Liberty Brewery & Grill will hold a hot dog eating contest in Myrtle Beach, SC on July 4 awarding $300 to the winner.
Plaza Hotel Casino in Las Vegas will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $200, a 2 night stay, $150 to Oscar's Steakhouse, and a cabana + $50 F&B spend.
A hot dog eating contest will be held on July 4 in Hurricane, WV awarding $500/$250/$100 to the top 3.
ESPN has a press release about next Thursday's coverage of the Nathan's finals. Adam Amin will be a commentate on the men's contest, which will be televised on ESPN2 at noon Eastern. The women's contest will be streamed on ESPN3. Segments about Geoff Esper and Darron Breeden will be shown before the contest.
Stuarts Smokehouse in Alderson, WV will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500/$100/$50.
The Smoking Gun will hold a hot dog eating contest in San Diego on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Steve Hendry wins Santa Cruz qualifier
update July 1 DailyDemocrat and TimesHeraldOnline have articles
Here is the top 5 as best as I can figure out (twitter thread)
| 1st | 25 | Steve Hendry | |
| 2nd | 15.5 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 3rd | 13 | Kirk Taylor | |
| 4th | 12 | “funubergames” | |
| 5th | 11 | Jon Davis |
Steve Hendry won tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier in Santa Cruz. No females competed. updateMatthew White has a video | Preview video
Jungle Jim's Market in Fairfield, OH has a store display consisting solely of Joey Chestnut brand condiments.
WKBW has an article about Ronnie Hartman competing in the Nathan's finals.
Hollowfest in Clarence, NY will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 and a donut eating contest on July 6. Both competitions will award $250 to the winner.
Kennywood in West Mifflin, PA will hold the Silver Star Meats Hot Dog Eating Contest on June 30 awarding two tickets to a regular season Steelers game, along with pregame on-field passes & VIP tent access.
1st MLE top 50 of 2019
The MLE top 50 was updated today for the first time in 2019. The new top 10:
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With the recent redesign of https://www.majorleagueeating.com/, the MLE "Hall of Fame" page appears to have been removed. The page said "Coming Soon" since it was first posted in 2014.
The Greeley, CO Stampede will hold a wing eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
Miki Sudo wins Fortune Bay Wild Rice Hotdish
Official results of today’s Fortune Bay World Wild Rice Hotdish Eating Championship in Tower, MN (contest length 8 minutes).
| 1st | 14 | Miki Sudo | |
| 2nd | 13.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 12.25 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 8 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 4th | 8 | Ben Welch | |
| 6th | 6 | Ethan Teske | |
| 7th | 5 | Alex Cook | |
| 8th | 4 | Billy Milbeck | |
| 8th | 4 | travis schultz | |
| 10th | 3 | Paul Shyrer |
Juliet Lee & Gideon Oji win DC Nathan’s qualifier
Rich Shea announced that Gideon Oji (25 hot dogs) and Juliet Lee (23) won today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC. Juliet Lee extends her streak of years with a qualifier victory to 13.
A segment of last week's Battle of the Super Eaters about Leah Shutkever can be viewed on the Channel 4 facebook page.
Eagle Grocery in Eagle Pass, TX will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
Armature Works in Tampa will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden, Miki Sudo, Badlands Booker, Darrien Thomas, Matthew Raible and local John Rembold are listed as expected entrants in Saturday's Fortune Bay World Wild Rice Hotdish Eating Championship in Tower, MN, the last MLE non-qualifier contest before the Nathan's finals.
ESPN.com has a short interview with Matt Stonie.
The Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship will take place at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, MN on July 27. Joey Chestnut is expected to compete.
2019 Hooters Wing Championship
| 1st | 281 | Geoffrey Esper | new record |
| 2nd | 256 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 234 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 4th | 223 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 214 | Miki Sudo | |
| 6th | 200 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 199 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 8th | 172 | Steve Hendry | |
| 9th | 158 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 10th | 115 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 11th | 111 | Nate Biller |
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie did a joint interview on FoxReno.com this morning.
Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Kings County Distillery in Brooklyn on July 4 for a fundraiser for local LGBTQIA foundations.
2019 Nathan’s finals odds
Covers has posted the following odds for the 2019 Nathan’s finals. (In gambling terminology, a minus signs implies you need to bet that amount to win $100. Betting $100 wins the amount followed by a plus sign). In other gambling news, David Purdum reports the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has denied requests from sportsbooks based in that state to offer betting on the Nathan’s finals. update Casino.org has an article about the denial
Joey Chestnut to win?
Yes -888
No +616Hot dogs eaten by men’s winner?
O 73.5 (+120)
U 73.5 (-140)Miki Sudo to win women’s contest?
Yes -1000
No +673Hot dogs eaten by women’s winner?
O 38.5 (-115)
U 38.5 (-115)
5Dimes is also accepting Nathan’s bets
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