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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. February 18, 2024 at 9:21 pm by
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Joel Hansen has uploaded a video from July's ZBurger eating contest in Washington, DC.
September 16, 2023 at 3:43 am by
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July 3, 2023 at 12:33 pm by
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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
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June 24, 2023 at 5:01 pm by
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updateWUSA9 has a news video
Official results from today’s Nathan’s Famous qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC.
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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) June 6, 2023 at 11:56 pm by
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May 4, 2023 at 1:16 pm by
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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.
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April 19, 2023 at 11:19 pm by
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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.
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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. July 27, 2022 at 12:42 am by
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July 1, 2022 at 12:28 pm by
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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.
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June 25, 2022 at 4:38 pm by
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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
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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
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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. June 25, 2022 at 1:15 am by
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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.
June 22, 2022 at 1:26 am by
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Z Burger's eating contest in Washington, DC will award $5750 on July 1. The prize breakdown is $2000/$1250/$1000/$750/$500/$250. June 7, 2022 at 2:17 am by
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A press release announces the 30th Annual Giant Barbecue Battle will hold a Nathan's Famous hot dog eating qualifier on June 25. April 23, 2022 at 5:44 am by
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The Washington City Paper has a profile of Molly Schuyler which includes a report on last month's Z-Burger eating contest. August 5, 2021 at 1:35 am by
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July 2, 2021 at 12:18 pm by
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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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Brazilian Ricardo Corbucci is expected to make his USA eating contest debut at this afternoon's ZBurger eating contest in Washington, DC. Dan Kennedy and Dave Brunelli are also expected to compete. Interestingly, defending champ Molly Schuyler is not on the roster. July 2, 2021 at 2:42 am by
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The Z Burger eating contest will return to Washington, DC on July 2. This year's prizes are $1750/$1000/$750/$500/$250/$100. June 3, 2021 at 12:00 am by
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July 3, 2020 at 12:04 pm by
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Results from video stream, 10 minutes
The 2020 Z-Burger eating contest is now streaming at https://www.facebook.com/zburgerdc/
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Z-Burger announces that Molly Schuyler will defend her burger eating title on July 3 in Washington, DC. The contest is not open to public spectators. update The field will also include Dan Kennedy, Dave Brunelli, Joe Menchetti, Andrew Puhl and Mike Longo. July 1, 2020 at 5:24 pm by
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Z-Burger will hold its annual burger eating contest in Washington, DC on July 3 without fans. There will be seven entrants with the top 5 receiving $1250/$750/$500/$350/$250.
June 20, 2020 at 11:39 am by
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The Giant National Capital BBQ Battle has rebranded itself as a "Virtual Experience", so a Nathan's qualifier will probably not take place in Washington, DC on June 27 or 28. In February, Washington, DC was listed as a planned site on the 2020 qualifier circuit. Nathan's qualifiers have been held at the festival from 2016-2019. May 3, 2020 at 10:28 am by
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update The top 5 from Nick Smith video caption
Daily Mail article | wutshoodtv video
Tenleytown411 reports that Molly Schuyler defended her Z Burger title contest with a record 32 burgers eaten. July 3, 2019 at 1:03 pm by
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June 22, 2019 at 4:59 pm by
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Rich Shea announced that Gideon Oji (25 hot dogs) and Juliet Lee (23) won today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC. Juliet Lee extends her streak of years with a qualifier victory to 13.
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Z-Burger will hold a burger eating contest in Washington, DC on July 3 awarding $1500/$850/$500/$400. June 3, 2019 at 9:25 pm by
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