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Joey Chestnut defends Nathan’s title with record 75
update Official results
| 1st | 75 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | contest record |
| 2nd | 42 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 39.5 | Nick Wehry | combined with Miki Sudo’s 48.5 to set couples record of 88 |
| 4th | 24 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 20 | Eric “Badlands” Booker |
Joey Chestnut has defended his Nathan’s Famous hot dog title with a record 75 hot dogs.
Joey Chestnut guarantees he will break the Nathan's hot dog eating contest record on July 4 in an interview with TMZ.com. He is hoping for a total of 77 hot dogs and believes the indoor setting will bolster his performance. In his previous indoor Nathan's contest, the 2007 Arizona Mills qualifier, he broke the existing record with a total of 59.5 hot dogs.
Joey Chestnut has passed 100,000 subscribers to his youtube channel
Joey Chestnut posted a picture of a practice session for 2020 Nathan's hot dog eating contest to his instagram.
Joey Chestnut did an interview on KROQ yesterday. He says that Nathan's hopes to have some type of July 4 competition, but plans have yet to be fixed. They are looking at a Brooklyn site for the event away from the traditional Coney Island venue.
Joey Chestnut did an interview for News 12 which reports that representatives from MLE are not sure if the 2020 Nathan's finals will take place in 2020.
BetOnline Quarantine Challenge Finals
Official Results – finals
1:50 Joey Chestnut (Penalized 1 Sec)
2:48 Gideon Oji (Penalized 5 Sec)
3rd place
2:36 Nick Wehry (Penalized 3 Sec)
2:40 Darron Breeden (Penalized 1 Sec)
The BetOnline Quarantine Challenge Finals between Gideon Oji and Joey Chestnut can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDNkbtTZd-A The food will be 10 cups of Nissin Cup Ramen. There will also be a third place matchup between Darron Breeden and Nick Wehry.
"Hamilton" playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda was disappointed he missed Joey Chestnut in a Zoom group chat started by Katie Nolan of ESPN to determine who could bring in the most famous participant. (Joey appears around 3:50). Mike Golic Jr took credit for delivering Joey Chestnut.
TMZ has an interview with Joey Chestnut, who says he is training for the 2020 Nathan's finals even though he thinks they are in doubt. He would be willing to do a solo exhibition if the event is cancelled.
Joey Chestnut has posted a video of him attempting 32 McDonald's Big Macs. He has passed 50,000 subscribers for his youtube channel.
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, George Chiger and Michael Whities attempted the two foot pizza slice challenge yesterday with Esper and Chestnut tying for the new record at 40 seconds. The restaurant will pay $2500 if the record is broken. (Michael Whities video)
2020 New Orleans Red Beans and Rice
The top 3. There was at least 20 minutes between contest conclusion and the announcement of any results, which might be a MLE record. update Remainder of results
| 1st | 39.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 32.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 29.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 23.75 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 5th | 19.5 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 19.5 | “Big Eater Mike” Michael Whities | |
| 7th | 19 | Gideon Oji | |
| 8th | 15.75 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 9th | 13.5 | Brett “The Branimal” Healey | |
| 10th | 8 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden, Gideon Oji, Adrian Morgan, George Chiger, Brett Healey, Crazy Legs Conti, Steve Hammond, Mike Whities and Alex Perez are expected to compete. The contest is expected to start at 3pm central.
Geoff Esper posted a practice session video
Joey Chestnut and Crazy Legs Conti did a radio interview yesterday.
Joey Chestnut, Adrian Morgan and Mike Golic Jr. faced off in a beignet eating contest in New Orleans MCed by Katie Nolan of ESPN to promote tonight's college football championship game.
TheThings.com has curated a gallery of 19 pictures of Joey Chestnut eating Nathan's hot dogs.
