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2019 Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Rolls
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1st | 43 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
2nd | 37.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
3rd | 26 | Darron Breeden | |
4th | 24.5 | Nick Wehry | |
5th | 20 | Derek Jacobs | |
6th | 15 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
6th | 15 | George Chiger | |
8th | 14.5 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
9th | 14 | “Big Eater Mike” Michael Whities | |
10th | 12 | Ben Welch | |
11th | 10 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
11th | 10 | “Big” Brian Subich | |
13th | 4.5 | Rene Rovtar | |
14th | 3 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
2017 Three Rivers Festival pepperoni rolls
update June 3 The Boston Globe has an interview with Geoff Esper about his victory
Darron Eats has a video
updateTheET.com has a press release spelling the winner’s name as “Jeffrey”
update Eric Shroder has a video
1st | 36 | Geoffrey Esper | |
2nd | 30.5 | Miki Sudo | |
3rd | 26 | Darron Breeden | |
4th | 20.5 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
5th | 20 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
6th | 13 | Derek Jacobs | |
7th | 9.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
8th | 8 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
9th | 7 | Jeff Chapman | |
10th | 3.75 | Brett Shepherd | |
11th | 3.5 | Alicia Hill |
Geoff Esper wins pepperoni rolls, Miki Sudo not listed
update Miki Sudo posted a picture from the Delta terminal in Atlanta, so presumably she had travel issues
TWV has a contest video
update WDTV has a video Miki Sudo does not seem to have competed.
Results from today’s pepperoni roll eating contest at the Three Rivers Festival in Fairmont, WV Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Geoff Esper 23
2T) Gideon Oji 20
2T) Sonya Thomas 20
4) Brian Dudzinski 19.75
5) Eric “Badlands” Booker 17.5
6) Juliet Lee 17
7) Matt Cohen 10.75
8) Michael Deitz 10
9) Matthew Raible 8
10) Bill Myers 7.75
Miki Sudo was expected to compete as of this morning
2015 WV Pepperoni rolls
John Provins has a contest video
WVMetronews and WDTV have articles. Matt Stonie says he does not expect to compete before July 4.
Official results part 1 | part 2 | part 3
1 Matt Stonie 34 rolls, new record
2 Miki Sudo 28.5
3 Adrian Morgan 23
4 Michelle Lesco 19.5
5 Juliet Lee 18.5
6 Jim Reeves 15.5
7 Eric “Badlands” Booker 15
8 Nate Biller 11
9 “Wild” Bill Myers 8
10 Dan Mangiapane 7.5
11 Deitz 7.25
Brian Subich says that it appears Matt Stonie has broken the contest record.
Previous winners
2014 May 24 | 1st | 31 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship | Fairmont, WV |
2013 May 25 | 1st | 28 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship | Fairmont, WV |
2012 May 26 | 1st | 33 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship | Fairmont, WV |
2011 May 28 | 1st | 30.5 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | WV Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship | Fairmont, WV |
2014 Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Rolls
Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1 Matt Stonie 31, birthday
2 Miki Sudo 26
3 Michelle Lesco 18.5
4 Marcos Owens 18
5 Juliet Lee 17.6
6 Jim Reeves 15.5
7 Bill Myers 7.25
8 Leo Gioia 6.5
9 James Haynes 6
10 Tim Cope 5.5
Bob Shoudt was unable to get out of Carnegie Mellon
Joey edges Miki to win Three Rivers Festival pepperoni roll contest
update May 30 WV Metronews has a gallery and WDTV has an article and video
update WBOY has an article and video
The top 6 (part 1 | part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 28
2) Miki Sudo 27.5
3) Sonya Thomas 24
4) Bob Shoudt 22.5
5) Tim Janus 22
6) Juliet Lee 19.5
Video will be livestreamed at http://vp.telvue.com/player?s=gfcc I think the last time Juliet Lee lost to a woman besides Sonya Thomas was to Elizabeth Canady in a 2007 Krystal qualifier.