The new poll asks who you think will be the next person to hit the 50+ hot dog mark in a 10 minute contest. Miki Sudo thinks the women's record of 45 might be in jeopardy in Sunday's Nathan's qualifier in Sonoma, CA.

June 17, 2014 at 11:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | Permalink * Comments (33)

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  1. Sean Nichols said (Registered October 14, 2013)

    June 17, 2014 @ 5:58 pm

    not sure why stonie was off this list, but considering the next contest will have him there, pretty sure he will be the one.

  2. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    June 17, 2014 @ 6:26 pm

    Stonie ate 51 in last year’s Nathan’s finals

  3. anonymous said

    June 17, 2014 @ 6:39 pm

    Why doesnt kobayashi try and be friendly with stonie and sudo?. Just because they belong to an organization he despises doesnt mean they cant have lunch together

  4. Yikes said

    June 18, 2014 @ 10:00 pm

    Rich and Miki: Now that you have spent the last couple of weeks slamming Sonya, when she appears as champion of Nathan’s, what do you want her to say about Miki? I’m sure she would be happy to accommodate you.

  5. anonymous said

    June 18, 2014 @ 11:43 pm

    Both of them play head games talking about sonya and miki. Sonya praises her on her website but behind her back probably wishes she would go away.How does miki feel about sonya? I doubt she cares about feelings. As long as she doesnt cost her money at the table .Thats all she cares about.

  6. Anonymous said

    June 19, 2014 @ 12:54 am

    Maybe she’ll wanna talk about all the wonderful roaches and how they make her feel so special.

  7. anonymous said

    June 19, 2014 @ 10:19 am

    and midgets too

  8. anonymous said

    June 19, 2014 @ 10:37 am

    especially on sept 11

  9. Locust said

    June 19, 2014 @ 12:37 pm

    I don’t slam Sonya. I invite you to find just one post where I have. I have always said she is the most mentally tough competitor I ever faced. I may have said she absolutely hated to lose and felt wronged on a couple of occasions, but I’m sure most of the top eaters have felt the same way at one time or another, myself included.

  10. anonymous said

    June 19, 2014 @ 3:32 pm

    Rich why do you bother? Your not part of the sport anymore so why care about what these idiots say?.Sonya doesnt even read this shit

  11. Locust said

    June 19, 2014 @ 9:30 pm

    Yes, but Hank does. I don’t like him insinuating that I am making negative comments about Sonya. I am still waiting for him to validate his claim.

  12. Anonymous said

    June 19, 2014 @ 11:43 pm

    To Richard LeFerve: How do you feel Sonya feels about you making baseless, awful, meanspirited, claims about the one person she cares most about. You don’t know Sonya, and stop telling people you do. If anyone said the things you said about Sonya’s most important person — Mr. Leferve you are lucky that Sonya’s loved ones don’t respond. But, as is apparent to everyone, Sonya’s friends and family have too much class. Rich, when you show up to ny it might be best to stay as far as away from Sonya as is possible. Hey, how would you feel if they called Carline LeFerve, based on pure speculation, the things you called Sonya’s favorite person in the world. Rich you’re too gutless to attack the popular Sonya Thomas, you just attack her family and friends. Take note Mik Sudo. The LeFerves are using you, They have no loyalties, after eating at every hot dog contest that would feed their egos and pocketbook, they now go back to Nathan’s. Sonya once thought the LeFerves were nice people. We all now see who they really are.

  13. anonymous said

    June 20, 2014 @ 2:11 am

    Now just a minute . Are you accusing Carlene of using her very large alligator pocketbook for stuffing hotdogs fries and chicken fingers after the bullpen party at Coney and taking them home to Vegas ? Shame on you

  14. anonymous said

    June 20, 2014 @ 7:29 am

    Hank loves Sonya so much that he changed his maiden name to Hank Thomas

  15. anonymous said

    June 20, 2014 @ 8:58 am

    Never saw Rich and Carlene as users of anyone. You cant knock them for saying nice things about Sudo because she always manaages to say something nice about them in print or in person. Also kisses the butt of Bertoletti as well. Cant say the same about how she treats Seiken. Has never even mentioned him during an interview with a news reporter yet he praises her constantly on his website and credits her with some of his success in hot dogs with her practice videos. What does he get in return? A swift kick in the ass on her part. and roach comments under an assumed name. Real class act . Only cowards defriend and block on FB. What about El Toro? I never see his name mentioned as one of her mentors or role models yet both are supposedly close friends .

