Silicon Valley Taco Fest eating contest
update Aug 21
BigJonTV video | Mercury News article | Sergio Reyes Raya video | Cameron Birdwell instagram gallery
Official results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 94.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 88.5 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 3rd | 63.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 49.5 | Steve Hendry | |
| 5th | 45 | Cameron Birdwell | |
| 6th | 28 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 6th | 28 | Aaron Stroope | |
| 8th | 26 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 9th | 22 | Jon Davis | |
| 10th | 11 | Nick Nollander | |
| 11th | 10 | Kathleen Walsh |
The contest can be viewed on Facebook Live
2017 Chicken Spiedie contest
update Aug 18 Darron Breeden has a video
Michael Deitz says Daniella Gioia ate 5.75
PressConnects gallery
WENY has an article
Full results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 25.5 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 2nd | 23.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 23.5 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 4th | 20 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 5th | 17.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 6th | 14 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 7.5 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 8th | 5.25 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 9th | 4.5 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
| 10th | 1 | “DJ Vinny” | |
| 11th | 0.75 | Daniella Gioia |
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie appeared on WBNG yesterday to promote the contest.
Mashed.com has a post titled "The Untold Truth of Matt Stonie".
2017 Baked Bear ice cream sandwich eating contest
update Jun 5 The Times of San Diego has a contest report.
update Post-contest interview with Joey Chestnut. He says he made $300,000 from competitive eating last year.
Full results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 25.25 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | won in OT |
| 2nd | 25.25 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 1st meeting w Chestnut since October |
| 3rd | 14 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 13 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 5th | 12.5 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 6th | 10 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 6th | 10 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks | |
| 8th | 6.5 | Carlene LeFevre | |
| 9th | 6 | Jon Haley | |
| 10th | ? | Barbara LaBarge | |
| 11th | 3.5 | Mallory Kelly | |
| 12th | 3 | Sabrina Quezada |
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie tied with 25, with Chestnut winning the overtime
Facebook Live contest video
Matt Stonie has been added to the roster of the Baked Bear World Ice-Cream Sandwich Eating Championship in San Diego Sunday. This will be his first matchup vs. Joey Chestnut since October 1.
Elk Horn Tivoli Fest aebleskiver eating contest
update SWIowaNewsSource.com has an article
Blake’s Garage has a video
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 87 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 2nd | 73 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 53 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 4th | 45 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 5th | 32 | Sophia Devita | |
| 6th | 26 | Mark “the muncher” Williams | |
| 7th | 24 | Matthew Raible |
It appears Matt Stonie won the aebleskiver eating contest in Elk Horn, IA according to this picture.
Matt Stonie defends National Harbor Peeps
update Apr 12 Matt Stonie and Capital News Service have videos
update Apr 11 DCRefined.com has a gallery
JTubeVideos has a contest video
update Full results have been posted: Official top 5 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 255 | Matt Stonie | 5 minutes, new record, 1st contest of 2017 |
| 2nd | 238 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 170 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 4th | 165 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
| 5th | 155 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 113 | Kevin Ambs | |
| 7th | 110 | Yasir Salem | |
| 8th | 70 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 9th | 67 | Mike Deitz | |
| 9th | 67 | Sarah Reinecke | probably top NW USA woman in MLE with one contest |
| 11th | 47 | William Myers |
National Harbor has a periscope
Washingtonian interviewed Matt Stonie about the contest.
Carmen Cincotti produced a practice video.
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie were both at a San Jose area Iguana's Tacqueria for yesterday's Kevin Klein Live radio show. It does not appear either of them attempted to retake the five pound Burritozilla record from Molly Schuyler.
Matt Stonie is one of Resonate's candidates for Asian of the Year 2016.
Matt Stonie will do a live pizza challenge tomorrow at 9 pm eastern / 6 pm Pacific on the live.me app.
2016 Memphis Moonpies
The top 3 update Top 5 from “Juan More Bite” update The rest of the results from Juan
| 1st | 85 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | new record |
| 2nd | 72 | Carmen Cincotti | originally listed as 75 |
| 3rd | 62 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 4th | 56 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 5th | 53 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 6th | 49 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 38 | Josh Miller | |
| 8th | 27.5 | Ethan Teske | |
| 9th | 26 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 10th | 25 | Sophia Devita | |
| 11th | 20 | Matthew Raible |
2016 Smoke’s Poutinerie
update Oct 5 Videos: Carmen Cincotti | Erik Lamkin vlog | Scott Lomas Introductions / Contest start
update Oct 2
Articles: Toronto Sun | Canoe.ca | Sina.com
Thank you on reddit.com for holding the contest
Videos: Eduardo M | Erik Lamkin video of vegan protestors from Direct Action Everywhere. Unlike at Nathan’s, they do not appear to have interfered with the contest table. This is the third MLE contest in 2016 the group has protested (Chicago Ribs, Nathan’s, poutine)
Instagram videos from “Step Daddy J”‘ have the top 3 for the amateur contest:
1st 9 Erik “The Electric” Lamkin
2nd 6 John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic
3rd 5 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
update Here is what MLE reports are the pro results: Part 1 | Part 2
1 Joey Chestnut 25.5
2 Carmen Cincotti 25
3 Matt Stonie 23.25
4 Geoff Esper 18.5
5 Gideon Oji 14.5
6 Michelle Lesco 13
7 Yasir Salem 12.5
8 Badlands Booker 10.75
9 Jim Reeves 8.6
9 Steven Dorgo 8.6
11 Bill Myers 8
12 Ben Do 7.75
13 Jesse Kankula 7
Erik Lamkin reports he won the amateur contest
Erik Lamkin produced a training video
Previous winners
| 2015 Oct 3 | 1st | 22 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | World Poutine Eating Championship – pros | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2014 Oct 4 | 1st | 14.75 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | World Poutine Eating Championship – pros | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2013 Oct 19 | 1st | 24 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2012 Oct 13 | 1st | 9.5 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2011 Sep 24 | 1st | 9.75 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2010 May 22 | 1st | 13 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
Toronto Life has an interview with Matt Stonie about competing in the Smoke’s Poutinerie’s World Poutine Eating Championship on Saturday.
