Matt Stonie is one of Resonate's candidates for Asian of the Year 2016.
Molly Schuyler regains Music City Bowl hot chicken title
update Bob Shoudt has a contest video
The top 4 for Thursday’s Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl World Hot Chicken Eating Championships:
1) Molly Schuyler 4 lbs. in 8 minutes
2) Bob Shoudt 3 lbs
3) Dave Brunelli 2.75 lbs
4) Wayne Algenio 1.25
Tim Janus’ 40th birthday today
Today is Tim Janus’ 40th birthday. Here is a list of all his MLE victories:
End of 2016 EatFeats MLE rankings
Here are the MLE rankings for 2016 using the EatFeats ranking system (system description).
| win % | Prize $ | HDB | $HDB | %$HDB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey Chestnut | 97.5 | 1 | $51750 | 1 | 73.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Matt Stonie | 94.1 | 2 | $23650 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Carmen Cincotti | 86.7 | 3 | $13200 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 4 | Geoffrey Esper | 77.9 | 4 | $13250 | 4 | 37.5 | 7 | 5.5 | 4.75 | 4 |
| 5 | Miki Sudo | 75.5 | 6 | $18500 | 3 | 38.5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Sonya Thomas | 77.2 | 5 | $7950 | 8 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 7 | Adrian Morgan | 72.5 | 8 | $10750 | 7 | 39 | 4 | 5.5 | 6.75 | 7 |
| 8 | Gideon Oji | 69.7 | 9 | $12250 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 7.5 | 8 |
| 9 | Michelle Lesco | 62.8 | 11 | $7250 | 9 | 28 | 14 | 11.5 | 11.25 | 9 |
| 10 | Yasir Salem | 54.2 | 15 | $4350 | 10 | 33 | 9 | 9.5 | 12.25 | 10 |
2016 MLE moneywinners
According to the eatfeats database, here are the total MLE cash winnings for everyone who won money in an MLE contest in 2016
2016 total MLE money won
| $51,750 | Joey Chestnut |
| $23,650 | Matt Stonie |
| $18,500 | Miki Sudo |
| $13,250 | Geoffrey Esper |
| $13,200 | Carmen Cincotti |
| $12,250 | Gideon Oji |
| $10,750 | Adrian Morgan |
| $7,950 | Sonya Thomas |
| $7,250 | Michelle Lesco |
| $4,350 | Yasir Salem |
The Glen Hotel in Eight Mile Plains, QLD, Australia will hold a meat pie eating contest on Australia Day, January 26 awarding $500 to the winner.
TV Tokyo has a page about Battle of the Big Eaters 4 that will be televised on New Years Day with pictures of all 4 competing quartets. Team Canada and Australian pro wrestler Shazza Mackenzie do not appear.
In a pregame event for the 2012 Music City Bowl, Vanderbilt lineman Adam Butler accused members of the NC State Wolfpack of cheating in a rib eating contest. Butler's combative attitude impressed the defensive coaching staff, which led to a position change to the defensive line. Today, those two teams will face off in the Camping World Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA.
2016 Christmas themed food challenge videos
Here are some recent Christmas-themed food challenge videos:
- Erik Lamkin “Carbsmas” 30000 calorie Christmas cheat day
- Carmen Cincotti Christmas Mall Santa – 6000 Calories
- Sophia DeVita Elf Spaghetti challenge
- Darko Bunic (Dutch competitive eater) 8500 calories of Oliebollen
ICanLiftThis has an interview with Kate Ovens in Bosnian. (tranlsated version)
PhillyVoice has an article about Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and his new memoir, Snow on the Barb Wire. According to the article, he uses the book to "settle some scores with old Wing Bowl opponents".
Nuttyfoodiefitness announces that she ate two big platters with 8 side items at Red's True BBQ in London (before | after).
The 2017 National Bagel contest will take place at the Bagel Boss in Hewlett, NY on February 12 and award $500 to the winner.
Jamie McDonald appeared on Chael Sonnen's podcast to discuss facing off against the MMA fighter in an eating contest at Bear's Smokehouse in Hartford on December 29. (competitive eating segment starts around 43 minutes). Spectators are welcome and there is no admission charge. The on how Bear's Smokehouse has raised the wage to at least $15 for most employees.
Martin Appleton-Clare ate a meat and potato pie in 45.5 seconds at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England yesterday to defend his title in the "World Pie Eating Championships". This is his third victory overall. Vocativ has a video of a pie ascending 19 miles high via weather balloon to promote the contest.
News.sfr.fr has an article in French on how Takeru Kobayashi and Randy Santel prepare their stomach for large Christmas meals.
Gersh Kuntzman, called "the original competitive-eating beat reporter" for his coverage of Nathan's hot dog contest around the turn of the century, wrote a column for the NY Daily News that he described as "a case for political assassinations ... when the victim works for Putin or Hitler".
Advice from female competitive eaters in broadly.vice.com
Broadly.vice.com has advice from Kate Ovens, Michelle Lesco, Nela Zisser and Miki Sudo on how to maximize consumption at Christmas dinners.
Dress for the occasion. Remember, it’s competitive eating, not competitive prettiness. Wear loose fitting pants and something with high elasticity. My midsection is always covered by something pretty baggy. (Miki Sudo)
The Hudson Valley Wing Bowl will hold a wing eating contest on January 28 in Poughkeepsie, NY awarding $1047. Qualifiers start on January 7.
DNAInfo reports that a federal grand jury will not bring charges against former Brooklyn District Attorney Joe Hynes for using money from civil forfeiture to pay Mortimer Matz for public relations services after determining that Matz' work was non-political and the expenditure was legal. In the early 1970s, Mortimer Matz founded Nathan's hot dog eating contest with Max Rosey. In May, the that indictments were looming in the case.
Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint announces that Chip "Burger" Simpson set a record for its challenge with a total of 18 burgers. He has been minimally active in competitive eating since leaving MLE in 2007 after attaining a Nathan's personal best of 39.5 burgers.
FoodNetwork.com has a section about its new series Ginormous Food that will premier January 6 at 8pm eastern with an episode recorded in Louisville. The first six cities visited will be Louisville, Baltimore, Cincinatti, Nashville, Philadelphia and Richmond.
The instagram for the Heart Attack Grill announces that Miki Sudo is working as a bartender at the restaurant's new location on the Las Vegas strip. A reward of $1000 (it was $10000 this morning) will be paid if an amateur can best her time for the "Octuple Bypass" burger challenge.
Steak and Main announces that Molly Schuyler will attempt their steak challenge at Wing Bowl 25. She currently holds the record for that challenge at 3:22 and her overall best time for a 70+ oz steak is 2:44 at Sayler's in Portland.
The Indepedent has a profile of Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, who says that he is healthier now after starting competitive eating.
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