Wigginton Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women St. Louis, MO

Previous Winners

2014 May 17 1st 27.5 10 min Sean “Flash” Gordon Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men St. Louis, MO
2014 May 17 1st 9.5 10 min Marlene Wigginton Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women St. Louis, MO

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Bovada.lv is now taking bets on the 2015 Nathan's finals. The action currently available is the over/under (65.5 hot dogs) on Joey Chestnut's total.
Nathan's Famous will sponsor a Guiness World Records attempt for the most selfies taken at one time in conjunction with the qualifier at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on May 16. Joey Chestnut will be in attendance.
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie are expected to compete in the Niko Niko Gyro Eating Championship in Houston on May 17. This would be their first matchup of 2015.
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