update June 3 WGN has a podcast of an interview with Michelle Lesco ChicagoNow calls for a Chicago style hot dog eating contest

update June 2 Val Bromann has a contest report

update #2 The Daily Herald has a contest report where George Shea incorrectly claims Michelle Lesco set the Nathan’s Illinois record; Patrick Vandam ate 31 hot dogs in Matteson in 2008.

update Juan Rodriguez has the winners & runners up

Men
1) Badlands Booker 27.5 HDB
2) Yasir Salem 26
? Thomas Coats Jr. 10

Women
1) Michelle Lesco 28.5
2) Niki Rodriguez 10, new women’s wild card leader
? Val Bromann 4
Siblings Juan (31 HDB) and Nikki (10) Rodriguez are currently the wild card co-leaders.

Yasir Salem and Val Bromann appeared on NBC Chicago this morning.

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update May 19 Rake & Herald has a contest report Part 1 | Part 2

gons041 has a video

update May 14 Crazy Legs Conti has a contest report for the Huffington Post

update May 13 Rebecca Tully has a video of the amateur contest Brian Seiken has a video of the professional competition and the weighing

update May 12 Kyle Hanner won the amateur contest with 58 wings in 5 minutes. Defending amateur champion Lauren Smith was 3rd w/44.

update DelMarvaNow has an article

Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1) Joey Chestnut 220 wings
2) Adrian Morgan 186 wings
3) Michelle Lesco 166 wings
4) Miki Sudo 164 wings,first loss to another woman
5) Tim Janus 144
6) Sonya Thomas 142
7) Juliet Lee 133
8) Marcos Owens 127
9) Steve Hendry 123
10) Yasir Salem 97
11) Bill Myers 87
12) Crazy Legs Conti 68
13) Brian Seiken 59

Kyle Hanner reports that Joey Chestnut won with 220 wings.

In last year’s contest the winner of the 6 minute amateur contest, Lauren Smith ate almost as many wings (69) as the last place professional, Crazy Legs Conti, despite the 12 minute duration of that event.

In honor of Mother’s Day, the new poll asks who you think is the top mother in competitive eating history.

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update Sept 5 Crazy Legs Conti has posted part 2

update Sept 3 Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry focusing on his pre-contest activities
Jkozela has a video
Article about Michelle Lesco finishing 2nd
Dutch articles: Volksrant | WTF.nl Serbian article

update Sept 2 BuffaloNews.com has a blog entry about Joey Chestnut’s absence, which reports that he did not appear to be ill Saturday night.

Winging it TV has an interview with Miki Sudo

WGRZ has a video and Buffalo News has an article and gallery ODV Vicious has a video of the stadium screen.

Joey Chestnut says he had a sore throat and fever. YNN has an article. Ghostline Entertainment recorded videos on UStream

The top 8
1 6.7 lb / 178 wings Miki Sudo
2 4.6 Michelle Lesco
3 4.32 Sonya Thomas
4 3.5 Yasir Salem
5 3.44 Jim Reeves
6 3.06 Badlands Booker
7 3 Steve Hendry
8 2.5 Mike Landrich

Miki Sudo has won the contest with 178 wings. Sonya Thomas, Michelle Lesco and Miki Sudo are the top three finishers. This is probably the first time all top 3 in a MLE/IFOCE contest have been women (excluding the Nathan’s female divisions).

A female reportedly won the wing eating championship at the Buffalo Wing Festival festival. Joey Chestnut did not compete.

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Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Michelle Lesco 152 wings
2) Juliet Lee 128
3) Brian Subich 120
4) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 112
5) Corey Fanguy 92
6) Matthew Raible 88
7T) Tracy Goode 84
7T) Sean Mulcahey 84
9) John “Ticket Wizard” 32
10) Jerry Fowler 10

A picture of the stage.

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update June 21 AOL Patch and Cardboard Shell have videos (via Miki Sudo)

update June 10 Rake & Herald, Chicagoist and 60625news have contest reports

Chicago Tribune and
Miki Sudo have galleries

update June 8-2 DNAInfo and Looky Tasty have contest reports.

update June 8 Shar.es has an article and video. Matt Raible is listed as a contest judge and the contest duration is given as 8 minutes.

7:38 The top 4 | rest:
1) Miki Sudo 2.9 lb. (6 minutes, previous year’s contest was 8 minutes)
2) Michelle Lesco 2.62
3) Joey Chestnut 2.56
4) Bob Shoudt 2.31
5) Juan Rodriguez 1.99
6) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 1.56
7) Brett Bernstein 1.17 amateur winner
8) Andrew Skweres 1.16 Chicago Wing Bowl representative
9) Eric Hucke 1.14

update June 8
Winning Ribmania totals

It appears that before tonight, Sonya Thomas was the only woman to have defeated Joey Chestnut. Miki Sudo and Michelle Lesco have tripled that number.

update 7:16 central Miki Sudo reportedly won the contest. (7:24) Miki’s victory is confirmed, this is the second upset in a row at the Chicago Ribfest after Tim Brown defeated Pat Bertoletti last year.

DNAInfo has a Skype interview with Joey Chestnut.

ChicagoNow and Constant Contact have reports on yesterday’s amateur qualifier won by Brett “The Ravenous Rabbi” Bernstein.

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update May 1 Atmore Advance has a contest report (via Rhonda Evans)

update April 29 LiteMix.com has a gallery and video

update April 28 Atmore Advance has a short article

Results | Part 2
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 20.5 1/2 lb. tacos in 8 minutes
2) Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco 16.5
3) Sonya Thomas 15 (first finish behind another woman in MLE career)
4) Nate Biller 14.5
5) Eric “Badlands” Booker 13
6) Erik “The Red” Denmark 11.5
7) Matthew Raible 11
8) Crazy Legs Conti 8.5
8) Don Potts 8.5
10) Damien Boykin 8

Tim Janus won the Creek Indian taco eating contest at Foodabluza with a total of 20.5 half pound tacos.

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update #2 East Valley Tribune has a gallery

update Winners have been announced More results (Part 1 | Part 2) Erik Denmark says Damon Wells ate 23.75 HDB.

1) Erik Denmark 30.5
2) Damon Wells 23.75
3) Ron Koch 21
4) Steve Hendry 17.75
5) Kobi Bauer 15
1W) Michelle “Cardboard Shell” 24, probably best women’s qualifier performance except for Sonya & Juliet

Michelle “Cardboard Shell”‘s appearance on KPHO yesterday to promote today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Arizona Mills can be viewed online. Erik Denmark, Damon Wells, Ron Koch, Kobi Bauer, Steve Hendry are also expected to compete. The contest will take place at noon Arizona time (3 pm eastern).

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