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Grub Street has a behind the scenes look at the decision by Shea Communications decision to lock Joey Chestnut of the Nathan's Famous for endorsing Impossible Foods plant-based frankfurters.

June 26, 2024 at 3:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, New York City, Organizations | Permalink * Comments (4)

The July 4 weather prediction for Coney Island is currently predicted to be 76F high / 58F low with a 44% chance of PM showers.

June 25, 2024 at 7:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City | Permalink * Comments (6)

El Paso Inc. announces that Joey Chestnut will be facing off against military members in the Pop Goes the Fort Independence Day celebration at Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX on July 4. This will end his streak of Nathan's Famous finals at 19 and give Larell Marie Mele the longest active streak with 14. update Joey Chestnut confirms he has accepted the invitation.

June 25, 2024 at 4:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:El Paso, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (16)

Parlay in Richmond, VA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.

June 25, 2024 at 2:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Richmond, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

2024 Washington, DC Nathan’s qualifier

June 22, 2024 at 3:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Results, District of Columbia

Two days after the contest, official results have been posted on the contest page on the MLE website

1st 36.75 Sean “The Mouth” Yeager
2nd 28 George Chiger
3rd 24 Valentin Ferrer from Spain
4th 20 Gordon “Hungry” Hazzard first MLE contest since 2021
5th 16 Michael “Mailman” Doolin
6th 15 Grant Tragni
7th 14 Crazy Legs Conti
1st 7 Ellen Straub
2nd 5 Grace Furlong

Sean Yeager has started a video of this afternoon’s Nathan’s qualifier at the National Capitol BBQ Battle in Washington, DC.

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Crazy Legs Conti wrote a column for Gothamist about his 23 year competitive eating career and the possibility of retirement. He says there will be four Nathan's Famous wild card spots awarded this year.

June 22, 2024 at 7:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crazy Legs Conti, New York City | Permalink * Comments (6)

The American Polish Festival will hold a pierogi eating contest on June 23 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top 3.

June 21, 2024 at 2:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Detroit, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

PT's Tavern in Henderson, NV will hold a wing eating contest for amateurs on August 3 awarding $2500/$1000/$500.

June 20, 2024 at 10:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Bradenton, FL Marauders will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 3 awarding $300/$200/$100 to the top 3 finishers.

June 20, 2024 at 12:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Sarasota, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Max Casino in Carson City, NV will hold a hot dog eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner on July 4. The runner up will receive $500.

June 18, 2024 at 1:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Reno, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Hall "Hoover" Hunt returned to competitive eating with a burrito challenge at the Hightide Burrito Co in Jacksonville, FL.

June 18, 2024 at 2:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hall Hunt, Jacksonville, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Registration is now open for the Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto August 10 and the World Slopper Eating Championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, CO on August 31.

June 18, 2024 at 2:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Colorado Springs, Toronto | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Floridian Social will hold a hot dog eating contest in St. Petersburg, FL on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.

June 18, 2024 at 2:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Tampa, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

The field for Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC has been announced: George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Gordon Hazzard (first contest since 2021) and Valentin Ferrer from Spain. Three female rookies will also make their debut.

June 17, 2024 at 6:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Previews, District of Columbia | Permalink * Comments (9)

Jack Legath won the first prize of $1024 in today's 24 inch pizza eating contest at Toarmina's Pizza in Detroit. The WHIP Show was runner up.

June 17, 2024 at 5:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Detroit, Jack Legath, Pizza Eating Challenges, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (30)

2024 Alameda County Fair Nathan’s qualifier

June 15, 2024 at 5:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Results, Derek Hendrickson, Oakland

update June 18 Results with full names are on the MLE contest page. Dan Downey has a contest video

Full results have been posted without full names:

1st 27.75 Derek Hendrickson
2nd 24.5 Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond
3rd 22 Erik “The Red” Denmark first contest since 2022
3rd 22 Yasir Salem first Nathan’s contest since 2017
5th 16 Naader “Freak8r” Reda
6th 9.5 Nick Esarco
DQ ? Andrew Imhoff
1st 12 Tandra Childress competitive eating debut
2nd 10 Jocelyn Walker
3rd 7 Crystal Ocampo
4th 6 Elizabeth Salgado

