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2012 Nathan’s finals coverage Part 2
General contest links
- Alt.variety contest report
- Slate.com column about Mayor Bloomberg’s apparent hypocrisy
- Piers Morgan of CNN blog entry
- Major League Eating recap video
- AFP contest videos in French | Spanish | Portuguese | Japanese
- Village Voice gallery
- Flickr galleries: helenofzuo | branko (not safe for work)
- Katina Wrocki line drawings
Competitor-specific links
- Joey Chestnut interview on 1090 San Diego: transcript | podcast (Joey reiterates his criticisms of Kobayashi he has made previously.)
- Sean Gordon podcast on the Man Cave Podcast. (Sean describes his disqualification from a 2008 Nathan’s qualifier)
- Pete Davekos podcast on ballhogs radio
- Matt Stonie gallery | Vlog Part 1 | Part 2
- Meredith Boxberger vlog Part 1 | Part 2
Joey Chestnut will serve as a celebrity scooper at the San Jose Earthquake's A&W Root Beer Float Night on Saturday from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The event is being held to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. (The Hooters Sacramento qualifier is expected to start at 6pm, so Joey Chestnut would not be able to make an unpublicized appearance at that contest.)
Dax "The Ginger" Swanson received billing as the headliner for the final Hooters wing qualifier at the California State Fair in Sacramento on Saturday with Joey Chestnut not having qualfied for the finals in Clearwater, Florida on July 26. (Joey was listed as a participant in the Miami qualifier on June 22, but did not compete.)
Joey Chestnut is The Smoking Jacket's "Mancrush of the Week". (Dwight Howard is their "Douchebag of the Week".)
The appearance of Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas on MyFoxNY this morning can be viewed online.
The Futon Critic announces that Joey Chestnut will compete in a wing eating contest against Gordon Ramsay on the July 16 episode of Hell's Kitchen on Fox.
The facebook page for Sumo Grub in Berkeley, CA announces that Joey Chestnut finished its Six Feet Under challenge on June 13 in 17 minutes. The challenge was reportedly the hardest Joey ever attempted.
Sportsbook.ag is accepting bets on the 2012 Nathan's finals (which are listed as starting at noon). Joey Chestnut is the favorite and the over/under on the total number of hot dogs eaten is 63.5 and margin of victory is 10.5 (via Darren Rovell) update more over / unders (Pat Bertoletti 53.5, Sonya Thomas 40.5)
Just-Eat.Co.UK has produced cards for Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas.
Joey Chestnut wins Mohegan Sun ribs
update June 7 Cait Plus Ate has a blog entry
update June 3 The top 5 was posted this morning:
1) Joey Chestnut 4.79 lbs.
2) Juliet Lee 4.56 closest defeat to Joey Chestnut
3) James McDonald 4.14
4) Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle 3.64
5) Brian “Dudlight” Dudzinski 2.68
7:37 Brian Dudzkinski says he ate 2.6 pounds and that an amateur received 3rd place with 4.1 pounds. “Dud Light” is not happy with the judging.
6:21 Joey Chestnut ate 4.5 lb. (The MLE twitter has yet to announce results (or the Canadian winners in Calgary))
5:56 The Lunch Belle announces that Joey Chestnut won the contest.
5:16 The contest is underway.
5:09 The introductions are underway. Caitlin Crosswell and Kim Knox Beckius think they are taking too long.
Joey Chestnut vs. Pat Bertoletti head to head results since 2009
Pat Bertoletti’s victory at the Dorney Park cheesesteak contest yesterday is the first time he has finished ahead of Joey Chestnut since the Wingstop contest held in Dallas in April 2011. Pat’s previous finishes ahead of Joey Chestnut before then came at the Mars bar eating contest in San Diego in July 2010 and the September 2009 Reno rib contest. A listing of head to head results since 2009 follows after the jump.
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Joey Chestnut earnings: 2010 vs 2011
ESPN.com has a list of the highest paid competitors by sport which lists Joey Chestnut’s 2011 earnings as $205,000, the same value given in a ninemsn.au.com article earlier this year and represents a $20,000 decline from the $225,000 he reportedly earned in 2010.
It is surprising that Joey Chestnut’s overall earnings decreased from 2010 to 2011 when the sum of the public prizes he was awarded in those years increased from $32,500 to $43,000. $43,000 to $32,250. (A raise in the TooJay’s corned beef contest first prize from $5,000 to $12,500 was responsible for $7,500 of that increase.) The discontinuation of two 2010 exhibition series Joey Chestnut participated in, Jimmy John’s sandwich makers vs. eaters and competitions sponsored by Pepto Bismol in which Joey Chestnut faced a team of amateurs, might have been responsible for some of the decline.
