Clinton Station Diner 105 lb burger conquered
Miki Sudo announced that the 10 person team consisting of herself, Molly Schuyler, Bob Shoudt, Dan Kennedy, Darrron Breeden, Geoff Esper, Brandon Clark, George Chiger, Nick Wehry and Andrew Puhl completed the 105 pound burger challenge at the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ and claimed a $5,000 prize. Flux Happens has videos of the start and end of the challenge. Molly Schuyler was the last member eating.
2018 Smoke’s Poutinerie contest
Official results. Miki Sudo was announced on stage as the runner up
| 1st | 17.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | regains lead for 2018 MLE non-qualfier wins with 11 |
| 2nd | 16 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 15 | Miki Sudo | announced as runner-up on stage |
| 4th | 12.5 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | announced as 3rd place on stage |
| 5th | 11.5 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 10 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 9.5 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 8th | 8 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 7.5 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 10th | 5.5 | Jesse Kankula | |
| 10th | 5.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
Joel Hansen ate 8.5 pounds in 5 minutes to win the amateur contest, which is more than 4 of the 11 professionals ate in 10 minutes
Matt Stonie has posted a livestream video of the contest
2018 Nathan’s womens finals
Sonya Thomas competed according to this picture (via redrabbit comment, but was not listed in the results)
| 1st | 37 | Miki Sudo | |
| 2nd | 28 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 3rd | 25 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
| 4th | 21 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke | |
| 5th | 19 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 6th | 14 | Sophia Devita | |
| 7th | 13 | Jingru “Panda” Chen | |
| 8th | 12 | Kassandra Zapata | |
| 9th | 11 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 10th | 10.5 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 11th | 8 | Tracie Dickerson | |
| 11th | 8 | Kathryn Tesch | |
| 11th | 8 | Holly Titus | |
| 14th | 7 | Brittany Powell | |
| 15th | 6.5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 15th | 6.5 | Brynn Szeles | |
| 17th | 5 | Kristina Rovtar | |
| 18th | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
19 competitors have been announced, so someone besides Steffi Valkov will not appear.
2017 Snowbird bratwurst contest
update Aug 21Good4Utah has an article and video
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 34.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 29.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 20 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 4th | 14 | Russ Adair | |
| 5th | 12 | John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic | |
| 5th | 12 | J Wall | |
| 7th | 12 | Kevin “Irish car bomb” Favreau | |
| 7th | 12 | Cody Pilot | |
| 9th | 8.5 | Rusty Johnson | |
| 10th | 2.5 | Tom Love |
Snowbird has a Facebook Live video of today’s contest
Miki Sudo sets MLE ice cream record at Indiana State Fair
update Aug 18 Hungry Hazzard has a video
Update Aug 14
Fox59 video | NapTown Buzz video | Indiana State Fair Facebook video | CBS4Indy article and gallery | Crowemojo video
IndyStar.com has a contest report
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 16.5 | Miki Sudo | announced as MLE ice cream record |
| 2nd | 15 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 3rd | 13 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 4th | 10.5 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 9 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 6th | 8 | Sophia Devita | |
| 6th | 8 | Matthew Raible | |
| 8th | 7.5 | Ivan “The Avocado” Mendoza | MLE debut |
| 9th | 5 | Stacy Fitzsimmons | |
| 10th | 4.5 | Marcus Feldman |
Ivan Mendoza will make his MLE debut at the contest.
2017 Women’s Nathan’s Finals
Full results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Meghan Drake did not compete. Daniella Gioia’s total was not given
| 1st | 41 | Miki Sudo | personal best |
| 2nd | 32 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | personal best, non-Asian women’s record (Schuler 31) |
| 3rd | 30 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | |
| 4th | 25 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
| 5th | 18 | Sophia Devita | |
| 6th | 17 | Meredith Boxberger | |
| 7th | 15 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke | |
| 8th | 14 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 9th | 13 | Kassandra Zapata | |
| 10th | 12 | Carlene LeFevre | |
| 11th | ? | Daniella Gioia | |
| 12th | 8 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 12th | 8 | Liz McClurg | |
| 12th | 8 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 8 | Marlene Wigginton | |
| 16th | 7.75 | Stevie “Eats a Lot” Palmer | |
| 17th | 6 | Deborah Bethea | |
| 17th | 6 | Danielle Leppert-Simenauer |
ESPN could have truncated Sportscenter to televise the women’s contest or put it on in place of a rerun of the 2016 men’s contest on ESPN Classic.
Advice from female competitive eaters in broadly.vice.com
Broadly.vice.com has advice from Kate Ovens, Michelle Lesco, Nela Zisser and Miki Sudo on how to maximize consumption at Christmas dinners.
Dress for the occasion. Remember, it’s competitive eating, not competitive prettiness. Wear loose fitting pants and something with high elasticity. My midsection is always covered by something pretty baggy. (Miki Sudo)
Gideon Oji wins Grants, NM green chile
Results Part 1 | Part 2 (32 oz bowls, duration not given)
| 1st | 5.25 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 4.75 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 4.25 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 4 | Josh Miller | |
| 5th | 3.875 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 6th | 2.25 | Kobi Bauer | |
| 7th | 2 | Stevie Bauer | |
| 8th | 1 | Jamie West |
Lathrop, CA bacon eating contest
1) Miki Sudo 8 pounds in 8 minutes, won in overtime
2) Michelle Lesco 8 pounds, lost in overtime
3) Steve Hendry 6.75
4) Juan Rodriguez 6.5
5) Andrew Gutierrez 5
6) Doug Ecks 4
7) Mary Bowers 3.75
8) Leslie Ryder 3
9T) Jon Davis 2.5
9T) Haywood
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
Joey Chestnut four-peats Orlando Chili, Esper 2nd, Sudo 3rd
Full results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Joey Chestnut 7 32 oz bowls
2) Geoffrey Esper 6.25
3) Miki Sudo 6
4) Gideon Oji 5.75
5) Eric “Badlands” Booker 4.25
6) Nathan Biller 2.75
7) Tom Goes
update Joey Chestnut defended his title with 7 32 ounce bowls in 6 minutes.
Orlando Weekly has an interview with Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo. Gideon Oji, Badlands Booker, Nate Biller and Geoff Esper are also expected to compete.