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2024 Wendy’s chicken nugget contest
Announced results (8 minutes)
1 Pat Bertoletti 220
2 James Webb 213
3 Geoff Esper 211
4 Sean Yeager 166
5 Australian (Kylan Lee?) 131
James Webb is running a video of today’ Wendy’s chicken nugget eating contest.
2024 Great American Blueberry Championship
Announced results: 8 minutes
1 Pat Bertoletti 18.475 lb.
2 Geoff Esper 16.044
3 James Webb 15.319
4 Nick Wehry 12.6
5 Gideon Oji
6 Matt Raible
7 Cherish Brown
8 Rene Rovtar
James Webb has started a livestream video.
MLE top 50 updated, Joey Chestnut still #1
The Major League Eating Top 50 has been updated. Joey Chestnut remains #1 despite his estrangement from the organization. Nathan’s winner Pat Bertoletti jumps to #2. The new top 10
- Joey Chestnut (previously #1)
- Pat Bertoletti (#9)
- Geoff Esper (#2)
- James Webb (#5)
- Miki Sudo (#3)
- Nick Wehry (#4)
- Gideon Oji (#6)
- Derek Hendrickson (#8)
- Michelle Lesco (#10)
- Darrien Thomas (#12)
Entering
- 13 Sean Yeager
- 16 Max Stanford (fixed)
- 38 Radim Dvoracek
- 45 Joey Przybylowicz
- 47 Cherish Brown
- 48 Julie Goldberg
leaving
- 16 Darron Breeden
- 28 Juan Rodriguez
- 30 Sarah Rodriguez
- 46 Brian Dudzinski
- 48 Kathryn Tesch
- 50 Doug Ecks
Notable omissions: Takuya Yamomoto, William Lyon, Max Stanford, Yasir Salem, Kylan Lee, Tandra Childress
2024 Nathan’s Famous mens finals
| 1st | 58 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | personal best |
| 2nd | 53 | Geoffrey Esper | personal best |
| 3rd | 52 | James Webb | personal best, UK Commonwealth record |
| 4th | 51.75 | Nick Wehry | personal best |
| 5th | 46 | Takuya Yamamoto | best Japanese result since Kobayashi |
| 6th | 43 | Ricardo Corbucci | Latino record |
| 7th | 38.5 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 8th | 33 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 32 | Max Stanford | |
| 10th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 11th | 28.75 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 12th | 28 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 27.5 | William Lyon | |
| 14th | 23 | Radim Dvoracek |
Badlands Booker has defended his chugging championship. One of the other competitors had a “reversal” which appears to rival Sloth in the Wing Bowl as one of the greatest reversals in competitive eating history.
Dutch Mazz is also doing a live video that will hopefully have clearer audio than Gigi’s.
Parma Rib N Rock Nathan’s qualifier
Official results from today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Parma Rib ‘N Rock in Parma, OH. update News 5 Cleveland has an article
| 1st | 48.25 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 2nd | 48 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 30 | William Lyon | |
| 4th | 13.75 | Peter Ritter | |
| 5th | 13 | John Gebhard | |
| 6th | 12 | Seth Bower | |
| 7th | 11.5 | Dominic Mandato | |
| 8th | 10 | Joey Kinsley | |
| 9th | 9.75 | Eddie Rodriguez |
| 1st | 11 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 2nd | 5.5 | Stacey Queen |
The Sports Column has an interview with Pat Bertoletti, who says not winning Nathan's Famous hot dog contest is his only regret about his competitive eating career.
Food Challenge News has an interview with Pat Bertoletti, who says he does not plant to return to competitive eating.
Bertoletti, Rene Rovtar win BBQ in DC Nathan’s qualifier
The top 3 men and women from today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC. The top 3 men and women advance to the finals.
1 Pat Bertoletti 40, 1st Nathan’s qualifier since April 21, 2012
2 Ronnie Hartman 29.5
3 Derek Jacobs 27
1 Rene Rovtar 6.5
2 Prudence DiBenedetto 5
3 Catie Livermore 2.8
update
Mac Stoddard has a video. Crazy Legs Conti and Buffalo Jim Reeves also competed. Mike Whities had to miss the contest for work. George Chiger and Jules Goldberg might have received byes.
