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2011 Nathan’s finals – women
1) Sonya Thomas 40, 1 off record, 9-peats as best woman at Nathan’s
2) Juliet Lee 29.5
3) Stephanie Torres 28.5, 3rd woman to exceed 25, finals record for rookie female
4) Michelle “Cardboard Shell” 20
5) Larell Marie Mele 16
6) Maria “The Incredible Sulk” 15
7) Laura Leu 8.5
8) Grace Lee 4, probably greatest % decrease between qualifier & finals since Jed Donahue’s 1 HDB
9) Laura Gallagher 3
16:42 If Sonya Thomas competed in the men’s division, she would have came in fourth and won $1,500, $1,000 less than the same as the original women’s 1st place prize of $2,500.
16:07 Grace Lee claims she ate 24 hot dogs. Official results have her at 4.
13:43 CNN has raw video from the contest.
12:40 According to The El Paso Times, the official results have Juliet Lee & Stephanie Torres in a tie for 2nd place w/29.
12:10 ESPN showed Juliet Lee and Stephanie Torres in a tie for 2nd place w/ 29.
11:51 EatingContest has full results:
11:41 The contest is over. Sonya has won with a total of 40 hot dogs, one off her record.
11:39 Stephanie & Juliet are tied w/2 minutes left.
11:36 Halfway through the contest Sonya is up by 6 followed by Juliet, Stephanie and Michelle.
11:33 The CNN stream has apparently stopped to avoid conflicting with the ESPN3 webcast.
11:32 The women’s contest has started
11:21 Introductions have started before the 11:25 official ESPN 3 broadcast time. Laura Leu has been introduced.
The contest (without audio) can be viewed on CNN.com
The BBC has an audio interview with Sonya Thomas
Coney Island weather vs. Nathan’s winning total
This is an updating of a 2007 post comparing the weather at JFK airport on July 4 around 12:50 pm with the winning total in the Nathan’s finals. The temperature on July 4 at 2 pm is predicted to be 86 °F. Weather information is from wunderground.com
2001 50 HDB 71.1 °F / 21.7 °C 93% humidity, overcast
2002 50.5 HDB 96.1 °F / 35.6 °C 40% humidity, partly cloudy
2003 44.5 HDB 81.0 °F / 27.2 °C 72% humidity, clear
2004 53.5 HDB 77.0 °F / 25.0 °C 64% humidity, mostly cloudy
2005 49 HDB 78.1 °F / 25.6 °C 48% humidity, scattered clouds
2006 53.75 HDB 84.9 °F / 29.4 °C 65% humidity, haze
2007 66 HDB 70.0 °F 68% humidity overcast
2008 59 HDB (not including overtime) 77.0 °F 64% humidity mostly cloudy
2009 68 HDB 78.1 °F 45% humidity mostly cloudy
2010 54 HDB 95 °F 22% humidity partly cloudy
NY1 has an article and video of today's weigh-in for Nathan's competitors at City Hall where the women's championship belt debuted. (A picture four females at the weigh-in) update July 2 The New York Daily News has an article and the New York Post has a video of the weigh-in with interviews of Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas and Larell Marie Mele.
The Wall Street Journal's Metropolis blog has an entry about Takeru Kobayashi's hot dog eating event July 4 in Manhattan at 230 FIFTH. Jose Cuervo has a press release praising Kobayashi's independence and says it will give him a free trip to its tequila distillery in Mexico if he outeats the winner of the July 4 Coney Island contest.
Time Out NY has short profiles of 20 competitors (13 men, 7 women) in the 2011 Nathan's finals. (Matt Stonie and Maria "The Incredible Sulk" are missing.) (via Erik Denmark)
Time Out New York has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi about spending the night of July 4, 2010 in jail and his event on July 4 this year. updated with link to original interview
Sheepshead Bites has a report on Saturday's cupcake eating contest held at Cupcake Kings in Brooklyn. Alex Mamutin was the winner and League of Amateur Competitive Eaters Rob Blatt was the runner-up.
