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Geoff Esper defends pork roll title

update Official results were posted some time this morning:

1st 43.5 Geoffrey Esper
2nd 43 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 43 James Webb
4th 35 Nick Wehry
5th 20 Josh “The Goat” Krady
6th 19 George Chiger
7th 14 Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker
8th 13 Chris Seely
9th 11.25 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
10th 9.5 William “Wild Bill” Myers
11th 9.25 Crazy Legs Conti

NJ.com has a gallery.

Geoff Esper defended his title at today’s Trenton Thunder pork roll eating contest (via James Webb live video) Joey Chestnut was runner up.

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Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper are expected to compete in the Trenton Thunder pork roll eating contest on September 23.
The Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship will be held at the Riverfest - New Jersey Fall Festival on September 23.

Geoff Esper wins Trenton Thunder pork rolls

The field for Saturday's Trenton Thunder World Famous Case’s Pork Roll Eating Championship will include: Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, Pat Bertoletti, George Chiger, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, William Myers, Andy Krawczyk, Rene Rovtar, Prudence DiBenedetto, Radim Dvoracek, Sean Yeager and Jeff Bonacorda.

2021 Trenton Thunder pork roll contest

The Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship, scheduled for October 3, has been removed from the MLE calendar.

2019 Trenton Thunder pork roll eating contest

Official results with Rene Rovtar additions

1st 61.5 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut new record
2nd 43.67 Geoffrey Esper
3rd 38 Darron Breeden
4th 31 Nick Wehry
5th 30 Miki Sudo
6th 23.5 Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman claims he ate 27.5
7th 21 George Chiger
8th 20 Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski
9th 12 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
10th 10.5 Crazy Legs Conti
11th 7 Rene Rovtar
12th 6 Julie Goldberg
13th 4.67 Prudence DiBenedetto

Results from the live video
1) Joey Chestnut 61 pork rolls, new record
2) Geoff Esper 43
3) Darron Breeden 38
4 or 5 Miki Sudo 30

Aaron Cohen has a live video

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Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, George Chiger, Ronnie Hartman, Larell Marie Mele, Crazy Legs Conti, Prudence DiBenedetto, Rene Rovtar and Julie Goldberg have been listed as expected entrants in the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship on September 21.
Registration is now open for the Fresno Tacos World Taco-Eating Championship on August 17. Registration will open later today for the pork roll eating contest in Trenton September 21 and the Lewisville, TX tamale contest on September 28.

2018 Trenton pork rolls

The MLE twitter claims Joey Chestnut will defend his title in Saturday's pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ. Carmen Cincotti won the 2017 competition.
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Gideon Oji, Nick Wehry, Badlands Booker, Brian Dudzinkski, Crazy Legs Conti, Bill Myers, Michael Deitz, Rene Rovtar and Kay Rovtar are expected to compete in the River Fest 2018 Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ on September 29. Defending champion Carmen Cincotti is not listed as an entrant.
The Wisconsin State Fair World Cheese Curd Eating Championship in West Allis, WI on August 11 has been added to the MLE calendar (registration opens May 30). The Owensboro International Bar-B-Q Festival World Mutton Sandwich-Eating Championship in Kentucky on May 12(registration open) and the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship on September 29 (registration opens July 19) have also been listed.

Carmen Cincotti wins Trenton pork rolls

update Oct 11 Videos Carmen Cincotti | Darron Breeden | Darron Breeden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4cnLYQ91h0“>practice video

Carmen Cincotti precontest interview | Crazy Legs Conti Huffington Post preview

update NJ.com has an article
Trenton Thunder have a video

The top 3 | Part 2
1) Carmen Cincotti 40
2) Darron Breeden 33
3) Brian Dudzinski 23.25
4T) Crazy Legs Conti 15.5
4T) Michael Deitz 15.5

Carmen Cincotti ate 40 pork rolls to
win the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case’s Pork Roll Eating Championship.

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The Trenton Thunder announce that Joey Chestnut has pulled out of Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship on September 30, leaving Carmen Cincotti and Darron Breeden as the favorites.
The field for the World Famours Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ on September 30 has been announced: Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Darron Breeden, Badlands Booker, Brian Dudzinski, Kevin Ambs, Crazy Legs Conti, Bill Myers, Michael Deitz, Rene Rovtar, Jack Diamond, Shinn from 94.5 and Dimitry "The Ukraine Train" Shchupak.

2016 Trenton pork roll contest

update Sept 29 CentralJersey has an article about Carmen Cincotti’s runner-up finish.

update Sept 27
A lot of coverage for Bill Spadea at the festival: NJ101.5 video | Chasing News video | NJ101.5 blog entry | personal blog entry

Carmen Cincotti has a video | Interview with Carmen Cincotti

update Sept 25 NJ.com has an article

update The Trenton Thunder have a contest video

update Full Results | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1st 43 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut defends title
2nd 40 Carmen Cincotti
3rd 31 Geoffrey Esper
4th 22.5 Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski
5th 15 Eric “Badlands” Booker
6th 14.5 Kevin “Qwazy” Ambs
7th 14 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
8th 10.5 Crazy Legs Conti
8th 10.5 William “Wild Bill” Myers
10th 9 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
11th 6.5 Bill Spadea

update Hugging Harold Reynolds has the top 2
1) Joey Chestnut 43
2) Carmen Cincotti 40

Joey Chestnut appeared on NJ 101.5 yesterday

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CentralJersey.com has an article about Carmen "The Mutiny" Cincotti competing in the Trenton Thunder pork roll eating contest on September 24.
MILB.com has the field for the World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ on September 24, which includes Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Gideon Oji, Geoffrey Esper, Eric "Badlands" Booker and Brian Dudzinski.
NJ.com reports that Dmitry "Ukraine Train" Shchupak won the pork roll eating qualifier at tonight's Trenton Thunder game. Joey Chestnut and Carmen Cincotti were in attendance.
Joey Chestnut and Carmen Cincotti will attend Friday's Trenton Thunder game. A qualifier awarding a spot in the September 24 MLE pork roll eating contest will also take place.

Joey Chestnut edges Geoffrey Esper to win Trenton pork rolls

update Sep 30 Jeff Edelstein has a report on his last place finish.

update Sep 28 MILB.com has an article

update Full Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
NJ.com article

1st 32 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 28 Geoffrey Esper
3rd 22 Yasir Salem
4th 21.75 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee
5th 20 Gideon Oji
6th 18 Eric “Badlands” Booker
7th 16 Carmen Cincotti
8th 13 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
9th 12 William “Wild Bill” Myers
10th 10 Crazy Legs Conti
11th 8 Andrew Kossuth
12th 3.25 Jeff Edelstein

The Trentonian has a contest report with some results and a gallery. MLE has yet to post any news.

JZig12 reports that Joey Chestnut won today’s pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ.

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The roster for the September 26 pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ has been posted and includes Joey Chestnut, Juliet Lee, Geoffrey Esper, Badlands Booker, Yasir Salem, Crazy Legs Conti, Gideon Oji, Micah Collins and Bill Myers. update Sep 22App.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in the contest. update Sep 23 Jeff Edelstein has a column about competing in the contest
OursportsCentral.com has an article about Carmen Cincotti, who will compete in the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship on September 26 after winning the qualifer.
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