Stephanie Wu has posted the top 5 in today's corn dog eating contest at the Tehama County Fair. Matt Stonie won by eating 15 corn dogs in 7 minutes. Ken Douglas was the runner-up with 8.5.

September 25, 2010 at 8:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Matt Stonie, Unafilliated Contests, Upstate California | Permalink * Comments (9)

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  1. The Great Moomsi said (Registered December 24, 2008)

    September 25, 2010 @ 9:28 pm

    nicely done matt

  2. SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)

    September 26, 2010 @ 1:23 am

    nice job Matt, i dont know how big they were but 15 in 7 minutes is friggin awesome and you got a grand too, sweettttt, Have A Nice Day, 🙂

  3. Matt "Mega Toad" Stonie said (Registered June 22, 2010)

    September 26, 2010 @ 4:41 am

    hey does anyone know if theres any possible way to get this offically noted as a record in corn dogs?
    cuz even tho the time difference its kinda clear i beat it….
    12/10min = 1.2/min
    15/7min = 2.15/min…
    only problem is no one offical was around so im assuming i just answered my own question =[[[[

    man….

  4. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    September 26, 2010 @ 8:35 am

    It is unlikely IFOCE.com will list any non-IFOCE record, regardless of how impressive it is.

  5. stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)

    September 26, 2010 @ 10:25 am

    Yeah, it was an incredible performance to witness. It deserves to be a world record! Matt actually exceeded his rate from the semi-finals on Thursday. But I agree with OJ: as far as I know, MLE maintains MLE official records for only MLE-sanctioned events, even though their website states:

    “Major League Eating is the undisputed authority on competitive eating worldwide. All official eating contests are sanctioned by MLE and MLE maintains all official eating records. Following are recent records”

    Generally, when someone says something is “undisputed”, that means it is disputed, lol! And MLE is attempting to act both as the sport’s governing body and a league as well, which seems like a conflict of interest to me.

    However, Matt’s performance is absolutely an official Tehama District Fair contest record, and I noted it as such on my website, along with some pics (sorry I didn’t get a lot of pics from the front, but it’s hard to take pics while you’re also a contestant):

    http://stephaniesamerica.com/l25-tehama-district-fair.html#tally-sheet

    Like Naader said a while ago, Matt is an upcoming future star in competitive eating, especially at his age!

  6. stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)

    September 26, 2010 @ 10:27 am

    Here is the correcrt url from my post above:

    http://stephaniesamerica.com/l25-tehama-district-fair.html

    Yeah I posted a pic of the chief judge’s tally sheet too, to make sure I got the results right this time 🙂

  7. Anonymous said

    September 26, 2010 @ 12:46 pm

    “Generally, when someone says something is “undisputed”, that means it is disputed, lol! And MLE is attempting to act both as the sport’s governing body and a league as well, which seems like a conflict of interest to me.”

    Um…what?

  8. stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)

    September 26, 2010 @ 2:54 pm

    Um…what?

    I don’t want to distract from Matt’s win and I hesitate to answer this comment since I am not sure it will help, but I will give it a go:

    If something is clearly not disputed, there would be no need to include “undisputed” in a description, as MLE does, as it would be redundant/superfluous. That may not always be the case, but it’s a red flag when I see it. Think about it: MLE’s job is to promote itself and grow in the face of rival competition and challenges. Of course they will claim to be the biggest and the best, the one and only, the undisputed and the official, as they have done.

    MLE’s statement:

    “Major League Eating is the undisputed authority on competitive eating worldwide. All official eating contests are sanctioned by MLE and MLE maintains all official eating records. Following are recent records”,

    to me is just hilarious. They are the governing body of the sport, well, because they say they are. In fact they are the “undisputed authority on competitive eating worldwide” because they say they are. Yet they also decide, as seen elsewhere on their site, who gets to participate in MLE contests and who gets what contract with them. This is solely their decision, and there are no published standards as to who qualifies. In fact, they can reject anyone for any reason. That doesn’t seem too professional to me or characteristic of a governing body or league.

    I once emailed IFOCE for an explanation of how they determined their eater rankings, and they were not able to give me an answer. It appears they go by subjective feelings. Do you know of any other sport who determines their rankings by subjective feel?

    Sports usually also have separate governing bodies and leagues, since the two have separate, often conflicting functions. Combining the two under one rubric would be a conflict of interest. An example would be USA Softball/ASA Softball (governing body) and the NPF (pro league for softball) or the various independently-run amateur leagues. USA Softball/ASA Softball, the governing body, is responsible for picking the national teams, setting standards and rules, sanctioning tournaments and champions, sanctioning records, giving out national awards, etc.–in other words, they have to be independent and fair to all. While the NPF (pro softball league) is a separate pro league with different directors, which manages the various pro teams. It is not related to the USA Softball/ASA Softball. Likewise, amateur leagues might have ASA sanctioning so they can participate in ASA championships, but the leagues are independently run.

    MLE, on the other hand, claims to be both an official independent governing body and a for-profit league of eaters (“Major League Eating”) which is accountable to its sponsors. The eaters in their league set records, making its league look good and bringing in more money; and then MLE claims to be an independent sanctioning body capable of maintaining world (“official”) records (“MLE maintains all official eating records”). This is a design rife with problems. MLE can maintain official MLE records, but they cannot claim to sanction world records or all official records, which is a job for Guinness World Records or an independent certifying organization like it.

  9. NReda said

    September 26, 2010 @ 6:42 pm

    We could petition IFOCE to have a corn-dog eating contest… but I think the problems with that are clear!

    1) Independent eaters would need to sign a contract (or could be excluded altogether)
    2) IFOCE top talent would be participating
    3) Location issues

    Matt Stonie is a serious competitor, incredibly talented in the area of speed eating. Even if it’s not a “world record” or “official,” it is a serious check mark on his performance resume.

    The Tehama District Fair should count this as a record in their books for sure!

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