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2012 Nathan’s Atlantic City qualifier

update May 22 Larell Marie has a gallery

update May 20 NBC40 has a video

update 3:15 Results part 1 | part 2
1) Tim Janus 45 hot dogs
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 30, wild card leader
3) Marcos Owens 25, top 2012 debut so far
1W) Larell Marie 18.5, personal best

update 2:49 Katelyn D reports that Tim “Janice” won with 45 hot dogs. Larell Marie appeared to be the only woman, so she is probably the female winner.

update 2:33 Richie Romero is also posting pictures.

update 2:26 The contest has started. Hustle Marsalez has uploaded a picture.

The contest will start at 2 pm. The Morning Edge radio show will be present and hopefully posting twitter updates.

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Tim "Eater X" Janus and Larell Marie have been announced as expected entrants in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Atlantic City. Marcos Owens has also said he will compete. update Badlands Booker, Steakbellie and Yasir Salem are also expected.
The Pacific Avenue Blok Party Event will hold a wing eating contest in Wildwoods, NJ on April 28 awarding $300 to the winner.
AwesomePower27 has a video recorded at last month's king cake eating contest at the Showboat in Atlantic City.
Full results from Tuesday's king cake eating contest at the Show Boat in Atlantic City are available (except for amateur Sam who ate 1.5 cakes) (Larell Marie gallery)

Pat Bertoletti threepeats Showboat King Cake eating contest

11:58 Lew Steiner and Atlantic City Weekly also have videos

9:38 The rest of the top 5:
1) Pat Bertoletti 10.5
2) Sonya Thomas 8.6
3) Adrian Morgan 8.3
4) Bob Shoudt 7.5
5) Pete Davekos 6.75

NBC40 | NJ.com | and the Showboat facebook have videos

5:09 Bertoletti ate 10.5 king cakes in 8 minutes

5:05 The Showboat twitter announces Pat Bertoletti won the contest.

3:56 The contest has started according to a picture by Daisuke Nakai.

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The MLE facebook has a list of competitors in Tuesday's king cake eating contest at the Showboat in Atlantic City. Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas and Bob Shoudt will headline the field.
The Atlantic City Boat Show will hold a women-only wing eating contest on February 5 awarding two round trip tickets to anywhere Spirit Air flies and a flat screen TV.
Registration for the King Cake Eating Championship at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City on February 21 will open tomorrow on IFOCE.com at 11 am eastern.
Patch.com reports that David Brunelli won Sunday's Wing Bowl at Tailgaters in Galloway, NJ. Nick "papagiorgio" Kehler was the runner-up.
Patch.com reports that Tailgaters in Galloway, NJ will hold a wing eating contest November 20 before the Eagles vs. Giants game awarding $500 to the winner. The runner-up will receive a $250 gift card to Best Buy.
Will Millender reports that a team consisting of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Jon Squibb and Dave Brunelli won $2,500 at a wing eating contest for three person teams at the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship in Wildwood, NJ today.
The Bud Light Wing Challenge will award $2,500 to the winning three person team at the New Jersey State Barbecue Challenge in North Wildwood, NJ on July 9.
Jersey Bites has a report on last Saturday's Curley Fry eating contest held at Morey Piers in Wildwood, NJ won by Dave "US Male" Goldstein.
The facebook for Morey's Piers in Wildwood, NJ has a gallery of Saturday's curley fry eating contest won by Dave "US Male" Goldstein. An interview with competitor Justin Vitti is also available. update June 1 An article and video about the contest are also available.
Nick "PapaGiorgio" Kehler emails that Dave "US Male" Goldstein won today's curley fry eating contest at Morey Piers in Cape May, NJ with a total of 3.25 pounds in 7 minutes.

2011 Atlantic City Nathan’s qualifier

update May 30 Atlantic City Weekly and Brian Seiken have contest videos.

update 4:52 Full results have been posted Part 1 | Part 2

Men
1) Pat Philbin 27
2) Aaron Osthoff 26.5
3) Crazy Legs Conti 22
4) Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston 18.25
5) Yasir Salem 15
6) “Wild” Bill Myers 14.5
7) Joe Lopardo 12
8) Tom Grille 11
9) Andrew Kossuth 10
10 Tengiz Mammadov 4.5

Women
1) Sonya Thomas 34, 9th consecutive best performance in a Nathan’s qualifier
2) Elise Rosenberg 8
3) Kira Nightingale 6

update 3:23 Melissa Savoy reports that Pat Philbin won the men’s contest. A picture of Pat and his trophy.

update 2:55 Sonya’s total was 34 hot dogs. This is Sonya’s ninth Nathan’s qualifier victory in a row.

update 2:50 Hollywood Bee reports a woman won the overall contest (almost certainly Sonya Thomas)

The contest is expected to start at 2 pm.

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The MLE facebook lists Sonya Thomas, Aaron Osthoff, Crazy Legs Conti, Pat Philbin, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston, "Wild" Bill Myers and Yasir Salem as expected competitors in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. Bob Shoudt, mentioned in previous previews, is not listed.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein is listed in the roster for the May 28 curley fry eating contest at Morey's Piers in Altantic City.
The Village Voice has a blog entry with several pictures about Saturday's Pizza Slaughter Fest contest held in Atlantic City.
Philly.com reports that the May 28 Atlantic City Nathan's qualifier will feature two of the IFOCE top 5: Bob Shoudt and Sonya Thomas. (Larell Marie Mele is also listed, but her competing is unlikely since she qualified yesterday.)
Jon Squibb announces that he won the Pizza Slaughter Fest contest in Atlantic City for the second year in a row. update Press of Atlantic City has an article and gallery. Dale Boone was the runner-up. update Tony Baloney's has a facebook gallery and FeetHands218 has videos Part 1 | Part 2
Atlantic City Weekly lists Sonya Thomas, Crazy Legs Conti, Pat Philbin and Larell Marie Mele as expected entrants in the Nathan's qualifier at Trump Plaza on May 28. (George Shea claims that Conti will be the first person to compete in the Nathan's finals 10 years in a row if he qualifies, which might be incorrect. The eatfeats database lists Eric "Badlands" Booker as competing in the finals from 1997 to 2006.)
PizzaSlaugherFest.com has a page about Saturday's pizza eating contest at Tony Boloney's in Atlantic City, NJ listing Jon Squibb, Dave Goldstein and Dale Boone as expected entrants.
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