NationalHarbor.com has the roster of the ranked eaters in the April 2 peeeps contest in National Harbor, MD: Matt Stonie, Cardboard Shell, Juliet Lee, Geoffrey Esper, Gideon Oji, Brian Dudzinski, Crazy Legs Conti and Bill Myers. One spot will be determined in a qualifier for amateurs before the main event.
Daily Corinthian has an article about the July 9 slugburger eating contest in Corinth, MS receiving funding from the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Despite paying a $14,500 sanctioning fee to Major League Eating, the competition is not guaranteed the presence of Joey Chestnut or Matt Stonie and will not know until the week before the contest if they will compete.
Millie's Old World Meatballs & Pizza in Morristown, NJ cancelled the meatball eating contest that was to have awarded $1000 on March 20 due to weather concerns and says the contest will take place at a later date in the spring.
The Big Texan facebook has a video of Molly Schuyler recorded yesterday. She expects to return in May or June for a third faceoff against the 72 ounce steak and hopes to face "Furious" Pete Czerwinksi or "LA Beast".
Tech Insider has a history of the feud between "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and vegetarian bodybuilder "Vegan Gains", who claims that Pete's meat-heavy diet resulted in his cancer.
Nathan's qualifier registration notifications came out yesterday. Dave "The Termite" Wood was denied a spot in the Pocono qualifier despite being second in the wild card race last year.
The Daily Corinthian reports that the Corinth (MS) Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has approved $14,500 for the 2016 slugburger contest, an increase of $3,200 from the previous year. The majority of the funding will go towards MLE sanctioning.
Richard Shea reports that he was in Brussels, Belgium this morning, but was able to leave the country for Paris.
Registration will open at noon central for the Acme Oyster Eating World Championship in New Orleans on June 5.
The Hwy 55 Burgers Five Five Challenge will take place April 23 at the NC Pickle Festival in Mount Olive, NC.
German bodybuilder Lea of the LeaLovesLifting instagram and youtube channel ate 350 pieces of sushi in 60 minutes at an AYCE restaurant today. In December she ate 400 pieces.
Cartoon Network's Adult Swim produced an animation where Batman and Superman face off in a hot wing eating contest and other competitions. (via comicbook.com)
Morey's Piers in North Wildwood, NJ will hold its Curley's Fry eating contest on June 15. The pro contest will award $1000 to the winner and the amateur victor will receive $500.
The rightful champion of the 2014 World Pie Eating Championship at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England will be adjuciated in an upcoming British courtroom television show Judge Rinder. (via Claire Hannah)
The Instagram for Nathan's Famous of Australia announced a future Nathan's Famous Australian Hotdog Eating Contest. The restaurant is also maintaining a weekly house record.
Current Nathan’s 2015-16 wild card standings
Men
| 2015 Oct 21 | 2nd | 23 | 10 min | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | Nashville, TN |
| 2015 Oct 4 | 3rd | 19 | 10 min | Micah “Wing Kong” Collins | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | Dover, DE |
| 2015 Oct 21 | 3rd | 19 | 10 min | Pedram “In Jaws We Trust” Esmaeelzadeh | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | Nashville, TN |
Women
| 2016 Mar 19 | 2nd | 10.5 | 10 min | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women | San Antonio, TX |
| 2015 Oct 21 | 2nd | 6 | 10 min | Taylor Coombs | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women | Nashville, TN |
| 2016 Mar 19 | 3rd | 6 | 10 min | Vanessa Salazar | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women | San Antonio, TX |
Joey Chestnut wins 2016 Knott’s boysenberry pie contest
update March 22 Mike from LA video
update March 21 Jon Davis & Carlene LeFevre tied with 3.5 pounds each
Blogs: MiceChat | Behind the Thrills
Videos: Coaster Guy | Janice Yamanaka | OldeCam
Coaster Guy picture of Joey
update Articles OC Register | LosAngeles.CBSLocal.com
DAPs Magic video
Picture of post-contest debris
Full Results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 14.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | record |
| 2nd | 10.25 | Steve Hendry | |
| 3rd | 9.5 | Miki Sudo | 2nd non-top 5 loss in 2016 |
| 4th | 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 5th | 8.5 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 5th | 8.5 | Justin Mih | |
| 7th | 3.5 | Jon Davis | |
| 7th | 3.5 | Carlene LeFevre | |
| 9th | 3 | Lesley Ryder | |
| 10th | 2.5 | Daniel Lujan | |
| 11th | 1.5 | Lillian Canales | |
| 11th | 1.5 | Barbara LaBarge |
The field: Daniel Luhan, Lillian Kanali (?), Justin Mih, Barbara LaBarr, Lesley Ryder, Carlene LeFevre, Steve Hendry, Rich LeFevre, Michelle Lesco, Miki Sudo, Joey Chestnut
Parks and Cons has a periscope
Conti & Kassandra Zapata conquer qualifier
update SACurrent has a gallery
update News4SA.com has an article KEN5 has an article and gallery
Results via Aly Kent periscope
Full Results Part 1 | Part 2
Men
22 Crazy Legs Conti
16.5 Nate Biller
12 Clint Scott
11 Jeremy Farmer
7 Robert Silva
6.5 Chap Hupp
5.5 Mark Poland
5 Phil Taglieri
4.5 Juan Hernandez
Women
11 Kassandra Zapata
10.5 Mary Bowers
6 Vanessa Salazar
Aly Kent has a Periscope from today’s qualifier.
There are multiple women competing. If Mary Bowers wins, I think it will be the first qualifier she has claimed victory in a qualifier with 2 or more females.
Champs Pizza in Glen Burnie, MD has a 36 inch pizza challenge awarding $1000 to a pair that can finish it in under an hour (picture). (via stilez)
LA Beast will be a guest at Playlist Live Orlando, a gathering of youtube stars, in April. "Furious" Pete Czerwinski is another guest.
There are now at least three eating challenge / fitness youtube channels by women: Gina Maiorana (twitter | Instagram) | Sophia DeVita (Instagram) | Jen Mann (Instagram). In her latest video, Jen announces she will be competing in the WV pepperoni rolls eating contest in May.
Michael Jenkins won the first prize of $250 at tonight's hot wing contest at Irish 31 in Tampa.
Sharnee Rawsom has a report for delicious.com.au about her victory in a spicy pepper eating contest held at SoCal in Neutral Bay, Australia.
The MLE eating contest at the Chicago Ribfest will return in 2016, most likely on June 10.
Miki Sudo (starts at minute 49), Pedram "In Jaws We Trust" Esmaeelzadeh and Mark "Fro Hungry" Reboul are the guests in the recent episode of Fink Beats the Stomach. There is also a bonus episode with and extended interview with Pedram and Mark.
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