2019 St. Elmo’s shrimp cocktail contest
Official results 8 minutes
| 1st | 10 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | wins for 7th year in a row |
| 2nd | 7 | George Chiger | |
| 2nd | 7 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 6.2 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 5.1 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 6th | 4.9 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 7th | 3.2 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | 3.1 | John Gebhard | |
| 8th | 3.1 | Matthew Raible |
St. Elmo’s said they will stream the contest at https://www.facebook.com/stelmosteakhouse/ at 3:30 but a video has not started yet. update The video has started
Joey Chestnut, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Derek Jacobs and Darrien Thomas are expected to compete.
The absence of Geoff Esper guarantees that Joey Chestnut cannot be tied for the most MLE non-qualifier victories in 2019, even if the San Jose Waffle matchup is not counted as an official competition.
Joey Chestnut outate a team consisting of three former Indianapolis Colts, Joe Staysniak, Rocky Boiman and Wil Wolford, at an eating contest held at halftime of today's Colts game, 40 shrimp to 32 over 90 seconds.
Gear Patrol has 6 tips from Joey Chestnut about Thanksgiving Dinner.
Joey Chestnut will face off against former Colts Joe Staysniak, Will Wolford and Rocky Boiman in a St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail eating contest at halftime of Sunday's Indianapolis Colts game.
Joey Chestnut ate 81 waffles over 8 minutes to win an eating contest held at tonight's San Jose Barracudas game. Matt Stonie was the runner-up with 75. update Contest video
The UC Berkeley student newspaper has a column asking if Joey Chestnut will wind up in hell for the sin of gluttony.
2019 Circuit of the Americas Brisket
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 27 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | failed to break record due to larger sandwiches according to George Shea |
| 2nd | 17.5 | Nick Wehry | announced as 4th |
| 3rd | 17 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 16.75 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 5th | 16.1 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 15 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 7th | 14 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 8th | 13.5 | George Chiger | |
| 9th | 10.25 | Greg “The Savage” Wilson | |
| 10th | 9 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 12th | 5 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
George Shea said that larger sandwiches prevented Joey Chestnut from breaking the MLE brisket sandwich eating record (34.75) held by Bob Shoudt.
Live video of brisket eating contest at Circuit of the Americas in Austin
2019 Pacific Park tacos
| 1st | 82 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 69.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 69 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 69 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 47 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 24 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 7th | 16 | “Dr. Fantastic” Monte Cook | |
| 8th | 15 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 9th | 14 | Cory Hayashi | |
| 10th | 12 | Jason Krause |
2019 Trenton Thunder pork roll eating contest
Official results with Rene Rovtar additions
| 1st | 61.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | new record |
| 2nd | 43.67 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 38 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 31 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 30 | Miki Sudo | |
| 6th | 23.5 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | claims he ate 27.5 |
| 7th | 21 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 20 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 9th | 12 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 10th | 10.5 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 11th | 7 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 6 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 13th | 4.67 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Results from the live video
1) Joey Chestnut 61 pork rolls, new record
2) Geoff Esper 43
3) Darron Breeden 38
4 or 5 Miki Sudo 30
Aaron Cohen has a live video
Geoff Esper takes lead over Joey Chestnut for 2019 victories
With two victories at the Buffalo Wing Festival, Geoff Esper has moved ahead of Joey Chestnut for total MLE victories in 2019 (excluding qualifiers),
8 Geoff Esper
7 Joey Chestnut
3 Miki Sudo
2 Darron Breeden
1 Adrian Morgan
1 Gideon Oji
1 Matt Stonie
All first place results are after the jump
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2019 Buffalo Wing Festival wing championship
update Sept 2MLE has yet to post more than the top 3, but Miki Sudo has full results
| 1st | 281 | Geoffrey Esper | record |
| 2nd | 276 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 221 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 217 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 212 | Joel Hansen | |
| 6th | 182 | Nick Wehry | |
| 7th | 134 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 8th | 133 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 114 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 10th | 112 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 11th | 81 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
https://www.instagram.com/buffalowingfestival/ will be showing videos of the contest on its stories.
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