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2024 Z Burger eating contest
Fox 5 DC has a live video of this afternoon’s Z burger eating contest in Washington, DC.
The top 5
1T Molly Schuyler 34
1T Dan Kennedy 34
3 Joel Hansen 30
4 Robert McGee 15
5 Andrew Krawczyk 10
2024 Washington, DC Nathan’s qualifier
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.
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.
Salvation Army DC donuts
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.
ZBurger will hold its burger eating contest in Washington, DC on July 3. The prizes are $2000/$1250/$1000/$750/$500/$400.
James Webb, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, George Chiger and Larell Marie Mele are expected to compete in the Salvation Army World Donut Eating Championship in Washington, DC on June 7.
Registration is now open for the National Donut Day World Donut Eating Championship in Washington, DC June 7 and the Mattituck Lions Club World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest in Mattituck, NY on June 15.
The Salvation Army will hold a MLE donut eating contest on the National Mall in Washington, DC on June 7.
2024 Nathan’s qualifier circuit announced
Six Nathan’s qualifiers were posted today. Registration opens April 12.
- May 11 Comstock, MI West Michigan Whitecaps game
- May 17 Times Square, NYC
- June 6 Cleveland, OH Parma Rib N Rock
- June 8 Bristol, CT
- June 15 Pleasanton, CA Alameda County Fair
- June 22 Washington, DC Giant National Capital BBQ Battle
The last Central or Mountain time zone qualifier was at the Iowa State Fair in August 2019.
The Giant National Capital BBQ Battle announces it will hold a Nathan's Famous hot dog qualifier in Washington, DC on June 22 or 23.
Joel Hansen has uploaded a video from July's ZBurger eating contest in Washington, DC.
2023 Zburger eating contest
Fox 5 is running a live video of today’s Z-Burger eating contest.
The top 5
1 Molly Schuyler 34 burgers
2 Dan Kennedy 32
3 Joel Hansen 27
4 Andrew Puhl 26
5 Sean Yeager 25
2023 BBQ in DC Nathan’s qualifier
updateWUSA9 has a news video
Official results from today’s Nathan’s Famous qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC.
| 1st | 35 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 23 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | gets wild card |
| 3rd | 21 | Crazy Legs Conti | gets wild card |
| 4th | 18 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 5th | 8.5 | Trevor Kisler | |
| 6th | 8 | David Magat |
| 1st | 9.5 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 2nd | 4.5 | Barbara LaBarge |
Z-Burger will hold its burger eating contest in Washington, DC on July 3 and will pay out $6550 to the top ten finishers:($2000/$1250/$1000/$750/$500/$400/$300/$200/$100/$50)
Registration open for 2023 Nathan’s qualifers
Registration is now open for four Nathan’s qualifiers awarding a spot in the July 4 contest to the top male and female finishers.
May 27 Berea, OH
June 9 Dayton, OH
June 17 Pleasanton, CA
June 24 Washington, DC
update Registration for a June 17 qualifier in Cincinnati will open May 6 at 9 am. This places 3 out of the 6 announced qualifiers in Ohio.
Nathan’s qualifier May 13 in Kissimmee, FL
A facebook event page claims that the first Nathan’s Famous qualifier of 2023 will take place May 13 at Old Town in Kissimmee, FL (south Orlando). BBQ in DC will also hold a qualifier in Washington, DC on June 24. The traditional New York Mets Father’s Day qualifier might also return. Nathan’s will sponsor the giveaway promotion for their June 18 game, which has previously been a hint that a qualifier will take place during the event.
update April 21 A press release says there will also be qualifiers in Cincinnati on June 17 (probably a Reds game) and Pleasanton, CA (probably a return to the Alameda County Fair)
Registration opens today (April 21) at noon eastern for the Kissimmee qualifier.
Bake Magazine has a report about Joey Chestnut eating 17.5 pounds of cherry pie to set a world record last week at Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Summit, an event held at the Washington Nationals ballpark. Ken Hoffman has an article about Three Brothers Bakery in Houston supplying the pies for the attempt.
2022 Z-burger eating contest
update WTOP has an article
Results from live video
1 Molly Schuyler 37 burgers, 8th victory in row
2 Dan Kennedy 36
3 Joel Hansen 26
4 Andrew Puhl 23
5 Sean Yeager 19
6 Dave Brunelli 17
7 Andy Krawczyk 16
8 Dan Rock 10
9 Hallie Weinstein 6
The contest is currently underway and can be viewed on youtube.
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.
The following people have announced on twitter that they will compete in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC: George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Prudence DiBenedetto, Jules Goldberg, Ronnie Hartman, Mike Whities.
Z Burger's eating contest in Washington, DC will award $5750 on July 1. The prize breakdown is $2000/$1250/$1000/$750/$500/$250.
A press release announces the 30th Annual Giant Barbecue Battle will hold a Nathan's Famous hot dog eating qualifier on June 25.
The Washington City Paper has a profile of Molly Schuyler which includes a report on last month's Z-Burger eating contest.
2021 Z-Burger eating contest
Reuters has started a periscope livestream of the contest. Molly Schuyler is competing.
Results from the livestream
1T Molly Schuyler 34
1T Dan Kennedy 34
3 Ricardo Corbucci 22
4 Andrew Puhl 21
5 Sean “The Mouth Eats” Yeager 17
6 Dan Rock 9
7T Alexander Prescott 8
7T Terence Brown 8
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