update Sept 5 Crazy Legs Conti has posted part 2

update Sept 3 Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry focusing on his pre-contest activities
Jkozela has a video
Article about Michelle Lesco finishing 2nd
Dutch articles: Volksrant | WTF.nl Serbian article

update Sept 2 BuffaloNews.com has a blog entry about Joey Chestnut’s absence, which reports that he did not appear to be ill Saturday night.

Winging it TV has an interview with Miki Sudo

WGRZ has a video and Buffalo News has an article and gallery ODV Vicious has a video of the stadium screen.

Joey Chestnut says he had a sore throat and fever. YNN has an article. Ghostline Entertainment recorded videos on UStream

The top 8
1 6.7 lb / 178 wings Miki Sudo
2 4.6 Michelle Lesco
3 4.32 Sonya Thomas
4 3.5 Yasir Salem
5 3.44 Jim Reeves
6 3.06 Badlands Booker
7 3 Steve Hendry
8 2.5 Mike Landrich

Miki Sudo has won the contest with 178 wings. Sonya Thomas, Michelle Lesco and Miki Sudo are the top three finishers. This is probably the first time all top 3 in a MLE/IFOCE contest have been women (excluding the Nathan’s female divisions).

A female reportedly won the wing eating championship at the Buffalo Wing Festival festival. Joey Chestnut did not compete.

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update August 29 RGJ.com has an article and video. Scott Ruen has a video

Top 5 | Rest
1) Joey Chestnut 13.76 lb in 12 minutes, new record
2) Matt Stonie 11.2 lb, would have broken old record (9.8)
3) Miki Sudo 7 female record
4) Juan Rodriguez 6
5) Steve Hendry 4.67
6T) Don Brown 3.9
6T) Douglas Ken 3.9
8) Anthony Melchiorri 3.85
9) Drake Nelson 3.4
10) Melissa Vojtko 1.87
11) Lee Hantzsche 1.8

update Joey Chestnut has won the contest with a record 13.76 pounds

RGJ.com has a transcript of today’s chat session with Joey Chestnut, who says he is going to [expletive] Matt Stonie. RGJ.com has has a contest preview.

Matt Stonie produced a rib training video.

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A listing of head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Matt Stonie follows after the jump. They are tied in their past six contests after Joey finished ahead in the first 10 meetings.
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update August 23 Rake & Herald, Rafu Shimpo and last place finisher Chris Erskine have contest reports. Matt Stonie has a video

update August 19 #2 TMZ, Deadspin and USA Today have reports

update August 19 Stephanie Snipes, Tifftanstic and Tom Maciejewski have videos

The LA Daily News has an article

Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1) Matt Stonie 268 gyoza record
2) Joey Chestnut 251
3) Miki Sudo 204
4) Jeff Butler 160
5) Juliet Lee 155
6T) Michelle Lesco 142
6T) Juan Rodriguez 142
8) Pablo Martinez 141
9) Rich LeFevre 139
10) Steve Hendry 117
11) Dax “The Ginger” Swanson 93
12) Chillin Peng 75
13) Neslie Ricasa 59
14) Mary Bowers 53
15) Ms Takei 34
16) Mr. Erskine 30

Rich LeFevre has won the auction for the final spot and will be competing.

John McCoy has some videos on tout.com Joey Chestnut is hoping to break 260 and Mary Bowers’ goal is to hit triple digits.

Joey Chestnut guest hosted The Sports Special with Liz Habib with NBA player Matt Barnes on KTTV.

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Vice.com has a blog entry calling Joey Chestnut vs. Matt Stonie competitive eating’s next great rivalry.

The new poll asks who you think should be #2 in the next MLE top 50. A listing of head to head results over the past year for Tim Janus, Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo follows after the jump.
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update July 26 Bay News 9 has an article and behind the scenes video

TampaBay.com has an article about cooking the wings

Veggie Powered has a video of the entire contest

MyFoxTampaBay has a interview with Miki Sudo recorded before the contest billing her as the Rookie of the Year.