Catie Livermore’s 2.8 hot dogs is a record low qualifying total, breaking a tie for 3 by:
Lauren Gallagher, Foxborough, MA 2011
Meghan Drake, Valdosta, GA 2017
The MLE twitter has posted the field for Saturday's Nathan's Famous hot dog eating qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC. Pat Bertolett will return to Nathan's after an almost 10 year absence. Other listed entrants include Ronnie Hartman, Derek Jacobs, Jim Reeves, Darrien Thomas, Crazy Legs Conti, Prudence Di Benedetto and Rene Rovtar.
Geoff Esper wins Jack’s Donut hole eating contest, Pat Bertoletti 2nd
Official results from today’s Jack’s Donuts donut hole eating contest in New Castle, IN (Part 1 | Part 2)
1 Geoff Esper 293 donut holes in 8 minutes
2 Patrick Bertoletti 275
3 Miki Sudo 221
4 Bartley Weaver IV 176
5T Derek Jacobs 125
5T Ronnie Hartman 125
7 Katina DeJarnett 116
8 John Gebhard 89
9 Mark Enstrom 83
10 Matt Raible 79
11T Tracy Goode 50
11T Victoria Enstrom 50
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Derek Jacobs, Ronnie Hartman, Bartley Weaver, Matthew Raible, John Gebhard, Patrick Bertoletti, Katina “Katina Eats KIlos” DeJarnett and Tracy Goode are expected to compete in Jack’s Donuts World Donut Hole Eating Championship in New Castle, IN on May 27. This would be Bertoletti's first Major League Eating contest since February 2013.
Pat Bertoletti appeared on Windy City Live.
Block Club Chicago has an article about the closing of Taco in a Bag, the restaurant owned by Pat Bertoletti and Tim "Gravy" Brown. They did not respond to questions about the possible reopening of the business.
Taco in a Bag, the Chicago restaurant run by Pat Bertoletti and Tim "Gravy" Brown, announces it will close on October 30. They hope to reopen in the future.
Tiffin the Indian Kitchen restaurant in Chicago will hold a samosa eating contest on October 25 awarding $500 to the winner. Pat Bertoletti will be a celebrity judge at the event.
Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti is the guest on the latest Fink Beats the Stomach podcast.
Love in the Time of Coronavirus has an interview with Pat Bertoletti on how the coronavirus crisis has impacted Taco in a Bag, the Chicago restaurant he owns with Tim "Gravy" Brown.
Michael Jenkins reports that a pair from Chicago probably consisting of Pat Bertoletti and Tim "Gravy" Brown had the fastest time for Cici's Pizza 28 inch challenge and won a prize of $2500. update The official time for Bertoletti and Brown was 7:25, about four minutes faster than the St. Louis team consisting of Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark and Kyle Hanner.
Pat Bertoletti ate 4.5 pounds of HopCat crack fries in 6 minutes to win the first prize of $2000 at the Michigan Brewers Guild's Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti on Saturday.
Sabretti's in Hopatcong, NJ will award $5000 if all 30 of its speciality hot dogs are finished in under 15 minutes. Pat Bertoletti completed 24 when he attempted the challenge earlier this month.
2018 Laredo Jalapeno Festival
Results announcement video (pro results begin at 13:00) (A HREF=”https://twitter.com/MexicoRicoTips/status/964940065704153089″>via Mexico Rico) contest video
1) Molly Schuyler 265, $3000
2) Pat Bertoletti 226, $1500
3) Brandon “Da Garbage Disposal” Clark, 153, $750
Results from Brandon Clark
Pictures: Z93 Laredo | Broadcast Laredo
Molly Schuyler, Brandon “Da Garbage Disposal” Clark and Pat Bertoletti are listed as expected entrants.
Pat Bertoletti is currently giving hot dog eating lessons on Facebook Live for the AV Club of The Onion.
Pat Bertoletti's appearance on America's Got Talent where he chugged 120 raw eggs has been uploaded to youtube.
The Outside Game has an interview with Pat Bertoletti, who says he considers himself the fifth best competitive eater of all time. He predicts that Joey Chestnut will regain his Nathan's title and makes the following analogy for MLE: "They are like an ex girlfriend and I’m not good at being friends with my exes."
The Chicago Tribune has a report on yesterday's pizza eating contest at Aurelio's between three pro lumberjacks and Pat Bertolleti which spells his last name as "Bertolettio" 6 times.
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