Matt Stonie appears on the cover of today’s edition of Parade Magazine. The topic of the newspaper insert is people’s annual income. (Ironically, he has Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) on his left and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on his right). His earnings are listed as $33,850, a figure which looks surprisingly familiar.

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update Feb 18 Crazy Legs Conti has a Huffington Post report. He says he was deducted 2 plates for a “glove of frosting” on his right hand.

update Feb 18 Michael Jenkins has a contest video

update Feb 16 Santiago Castro has a video

Whole Foods Market has a contest video

The official top 5 | #6-#9
1) Matt Stonie 14.5 pounds in 8 minutes
2) Miki Sudo 9 pounds
3) Nate Biller 6.5 pounds
4) Michael Jenkins 5.5 pounds
5) Crazy Legs Conti 5 pounds
6) Steve Glazier 4 pounds
7) Mike Erthal 3 pounds
8) DJ Eddie 2.5 pounds
9) Barry Rosenblum 1.5 pounds

The contest is underway.

Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo appeared on Wild 95.5 yesterday

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• Glutton Force Five has a cooking video where they cook a “Frankenturkey” stuffed with White Castle burgers, french fries and cranberry juice brine.
• Matt Stonie has a new video where he eats a 15 pound “turkducken”.
• Gizmodo has a blog entry and video asking “How Much Food Can You Actually Eat This Thanksgiving?”

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update The Day has an article and video. MassLive has an article with a gallery

Full Results (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 9.35 lbs.
2) Matt Stonie 8.45 lbs.
3) Miki Sudo 6.2
4) Michelle Lesco 5.4
5) Juliet Lee 5.2
6) Erik Denmark 3.75
7) Eric “Badlands” Booker 3.7
8) Yasir Salem 3
9) Graham Kist 2.85
10) Crazy Legs Conti 2.3
11) Bill Myers 2.25

update 3:04 Joey Chestnut has been announced as the winner with a total of 9.35 in 10 minutes

update 2:57 The contest is over. A video is available before results have been announced.

Courant has an interview with Joey Chestnut, who expects to marry Neslie Ricasa in May. Graham Kist is listed as another competitor.

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Matt Stonie has reportedly won today’s Twinkie eating contest in Tunica, MS.

Official Results (Part 1 | Part 2)

1 Matt Stonie 120
2 Joey Chestnut 85
3 Michelle Lesco 46
4 Badlands Booker 45
5 Yasir Salem 41
6 Nate Biller 36
7 Daniella Gioia 35
8 Matt Raible 27
9 Alex Perez 18

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Official results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1 Matt Stonie 101
2 Michelle Lesco 49.5
3 Steve Hendry37
4 Ed Chin 35
5 Dax Swanson 29
6 Steven Banuelos 10
7 Mary Bowers 18.5
8T Jon Davis 14
8T Harold Montes 14
10 Kimani Jones 11
11 Anthony Ware 7.5

Chacho’s has a video from the contest

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update The Sacramento Bee has an article and video.

Official results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1) Matt Stonie 20 lbs. 13 oz.
2) Joey Chestnut 19 lbs. 10 oz.
3) Miki Sudo 12 lbs. 8 oz.
4) Erik Denmark 11 lbs.
5) Steve Hendry 9 lbs.
6) Brian Dudzinski 8 lbs. 11 oz.
7) Michelle Lesco 8 lbs. 4 oz.
8) Juan Rodriguez 7 lbs
9) Pablo Martinez 6 lbs
10) Ed Fertuna 4 lbs 3 oz.
11) Mary Bowers 3 lbs. 12 oz.
12) Mayor Davis 2 lbs. 12 oz.
13) Rich Lozano 2 lbs. 8 oz.
14) Michael Best 11 oz.

update Matt Stonie has won the contest with a reported total of 20 lbs. 13 oz. Joey Chestnut ate 19 pounds.

The Sacramento Bee has an interview with Miki Sudo about competing in the contest.

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update Oct 11 Kinja.com has a contest report

update Oct 6 GSHLTV has videos Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

update Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

The Toronto Sun and Toronto Star have articles

Canculture magazine has a video

1) Matt Stonie 14.75
2) Joey Chestnut 11.75
3) Erik Denmark 8.5
4) Adrian Morgan 8.25
5T) Marcos Owens 6
5T) Jim Reeves 6
7 Yasir Salem 5.75
8T) Meredith Boxberget 5.5
8T) Badlands Booker 5.5
10) Ben Do 4.5
11) Larell Marie Mele 3.75
12) “Wild” Bill Myers 3.5

Amateur results
1) Steven Dorgo won eat off
2) Jesse Kankula
3) Kyle DeSousa

Matt Stonie has upset Joey Chestnut

Breakfast Television Toronto did a segment about the contest yesterday.

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update Oct 23 Matt Stonie has a video

update Aug 21 The contest facebook reports the resuls for Andrew “the Bear” Kogutkiewicz and Josh Miller were switched

update Aug 18 Danny Chau has a contest report for grantland.com TMZ also has an article

A video of the final 1:30 is available on youtube.

update Backyard Bite has a blog entry

The top 4 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 384
2) Matt Stonie 377
3) Miki Sudo 199
4) Erik Denmark 181
5) Juan Rodriguez 180
6) Rich LeFevre 175
7T) Badlands Booker 157
7T) Marcos Owens 157
9) Steve Hendry 149
10) Pablo Martinez 139
11 Josh Miller 117
12T) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 66
12T) Danny Chau (Grantland.com) 66
14 Mary Bowers 61
15) Neslie Ricasa 53
16 Eddie “Linsatiable” Lin 37

Joey Chestnut has been announced as the winner with a total of 384 gyoza.

The undercard contests have started. The Los Angeles Fire Department has won a competition with a total of 137 gyoza.

A first person video recorded by Michelle Lesco at last year’s contest is available.

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update July 13DJournal and WTVA have articles

Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Matt Stonie 43 new record
2) Joey Chestnut 42
3) Juan Rodriguez 23
4) Nate Biller 13
5) Matt Raible 11
6) Steve Martin 9
7) Jeff Stark 7.75
8) Dee Martin 6.5
9T) John Russell 6
9T) Alex Perez
11) Taylor Coombs

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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

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update June 26 Mix104.1 has an interview with female winner Nicole Pulig

update June 23 Boston.com has a gallery with the totals for the top 3 men.

update June 22 The Boston Herald has an article, video and gallery
MyFoxBoston has a video

update Results

1) Matt Stonie 53, personal best, 10 minute qualifier record, New England record
2) David Wood

1W) Nicole Pulig 7.5
2W) Mia Davekos 6

CBSLocal has a an article

Matt Stonie thinks a Nathan’s qualifier record might be possible today. Here are the 45+ qualifier results:

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