  16. Locust said

    June 20, 2014 @ 11:24 am

    You know exactly why I made those comments about you and they certainly are not baseless but rather spot on. I thought you were a class guy until you launched your all out verbal assault on Miki shortly after she qualified last year. After I referred to by name, you magically called me at home acting completely unaware of everything. You asked me, “what is eatfeats?” and “who is this Miki girl?”. By then Miki had already faced Sonya three or four times. Any intelligent person would deduce that you were obviously being deceptive and not only knew of the situation but instigated it as well. It doesn’t take a crack private eye to figure this one out, Hank.

  17. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    June 20, 2014 @ 2:15 pm

    Hey, 8:58, when one person does something nice for someone else, why must the person who did the nice thing necessarily feel like he is OWED something back? I would not want to befriend someone with such a sense of entitlement.

    True friendship is unconditional. That train of a lesson has lapped the earth a few times.

  18. anonymous said

    June 20, 2014 @ 3:45 pm

    Rhonda you seem to place a great deal of emphasis on the word OWED . . Another word to make someone feel like shit which is exactly what youre implying.. Common courtesy or returning a favor is a better way of putting it

  19. anonymous said

    June 20, 2014 @ 9:09 pm

    Looks like Hank wont be bringing Rich a glass of water anytime soon

  20. Anonymous said

    June 20, 2014 @ 9:41 pm

    Rich is a perfect example of an eater who never made it, and now clings on to crappy eating contests,desperately, baselessly attacking the loved ones of the eaters who beat him, Poor Richard is just sad. I don’t know why anyone talks about him anymore except for the fact that he clings to Miki Sudo (a helll of an eater) to get the attention he craved and serves his elderly wife with health problems up for a free trip to New York. My thinking is Poor Richard is so sad he does’nt even have the experience with the national media and how they are licking their chops over her past. Seriously, what newspaper will get the photo of the hot dog eating champion who closed down the air traffic system on the 10th anniversary of 911.

  21. Anonymous said

    June 21, 2014 @ 5:57 am

    Whatever Hank he beat your girl and was ranked #3 in the world at one time a great accomplishment if you ask anybody with common sense who knows about competitive eating. You know absolutely nothing about him other then the fact that he is more of a man than you could possibly be in your wildest dreams. Hate on yellow belly.

  22. anonymous said

    June 21, 2014 @ 8:24 am

    Has anyone noticed that Miki Sudo head is larger than the rest of her body. I mean that in a physical sense

  23. Anonymous said

    June 21, 2014 @ 8:45 am

    Thomas vs Lefevre stats?

  24. Anonymous said

    June 21, 2014 @ 10:13 am

    How about Lefevre vs Juliet Lee stats? Lefevre vs Booker stats? Lefevre vs Jarvis stats? That would show more of the true picture.

  25. Locust said

    June 21, 2014 @ 11:39 am

    You are really getting desperate now, Hank. Let’s examine your post and see how accurate it is. First of all, I am not getting a free trip (I pay my own way). Secondly, Carlene may be elderly but is in far better health than your humpty dumpty ass. She would run you into the ground in any exercise class and leave you crying like a baby. As for never having made it; then why am I #7 on the all time money list (which doesn’t even include my top three prizes: 1,000,000 trip reward points, a deluxe trip for two to Hawaii and an all inclusive one week vacation to Punta Cana). There were also the six unrestricted round trip airline tickets, a 42″flat screen TV, over $1,200 in gift cards as well as appearance fees totalling over $6,000. As for national media? We were on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno as sitting guests, the Donny & Marie show where I ate two 72 ounce steaks during the shows live taping, The View, Ripleys Believe It Or Not (only to mention a few). I have also given over 60 published interviews (including Israel and Mexico). I think that effectively invalidates all of your stupid nonsense.

  26. Anonymous said

    June 21, 2014 @ 1:53 pm

    Rich are you sure that is Hank? He may be desperate but you seem foolish to believe that no one except Hank or whatever has similar feelings about you and your young squeeze.

  27. Anonymous said

    June 21, 2014 @ 2:11 pm

    Are we really sure that Hank is behind these posts? I honestly don’t think he is.

  28. Locust said

    June 21, 2014 @ 2:44 pm

    I don’t make false claims.

  29. Anonymous said

    June 21, 2014 @ 2:50 pm

    Rich may owe Hank a big big big apology.

  30. Anonymous said

    June 21, 2014 @ 3:47 pm

    Rich you need to pull your head from your ass.

  31. Go away said

    June 21, 2014 @ 4:36 pm

    Rich doesn’t make false claims? What then is your favorite hotdog? Spare me.

  32. Go away said

    June 21, 2014 @ 5:07 pm

    Rich is now complaining that an individual called him directly to discuss the situation. It appears now he can’t stay away from being in the spotlight. good luck miki

  33. Humpty Dumpty ass said

    June 21, 2014 @ 5:16 pm

    ?

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