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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
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.
The Z Burger eating contest will return to Washington, DC on July 2. This year's prizes are $1750/$1000/$750/$500/$250/$100.
2020 Z-Burger eating contest
Results from video stream, 10 minutes
| 1st | 35 | Molly Schuyler | new record |
| 2nd | 34 | Dan “killer” Kennedy | broke previous record (32) |
| 3rd | 25 | Andy Puhl | |
| 4th | 17 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 5th | 13 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti | |
| 6th | 10 | “munchin mike” Longo | birthday, ends 4 year hiatus |
The 2020 Z-Burger eating contest is now streaming at https://www.facebook.com/zburgerdc/
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.
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.
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.
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.
| 1st | 32 | Molly Schuyler | contest record |
| 2nd | 24 | Dan "killer" Kennedy | |
| 3rd | 20 | Andy Puhl | |
| 4th | 15 | David "Tiger Wings and Things" Brunelli | |
| 5th | 11 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
Juliet Lee & Gideon Oji win DC Nathan’s qualifier
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.
Z-Burger will hold a burger eating contest in Washington, DC on July 3 awarding $1500/$850/$500/$400.
A Washington, DC qualifier on June 22 has been added to the 2019 Nathan's circuit.
A yesterday's MLB All Star Game Fanfest in Washington, DC, the team representing the American League consisting of Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Geoff Esper and Kevin Millar ate more Nathan's Famous hot dogs than the National League team composed of Matt Stonie, Carmen Cincotti, Michelle Lesco and Cliff Floyd. (video)
Molly Schuyler defends Z-Burger title
update The top 3
1) Molly Schuyler 27 burgers
2) Dan Kennedy 24
3) Dave Brunelli 18
Jennifer Munoz reports that Molly Schuyler ate 27 burgers to defend her Z-burger title in Washington, DC today.
2018 Washington, DC Nathan’s qualifier
| 1st | 21 | Gideon Oji | late to contest, started with 4:20 remaining |
| 2nd | 15 | Gregory Price | |
| 3rd | 13.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 4th | 11 | Jack Caldwell | |
| 5th | 7 | Shawn Redwine |
| 1st | 7 | Brittany Powell | |
| 2nd | 4 | Amanda Kulick |
Z-Burger’s 9th Annual Independence Burger Eating Championship in Washington, DC on July 3 will award $1500/$850/$500/$400 to the top 4. Molly Schuyler is expected to defend her title.
10 Tavern in Washington, DC will hold a 4 round wing eating contest starting tomorrow. The final round on March 31 will award a viewing party for the NCAA Championship basketball game on April 2.
10 Tavern in Washington, DC will hold a wing eating contest on January 21 awarding a Super Bowl viewing party. Qualifiers on January 6, 7, 13 and 14 will award the winners a spot in the finals along with $100/$50/$25 bar tabs to the top three finishers.
Ben’s Chili Bowl’s World Chili Eating Championship will take place at Taste of DC October 7.
2017 Z Burger eating contest
Unofficial results
1) Molly Schuyler 21 burgers
2) Dave Brunelli 19
3) Pat Bertoletti 16
4) Bob Shoudt 15
WUSA 9 has a Facebook Live video of today’s Z Burger eating contest in Washington, DC.
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