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2024 Mattituck Lions Strawberry Shortcake Contest

June 15, 2024 at 5:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Geoff Esper, Long Island

update June 19 Kylan Lee has a video

update June 16 Full results were posted this morning:

1st 23.75 Geoffrey Esper wins contest 3rd year in a row
2nd 20.5 James Webb
3rd 16 Sean “The Mouth” Yeager
4th 14.5 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
5th 14 George Chiger
6th 12.5 Eric “Badlands” Booker
7th 12.33 Max Stanford
8th 11 Kylan Lee
9th 10 Radim Dvoracek
10th 9.25 Josh “The Goat” Krady
11th 8 Peter Ritter
12th 6 Crazy Legs Conti

Top 4 results from the strawberry festival’s facebook video (8 minutes)
1 Geoff Esper 23.75 pounds
2 James Webb 20.5
3 Sean Yeager 16
4 Darrien Thomas 14.5

James Webb is doing a livestream of this afternoon’s strawberry shortcake in Mattituck, NY.

update The livestream was terminated just before results were announced.

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Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers will hold qualifiers June 15 at its Phoenix area locations for a July 4 slider eating contest in Scottsdale, AZ that will award a $500 Amex gift card to the winner.

June 15, 2024 at 2:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Phoenix, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Defending champion Geoff Esper, James Webb, Darrien Thomas, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, Max Stanford, Radim Dvoracek, Kylan Lee, Sean Yeager, Josh Krady and Peter Ritter are expected to compete in tomorrow's strawberry shortcake eating contest in Mattituck, NY.

June 14, 2024 at 2:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Long Island | Permalink * Comments (8)

Stadium Swim in Las Vegas will hold a hot dog eating contest for women wearing bikinis on July 4. The winner will receive $2,500 and the total purse is $5,000.

June 13, 2024 at 8:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Prizes, Women | Permalink * Comments (3)

McKenzie's Barbecue & Burgers will hold a rib eating contest in Conroe, TX on June 15 awarding $300 to the winner, $100 to the runner up.

June 11, 2024 at 1:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Houston, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Lake Compounce Nathan’s qualifier

June 8, 2024 at 12:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Results, Geoff Esper, Hartford

6 hours after the competition, the MLE twitter has yet to post a winner, but the MLE instagram has some results on its stories
49.5 Geoff Esper
31 George Chiger
28 Kylan Lee (Australia)
20 Josh Krady
17.5 Mark Frost

6.75 Julie Goldberg
4.75 Addison Skaggs


update Geoff Esper (49.5) and Julie Goldberg (6.75) were today’s winners via the Lake Compounce instagram stories

Geoff Esper, George Chiger, Josh Krady and Julie Goldberg are expected to compete in this afternoon’s Nathan’s qualifier at Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT.

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Salvation Army DC donuts

June 7, 2024 at 2:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, District of Columbia, James Webb

update PiZetta Media has a video of the contest

Full results: (8 minutes)

1st 70 James Webb
2nd 61 Nick Wehry
3rd 50 Sean “The Mouth” Yeager
4th 46 Miki Sudo
5th 45 Max Stanford
6th 39 Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman
7th 37 George Chiger
8th 34 Radim Dvoracek
9th 31 Tanner Gray
10th 21 Peter Ritter
11th 16.75 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele

The top 3 from James Webb’s video
1 James Webb 70 donuts, new record
2 Nick Wehry 61
3 Sean Yeager

Salvation Army is doing a facebook live video of today’s donut eating contest in Washington, DC.

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Parma Rib N Rock Nathan’s qualifier

June 6, 2024 at 8:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Cleveland, Contest Results, Pat Bertoletti

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

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Kwik Stop in Dubuque, IA will hold an eating contest on June 29 awarding $1200 in Kwik Stop Reward points to the winner. The runner up will receive $500 cash.

June 6, 2024 at 12:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Iowa, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

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