Listings of Joey Chestnut’s results and public prizes in 2010 and 2011 follow after the jump.
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Matt Stonie has uploaded a video of a beer chugging contest between Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti held after the asparagus eating contest. Pat Bertoletti finished his pitcher in about five seconds.
The Modesto Bee has an article about Joey Chestnut's defense of his asparagus title at the Stockton Asparagus Festival on Saturday.
A press release announces Joey Chestnut will serve as judge at a hot dog eating contest between firefighters and police officers at the San Jose Earthquakes game on May 2.
A press release from the Mohegan Sun announces that Joey Chestnut will be competing in a rib eating contest held during the casino's BBQ Fest on June 2 in Uncasville, CT.
Joey Chestnut threepeats TooJays, Rebecca Oey wins amateur
update March 23 Steve Dahl has a blog entry with a video recorded from Pat Bertoletti’s point of view
Matt Stonie has a video of the entire contest and JimTheCandleMan has a video of the awards announcements
Downtown at the Gardens has a facebook gallery
update March 19 TooJay’s has a gallery and more amateur results and Matt Stonie also has a gallery.
update March 18 PBPulse has a gallery WPTV has a news video and Badlands Booker has a rap video
update 8:45 The Palm Beach Post has an article focusing on Rebecca Oey’s victory. Sean Brockert says he will retire and open a competitive eating restaurant.
3:49 The top 6 | 7-11
1) Joey Chestnut 20 sandwiches in 10 minutes
2) Pat Bertoletti 18.5
3) Matt Stonie 14.5
4) Bob Shoudt 14
5T) Eric “Badlands” Booker 9.25
5T) Brian Dudzinski 9.25
7) Micah “Candy Man” Collins 9 fixed
8) Kevin “LA Beast” 8
9) Maria “Edible” 7.5
10) “Wild” Bill Myers 4.75
11) Sean Brockert 3.5
12) Bruce Ollis 3
3:41 Joey Chestnut won the contest with a record 20 sandwiches
3:39 The contest is done. Badlands Booker and Brian Dudzinski tied for 5th
3:18 The pro contest is about to start
2:30 Rebecca Oey, the only woman in the under card event, won the amateur contest with a total of 6.5 sandwiches in 10 minutes. 2:12 The amateur contest is under way. @KendallRumsey is posting updates
Matt Stonie has a blog entry about his corned beef training
A podcast of Joey Chestnut's interview on WRMF this morning is available. update WPTV.com has an article about Joey Chestnut. He says that he will graduate from San Diego State in May and might retire in 2013 if he wins seven Nathan's hot dog contests in a row.
The Fringe Collective has an audio interview with Joey Chestnut.
Joey Chestnut endorses Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs of Denver in a commercial.
Razor TV has two videos recorded at the CP Biggest Eater finals: Interview w/ Joey Chestnut & Sonya Thomas, clip about Singaporean winners.
NineMSN.com.au lists Joey Chestnut's 2011 competitive eating income as $205,000, a $20,000 decrease from 2010. The article also claims that Nathan's contract with ESPN has reportedly been extended to 2017. update Hmm noted the article has been pulled, it is still available in the Google cache. update #2 New link for article on msn.com
Joey Chestnut sets record in 2012 CP Biggest Eater finals
update Feb 13 Full results | NineMSN video
update 7:30 pm NineMSN.com.au has an article about the Australian competitors.
update 10:30 Official MLE results
1) Joey Chestnut 390, new record
2) Pat Bertoletti 321
3) Tim Janus 315
4) Sonya Thomas 231, women’s record
5) Juliet Lee 219
udpate 10:07 am CP Brand has a new facebook gallery of the contest site with no pictures of the competition.
update 9:50 am Pat Bertoletti announces he lost.
The contests for the qualifier winners have taken place. Korapin reports that Helen Tan won the women’s contest with 125 wontons and Ng Chin Sheng won the men’s contest with 161. Both winners are from Singapore. The MLE contest should be starting soon.
Philly.com has an article about Takeru Kobayashi participating in Wing Bowl 20 in which Joey Chestnut asks if he will be a wingette.
The San Jose Mercury has a short article about Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie completing the Coliseum pizza challenge at Tony & Alba's. The other two members of the team, Doug Blacksill and Christian Hill, are San Jose State football players. (via Tony & Alba's facebook) update Jan 18 A video of the challenge has bee uploaded.
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