The lastest episode of Why? The Podcast has an interview with Molly Schuyler.
SavannahNow.com has an article about the "Pigzilla" BBQ sandwich challenge at Papa Buck's in Metter, GA. The only other female besides Stephanie Torres (RIP) to finish the challenge was a pregnant woman.
WalesOnline.com has a list of Welsh restaurant challenges.
Joey Chestnut will do a meet and greet at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco tomorrow hosted by Day-Lee Foods, sposors of he MLE gyoza contest.
Joey Chestnut uploaded a mini-docuemtary about the Day Lee Gyoza Eating Championship held in Los Angeles in August.
MEL magazine has an article titled "Competitive Eating is Basically Getting Paid to Have an Eating Disorder" with quotes from Erik Lamkin, Randy Santel and Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, who says that MLE asked him to sit out competitions due to health concerns.
The BBC Radio 5 facebook has clips from a recent Kate Ovens interview titled "I Make a Living from Competitive Eating".
Bucket List in Rockville Centre, NY will hold a wing eating contest on January 28 awarding $250 to the winner.
Jacksonville.com has a profile of retired competitive eater Hall HUnt Jr., who did his last MLE contest in 2011.
GlobalNews.ca has an article about Joel Hansen eating 19 donairs in an hour at King of Donairs in Halifax, NS, which he believes is a world record.
Leah Shutkever has uploaded her attempt to set the Guinness record for eating a chocolate orange that was televised during "Britain's Favourite Chocolate Bar" on December 30. The clip includes footage of June's Highway 55 burger eating contest.
Registration is now open for the croqueta eating contest at Croquetoza in Miami on March 10, which will probably be the first MLE contest of 2019.
Men's Health has an article about Yasir Salem which reports he retired from competitive eating in 2018.
Fink Beats the Stomach announced that it is putting its competitive eating podcast on hiatus and postponing its "Finkie" award ceremony due to family obligations. They hope to return in the future.
USAToday.com reports that Clemson University football coach Dabo Swinney was excited to meet Joey Chestnut, who attended today's media day activities for Monday night's college football national championship game in Santa Clara, CA.
Hopcat will hold fry eating qualifiers at its 17 locations (mainly in the midwest, but also Port St. Lucie, FL) on January 19. Winners will receive a $500 prize package and the chance to compete for a $2000 prize in Ypsilanti, MI in July. The chain previously called its signature side dish used in the competition "crack fries", but will changing the name because it was considered insensitive to drug addicts.
The Wall Street Journal has an article about the South Korean government's plans to regulate Mukbang videos, which it claims are contributing to a rise in obesity levels. (Access via a Google News query to bypass the paywall).
Joey CHestnut faced off against Alabama fan Llyas Ross Sr. in a wing eating contest held on top of a billboard promoting Monday's college football national championship game.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark finished the pho challenge at Pho Please in Austin on December 28 in 7:38 and claimed a $890 jackpot.
The Hudson Valley Wingfest will hold a wing eating contest in Poughkeepsie, NY on January 26 awarding $1047 to the winner. 9 qualifiers will take place starting on January 3.
2018 MLE head to head results excluding Nathan’s
Here are the head to head results for 2018 MLE contests excluding Nathan’s hot dog eating contests, which were excluded due to the women’s competitions distorting the rankings. (Juliet Lee, who only competed in Nathan’s contests in 2018, had the 4th highest winning percentage using all MLE contests). To be included in this comparison, entrants had to have at least two non-Nathan’s contests in 2018. The new poll asks who you think should be #3 in the next MLE ranking, Matt Stonie or Darron Breeden, assuming Carmen Cincotti is removed.
| 1 | Carmen Cincotti (C Ci) | 96.2% | 25-1 |
| 2 | Geoffrey Esper (G Es) | 95.1% | 135-7 |
| 3 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 93.1% | 141-10-1 |
| 4 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 84.2% | 48-9 |
| 5 | Darron Breeden (D Br) | 82.2% | 88-19 |
| 6 | Gideon Oji (G Oj) | 70.3% | 121-50-4 |
| 7 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez (J Ro) | 65% | 26-14 |
| 8 | Nick Wehry (N We) | 63.6% | 21-12 |
| 9 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 62.7% | 42-25 |
| 10 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) | 61.3% | 38-24 |
Molly Schuyler, Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark and Magic Mikey have produced videos of their attempt with Geoff Esper to complete the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's and Papa's in under an hour and win $4000. The usual prize for the challenge is $1000 that is paid if an eight person team finishes it in under 2 hours.
In his latest video, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski announces that he has been diagnosed with an elevated level of HCG, which can be a benchmark of testicular cancer. Let's hope he can get that down to zero soon.
In her Instagram story, Leah Shutkever announced her attempt to break the Guinness record for eating chocolate oranges will be televised during "Britain's Favourite Chocolate Bar" on Channel 5 at 9 pm British Time.
Pewdiepie, owner of the youtube channel with the most subscriptions, produced a video criticizing mukbang eating videos focusing on the controversy that ensued when Veronica Wang flagged other Youtube channels for copyright violations. In the video, Pewdiepie claims "Americans ruin everything" (Veronica Wang is from Toronto). A reddit thread started December 24 has background on the feud between Veronica Wang and the now-deleted Shookbang channel, which produced parodies of mukbang videos.
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