WTSP has a gallery

Results | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 179 wings
2) Miki Sudo 155
3) Adrian Morgan 149
4) Michelle Lesco 131
5) Sonya Thomas 128
6) Sean Gordon 113
7) Marcos Owens 109
8) Juliet Lee 108
9) Brian Subich 85
10) Erik Denmark 82
11T) Eric Badlands Booker 78
11T) Damien Boykin 78
13) Bam Martinez 72
14) Jon Bello 68
15) Neil Sebree 60
16) Alex Perez 49

Joey Chestnut has defended his title with a total of 179 wings

8:03 The contest has finished

7:52 The contest has started

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update July 16 Main St. Corinth has a video of the whole contest

Rake & Herald has a contest report

update #2 WCBI has an article and video

update WTVA has an article and video

Official results Part 1 | Part 2

Ronnie Hartman has the top 4:
1) Matt Stonie 31
2) Joey Chestnut 30
3) Juan Rodriguez 17.5
4) Ronnie Hartman 13
5) Matt Raible 9
6) Damien Boykin 8.75

Leslie Lewis reports that Matt Stonie defeated Joey Chestnut

Casey Greene reports that Joey Chestnut has yet to show up at the contest site. The contest start time is 4:30 central. upddate Joey Chestnut is at the contest site

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update July 8
Joey Chestnut post-contest wiping his face with an American flag has been controversial Barstoool Sports has produced an animated .gif of the action (direct link)

Video of entire contest | introductions

Rake & Herald reports: Report 1 | Report 2

Brian Seiken has produced a “Cheap Seats” like commentary on the contest

Matt Stonie has a gallery

Seacoast Online has a report on Matt Stonie’s runner-up performance

The Visalia Times has an article about Pablo Martinez

Business Week produced a pre-contest video featuring Yasir Salem

Crazy Legs Conti asks “Is Competitive Eating Too Sexy for the 4th of July?” in Huffington Post

Official Results Part 2

1) Joey Chestnut 69, record, 7th victory in a row
2) Matt Stonie 51 personal best
3) Tim Janus 50
5) Bob Shoudt 39.75 (corrected)
4) Adrian Morgan 38
6T) Aaron Osthoff 31
6T) Jeff Butler 31
8 Yasir Salem 30
9 Marcos Owens 29
10 Erik Denmark 28
11 Pablo Martinez 27
12 Juan Rodriguez 26
13 Pete Davekos 25
14 Ronnie Hartman 22
15 Eric Booker 21
16 Christos Kyriazis 9 (sponsor’s exemption)

Rake & Herald has an interview with Joey Chestnut

Esquire has a blog entry containing an interview with Crazy Legs Conti, who says he will attend the finals as a spectator.

Pete Davekos hinted that he might be retiring.

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This post updates a post from last year comparing Joey Chestnut’s winnings from contest prizes with his annual earnings according to ESPN Magazine, which have dropped from $218,500 in 2010 to $161,400 last year according to that periodical. The new poll asks what you think is the main reason for that decline.
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update June 21 AOL Patch and Cardboard Shell have videos (via Miki Sudo)

update June 10 Rake & Herald, Chicagoist and 60625news have contest reports

Chicago Tribune and
Miki Sudo have galleries

update June 8-2 DNAInfo and Looky Tasty have contest reports.

update June 8 Shar.es has an article and video. Matt Raible is listed as a contest judge and the contest duration is given as 8 minutes.

7:38 The top 4 | rest:
1) Miki Sudo 2.9 lb. (6 minutes, previous year’s contest was 8 minutes)
2) Michelle Lesco 2.62
3) Joey Chestnut 2.56
4) Bob Shoudt 2.31
5) Juan Rodriguez 1.99
6) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 1.56
7) Brett Bernstein 1.17 amateur winner
8) Andrew Skweres 1.16 Chicago Wing Bowl representative
9) Eric Hucke 1.14

update June 8
Winning Ribmania totals

It appears that before tonight, Sonya Thomas was the only woman to have defeated Joey Chestnut. Miki Sudo and Michelle Lesco have tripled that number.

update 7:16 central Miki Sudo reportedly won the contest. (7:24) Miki’s victory is confirmed, this is the second upset in a row at the Chicago Ribfest after Tim Brown defeated Pat Bertoletti last year.

DNAInfo has a Skype interview with Joey Chestnut.

ChicagoNow and Constant Contact have reports on yesterday’s amateur qualifier won by Brett “The Ravenous Rabbi” Bernstein.

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