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Joey Chestnut appeared at tonight's Atlanta Falcons game to promote Free Hot Dog Night.

2024 Trenton Thunder pork roll contest

update Full results

1st 44.5 Geoffrey Esper
2nd 44.25 James Webb
3rd 42.5 Nick Wehry
4th 20.25 Tanner Gray
5th 19 George Chiger
6th 14 Peter Ritter
7th 10 Crazy Legs Conti
8th 10 William “Wild Bill” Myers
9th 7 Julie Goldberg
10th 6 Kevin Ackerman Trenton Thunder employee

Results from Aaron Cohen live video
1 Geoff Esper 44.5 pork rolls (10 minutes)
2 James Webb 44.25
3 Nick Wehry 42.5
4 Tanner Gray 20.25
5 George Chiger 19

James Webb is running a livestream of today’s Trenton Thunder World Famous Case’s Pork Roll Eating Championship.

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SpringfieldNewsSun reports that Joey Chestnut will appear at a hot dog eating contest at MustartFEST in Springfield, Ohio on September 21. He will do a hot dog eating exhibition and present awards to winners of an amateur hot dog eating contest that are topped with spicy condiments from Woeber's. Joey Chestnut's appearance was announced on August 25, before Springfield, Ohio received national publicity for alleged violations of pets and wildlife by Haitian immigrants. update Sept 20 The Springfield News Sun has an interview with Joey Chestnut about his appearance in Springfield, OH tomorrow.
Joey Chestnut is promoting Chili's 3 For Lunch combos, which offer an entree, bottomless chips and salsa and a non-alcoholic drink with free refills for $10.99. On October 1, he will face off against a 3 For Lunch combo.
The South China Morning Post has a long profile of Singaporean food challenger Zermatt Neo. He says he hopes to compete in next year's Nathan's hot dog eating contest and hopes for a top 6 finish.
Joey Chestnut ate 18 sausages in 3 minutes to surpass the combined total of five amateurs during halftime of today's Cincinnati Bengals game.
Dan Kennedy announced that he and Molly Schuyler both ate 14 gyros in 14 minutes to tie for first place at the Big Greek Gyro eating contest at the Saints Constantine & Helen Green Festival in Silver Spring, MD on Saturday. Mo Mbengue also competed.
TMZ has an interview with Pat Bertoletti in which he claims that his Nathan's title should have an asterisk since Joey Chestnut did not compete.
MassLive.com reports James Webb will compete in a fried chicken eating contest at Nan's Kitchen in Stow, MA on September 8.
Joey Chestnut will be facing off against five amateurs in a bratwurst eating contest during halftime of Sunday's Cincinnati Bengals game.

Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef

Joey Chestnut has defeated Kobayashi 83 hot dogs to 67 to set a world record for a 10 minute hot dog contest.

In the first undercard, Matt Stonie defeated three aquatic Olympians (Ryan Lochte, Ryan Murphy and Max Irving) in a 3 minute wing eating contest, 53 wings to 36.

Some links about Unfinished Beef
Decider has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi
Brobible has an interview with Chestnut and Kobayashi
NYTimes article

Netflix has an instagram post about the Chestnut / Kobayashi rivalry with two major errors: Kobayashi did not reverse in the 2007 Krystal Square Off, he missed it due to “jawthritis” and Kobayashi did not compete in the 2010 Nathan’s finals, he attended as a spectator and was arrested afterwards.

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In the undercards for "Unfinished Beef", Matt Stonie will face off against water polo player Max Irving and Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and Ryan Murphy in a 1 vs. 3 wing eating contest. Leah Shutkever will attempt to break the Guinness World record for watermelon eating. WWE wrestlers Rey Mysterio and Omos will present the championship to the winner of the main event.

