The Daily Mail has an article about Nela Zisser's latest video where she eats a giant chocolate rabbit in 7:06. Earlier this month, Nela Zisser hit 100,000 youtube subscribers, probably the most for an English language channel by a female competitive eater.
Adrian Morgan wins Miami Nathan’s qualifier
update April 16 Adrian Morgan reports no females competed. I think this is the first time there were no women in a Nathan’s qualifier since the women’s division was started in 2011.
1) Adrian Morgan 33
2) Steve Schuster 22
3) Victor Aldrich 15
4) Ricardo Nagan 14.5
5) Jeff Marlow 13.5
6) Richard Cochran 10.5
7) Michael Rodriguez 8.5
8) Robert Herzberg 6
9) Lenny Lieder 3
Adrian Morgan has won tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Miami Marlins ballpark with a total of 33 hot dogs.
Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles announced that the "Fat Molly" sandwich designed by Molly Schuyler to reward her for finishing the restaurant's sandwich challenge will not be added to the permanent menu. To add insult to injury, the "Fat Molly" was changed from Molly Schuyler's original specifications.
Ivan Mendoza announces that he was the first person to finish the "Uber Terminator" 3 foot bratwurst challenge at Meckelenburg's Garden in Cincinnati that was featured on "Ginormous Food".
Honey's Restaurant will hold an eating contest tomorrow at the Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN awarding $500/$200/$100.
EZineArticles has a list of scripted television shows that showed an eating contest. It does not include the episode of "How I Met Your Mother" in which Alyson Hannigan's pregnancy was used to simulate the after-effects of a hot dog eating contest.
The effects of pot smoking on competitive eating performance will be one of the topics on Stoned, an exploration of marijuana related myths that will be televised on Viceland UK on April 19.
Non Fatal Competitive Eating Health Incidents
A list of some incidents at eating contests and challenges that did not result in fatalities follows. Philly.com, The New York Post, CTPost and Eater.com all have articles about the dangers of competitive eating
2017 Former Austalian soccer star Brendan Favola stopped breathing after attempting an on-radio hot sauce challenge. Paramedics were able to treat his condition.
2016 The Journal of Emergency Medicine has an account of a injury produced by a ghost pepper eating contest that resulted in a 1 inch esophagus tear and a 23 day hospital stay. (via SMH)
2016 Rugby player Sam Burgess of the South Sydney Rabbitohs successfully applied the Heimlich maneuver after an employee of Decosti Seafood started choking in a fish eye eating contest held at the Sydney Fish Markets
2014 Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski was hospitalized for brain swelling after a water training session went bad. Fortunately no significant permanent damage appears to have occured. He has continued to do water training, recently posting a 2 gallon chugging video.
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Spring/Summer 2017 MLE contests
A list of non-qualifiers on the Major League Eating calendar follows. Registration is open unless mentioned.
| $6,100 | 2017 Apr 30 | National Sweet Corn Eating Championship | Sweet Corn Fiesta | West Palm Beach, FL | |
| $4,000 | 2017 May 5 | Mystic Lake Casino Hotel World Taco Eating Championship | Mystic Lake Casino | Prior Lake, MN | |
| $4,000 | 2017 May 13 | Owensboro International Bar-B-Q Festival World Mutton Sandwich-Eating Championship | Owensboro International Bar-B-Q Festival | Owensboro, KY | |
| $5,000 | 2017 May 27 | The Denver Outlaws World Burrito Eating Championship Presented By Illegal Pete’s | Denver Outlaws game | Denver, CO | |
| $4,000 | 2017 May 27 | Tivoli Fest World Aebleskiver Eating Championship | Tivoli Fest | Elk Horn, IA | registration opens March 16 |
The latest issue of Inapub magazine has an article about UK competitive eating (page 42-43) with quotes from Kate Ovens and a picture of "Beard Meats Food". (via BronyaWrites)
Persona 5, a new role playing game for the Sony PlayStation, has a "Big Bang Burger Challenge" that will raise competitors' "guts" level if they complete it. (Picture)
Film and TV Pro has a request for a script supervisor for a short film a about pie eating contest that goes wrong when it is learned that one of the competitors might be a murderer.
