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Matt Stonie defends Slugburger title
2014 men’s Nathans finals
Official Top 3 (Full results – July 8)
1) Joey Chestnut 61 8th victory in a row, proposed to Neslie Ricasa before contest
2) Matt Stonie 56
3) Tim Janus 44
4T) Brian Dudzinski 34
4T) Erik Denmark 34
6) Juan Rodriguez 32
7) Adrian Morgan 29
8) Marcos Owens 26
9) Badlands Booker 25
10) Yasir Salem 19.75
11) Aaron Osthoff 19.5
12) Pablo Martinez 17
13) Ronnie Hartman, 14
14T) Sean Gordon, 10
14T) Sgt. Horacio Chanyau, 10
16) Colin Shirlow 3
Jeff Butler missed the contest due to a cancelled flight
Post contest coverage
- ESPN.com article
- Daily Beast contest report
- Brooklyn Paper article and gallery
- Rick Telander of the Chicago Sun Times calls MLE eaters “professional bulimics” and claims he witness much backstage vomiting when he attended a Nathan’s finals
- Guardian.com article
- Video of Sport Science segment about competitive eating seen during Nathan’s broadcast
- Village Voice gallery and animated GIF of Joey Chestnut eating 61 hot dogs
- Bleacher Report claims Matt Stonie is “ushering in a new era of competitive eating”
- Broadway World gallery
- Seacoast Online article about Matt Stonie
- Juan Rodriguez gallery – 32 hot dogs
- Aaron Osthoff article – 20 hot dogs
- Pablo Martinez article – 17 hot dogs
- Ronnie Hartman article – no total
- Crazy Legs Conti poem based on “The Night Before Christmas”
The men’s Nathan’s contest will be live at noon eastern on ESPNews and ESPN3.com. It will be rerun on ESPN2 at 2pm eastern. If the France / Germany World Cup game goes to overtime / penalty kicks, it will cut into that program. The contest will also be rerun at 6pm eastern today and July 5 and 6.
Matt Stonie has defeated Joey Chestnut in two of their last three matchups. He has also posted a training session video where he ate 66 hot dogs; if he can replicate that today, he could threatens Joey Chestnut’s Nathan’s streak.
Pre contest coverage
- Joey Chestnut
The Atlantic asks if Joey Chestnut is the most dominant athlete of all time
Joey Chestnut gives a minute by minute contest report to the Hollywood Reporter
Appearance on Vice.com’s “Fat Jew Show” about Joey Chestnut’s bathroom experiences
Esquire.com graphic about 27,6000 calories in 69 hot dogs - Matt Stonie
SeaCoastOnline of New Hampshire calls Matt Stonie a local - The Daily Mail calls Matt Stonie “The World’s Youngest Competitive Eater”
- Erik Denmark
Appearance on the Jason Smith show - Colin Shirlow
Dubbelin.com article about addition to finals field
Flashback November 2013: Joey Chestnut was the first person to finish the Balense reus burger challenge at Broodjeshoek in Balen, Belgium and won a prize of 785 Euros (picture).
Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas will participate in a hot dog eating contest on LIVE with Kelly and Michael on July 1.
Bob Shoudt reports that he currently appears with Joey Chestnut in a picture on the home page of FoxNews.com used to illustrate a story about the dangers of processed red meat.
Joey Chestnut co-stars in a commercial with John Gruden and John Daly promoting watching soccer/fútbol at Hooters (The World Cup is not explicitly mentioned due to trademark issues). The ad received negative reviews from Eurosport and Fansided.
Matt Stonie wins 2014 Niko Niko gyros
update May 26 Rake & Herald has a contest report
Niko Niko’s has a video
update May 19 ABC13 and Examiner have articles
Robb Zipp has videos: intro | contest | results
Adrian Morgan has a gallery
Full Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Matt Stonie 24
2) Joey Chestnut 21
3) Adrian Morgan 12.5
4) Miki Sudo 11.5
5) Juan Rodriguez 9.5
6) Steve Hendry 8
7) Nate Biller 6.5
8) Mark Preng 5.5
9T) Alex Perez 4.5
9T) Tommy Miller 4.5
11 Nicole Miller 3.5
12 Alex Brouskakis 3
Niko Niko’s reports Matt Stonie ate 24 gyros to set a new record.
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie appeared on Local 2 Houston this morning.
StLouis.CBSLocal.com has a podcast of an interview Joey Chestnut did with KMOX about attending Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in St. Louis.
2014 Pork in the Park Wing War
update May 19 Rake & Herald has a contest report Part 1 | Part 2
gons041 has a video
update May 14 Crazy Legs Conti has a contest report for the Huffington Post
update May 13 Rebecca Tully has a video of the amateur contest Brian Seiken has a video of the professional competition and the weighing
update May 12 Kyle Hanner won the amateur contest with 58 wings in 5 minutes. Defending amateur champion Lauren Smith was 3rd w/44.
update DelMarvaNow has an article
Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 220 wings
2) Adrian Morgan 186 wings
3) Michelle Lesco 166 wings
4) Miki Sudo 164 wings,first loss to another woman
5) Tim Janus 144
6) Sonya Thomas 142
7) Juliet Lee 133
8) Marcos Owens 127
9) Steve Hendry 123
10) Yasir Salem 97
11) Bill Myers 87
12) Crazy Legs Conti 68
13) Brian Seiken 59
Kyle Hanner reports that Joey Chestnut won with 220 wings.
In last year’s contest the winner of the 6 minute amateur contest, Lauren Smith ate almost as many wings (69) as the last place professional, Crazy Legs Conti, despite the 12 minute duration of that event.
In honor of Mother’s Day, the new poll asks who you think is the top mother in competitive eating history.
