The San Diego Union Tribune has a flashback to the 1963 Golden West Eating Classic where Chargers lineman Ernie Ladd and Nick Cordileone faced off. Regis Philbin was the emcee and 1800 spectators paid a dollar to witness the event.
Tucson Foodie has an article about Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco containing a video of a training session for the Hooters wing contest where she ate 150 wings.
The new poll asks who you think should be ranked #3 in the next MLE top 50.
Daily Caller reports that David Gregory of CNN, was "obnoxious" in pushing closer to the stage to take a picture of his children competing in a pie eating contest held on Nantucket on July 4.
Chien Shu, star of the Taiwanese team in Battle of the Big Eaters 3, has started a youtube channel.
Joey Chestnut retakes Hooters wings, Miki Sudo 11th
update Jul 12 The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery
Richard Corey has a video
Results Part 1 | Part 2
1 Joey Chestnut 194 in 10 min, continues undefeated 2016
2 Matt Stonie 186
3 Adrian Morgan 176
4 Gideon Oji 161
5 Michelle Lesco 142
6 Yasir Salem 138
7 Geoff Esper 137
8 Juan Rodriguez 136
9 Juliet Lee 126
10 Josh Miller 122
11 Miki Sudo 116
12 Steve Hendry 104
13 Rich LeFevre 90
Matt Stonie appeared on KTNV earlier today.
Chickie & Pete's in Philadelphia will hold a crab fry eating contest Wednesday awarding a $1000 Visa gift card to the winner. The contest is for amateurs only. (press release)
Fiesta Mexicana of Topeka will hold a jalapeno eating contest tomorrow awarding $500.
Kyle Hanner reports that Yasir Salem defended his Tour de Donut title in Staunton, IL. Kyle Hanner was third.
2016 Slugburger contest
update Jul 12 Rebels to Go has a video
update Jul 11 Americanya Mel has a video of the whole contest
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Corinth Today and Bradley Jackson have videos WTVA has an article
Results Part 1 | Part 2
1 Joey Chestnut 41
2 Geoff Esper 32
3 Josh Miller 17.5
4 Matt Cohen 16.5
5 Nate Biller 14
6 Bill Myers 10.5
7 Matt Raible 10
8 Brian Jackson 6.5
9 Jeff Stark 6
10 Hope Bain 5.25
11 Taylor Coombs 3.75
Nate Biller has a periscope video
TMZ has an interview with Joey Chestnut, who says he will be in Las Vegas tonight which puts his appearance in doubt.
Gideon Oji wins Buffalo Kale contest
update Jul 12 The Independent Health Foundation has a video
update Jul 11 The Guardian has an article
update WGRZ has an article and video
WBBZ has a video
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1 Gideon Oji 25.5 16 ounce bowls
2 Carmen Cincotti 20.75
3 Marcos Owens 18.5
4 Eric “Badlands” Booker 17.5
5 Crazy Legs Conti 15.5
6T Daniella Gioia 14
6T Ben Do 14
8 Jim Reeves 12
9 Michael Deitz 10
A periscope video of the contest is available.
June Lee, a member of the Harvard women's tennis team,
reports she ate 6 pounds of nachos served in a helmet at a recent Mets game and received $100 from her managers.
The American Polish Festival will hold a pierogi eating contest tomorrow in Sterling Heights, MI awarding $500/$300/$200.
Vice.com Munchies interviews Joey Chestnut
Munchies.vice.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about his eating techniques for various foods. In the steak section, he says the following about Molly Schuyler:
A lot of women can really eat—[competitive eater] Molly [Schuyler]’s nuts. She goes straight animal. I’ve never eaten a steak like that. She broke my record at the Big Texan. I just use a fork and knife. I didn’t even know you could eat a steak like that, but she went straight wolf. She tore through it like butter. It was insane. I don’t steal techniques from people, but we all borrow and try to enhance techniques from each other.â€
American Burger Company has a page about its Roadstar burger Challenge at http://roadstarchallenge.com/ Amateurs can qualify for a contest awarding $500 on July 23 by having the fastest time at a location (mainly in Charlotte, NC area) as of July 15.
Stephanie Wu noticed that Joey Chestnut was moved to the top position in the MLE top 50 with Matt Stonie dropping to second. No other changes were made; Carmen Cincotti remains at #15.
The Daily Corinthian has the field for the slugburger contest in Corinth, MS Saturday: Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Josh Miller, Nate Biller, Matt Cohen, Jeff Stark, Taylor Coombs and Hope Bain.
Great Big Story has a video about Crazy Legs Conti titled "What It’s Like to Eat Hot Dogs for Sport".
Matt Stonie and Joey Chestnut are expected to compete in Hooters Worldwide Wing Eating Championship in Las Vegas Monday.
The Lebanon Daily News has an article about Michael "Big Haus" Deitz. He hopes to compete in Wing Bowl 25 despite signing a contract with MLE.
Mirror.co.uk has an article about Emma Dalton becoming the first person to finish the Pop Goes The Cookie Burger at Rub Smokehouse and Bar in Birmingham, England. (video)
Wayne Algenio ate 22 hot dogs in 5 minutes to win Monday's hot dog eating contest held at Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks, CA. Jon Bello was runner up.
Press of Atlantic City has an article about Carmen Cincotti's third place finish in the men's Nathan's finals.
Bob Shoudt won the first prize of $1000 in yesterday's hot dog eating contest held at Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD. update Bob Shoudt's total was 52 hot dogs, making him the 6th person I am aware of to have eaten 50+ hot dogs in a 10 minute hot dog contest (Kobayashi, Chestnut, Stonie, Janus, Bertoletti).
WBTW has an article about Joe Menchetti eating 32 cupcakes in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in a cupcake eating contest held yesterday in Myrtle Beach. Ryan Siciliano was the runner up and Kyle Taylor was 3rd.
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