update Videos: snapchat | Doug Schwartz

Update The Norwich Bulletin has an article and gallery

Official results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

update Adam Benson reports that Miki Sudo has upset Joey Chestnut

Joey Chestnut appeared on Fox 61 yesterday and said he had a upcoming lobster eating contest which has yet to be added to the MLE calendar.

Winners of previous IFOCE/MLE turkey contests

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Tulsaworld article | results

Joey Chestnut ate 66 sausages to win today’s contest at Lind @e Oktoberfest in Tulsa.

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update Oct 17 Yasir Salem was 7th place

update Oct 12 Ben’s Chili Bowl has a facebook gallery

Full results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

The top 3: 1) Joey Chestnut 2) Tim Janus 3) Gideon Oji

It appears Joey Chestnut defended his title

Joey Chestnut interviews yesterday: WUSA | WTOP

Previous winners

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update Oct 7 The Elk Grove Citizen has a contest report

Results part 1 | part 2 | part 3

Elk Grove Citizen has a video

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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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update WCPO and local12 have videos. Joey did a pre-contest appearance on WLWT

Results of today’s bratwurst eating contest at Zinzinatti Oktoberfest
Official results part 1 | part 2 | part 3

1 Joey Chestnut 45 sausages
2T Scott Thomas 31
2T Gideon Oji 31
4 Bill Myers 20
5 Matt Cohen 19
6 Matt Raible 16
7 Andrew Kogutkiewicz 14.75
8 Liz McClurg 10

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update Sept 8 The Buffalo News has a gallery The UB Spectrum has a report on the college wing contest

update Sept 7 Full Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Previous winners

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Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Joey Chestnut ate 5 pounds of food in 7:17 to win the Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wing Festival.

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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

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

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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 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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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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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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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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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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