(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)

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):

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Tim “Gravy” Brown has produced a poster of Erik “The Red” Denmark

Full-size verson (1.1 MB, PDF format)

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update May 16 Dan Sheldon has a video of the contest with interviews of Paul Barlow and Steve “Pi Guy” Martin

update Damien Boykin has a gallery

The MLE facebook reports that Tim “Gravy” Brown edged Joe LaRue by one hot dog in the Atlanta area qualifier, 28 HDB to 27.

The eating contest twitpics have a photo of Gravy Brown with the trophy, who ate 28 hot dogs.

The qualifier in Newnan Georgia should start at 1pm. The eatingcontest twitpic has started posting pictures.

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update #2 The KSO twitter has the official top 3:
1) Tim “Gravy” Brown 54 points
2) Erik Denmark 52
3) Jim Reeves 50

Bryan Beard reports that Tim Brown won with 54 points.

update The contest is over, but the winner is not clear according to the KSO twitter

Bryan Beard might have contest reports on his twitter

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In today’s edition of the Chicago Tribune, Tim “Gravy” Brown offers some hot dog eating contest tips

Brain training. Competitive eaters override brain signals that tell them they’re full, and if you want to eat faster, you need to do the same before you slow down. “You have to trick yourself,” says Brown, who also packs an iPod with books on tape or punk rock to distract himself. “You just want to concentrate.” His brain and gut rewired, Brown finds, “I never get full. I don’t get hungry. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love to eat.”

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Beautiful Brian has uploaded a holiday message video to youtube in which he announces and plays samples from Tim “Gravy” Brown’s new CD titled Santa’s Slay Beautiful Brian compares Tim “Gravy” Brown to Elvis Costello. Songs include “Go Tell it on the Mountain”, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christman”, “Deck the Halls”, “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, “Take My Breath Away” and “My Heart Will Go On”.

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The Chicago Tribune has an article in which Tim “Gravy” Brown’s describes his techniques for hot dog eating. The article also appears on the Chicago Tribune’s blog.

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From El Toro comment and IFOCE.com report:

1. Tim Brown 33
2. David Cohn 13.5
3. Gus Beisel 13

update AZCentral.com has a contest report and gallery and video.

Remo DaVinci has a gallery

update #2 East Valley Tribune has a gallery

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CBS2Chicago.com has a video clip of a turkey eating contest between Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown held to promote their appearance in the Turkey Bowl. The news anchor refers to that contest as the “MLS Showdown”

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Tim Brown has uploaded a video of himself practicing for the September jalapeno eating contest in Chicago.

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(from Carey Poehlmann) Suntimes.com has an article about Tim Brown. Like Crazy Legs Conti, Brown works for a gentlemen’s club.

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CompetitiveEatingNews reports that Tim Brown will receive a slot in the Nathan’s finals:

Gravy Brown, the most promising eater Chicago’s produced since the great Bertoletti, will also compete.

Much buzz has surrounded the Wild Card win of Shredder since he would have won the Civil Service qualifier outright had Rios Grande not competed. Investigative reports have suggested that Rios is not a civil servant and neither is Goldstein.

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