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Pete Davekos ate 9.5 quarter pound hot dogs, equivalent to 19 regualar hot dogs, in 7 minutes at the Topsfield (MA) Fair to defend his victory in the 2019 competition and win $203.
Pete Davekos ate 9 1/4 lb. hot dogs in 7 minutes to win the first prize of $201 in yesterday's hot dog eating contest in Topsfield, MA.
Former Nathan's finalist Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos was elected as a Town Meeting member of Danvers, MA last night.
2013 Nathan’s Savannah qualifier
update April 11 Savannah Now has an article, 106.9 produced a video about its DJ competing and Rake & Herald has a contest report (include weekend’s other contests)
update April 8 Steve “Pi Guy” Martin’s total has been announced at 10.
update SavannahNow.com has an article and gallery
Results for today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Savannah
Men
1) Pete Davekos 25 hot dogs
? Steve “Pi Guy” Martin 10
Women
1) Dee Martin 8.5
Pete Davekos wins Phantom Gourmet tacos
update Oct 1 Margaritas Restaurant has a gallery
Brian Seiken has some videos
Chris Kurth has a video. He says he finished 4th with 10.5 tacos.
Top 5 according to anonymous comment
1 Pete Davekos 21
2 Joao Paolo 13.5 (updated with official result)
3 Brian Seiken 12.5 (updated with official result)
4 Chris Kurth 10.5
Christopher Smith 9
Mia Davekos 3
Britney Weinberg-Lynn
An anonymous commenter reports Pete Davekos won the taco eating contest held at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston today with a total of 21 tacos. Sponsor Magaritas Restaurant has some pictures, but no results: picture 1 | picture 2
2012 Nathan’s finals coverage Part 2
General contest links
- Alt.variety contest report
- Slate.com column about Mayor Bloomberg’s apparent hypocrisy
- Piers Morgan of CNN blog entry
- Major League Eating recap video
- AFP contest videos in French | Spanish | Portuguese | Japanese
- Village Voice gallery
- Flickr galleries: helenofzuo | branko (not safe for work)
- Katina Wrocki line drawings
Competitor-specific links
- Joey Chestnut interview on 1090 San Diego: transcript | podcast (Joey reiterates his criticisms of Kobayashi he has made previously.)
- Sean Gordon podcast on the Man Cave Podcast. (Sean describes his disqualification from a 2008 Nathan’s qualifier)
- Pete Davekos podcast on ballhogs radio
- Matt Stonie gallery | Vlog Part 1 | Part 2
- Meredith Boxberger vlog Part 1 | Part 2
A podcast (begins at 31:40 mark) of an interivew Pete and Mia Davekos did on WROR to promote the Boston Nathan's qualifier is available. Mia "Meatballz" Davekos was a competitor on CBS' Survivor in 2004. (via email)
American Way, the American Airlines magazine, has an article about competitive eating focusing on Chris Floyd of Austin. George Shea estimates Sonya Thomas' and Pat Bertoletti's annual earning from competitive eating at $50,000. (via Pete Davekos)
NESN.com has a video of Sonya Thomas eating 41 meatballs (with the flu) and Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos eating a fruit basket at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston on Saturday.
dvbowk reports that Sonya Thomas ate 41 meatballs at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston. Her three male competitors ate 39 meatballs total. update Pete Davekos ate his fruit basket in 3:52.
NESN.com has more about Sonya Thomas' meatball record attempt at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston on September 24. Pete Davekos will attempt to set a fruit eating record in the undercard event.
Crazy Legs Conti's advice helped Nick Altschuller defeat the Tasty Burger Challenge at Kings in Dedham, MA. (Conti's choice in competitive eating music: "Air Supply or early Menudo") update Pete Davekos coached Shannon "The Mutilator" Mulaire of Fox 25 on her eating challenge for a segment that will appear on the 10:30 pm news tonight. (A gallery of the challenge) update #2 The video and article (which misspells "Carlene Pop" as "Carling Pop") are now available.
Pete Davekos talks about his training techiques in an Electric Pig post.