2016 White Hut cheeseburgers
Results from the Big E Fair in West Springfield, MA (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)
1) Matt Stonie 41 burgers in 10 minutes
2) Carmen Cincotti 38
3) Geoffrey Esper 35.5
4T) Brian Dudzinski 21
4T) Eric “Badlands” Booker 21
6) Bill Myers 14
7) Crazy Legs Conti 12.5
8) James Burgess 11
9) Jon Taylor 10
10 Steven Wojick 7
2016 Day-Lee Foods Gyoza Championship
update Aug 26 KPCC has a contest report
update Aug 23 ouendantengoku has a contest video
update Flickr.com gallery
The top 5 | Part 2
1 Matt Stonie 323
2 Geoff Esper 243
3 Miki Sudo 229
4 Gideon Oji 183
5 Juan Rodriguez 181
6 Rich LeFevre 168
7 Pablo Martinez 127
8 Eric “Badlands” Booker 116
9 Carlene LeFevre 80
10 Doug Ecks 72
11 Mary Bowers 65
12 Shimizu 63
13 Lesley Ryder 50
The contest can be viewed on facebook live.
Matt Stonie has been added to the roster of the gyoza eating contest August 20 in Los Angeles, where he is expected to face Joey Chestnut for the fourth time in 2016.
Joey Chestnut retakes title with record 70
update Jul 8 The Guardian has a gallery
Protesters also apparently tried to jump Crazy Legs Conti near the start of the contest which required police intervention. This is probably the reason for the one hot dog performance.
Dan Katz reports that protesters from PETA knocked over his plates and threw fake blood on him.
The top 8 | 9-16
1 Joey Chestnut 70
2 Matt Stonie 53, 9 less than 2015
3 Carmen Cincotti 42
4 Gideon Oji 38
5 Geoff Esper 37.5
6 Adrian Morgan 36
7T Yasir Salem 31
7T Erik Denmark 31
9 Rich LeFevre 29
10 Marcos Owens 28
11 Juan Rodriguez 27
12 Eric “Badlands” Booker 25
13 Brian Dudzinski 24
14 Steven Schuster 16
15 Dan “Big Cat” Katz 12
16 Crazy Legs Conti 1 (protest performance?)
Joey Chestnut has regained the title with a finals record 70 hot dogs
This will be a big hour for Bay Area sports. Kevin Durant has decided to join the Golden State Warriors and San Joseans Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie should finish top 2 barring a shocking upset.
Red Bulletin has five competitive eating tips from Matt Stonie.
The youtube channel for Nathan's Famous just uploaded a lot of promo videos for the Nathan's finals starring Matt Stonie and Joey Chestnut.
Reason.com has a column asking what Matt Stonie would think of the new FDA nutrition label.
Over five years into his competitive eating career, a "Rookie Card" for Matt Stonie can be found in boxes of 2016 Leaf Sports Heroes.
2016 Chico silver dollar pancakes
update May 29 Orovillemr.com has a contest report
Full results: Part 1 | Part 2
1 Matt Stonie 113
2 Rich LeFevre 89
3 Steve Hendry 69
4 Erik Denmark 45
5 Kirk Taylor 36
6 Chris Nichols 27
7 Dan Mires 25
7T Chris Haywood 25
9 Jerry Leu 20
10 David, Josh and Ayla 15
Matt Stonie won the contest with 113 1oz pancakes
Angie Hendry is doing a periscope video
Matt Stonie did an interview with Chicoer about the contest.
Joey Chestnut ends Matt Stonie’s streak @ Houston gyro contest
update May 16 Chron.com has an article and gallery. ABC 13 has a video Holleratgeorge has a contest video
The top 9 (Official top 4)
1 Joey Chestnut 30, continues undefeated 2016
2 Matt Stonie 28.5, first defeat since Nov 22 2014 Foxwoods turkey contest
3T Miki Sudo 18
3T Geoff Esper 18
5 Adrian Morgan 16
6 Michelle Lesco 13.5
7 Steve Hendry 13
8 Josh Miller 12
9 Nate Biller 10
? Alex Perez
Gideon Oji had travel issues
Manuel Delgado has a periscope video
Houstonia Magazine has an interview with Matt Stonie
Previous winners:
| 2015 May 17 | 1st | 22.2 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2014 May 18 | 1st | 24 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2013 May 19 | 1st | 22.5 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2012 May 20 | 1st | 18 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2011 May 15 | 1st | 21.5 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2010 May 15 | 1st | 21 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2009 May 16 | 1st | 21 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
| 2008 May 17 | 1st | 12 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship | Houston, TX |
Matt Stonie will appear on Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon on NBC at 8pm tomorrow.
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