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The NY Daily News has a report on yesteray's weigh-in for Nathan's finalists claiming that Sonya Thomas was absent due to an undisclosed illness.
NBCNewYork reports that Louis Barbati, owner of the pizzeria L&B Spumoni Gardens was murdered by gunshot yesterday. The restaurant was featured on the Brooklyn episode of Man v Food. update The Daily Beast has more on the murder
Clearwindow has produced a mini-documentary of Crazy Legs Conti eating hot dogs while sitting on a Deno's Wonder Wheel car Friday. George Shea dressed as a priest for the occasion.
Kobayashi to do fundraiser for Orlando victims July 4
Takeru Kobayashi will do an eating exhibition using Fleisher’s hot dogs as part of a fundraiser for Orlando shooting victims at the Kings County Distillery in Brooklyn July 4. Here is how he has spent the previous July 4s in the 21st century.
- 2001-2006 Wins Nathan’s Famous hot dog contest
- 2007-2009 Is runner-up to Joey Chestnut at Nathan’s Famous hot dog contest
- 2010 Arrested for taking the Nathan’s stage after declining to extend his MLE contract
- 2011 Rooftop hot dog eating exhibition in Manhattan
- 2012 Wins Crif Dog eating contest with 58.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes
- 2013 Wins Kobi Dog eating contest with 67 hot dogs in 10 minutes
- 2014 Eats 113 bunless hot dogs in 10 minutes in Manhattan
- 2015 Eats 35 hot dogs in 10 minutes while playing ping pong
Molly Schuyler wins 2016 Caribbean Food Delights beef patties
Molly Schuyler has a gallery
| 1st | 38 | Molly Schuyler | 14.5 pounds, new record |
| 2nd | 22.5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 19 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | |
| 4th | 18.5 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 5th | 16 | Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio | |
| 6th | 13 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti | |
| 7th | 11 | Will “The Champ” Millender, IV | |
| 7th | 11 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda | |
| 9th | 6.5 | Patrick “Lumberjack” Taylor |
Molly Schuyler won the first prize of $10000 in today’s Caribbean Food Delights eating contest in Queens with a total of 38 beef patties in 8 minutes.
Wayne Algenio has a video with the results of Rocco's Pizza eating contest Friday in Brooklyn: 1) Dave Brunelli 24.75 slices $2000 2) Wayne Algenio 23.5 $1000 3) Itiel Ginzburg 18.5 slices $500. After the contest (around 11 minute mark), Joe Menchetti compared himself to Brian Seiken after a disappointing performance.
The field for Caribbean Food Delight's Annual World Jamaican Beef Patty Eating Championship in Queens Sunday includes Molly Schuyler, Pat Bertoletti, Dave Brunelli, Joe Menchetti, Bob Shoudt and Wayne Algenio.
Coney Island Wahlburgers is holding a rooftop party July 4 overlooking the Nathan's finals. Tickets are $150.
Crazy Legs Conti has a Huffington Post blog entry about his plans to eat hot dogs on the Wonder Wheel in Coney Island tomorrow. He will also attend "The Art of Competitive Eating" Gallery Show at THE COUNTING ROOM in Brooklyn on July 2.
“Famous Nathan” book released
“Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog” a book by Lloyd Handwerker, a grandson of Nathan Handwerker, the founder of Nathan’s famous was released yesterday. Lloyd Handwerker will give a talk about the book tonight at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn.
In the book, Lloyd Handwerker corroborates the claim made by Mortimer Matz in a 2010 New York Times interview that the 1916 origin story for Nathan’s is a fabrication.
(image from page 5 of the book)
update Jun 23Daily Beast has an article about the book with this paragraph about the contest:
So, what would Nathan have thought about the modern-day popularity of the hot dog eating contest? Lloyd was a bit hesitant when I asked him. “Some of the old timers are disgusted by it,†he admitted. While he wasn’t sure if his grandfather would have agreed with them, he “couldn’t deny the advertising impact on the company.†But on the other-hand “he hated waste†and each night he even inspected the garbage to see what people weren’t finishing.
2016 NY Mets Nathan’s qualifier
update June 20 Full results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 33 | Yasir Salem | puts Steve Hendry into sole possession of wild card lead |
| 2nd | 15.25 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 3rd | 13 | “Beautiful” Brian Seiken | 1st contest since June 20, 2015, finishes 3rd in men’s Queens qualifier 3rd year in a row |
| 4th | 8 | Andy Flamm | |
| 4th | 8 | Ryoo Jessoo | |
| 4th | 8 | Matthew Kiebus |
| 1st | 16.5 | Sophia Devita | maybe best showing for woman whose 1st contest is Nathan’s qualifer since Sonya Thomas |
| 2nd | 14.5 | Daniella Gioia | takes women’s wild card lead |
| 3rd | 4.75 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
After being rained out on June 5, Rocco's pizza contest in Brooklyn has been rescheduled for June 24 and the purse has been upgraded to $2000/$1000/$500.
ABC News has an article and video about the Carolina Reaper pepper mentioning Wayne Algenio's record set at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo in April.
The pizza eating contest that was to have awarded $1100 in Brooklyn yesterday was postponed due to rain. Organizers hope to reschedule later in June.
New books out about Nathan’s Famous
The Village Voice has an article about Famous Nathan, a book about the history of the hot dog restaurant that will be released June 21 co-authored by Lloyd Handwerker, a grandson of the company founder. The book is a companion to the 2014 documentary by the same name and will include a debunking of the 1916 contest origin myth. Another book Nathan’s Famous: The First 100 Years of America’s Favorite Frankfurter Company by William Handwerker, who is also a grandson of the founder, was released on May 10.
1978 Nathan’s Memorial Day hot dog eating contest
In the 1970s, Nathan’s held Coney Island hot dog eating contests throughout the summer. Here is the account of the 1978 Memorial Day contest from the Google News Archive. (note the 1917 contest origin year).
Wayne Algenio produced a video of him facing off against Thomasina Owch of Singapore in a race to finish the curry challenge at Kenka in New York City.
The New York Daily News has an article about the history of Nathan's Famous which treats the 1916 origin story for the hot dog eating contest as factual. Competition co-founder Mortimer Matz admitted the tale was a fabrication in a 2010 New York Times interview.
The Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team will rename themselves the Coney Island Franks for the July 3 game in honor of Nathan's Famous centennial.
The Wall Street Journal has an article about New York City eating challenges and a video of Randy Santel and Wayne Algenio attempting the burger challenge at Clinton Hall in Manhattan last month.
Burger Urge in New Farm, QLD, Australia will hold a Trump mini burger eating contest on May 26 awarding a trip to Trump Tower in New York City.
Rocco's Pizzeria in Brooklyn will hold a pizza eating contest on June 5 awarding $800/$200/$100
Vice.com's new documentary "How American Men Are Redefining Masculinity" opens with Wayne Algenio attempting the MotherLoad Sloppy Joe challenge at Lunch Box in Staten Island with host Gavin Haynes.
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