IFOCE.com has an article about Pete Davekos competing in the Nathan's qualifier at Patriot Place in Foxborough, MA tomorrow. (Eric "Badlands" Booker might also compete.) Davekos did a hot dog eating contest on Kiss 108 this morning to promote the competition. update A podcast of Davekos' appearance is available.
Pete Davekos will walk 20 miles on May 1 to benefit Project Bread, a hunger charity. He will eat one food item for each of the 20 miles he walks.
Pete Davekos offers 9 tips for maximizing your Thankgiving Day meal capacity in MTV's Clutch blog.
The Pulse has an article about Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos illustrated with a photograph by Erin Wigger. (via email)
2010 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest field
(Bumped & Modified originally posted June 27)
The following people won a slot in the 2010 Nathan’s finals by winning a qualifier. The second column is the number of hot dogs eaten in the qualifier (click on the names to see their contest history)
| 2010 May 6 | 29 | “Big” Ben Monson | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2010 May 8 | 38.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | Foxborough (Boston), MA |
| 2010 May 8 | 18 | Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard | San Jose, CA |
| 2010 May 15 | 23 | Peter “Pretty Boy” Davekos | East Hartford, CT |
| 2010 May 15 | 28 | Tim “Gravy” Brown | Newnan, GA |
| 2010 May 29 | 40 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2010 Jun 5 | 29 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | Tempe, AZ |
| 2010 Jun 6 | 12 | Andrew Bosque | Virginia Beach, VA |
| 2010 Jun 12 | 34 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Norfolk, VA |
| 2010 Jun 13 | 23.5 | Sean “Flash” Gordon | Thackerville, OK |
| 2010 Jun 19 | 13 | Kristopher Adams | Fayetteville, NC |
| 2010 Jun 19 | 30 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Charlotte, NC |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 46 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | Queens, NY |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 25 | Crazy Legs Conti | Escondido, CA |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 28.25 | Juliet Lee | Fishkill, NY |
Allen Goldstein received a slot by leading the wild card standings. Here are the wild card standings according to results in the eatfeats datbase (qualifier winners not listed):
| 2010 May 8 | 28.75 | Allen “Shredder” Goldstein | Foxborough (Boston), MA |
| 2010 May 15 | 27 | “Jammin” Joe LaRue | Newnan, GA |
| 2010 May 29 | 25 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2010 Jun 5 | 25 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | Tempe, AZ |
| 2010 May 29 | 24.5 | Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 24 | Micah “Wing Kong” Collins | Fishkill, NY |
| 2010 Jun 5 | 22 | Damon “The Omen” Wells | Tempe, AZ |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 21 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | Queens, NY |
| 2010 May 29 | 20 | Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein | Atlantic City, NJ |
Kiss108.com has a podcast of an interview with Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos.
A picture of Pete Davekos at the Toronto Poutine Contest is the subject of a Deadspin blog entry.
Pete Davekos wins Hartford qualifier, Larell Marie 3rd
update The MLE facebook has the top 3 of today’s qualifier in Hartford
1) Pete Davekos 23
2) Russ Keeler 17.5
3) Larell Marie Mele 14
The East Hartford Gazette reports that Tim Janus and Russ Keeler will compete in the Hartford qualifier.
Stonehill Alumni Magazine has a section about Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos.
98Online.com has a podcast of Pete Davekos' interview on Monday to talk about the Roy Rogers roast beef slider contest.
Pete Davekos defends Garlicky Greens title
Update Oct 5 Carlos the Dwarf has a video
Update The Boston Herald has an article and gallery. No ranked eaters are listed in the captions. IFOCE also has a contest report.
The eatingcontest twitter reports that Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos defended his Garlicky Greens title and broke his previous record with a total of 7.5 lbs.
Ken Hoffman on judging Davekos
Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle has a column about serving as Pete Davekos’ judge in the recent Nathan’s finals which reports that officials were told to look out for hidden regurgitation:
“The thing you have to look for,†the head judge told us, “is when the eaters hold a big cup of water to their mouth. Some of the eaters have been spitting hot dogs into the cup, and some have been vomiting in the cup. That’s against the rules, and they have to be penalized.â€
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