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2018 Mets Nathan’s qualifier
Fink Beats the Stomach has the winners
| 1st | 34 | Nick Wehry | avoids being 1st person to eat 33+ hot dogs in qualifier and not make finals |
| 2nd | 28 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 3rd | 14 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
| 4th | 13.25 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 5th | 10 | Oliver Brooks | |
| DQ | ? | John Sharkey |
| 1st | 7 | Prudence DiBenedetto | |
| 2nd | 6 | Bailey “Ott Dog” Ott | thought she should have won |
Bailey Otter might have eaten more than winner
If Nick Wehry does not win today’s qualifier, he will be the first person to do 33+ hot dogs in a circuit and not make the finals. Previous competitors who hit that mark either won a subsequent qualifier or received the wild card. The previous high for not making the finals was Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin’s 32 in 2009.
Non-winning 32+ qualifier performances
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WKBW has an interview with Ronnie "Megabyte" Hartman, who moved to Buffalo to train as a professional wrestler at a school in Lackawanna, NY.
The Syracuse Polish Festival will hold a pierogi eating contest on Sunday awarding $250 to the winner.
2018 Mattituck strawberry shortcake
update Contest video
Patch.com has an article and gallery
| 1st | 22 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 2nd | 20 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 14 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 12 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 11 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 9.5 | Brrian Dudzinski | |
| 7th | 8.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 8th | 8 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 5.75 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 10th | 3 | Jason Smith |
2018 Taste of Syracuse Nathan’s qualifier
update June 10 Syracuse NewTimes gallery
Official results
1) Geoff Esper 45
2) George Chiger 26
3) Jim Reeves 22
1W) Kristina Rovtar 6.5, daughter of Rene Rovtar
LocalSyr.com reports Geoff Esper won the men’s division with 45 hot dogs. From the picture, it appears there was at least one female entrant, so “uncontested” failed to defend the women’s division.
Geoff Esper is the favorite in the men’s division. We will see if “Uncontested” defends her Taste of Syracuse qualifier title in the women’s division.
Bidding for good is currently taking bids on a judgeship at the Nathan's finals. The current bid is $100 and bidding closes tomorrow. Moeny received will go th the Childern's Museum of the Arts.
NYDailyNews has an article about the possibility of a partnership between Takeru Kobayashi and Feltman's of Coney Island, whose founder claimed to have invented the hot dog in 1867. Feltman's owner Michael Quinn says "We'd love to work with him in the future. I'd have to see if we could afford him."
Leader Herald has an article about Mark Gdd completing the meatball sub challenge at the Saucy Italian in Johnstown, NY. He has a food challenge youtube channel.
Registration is open for the Mattituck Lions Club World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY on June 16. MLE also sanctioned the contest in 2007 and 2008.
Merrit K has an essay about Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle's yotube channel for Real Life Magazine, which he calls "much more in common with extreme pornography than traditional athletic performance". His video's will be part of an exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens starting Friday.
Wayne Algenio won today's EastMeetEast Singles Ramen Eating Competition held at the Gotham West Market. Takeru Kobayashi was the judge. update Extra Crispy has an interview about the event with Kobayashi who ate three bowls of ramen in 19.6 seconds before the contest. update Apr 30 Wayne Algenio has a video
Takeru Kobayashi will judge and do an exhibition at a ramen eating contest sponsored by the dating website EastMeetEast in New York City on April 23. A Craigslist post seeks female competitive eaters for the contest.
Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle ran the New York City Half Marathon in 2:06:39 this morning.
Bob Shoudt & Wayne Algenio teamed up to eat a bucket of meatballs in 32 seconds at the Meatball Shop in Williamsburg, NY and win the first prize of a 10 person food and drink party on Daniel's Chicken Bus. Bob Shoudt also ate 48 meatballs at That Meatball Place in Patchogue, NY to win $1000. update Wayne Algenio video
That Meetball Place will hold meatball eating contests in Patchogue, NY and Farmingdale, NY on March 9 awarding $1000 to the winner.
2018 Nathan’s qualifier schedule
Update: The schedule has been posted and registration is open for all qualifiers on http://www.majorleagueeating.com/contests.php 
Notable omissions include all NASCAR qualifiers and the NYNY Casino in Las Vegas which has held a qualifier every year since at least 2003. The Mets ballpark takes over as the longest running qualifier site.
MLE announces that the 2018 Nathan’s qualifier schedule will be released at 2pm Eastern today.
The Cincinnati Reds May 18 and the New York Mets June 24 are probable sites since Nathan’s Famous is listed as a sponsor for those game dates.
A qualifier will not be held at the San Antonio Big League Weekend next month since that event will not take place in 2018 due to the NCAA Final Four being held at the Alamo Dome.
The New York City Hot Sauce Expo will hold 7 spicy eating contests over April 21 and 22. $1000 will be awarded if the Guinness record for eating Carolina Reaper peppers is broken.
Nef Jones has placed a casting call for a New York City area competitive eater to appear in a food-related ad for the TNT cable network. The winner will receive $1500 for a shoot the week of March 12.
Mark Tesseyman won the first prize of $1047 in Saturday's King of the Wing contest at the Hudson Valley Wing Fest in Poughkeepsie, NY.
2018 Finkies awards winners
The Fink Beats the Stomach announced the winners of their “Finkies” awards for 2017, which were based on online polls:
Rookie of the Year: Rene Rovtar
Showman of the Year: Beard Meats Food
Male Competitive Eater of the Year: Joey Chestnut
Female Competitive Eater of the Year: Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
Emcee of the Year: Eric “Badlands” Booker
Darron Breeden did not agree with the Rookie of the Year choice. Molly Schuyler and Miki Sudo have yet to comment on the Female of the Year award.
2018 Finkies Awards nominations
The Fink Beats the Stomach Podcast announces that they will hold their Finkies award ceremony at Flannery’s in Manhattan on January 13. The public can vote for the nominees who are: Read the rest of this entry »
The Hudson Valley WingFest will hold a King of the Wings contest in Poughkeepsie, NY on January 27 awarding $1047 to the winner. WWE Hall of Famer "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan will serve as MC. A circuit of eight qualifiers will start on January 5.
48 ounce steak eating contests are listed as part of "a toxic culture of sexual harassment" in an article by statnews about biotech hedge fund OrbiMed Advisors and its managing partner Sam Isaly. The company claims that the eating competition, which awarded $200 to the winners, were voluntary and were discontinued in 2013.
AmNY.com has an interview with Yasir Salem about his plans to run in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, which will be his 12th marathon in 2017. He hopes to qualify to ride in the 3000 mile bicycle Race Across America in 2019. update Nov 6 Runner's World lists Yasir Salem's time as 4:41:33 in a roster of celebrity entrants. His time was about three minutes behind former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber.
Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Manhattan will hold chimichanga eating contests on October 28 and 31 awarding $100 to the winner.
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