Fink Beat the Stomach has an interview with Liz McClurg, female winner of the first contest on the 2016-17 Nathan's qualifier circuit in Nashville.
OddsShark lists Joey Chestnut as a -505 favorite for the 2017 Nathan's finals. The field is a +335 underdog. Joey Chestnut's over under in the finals has been set at 70.5 hot dogs.
Wanneroo Markets in Wangara, WA, Australia will hold a 1.5 kg megadog eating contest on April 29 awarding $500 to the winner.
Darron Breeden finished the Gyro CHallenge at South Side Six in Bowling Green, OH to claim the challenge prize of $666.
Takeru Kobayashi defends Chronic Tacos title
update Erik Lamkin has a video
Takeru Kobayashi defended his Gringo Ba
ndito Chronic Taco title with a record 159 tacos. Molly Schuyler was runner up with 139. I haven’t found any more results.
Finnish competitor Jesse Pynnönen did an interview with KX935.com.
Matt Stonie defends National Harbor Peeps
update Apr 12 Matt Stonie and Capital News Service have videos
update Apr 11 DCRefined.com has a gallery
JTubeVideos has a contest video
update Full results have been posted: Official top 5 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 255 | Matt Stonie | 5 minutes, new record, 1st contest of 2017 |
| 2nd | 238 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 170 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 4th | 165 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
| 5th | 155 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 113 | Kevin Ambs | |
| 7th | 110 | Yasir Salem | |
| 8th | 70 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 9th | 67 | Mike Deitz | |
| 9th | 67 | Sarah Reinecke | probably top NW USA woman in MLE with one contest |
| 11th | 47 | William Myers |
National Harbor has a periscope
Washingtonian interviewed Matt Stonie about the contest.
Carmen Cincotti produced a practice video.
Mina Luna defended her title in the Melbourne Chilli Eating Championship to claim the first prize of $500.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski produced a video where he commented on the recent competitive eating fatalities and talked about his own incidents. He described choking during a Guinness record attempt on live British television, which can be viewed online.
Leah Shutkever posted a video of her finishing the Tombstone Challenge at Chimichanga in 5:54 which the UK chain announced was a national record. Her time was about a third of the the 17:30 needed for former Sutton United goalie Wayne Shaw to complete the meal.
Michael Jenkins ate a 2.5 pound burrito in 2:22 to win the first prize of $250 at tonight's contest at Taco Bus in Tampa. Noah Pransky of WTSP, who claims he had a 13 contest winning streak, was the runner up. update Apr 8 813area has a contest writeup reporting Meredith Marsh was third in her first eating contest.
Jubilee Joe's will hold a crawfish eating contest in Pelham, AL on April 22 awarding $500 to the winner.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinksi's video about Dale Boone cheating in the 2011 Z Burger eating contest is a topic in the "Fat People Hate" forum.
Registration open for most 2017 Nathan’s qualifiers
http://www.majorleagueeating.com/contests.php is now accepting registration for all upcoming Nathan’s qualifiers except Valdosta, GA (May 13), Washington, DC (June 24) and Naperville, IL (June 30)
| Upcoming 2017 Nathan’s qualifiers | Apr 15 Miami Apr 22 Louisville Apr 22 Las Vegas Apr 28 St. Louis May 6 Tampa May 6 Fort Worth May 13 Valdosta, GA May 19 Cincinnati |
May 27 Charlotte Jun 3 Syracuse Jun 10 Norfolk Jun 11 Pocono, PA Jun 18 Boston Jun 18 Queens, NYC Jun 24 Washington, DC Jun 30 Naperville, IL |
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