Three random Miami eating challenges
| 4 lb. burger | Creature Burger Challenge | A&G Burger Joint | Miami, FL | includes 1 lb. fries and 1/2 lb. toppings |
| 5 pancakes | Pancake Challenge | S & S Diner South | South Miami, FL | |
| 30 in. pizza | 30 Inch Pizza | Steve's Pizza West | Miami, FL | for three person teams |
2018 Miami Marlins Nathan’s qualifier
| 1st | 21.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | qualifies for 20th time |
| 2nd | 13.5 | Victor Aldrich | |
| 3rd | 9.5 | Ryan Hadley | |
| 4th | 7 | Jason Ruppert | |
| 5th | 6 | Richard Rusak |
| 1st | 7.5 | Tracie Dickerson | won in OT |
| 2nd | 7.5 | Rene Rovtar | lost in OT, 1st contest since being named FBTS 2017 Rookie of the Year |
| 3rd | 4 | Brittany Broder |
The winners have been posted from today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Marlins Park in Miami
1) Eric “Badlands” Booker 21.5
1W) Tracie Dickerson 7.5 (won in OT)
An official MLE podcast, Men in Boaters, has been started with Rich Shea and Crazy Legs Conti as co-hosts. They call Sam Barclay, the emcee of tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier in Miami, who says that Rene Rovtar will have a female competitor from Winter Park, FL. Eric "Badland" Booker and George Shea also did podcasts earlier this week about the qualifier for Miami.CBSlocal.com.
Eric "Badlands" Booker announces that he will compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the Marlins ballpark on Saturday. Unlike last year's qualifier in Miami, the competition will be held outside the stadium before the game, so there might be the possibility for walk-on entrants which could avoid an all-male field like the 2017 qualifier had.
Nathan Figueroa has uploaded a video of his victory of in the amateur division of Sunday's eating contest at Carnaval Miami where he ate 25 croquetas to win the first prize of $500.
2018 Miami Croquetazo
update Mar 20 Darron Breeden has a video
update Rise Miami News has a contest video
| 1st | 154 | Geoffrey Esper | falls short of Carmen Cincottis record of 158 by 4 |
| 2nd | 141 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 116 | Gideon Oji | 4 croqueta deduction |
| 4th | 80 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 5th | 38 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 6th | 34 | Jia Lee | |
| 7th | 26 | Alex “Moose” Perez | |
| DQ | ? | Victor Aldrich |
The contest can be viewed on Facebook Live
George Shea did an interview on the Hochman and Crowder show in CBS Miami this afternoon and announced Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden and Badlands Booker as expected entrants in Sunday's World Championship Croqueta Eating Contest on Sunday.
The Palm Beach Post has an interview with Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Sam Young in which he recounts his victory at a Rock the Tot tater tot eating contest held at a Bar Louie location.
The first MLE contest of 2018 has been listed: El Croquetazo At Calle Ocho Presented By Catalina in Miami on March 11. Registration will open January 8.
Joey Chestnut will start at second base in tonight's All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Marlins Park in Miami. His American League teammates include Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, former catcher Ivan Rodriguez, former Yankee Bernie Williams, former MLB OF Fred Lynn, Jamie Foxx, Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay, Jessica Mendoza of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, Michael Cudlitz of "The Walking Dead" and "Heavy D" from the "Diesel Brothers". The event will be televised tomorrow on ESPN.
Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo will do a hot dog eating exhibition at the MLB All Star Game FanFest in Miami Saturday July 8. The goal will be to establish a record for the most Nathan's Famous Quarter-Pound Hot Dogs eaten in five minutes.
Michael Jenkins reports that he claimed the second place prize of $250 in tonight's taco eating contest at Bodega in Miami Beach. Nate Figueroa won the first prize of a suite staycation and Victor Aldrich was 3rd.
Bodega in Miami Beach will hold a taco eating contest on May 5 awarding a suite staycation for the winner, $250 to the runner up and $100 to third.
Adrian Morgan wins Miami Nathan’s qualifier
update April 16 Adrian Morgan reports no females competed. I think this is the first time there were no women in a Nathan’s qualifier since the women’s division was started in 2011.
1) Adrian Morgan 33
2) Steve Schuster 22
3) Victor Aldrich 15
4) Ricardo Nagan 14.5
5) Jeff Marlow 13.5
6) Richard Cochran 10.5
7) Michael Rodriguez 8.5
8) Robert Herzberg 6
9) Lenny Lieder 3
Adrian Morgan has won tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Miami Marlins ballpark with a total of 33 hot dogs.
Registration is now open for two Nathan's qualifiers at MLB ballparks next month: Miami Marlins (April 15) & St. Louis Cardinals April 28.
Carmen Cincotti conquers croquetas
<>update March 15 Carme Cincotti has a video
Update March 14 Nate Figueroa has a video
The Miami Herald reports that Joey Chestnut dropped out due to illness at the last minute.
Carnaval Miami croqueta results (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Carmen Cincotti 158
2) Geoff Esper 144
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 92
4) Michelle Lesco 90
5) Nate Figueroa 80
6) Erik Denmark 74
7) Victor Aldrich 10
El Nuevo Herald has the field for Sunday's croqueta eating contest in Miami: Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Geoff Esper, Gideon Oji, Adrian Morgan, Michelle Lesco and Erik Denmark.
An amateur croqueta contest awarding $300/$150/$50 will take place before the MLE competition on Sunday at Calle Ocho in Miami.
A croqueta eating contest in Miami awarding $3,500 has been added to the MLE calendar for March 12. Registration will open Monday.
Sparks Magazine has an interview with Nate Figueroa about his competitive eating hobby.
Polish national Waldemar Wojtczak was discovered to have ingested 53 pellets containing cocaine at Miami International Airport. The sacks contained over a pound of the illegal drug.
Bodega in Miami will hold a taco eating contest on May 3 awarding a trip to Lollapalooza. Qualifiers will be held on April 19 and 26.a @
Matt Stonie ate 71 ribs in 5 minutes to set a MLE record at Homestead Speeeway in south Florida. update Nov 24 Press release | Matt Stonie interview
Miami.eater.com reports that Joshua Woodward, former owner of 8 Oz. Burger Bar, is expected to be sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading no contest to charges of attempted murder for attempting to induce a miscarriage of his former mistress in 2009. The restaurant held an 8 pound burger challenge.
Matt Stonie reports that he will attempt to set the five minute rib eating record at Homestead Miami Speedway next weekend, which explains why he is not doing the Foxwoods turkey eating contest.
Michael Jenkins announces he and Nate Figueroa ate 36 Krispy Kreme donuts over 4 minutes and agreed to a tie at the Taste of North Miami.
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