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Molly Schuyler defends Paul’s Pantry cinnamon rolls

Results from today’s cinnamon roll eating contest at Paul’s Pantry in Mission Viejo, CA

1st 19 Molly Schuyler
2nd 14 Brandon Clark
3rd 13 Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond
4th 12 Edward Chin
5th 10 Naader “Freak8r” Reda
6th 9 Kevin Ross
7th 4 David Jennings
7th 4 Craig Takata
9th 3 Tom Chin
10th 2 Jim Magee

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2019 Nathan’s mens finals

Official results

1st 71 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 50 Darron Breeden
3rd 47 Geoffrey Esper
4th 46 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie
5th 39 Max Suzuki
6th 36 Nick Wehry
7th 34 Matt “Hungry” Hazzard
7th 34 Gideon Oji
9th 29 Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave
10th 28.5 Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman
10th 28.5 Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran
12th 27 Derek Jacobs
12th 27 Pablo Martinez
14th 26 George Chiger
14th 26 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan
14th 26 Juan “more bite” Rodriguez
16th 22.5 Steve Hendry
16th 22 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas

Joey Chestnut’s margin of victory appears to be the largest since Takeru Kobayashi defeated Badlands Booker 50.5 to 26 in 2002.

Brazilian Corbucci Eats is doing an Instagram Live video from the crowd on https://www.instagram.com/corbuccieats/

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Mark Lyle ate 35 cupcakes in 5 minutes at Croissants Bakery in Myrtle Beach, SC to defend his title and win a prize package including $500.

2019 Nathan’s womens finals

Official results

1st 31 Miki Sudo
2nd 26.5 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
3rd 23 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee
3rd 23 Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke
5th 18 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
6th 14 Sophia Devita
7th 12.5 Katie Prettyman
8th 11 Holly Titus
9th 10.5 Kathryn Tesch
9th 10.5 Kelly Wong
11th 9 Jocelyn Walker
12th 8 Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers
13th 7 Julie Goldberg
14th 7 Rene Rovtar
15th 6 Kat Wong

31 is the lowest high total for a female in the Nathan’s finals since Sonya Thomas ate 25 in her first Nathan’s finals in 2003. (She ate 32 in a 12 minute contest in 2004).

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Randy Santel is now 3/4 of the way to 1000 wins after completing his 750th restaurant challenge at Oh My Burger in Gardena, CA.
CityPages has an article about last month's Fortune Bay World Wild Rice Hotdish Eating Championship in Tower, MN containing an interview with Ethan Teske.
The Frosty Frog in Hilton Head Island, SC will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $300 to the top man and woman.
update The top 5 from Nick Smith video caption Daily Mail article | wutshoodtv video
1st32Molly Schuyler contest record
2nd24Dan "killer" Kennedy
3rd20Andy Puhl
4th15David "Tiger Wings and Things" Brunelli
5th11"Gentleman" Joe Menchetti
Tenleytown411 reports that Molly Schuyler defended her Z Burger title contest with a record 32 burgers eaten.
Empire Outlets in Staten Island will hold a cannoli eating contest on July 4 awarding a $500 gift card to Nordstrom Rack.
Takeru Kobayashi will do a 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Spectacular at Kings County Distillery in Brooklyn, the same site he has appeared at the previous 3 July 4s. The event will be a fundraiser for Immigrant Families Together.
Ken Hoffman has a column for CultureMap Houston about retiring from his role as a judge in the Nathan's finals.
Croissants in Myrtle Beach, SC will hold a cupcake eating contest on July 4 awarding a prize package including $500 to the winner.
Hopsmith in Nashville will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $250 to the winner.
Sanchez 915 in El Paso will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 3 awarding $500.
Drift 82 in Patchogue, NY will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $250 to the winner.
Sandbar in Miami will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $250 to the winner.
State Fare in Catonsville, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
ESPNFrontRow.com announces Joey Chestnut will throw the first pitch at tomorrow's New York Mets game while eating a hot dog to promote the debut of The Good, The Bad, The Hungry on Tuesday.
Liberty Brewery & Grill will hold a hot dog eating contest in Myrtle Beach, SC on July 4 awarding $300 to the winner.
Plaza Hotel Casino in Las Vegas will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $200, a 2 night stay, $150 to Oscar's Steakhouse, and a cabana + $50 F&B spend.
A hot dog eating contest will be held on July 4 in Hurricane, WV awarding $500/$250/$100 to the top 3.
Stuarts Smokehouse in Alderson, WV will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500/$100/$50.
The Smoking Gun will hold a hot dog eating contest in San Diego on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.

Steve Hendry wins Santa Cruz qualifier

update July 1 DailyDemocrat and TimesHeraldOnline have articles

Here is the top 5 as best as I can figure out (twitter thread)

1st 25 Steve Hendry
2nd 15.5 Sergio Reyes-Raya
3rd 13 Kirk Taylor
4th 12 “funubergames”
5th 11 Jon Davis

Steve Hendry won tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier in Santa Cruz. No females competed. updateMatthew White has a video | Preview video

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Jungle Jim's Market in Fairfield, OH has a store display consisting solely of Joey Chestnut brand condiments.
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