The Daily has an article about eating challenges attempted by workers in Manhattan's financial district with a quote from former day trader Tim Janus. Ian Roncoroni, an energy options broker, won $3,500 after winning a bet that he could not eat 244 raw oysters.
update June 26 The Poughkeepsie Journal has articles on Matt Stonie and the local competitors along with a gallery (via Anthony Serino)
Matt Stonie also has a gallery
update Rich Shea has the results
update #2 Full results from the MLE facebook
1) Matt Stonie 32
2) Badlands Booker 27.25
3) Allen "Shredder" Goldstein 26.5
4) "Buffalo" Jim Reeves 22
5) Yasir Salem 20
6) Anthony Serino 17.5
7) William Myers 15.25
8) Drew Altavilla 10
1W) Maria "The Incredible Sulk" 12
Maria "The Incredible Sulk" is in attendance
Eric "Badlands" Booker's appearance at K104 this morning to promote tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier in Fishkill, NY can be viewed online.
Randy Santel is celebrating his 25th birthday in New York City. He set the house record at Yummy Sushi yesterday and plans to attempt the 87 ounce steak at Lone Star Bar & Grill.
The MLE twitter lists Matt Stonie, Eric "Badlands" Booker, "Buffalo" Jim Reeves and Allen "Shredder" Goldstein as expected entrants in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Splashdown Beach in Fishkill, NY.
The Associated Press reports that Takeru Kobayashi will do an eating exhibition at a rooftop bar in Manhattan located at 230 Fifth Avenue during the 2011 Nathan's finals on July 4. update Kobayashi's blog has a press release about the event which will be open to the public. Kobayashi will eat in sync with the televised Nathan's contest.
Smokin Mule in Cortland, NY (Syracuse area) will hold a pulled pork sandwich eating contest on July 30 awarding $500.
Two contests will award trips to the 2012 Nathan's finals. Specialty Food Group is running a sweepstakes that will award a trip for four to the 2012 finals and the St. Paul Saints will award a trip on July 23 for two to a person who tweets a picture of a wiener from the grill.
An eating contest will be held at the "Meat Destroyer" all you can eat BBQ in Tonawanda, NY tomorrow. The amount eaten by competitors during the entire day of the event will be kept track of, and the winner will receive a trip for two to Las Vegas. A ten minute hot dog contest will also be held.
The Brooklyn Eagle has a report on the pizza and ice cream eating contests held Sunday at the Fifth Avenue Spring Festival. Pizza contest winner "Furious" Pete Czerwinski produced a video about his trip to New York City. T L Magazine reports that the protest threatened by gay marriage advocates for the ice cream contest failed to materialize.
Why did my Dad make me a Mets fan? has a blog entry about Laura Leu's first (and also last) place finish in the women's division of Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Queens. (This is the first coverage of the qualifier I have seen.)
Will Millender has the top 5 from today's Rocco's Pizza eating contest in Brooklyn: 1) "Furious" Pete Czerwinski 17 slices, 2) "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti 14 slices 3) Will Millender 11.875 slices 4) Mike Hoffman 11 slices 5) Joel "The Cannon" Podelsky 10.
“Madoff Meadows” (Mets) Munchathon
update 7:30 The rest of the results.
update 6:36 Results have been posted
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 45
2) “Notorious” Bob Shoudt 37
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 24
Laura Leu 7 – top woman
The qualifer will take place before tonight’s Mets game, which has a 7:10 starting time.
The MLE twitter reports that Bob Shoudt, Tim Janus and Eric "Badlands" Booker and former bunnette Laura Leu will compete in tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier in Queens.
The Brooklyn Eagle has an article on Sunday's pizza eating conetst at the Fifth Avenue Spring Festival in Brooklyn. Queerty reports an ice cream eating contest held before the pizza contest at state Senator Marty Golden's office will be infiltrated by homosexual activists.
The Fortune Magazine blog has reposted a 1938 article about Coney Island with a section about how Nathan's five cent hot dogs were damaging the business of Feltman's, an eatery famed for its frankfurters costing a dime. The article makes no mention of any hot dog eating contests. (via longreads)
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