Upcoming New York City eating contests
New York City eating challenges
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The Dromedary Bar in Brooklyn will hold a hot dog eating contest July 4 awarding $300 to the winner.
Seaside Signal has an article about Cameron McKirdy taking on Eric "Badlands" Booker and 6 other lemonade drinkers in the chugging undercard contest for the July 4 Coney Island hot dog eating championship. Booker's participation in the chugging contest probably implies that he will not be competing in the hot dog eating contest. This will be McKirdy's first MLE event since July 2010.
Joey Chestnut will attend a chicken basket eating contest held during the July 3 NYCFC soccer game at Yankee Stadium. n
The Last Stop in The Bronx will hold a wing eating contest on June 30 awarding $500 to the winner.
NY1 reports that Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest will return to its traditional location outside the original Coney Island restaurant on July 4. 16 men and 12 women are expected to compete; the only named expected entrants in the article are Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo and Michelle Lesco.
The Last Stop 242 will hold a wing eating contest in The Bronx tomorrow awarding $500 to the winner.
Creative Centenaries has reposted a December 10, 1921 article from the Belfast Telegraph about Ludwig Consumo, billed as the "World's Champion Free-Style Eater". One of his rivals was Alderman Dotzler of New York City, who ate 9 pounds of steak, 19 rolls and 11 cups of coffee in a beefsteak eating contest.
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate in today's NYC mayoral election, competed in several Nathan's Famous finals in the 1990s, finishing 3rd in 1994. He appeared in "Footlong", a 2002 documentary about the hot dog using the 1998 Nathan's circuit as its framework which can be viewed on youtube. In interview starting around the 8:15 mark, he claims that defending champion Hirofumi Nakajima has been surgically altered with digestive enzymes.
Mad Dog & Beans Mexican Cantina will hold monster burrito eating contests on October 29 at its two New York City locations. Both competitions will award $100/$75/$50 to the top 3.
The New York City Hot Sauce Expo will hold several spicy eating challenges in Brooklyn this weekend. The Choco Challenge spicy chocolate contest will award $1000 on October 16 and $1000 will also be awarded if the Carolina Reaper pepper Guinness record is broken on October 17.
Joel Hansen won the first prize of $500 at tonight's pierogi eating contest at Pierozek in Brooklyn.
Pierozek in Brooklyn will hold a pierogi eating contest on October 8 awarding $500 to the winner, $300 to the runner up.
Wayne Algenio ate 100 meatballs to win today's eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan. New York City Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa says he was denied the opportunity to judge the competition after receiving an invitation. The Guardian Angels founder claims that Mayor Bill de Blasio or the Gambino crime family could be responsible for the snub.
Matt Pruznick ate 23 cannolis in 6 minutes to win Friday's eating contest at Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan.
The Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan will hold 4 eating contests: cannolis - September 17, zeppoles - September 22, pizza - September 24, meatballs September 26.
Interview with Anne Nelson, sister of Caitlin Nelson
Daily Mail has an article about Anne Nelson, whose father, Port Authority Police Officer James Nelson, died in the World Trace Center wreckage. Another shocking fatality would strike the family 16 years later.
Tragedy stalked Anne again in 2017 when her sister Caitlin (then a 20 year old college student) died in a freak accident when she choked in a charity pancake eating contest.
‘I think that loss is what really made me process my father’s death a little more. Even though I had gone to therapy before, the enormity of it all didn’t really hit me until that happened.’
Anne Nelson’s story is proof that people can live through not one but multiple traumas and still recover. Now 31, Anne tries to honor her sister and dad in everything she does.
She currently works as a special needs teacher at an elementary school, inspired by Caitlin’s studies in social work and her father’s life-long emphasis on education. ‘I take a little bit of both of them in what I’m doing and I try to carry them with me through that.’
Nathan’s Hot Dog qualifiers, restricted to NYC civil servants, were held on top of the original World Trade Center from 1998 to 2000. “Hungry” Charles Hardy won all 3 contests. Very little information about the competitions remains on the internet. Here is a screen capture from the 2002 documentary “Footlong”
The New York Times has a long article about Nathan's Famous original Coney Island location.
A sausage & peppers eating contest awarding $500 to the winner will take place in East Harlem on August 7.
MagicalThemeParks posted a picture today of the site of the former Wall of Fame / countdown timer at the original Nathan's Famous location, which is now covered with a picture of the New York City skyline and a "The Flavor of New York" logo.
2021 Nathan’s Famous men’s contest
Official results. Joey Chestnut broke his record with a total of 76.
| 1st | 76 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | New record |
| 2nd | 50 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 44 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 43 | Darron Breeden | |
| 5th | 37.75 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 32.5 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 7th | 32 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 30.75 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 9th | 30 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 10th | 28 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | |
| 11th | 27 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 11th | 27 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 11th | 27 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 11th | 27 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 15th | 25.5 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 16th | 21.5 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 17th | 17 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Matt Stonie will not be competing. Erik Denmark and Brian Dudzinski are unexpected entrants.
I am going to be away from the internet for most of today and do not expect to post men’s results until sometime tonight. If you need them, you should not have any difficulty finding them.
Hope everyone has a happy and safe July 4th.
2021 Nathan’s Famous women’s contest
| 1st | 30.75 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 2nd | 24 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Rodriguez | |
| 3rd | 18.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 4th | 16 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 5th | 15 | Sophia Devita | |
| 6th | 12.75 | Holly Titus | |
| 7th | 11 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 8th | 9.5 | Kelly Wong | |
| 9th | 8 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 10th | 7.75 | Kathryn Tesch | |
| 11th | 7.5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 7 | Kristina Rovtar | |
| 13th | 5 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Today is the 10th anniversary of the inaugural Nathan’s Famous women’s division. Nothing has been heard from the original top 3 in over 20 months, with Juliet Lee and Stephanie Torres passing away and Sonya Thomas going radio-silent after a mystery disqualification in the 2018 finals.
Mary Bowers is a surprise omission. There do not appear to be any unexpected entrants.
Melody Andorfer, who ate 12 hot dogs in 5 minutes to win the Nathan's Famous eating contest held on Labor Day weekend in 1972, was honored at yesterday's weigh-in ceremony.
Guardian Angels founder has been declared the winner of the Republican primary for mayor of New York City. He competed in several Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contests in the 1990s, finishing 3rd in 1994.
Fink Beats the Stomach posted a picture of the former site of Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest wall of fame, which has been repainted. It does not appear the wall will return.
Brooklyn Paper reports that competitors in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest will not be allowed to switch to the restaurant's new vegan frankfurters, but substitutions might be possible in 2022 if they are deemed equivalent to beef hot dogs.
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