Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4. Entrants need to eat 5 hot dogs to qualify; the fastest 20 times will get a spot.
Long Beach Hooters qualifier
Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 2015 Jun 27 | 1st | 136.4 | 10 min | Yasir Salem | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
| 2015 Jun 27 | 2nd | 127.2 | 10 min | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
| 2015 Jun 27 | 3rd | 124 | 10 min | Steve Hendry | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
| 2015 Jun 27 | 4th | 97.2 | 10 min | Mark King | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
| 2015 Jun 27 | 5th | 77.2 | 10 min | Carlene LeFevre | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
| 2015 Jun 27 | 6th | 70.4 | 10 min | Ian Rapport | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
| 2015 Jun 27 | 7th | 70 | 10 min | Andrew Mittwer | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
| 2015 Jun 27 | 8th | 52.4 | 10 min | Brandon Beaderstad | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
| 2015 Jun 27 | 9th | 49.6 | 10 min | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
| 2015 Jun 27 | 10th | 49.2 | 10 min | Daniel Finnerty | Hooters Wing Qualifier | Long Beach, CA |
Geoff Esper wins Phantom Gourmet BBQ, Pablo Martinez takes WC lead
update Fosters.com has an article
Richard Shea has the top 3 | #4-#7
1) Geoff Esper 30.5
2) Pablo Martinez 30, new wild card leader
3) Micah Collins 25
4) Ryan Siciliano 16
5) Wild Bill Myers 12.5
6) Steven Bliam 11
7) Dick Pruitt 8
8) Quentin Admundsen 7
1W) Mia Davekos 8
Geoff Esper, Pablo Martinez, Micah Collins an Mia Davekos are expected to compete.
IFOCE / MLE contests by state
Today’s Nathan’s qualifier in New Hampshire appears to be the first IFOCE / MLE contest in that state. According to the eatfeats database, there are now five states which have never held an IFOCE / MLE event: Idaho, Montana, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wyoming. (The “Gutbuster in Alaska” contests are not in the database). Total IFOCE/MLE contests by state:
| 192 | NY |
| 76 | NV |
| 59 | CA |
| 59 | FL |
| 47 | TX |
Yellow Scene has an interview with Josh Miller (thanks for the plug).
Charity Buzz has two 2015 Nathan's judgeships up for auction. The current top bid is $750 and bidding closes July 1.
The New Zealand Herald has an article about Nela Zisser's preparation for the Nathan's finals. She plans to resume her New Zealand competitive eating career July 18 in a ramen eating contest awarding $1000.
live105.cbslocal.com has a podcast of Joey Chestnut's appearance yesterday on the Kevin Klein show. He says that he has broken off his relationship with Neslie Ricasa after proposing to her during last year's Nathan's finals and that MLE prevented him from wearing an item promoting a military charity during a previous Nathan's finals.
The Bangkok Post has an article about competitive eating in Thailand containing interviews with members of the Thai Pro Eater group.
Augustine Casino in Coachella, CA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 3 awarding $1,000 to the winner. Entrants will be chosen randomly.
Craigslist has a request for two "big women" to compete in an eating contest at a Las Vegas bachelor party on July 18. The one hour job will pay $200 with the possibility of "additional work" after the competition.
Tracy Goode has an interview with the co-hosts of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast on Rake & Herald. They are doing a short series of podcasts with Nathan's competitiors: Crazy Legs | Erik Denmark | Nate Biller | Juan Rodriguez | Michelle Lesco | Dave Wood
The Oakdale Leader reports that a woman calling herself "Wayne Algenio" won Saturday's burger eating contest at Gillman's in Oakdale, CA.
The 2015 broadcast schedule for the men's Nathan's finals is now available. The contest will be live on ESPN2 at noon and then rerun seven more times on July 4. It does not appear the women's contest will be televised.
Current Nathan’s 2015 finalists
A list of the people who have qualified for the 2015 Nathan’s finals follows. All July 4, 2014 moneywinners have qualified except for Brian Dudzinski and Sonya Thomas.
MLE did not bother to list the name of the sole female participant in the Nashville qualifier (Brandi according to Josh Miller), which might make her the first unpublicized victor in IFOCE/MLE history.
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GQ of Japan has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi titled "How to be successful Japanese in the United States". (Kobayashi has not made an official public appearance in the US since October and has yet to announce his plans for July 4.)
Brother Jimmy's BBQ in Miami will hold a BBQ eating contest on July 3 awarding a cruise for 2.
The Antioch Herald has an obituary for the owner of Lumpy's Diner, Jeremy “Lumpy†Sturgill, who passed away at the age of 35. His restaurant in Antioch, CA held an annual burger eating contest. (via email)
Craigslist has a request for an EMT to oversee a competitive eating event in Long Beach on June 27, most likely the Hooters wing qualifier.
Ruby's in Lubbock, TX will hold a taco eating contest on July 4 awarding $2000 ($1000 to the winner). A qualifier will be held on June 29. (via email)
Diana bills herself as a powerlifter/bodybuilder on her DianasFitDiary instagram, but her top sport might be competitive eating. Last week she posted a picture of a huge stack of pancakes (at an unnamed restaurant) that she ate.
Mashable has a blog entry about a 1.595 km (almost 1 mile) pizza created in Milan, Italy that received a Guinness record for World's Longest Pizza.
O'Rourke's Office in Chicago will hold a hot dog eating contest on Saturday that will be MCed by Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez.
ilonggo Tech Blog has a review of the new competitive eating game Warriors of Nom Nom for iPhone/iPad and Android devices.
On his facebook page, five time Wing Bowl winner Bill "El Wingador" Simmons announced on May 28 that he had been released from incarceration. He began serving a 7 year sentence for cocaine possession in October 2013.
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