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Full Results Part 1 | Part 2

1 Matt Stonie 103
2 Michelle Lesco 59
3 Miki Sudo 58
4 Steve Hendry 54
5 Jesse O’Con Jr. 30
6 Mary Bowers 23
7 Leslie Ryder 20
8 Jon Davis 15
9 Angie Hendry 14
10 Enrique 7

Matt Stonie has set a record with 103 tacos in 8 minutes.

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update Aug 10 The Daily Review has a contest report Press Connects has a gallery

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Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Joey Chestnut, Badlands Booker, Yasir Salem, Juan Rodriguez and Geoff Esper are expected to compete.

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The Daily Monitor has a profile of Sam Katumba “Kifenkenya” of Kikooza, Uganda, who claims to have a stomach capacity of 14kg (30 lbs.) He started as a mime, then switched to competitive eating full time.

By 2010, the two kilogrammes of rice and pack of buns was nothing so he increased his amounts to 14kg of food, six bottles of mineral water, 10 bottles of soda, a raw cabbage, raw green pepper and tomatoes. He hoped this would be more entertaining and it worked; his fame grew, evidenced by the increase in the number of gigs he got.
With more shows in a week, he decided to abandon the miming to focus on eating food.
Katumba now charges between Shs10,000 and Shs50,000 for a show, depending on the location of the job, as he explains: “If the venue of the show is near Mukono, I charge Shs10,000. If it is farther, I charge Shs50,000.” He stars at parties, in schools, music carnivals and during political rallies.
Although whoever hires him foots the bill for buying the food he is to eat, he insists on buying the food himself, apparently because he is suspicious that some bad people might attempt to poison him.

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