Thrillist has an article about the 2020 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
Andrew Puhl ate 12 McDonald's cheeseburgers in 2:30 to win the second Elite Eats Entertainment video contest. Mike Hornacek was runner-up. The food for the new contest is 12 Little Debbie Swiss rolls.
Quarantine expansion puts Nathan’s field in doubt
New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he is expanding the list of states whose residents must self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving in his state, which will apparently prevent Matt Stonie (CA), Gideon Oji (GA) and Michelle Lesco (AZ) from competing in the 2020 Nathan’s Finals if they cannot get an exemption. Earlier today, Rich Shea appeared to confirm that Michelle Lesco will not be able to compete. Joey Chestnut is already in New York, so he is not affected by the directive.
update MLE has announced Nick Wehry will replace Matt Stonie.
update July 1 George Chiger will replace Gideon Oji.
update July 1 #2 A press release lists Miki Sudo, Katie Prettyman and Larell Marie Mele as female competitors. Katie Prettyman does not think that Sarah Reinecke and Sophia DeVita will compete due to schedule conflicts.
update July 2 NJ.com reports Rene Rovtar will be the 4th female competitor.
update July 2 #2 Julie Goldberg will apparently complete the women’s field.
News 12 has a video about Miki Sudo preparing for the Nathan's finals with assistance from Nick Wehry. In her latest training session, she ate 50 hot dogs in less than 10 minutes.
Joey Chestnut has announced his opponents for the men's division of the 2020 Nathan's finals: Geoff Esper, Matt Stonie, Darron Breeden, Gideon Oji and Badlands Booker. This will be the 21st Nathan's finals for Booker, the 16th straight for Chestnut.
Leah Shutkever has passed 200K subscribers for her youtube channel.
Michelle Lesco announced that her competing in the 2020 Nathan's finals is in doubt due to New York's requirement that Arizona residents self-quarantine for 14 days after their arrival in the Empire State.
Nathan’s personal bests
The following is a list of all the Nathan’s Famous personal bests for competitors with a known result in the database.
| 2018 Jul 4 | 74 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2009 Jul 4 | 64.5 | Takeru Kobayashi | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2018 Jul 4 | 64 | Carmen Cincotti | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2015 Jul 4 | 62 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2009 Jul 4 | 55 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2009 Jul 4 | 53 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2017 Jun 18 | 51 | Geoffrey Esper | Boston, MA |
| 2019 Jul 4 | 50 | Darron Breeden | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2012 Jul 4 | 45 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2012 Jul 4 | 45 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | Brooklyn, NY |
American Fast Food Stories has posted a behind the scenes video from the 2019 Nathan's finals.
NBA great Shaquille O'Neal and Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski will face off in a series of competitions tomorrow streamed on www.ShaqVsGronk.com to raise money for the NAACP and The Boys & Girls Club. One of the contests will be a Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Challenge.
Inspired by Aretha Franklin's scene in "The Blues Brothers", Geoff Esper attempted to eat 4 fried chickens, toast and a Coke in a recent video.
Moeno Azuki faced off against Dave Brunelli, Kyle v. Food and a Russian I did not recognize in a livestreamed burger eating contest on a program on the Japanese network TBS.
In Leah Shutkever's latest video, she attempts to break Lynda Kuerth's mark of 23 bunless hot dogs in 3:10, which was recognized as a Guinness World Record in 1977.
Barstool Sports announced that 5 of its employees will face off against a bear in a hot dog eating contest that will be streamed on barstoolsports.com on July 2 at noon eastern. Hopefully this will go smoother than the last big eating contest Barstool was involved in, the 2016 Nathan's finals in which Barstool's "Big Cat" was assaulted by vegan activist stage-crashers.
The Daily Mail has an article about Australian Mimi "The Mini Monster" Zhang.
Highest Nathan’s Famous averages
This is the same list of Nathan’s Famous hot dog results posted yesterday sorted by contest average.
| # | Total | Avg. | Max. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 1068.00 | 59.33 | 74 |
| 9 | Takeru Kobayashi | 487.75 | 54.19 | 64.5 |
| 7 | Carmen Cincotti | 324.00 | 46.29 | 64 |
| 15 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 683.00 | 45.53 | 62 |
| 7 | Darron Breeden | 291.00 | 41.57 | 50 |
| 22 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | 900.75 | 40.94 | 53 |
| 11 | Geoffrey Esper | 437.75 | 39.80 | 51 |
| 4 | Max Suzuki | 156.50 | 39.12 | 42.5 |
| 16 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | 617.75 | 38.61 | 55 |
| 8 | Miki Sudo | 299.50 | 37.44 | 41 |
Mike Hornacek ate 12 donuts in 2:18 to win the first Elite Eats Entertainment video contest. Cody Dulaney was runner up. The new contest is 12 McDonald's cheeseburgers, closing Sunday night.
Cumulative Nathan’s hot dog totals
The following is a list of the cumulative totals from both qualifiers and finals (excluding exhibitions) for all Nathan’s Famous hot dog competitors along with the maximum and average totals. The left column is the number of contests for the competitor with a known result. These statistics will not be 100% accurate as full contests results are not always posted.
| # | Total | Avg. | Max. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 1068.00 | 59.33 | 74 |
| 39 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | 1037.75 | 26.61 | 40 |
| 22 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | 900.75 | 40.94 | 53 |
| 43 | Crazy Legs Conti | 862.33 | 20.05 | 25.25 |
| 25 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | 847.00 | 33.88 | 45 |
| 30 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | 832.25 | 27.74 | 38 |
| 28 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | 777.75 | 27.78 | 34 |
| 27 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | 756.25 | 28.01 | 36 |
| 23 | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | 731.50 | 31.80 | 45 |
| 50 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | 697.25 | 13.94 | 17 |
Molly Schuyler and Dan "Killer" Kennedy posted their videos from a trip to Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA to attempt the 11+ pound "Ye Old 96er" burger challenge. Andrew Puhl also attempted the challenge and uploaded his video last month.
Joey Chestnut guarantees he will break the Nathan's hot dog eating contest record on July 4 in an interview with TMZ.com. He is hoping for a total of 77 hot dogs and believes the indoor setting will bolster his performance. In his previous indoor Nathan's contest, the 2007 Arizona Mills qualifier, he broke the existing record with a total of 59.5 hot dogs.
At the 17:30 mark of an interview with Zach Krantz, George Shea says that the July 4 Nathan's contest will be the final MLE event of 2020. There are currently 4 events after July 4 on the MLE calendar: 2 Buffalo Wingfest contests, Smoke's Poutinerie in Toronto and Lewisville, TX tamales. He also says that the July 4 contests will be 10 minutes long and that 5 or 6 entrants will compete in the men's division of Nathan's.
Z-Burger will hold its annual burger eating contest in Washington, DC on July 3 without fans. There will be seven entrants with the top 5 receiving $1250/$750/$500/$350/$250.
The Onion has an article titled "Man Hates How Hot Dog-Eating Contests Reduce Art Of Eating Hot Dogs To A Competition".
Men's Health has an article about Leah Shutkever's recent Krispy Kreme jam donut video, which was credited as a Guinness World Record.
Elite Eats Entertainment announced their first video-based contest. The food is 12 Walmart donuts.
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