2019 Fortune Bay Indian taco eating contest

Official results

1st 39 Geoffrey Esper
2nd 31.5 Gideon Oji
3rd 27 Miki Sudo
4th 13 John Gebhard
5th 10 Jake Becker
6th 8.5 Jason Krause
7th 8 Sean Lien
8th 5 Rene Rovtar
9th ? Chad Johnson

Defending champ Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Gideon Oji and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete.

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2019 Smoke’s Poutinerie Championship

Official results Part 1 | Part 2

1st 28 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut new record
2nd 27.25 Geoffrey Esper
3rd 24.625 Miki Sudo
4th 22.5 Darron Breeden
5th 17.25 Max Suzuki
6th 16.75 Nick Wehry
7th 16.5 Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran
8th 15.375 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie first finish outside top 5 in MLE career
9th 14.75 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
10th 13.5 George Chiger
10th 13.5 Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman
12th 11.125 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco

Livestreaming on youtube has started. The MLE contest is expected to start at 3pm Eastern.

This could be the final matchup between Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper in 2019. On November 2, Joey Chestnut is expected to compete in a brisket eating contest in Austin while Geoff Esper defends his Indian taco title at Fortune Bay in Tower, MN.

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The Newcastle (Australia) Herald has an article about Australian competitive eating focusing on Jamie "Lemon Blossom" Miller.
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The San Jose Barracuda of the AHL announce they will hold a MLE waffle eating contest on November 17. Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie are expected to compete. update A press release announces that Chestnut and Stonie will be the only two competitors.
DesMoinesRegister reports Molly Schuyler will attempt the "Adam Emmenecker" sandwich challenge at Jethro's Steak n Chop in Ames, Iowa along with other customers on October 19. $1,000 will be awarded if a challenger defeats Molly Schuyler($5,000 if her record of 4:40 is broken).
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