All time Chestnut vs. Kobayashi results

Here are the all time head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Takeru Kobayashi. They have faced 15 times from 2005 to 2010; Kobayashi finished ahead in 8 of the matchups. (This excludes the 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating, a 32 entrant tournament won by Kobayashi in which he did not face Chestnut.)
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2024 US Chicken Wing Eating Championship

update Sept 5Four days after the contest, MLE has posted full results

1st 236 James Webb
2nd 205 Miki Sudo
3rd 187 Nick Wehry
4th 148 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
5th 140 George Chiger
6th 132 Joey Przybylowicz
7th 118 Eric “Badlands” Booker
8th 110 Brandon “The Titanium Jaw” Macey
9th 93 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
10th 76 William “Wild Bill” Myers
11th 61 Kirby Shawn

Announced results from James Webb live video
1 James Webb 236 wings (12 minutes)
2 Miki Sudo 205 wings
3 Nick Wehry 187 wings

WGRZ is currently running a live video of the US Chicken Wing Eating Championship from the Buffalo Wing Festival in Orchard Park, NY.

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Nick Wehry wins Buffalo Buffet Bowl

update Sep 5 Full results have been posted on the contest page
Nick Wehry’s time was 5:42. All other times are 5:52

1st 5 Nick Wehry first contest since “Plategate”
2nd 5 Miki Sudo
3rd 2.84 George Chiger
4th 1.85 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
5th 1.72 William “Wild Bill” Myers
6th 1.71 Eric “Badlands” Booker
7th 1.5 Shawn “The Vacuum” Kirby
8th 1.13 Rene Rovtar

The top 3 of today’s Buffalo Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wing Festival via Joel Hansen’s video
1 Nick Wehry
2 Miki Sudo
3 George Chiger

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2024 Colorado State Fair Slopper contest

The Pueblo Chieftain has a gallery

Announced results 8 minutes
1 Geoff Esper 31.5 Sloppers
2 James Webb 31
3 Steve Hammond 19.5
4 Tanner Gray 15
5 Mo Mbengue 14
6 Sergio Reyes Raya 10
7 Mark Sutherberg 8.5

James Webb is running a live video

The field: Mark Sutherberg, Tanner Gray, Mo Mbengue, Sergio Reyes Raya, Steve Hammond, James Webb, Geoff Esper

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Netflix produced a video about the rules for the "Unfinished Beef" matchup between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.The New York Post has an article about the dunking ban for the competition. Dunking buns in water was prohibited in the 2009 Krystal Square Off slider eating contest, which Kobayashi won handily.
Netflix has a youtube video to promote "Unfinished Beef" about how Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi train for hot dog eating contests.
Fightful.com reports that pro wrestlers Rey Mysterio and Omos will be part of the "Unfinished Beef" broadcast on Netflix from Las Vegas on September 2. Tickets for the poolside undercard with Leah Shutkever, Matt Stonie and the USC Trojan Marching Band are available on 1iota.com

Stonie & Shutkever in “Unfinished Beef” undercards

TVLine announces that there will be two undercard competitions for “Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef” that will be streamed on Netflix from Las Vegas on September 2: Matt Stonie and Leah Shutkever will face off against opponents who have yet to be named. This will be Matt Stonie’s first public eating competition since a Draft Kings event in April 2021 and Leah Shutkever’s first public competition since the Highway 55 burger eating contest in June 2018. The broadcast co-hosts will be actor/comedian Rob Riggle and WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Garcia. Cari Champion and Chris Rose will be the announcers for the competitions.

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Project Casting has a casting call for extras for an eating competition show to be produced in Las Vegas that will pay $125. This is almost certainly the Joey Chestnut vs. Takeru Kobayashi matchup that will be streamed on Netflix on Labor Day.
Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi appeared on NBC's Today Show this morning to promote their hot dog eating contest in Las Vegas on Netflix on September 2. I think this is Kobayashi's first public appearance in the United States since a September 2019 charity burger eating contest in Miami. Joey Chestnut also appeared on the Bob & Tom Show today. He said that Kobayashi requested a ban on dunking hot dogs in water and also hints that there will be undercard eating competitions before the main event.
James Webb ate 20 Dagwood Dogs in a record 4:21 to set the record at The Ekka in Brisbane, QLD, Australia (video). update 7News Brisbane video
Netflix has produced a trailer for the "Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef" matchup that will be streamed from Las Vegas on September 2. update A press release says the event will take place at the HyperX Arena Las Vegas at Luxor Hotel and Casino.
Joe Menchetti won Sunday's clam eating contest at Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY.
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