A racehorse named after Joey Chestnut won a race at the Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday.
Joey Chestnut and Neslie Ricasa are doing a fundraiser for Patriot PAWS in conjuction with their combined totals in the Nathan's finals on July 4 where they hope to exceed 90 hot dogs. (Neslie Ricasa has yet to qualify for Coney Island.)
Joey Chestnut and Carson "Collard Green" Hughes (RIP) appear in a book titled What the World Eats containing photographs of the daily food consumption of 80 people from around the world.
2014 Stockton Asparagus Festival
update May 5 Miki Sudo has a contest report
update April 27 The Record and binocularBob have videos
Recordnet has an article
The official top 4 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 12 lb. 8.75 oz. new record
2) Matt Stonie 12 lb. 6 oz.
3) Miki Sudo 7 lb. 4 oz.
4) Steve Hendry 5 lb. 4 oz
5) Chad Cole 2 lb 8 oz
6) Jonathan Vincent 2 lb 4 oz
6) Cameron Sharp 2 lb 4 oz
8) Cameron Bidwell 2 lb
8) Jon Davis 2 lb
10) Muhammad Mahmoud 1 lb 12oz
11) Daniel Osuna 1 lb 4 oz
12) Ms Felicia Lopez 1 lb
The contest has started. This is the first meeting between Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie since the “Megatoad” ended a 10 contest winning streak at the Wind Creek Throwdown.
The temperature is 64, which is generally lower than in previous years.
Joey Chestnut sets record at Florida Ice Cream Festival
Update April 15 – The Ledger has a contest report
Ronnie Hartman and Danielle Klein have contest videos
Miki Sudo has a contest report
Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1 Joey Chestnut 15 pints
2 Miki Sudo 13.5
3T Ronnie Hartman 10.5
3T Michelle Lesco 10.5
5 Brian Dudzinski 9.25
6T Mike Jenkins 7.5
6T Bryan Weller 7.5
8 Daniella Gioia 7.25
9 Jason Smith 6
10 Sean Brokerct 4.5
5:14 pm Joey Chestnut has set a record with 15 pints in 6 minutes
Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco, Ronnie Hartman and Brian Dudzinski are expected to compete.
A podcast of Joey Chestnut’s appearance on AMTB yesterday is available.
In 2012 and 2013, a Hooters wing eating qualifier has been held in conjunction with the opening round of the Masters. We are a week away from the start of that golf tournament in Augusta, GA and I have yet to see any information about a 2014 Hooters MLE circuit. (There will be at least one MLE event at Hooters this month: Joey Chestnut will attend a Final Four party at the Hooters in West End, TX on Sunday).
The Tailgate Fan blog has a brief recap of Joey Chestnut's competitive eating career.
FunnyOrDie.com has a list of Oscar picks and mini movie reviews reportedly by Joey Chestnut.
Brand Republic lists Joey Chestnut as a Pizza Hut "superfan" due to his victory in the Chow-lenge eating contest in 2010.
Joey Chestnut has been nominated for the "Outstanding New Limit" category of ESPN's Sport Science Newton Awards, which will be announced tomorrow on the 5 pm eastern edition of Sportcenter. One of Joey's rivals for the category is marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who wrote an anti-competitive eating column for the Huffington Post last year.
2014 Orlando Chilli Cookoff
update Feb 9 Ruptly TV and Mystifier Man have videos
update My News 13 has an article and video
Ronnie Hartman has the top 5 (6 – 10)
- Joey Chestnut 2.125 gallons (new record) (8.5 32 oz. bowls)
- Bob Shoudt 1.9 (7.45 bowls)
- Tim Janus 1.8 (7.25 bowls)
- Matt Stonie 1.75 (7 bowls)
- Sonya Thomas
1.5(3.5 bowls) - Yasir Salem (3 bowls)
- Ronnie Hartman (2.5 bowls)
- Tuddle (.76 bowls)
- Robert Palmer (0.5 bowls)
- Eric “Badlands” Booker DQ
The contest has apparently not started yet.
The Eastern Shore Wing War will take place at the Pork in the Park festival in Salisbury, MD on May 11. Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his title.
Vitthaya Morawong posted a picture of Joey Chestnut at Gold Curry in Bangkok, where he finished a 6kg (13.2 lb.) curry challenge in 27:30 on November 18, 2013 according to the restaurant's facebook. Joey says he intends to attempt the 10kg challenge in the future.
Randy Santel attempted the Balense reus burger challenge at Broodjeshoek in Balen, Belgium yesterday. He is not the first American to attempt the challenge, Joey Chestnut was the first person to complete the challenge last month, winning the jackpot of 785 euros ($1080) (he donated 350 euros ($480) to charity). (video | article 1 | article 2)
2013 St. Elmo’s Shrimp Cocktail eating contest
update Dec 12 He Eats She Drinks has a contest video
Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry for the Huffington Post
update Dec 10 CT News has a contest report
update #2 The Indy Star also has a gallery. WISH TV has an article and video. Big City Photography has a facebook gallery.
update The Indy Star has a video
The top 6: (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 9.25 lb 8 minutes
2) Yasir Salem 5 lb.
3) Crazy Legs Conti 4.25
4) Matt Raible 4
5) Tracy Goode 3
6) Craig “The Doctor” Evans 2
This might be the coldest outdoor contest in IFOCE/MLE history. The current temperature in Indianapolis is 25F
Joey Chestnut appeared on ESPN College GameDay earlier today and picked the Big 10 championship game.
Ray Steele has interviews with Joey Chestnut and Tracy Goode.
Registration is now open on ifoce.com for the World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship that will be held before the Big Ten conference championship game in Indianapolis on December 7. Joey Chestnut is expected to compete.
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