Topics in the Charlotte qualifier thread not about the contest have been moved here.
Nela Zisser announces that she has received an invitation to compete in Wing Bowl 24 in 2016. If she and Molly Schuyler compete, that might be the first Wing Bowl with multiple female competitors. update May 28 Nela accepted the invitation this morning. Vice.com has an interview with her.
Ronnie Hartman has posted a request on reddit for someone to transport natural casing Nathan's hot dogs ordered by a Publix grocery store in Charlotte to Greensboro, NC.
Nela Zisser is not the only big eating model. Julia Datt has set up thismodeleatsalot.com to document her large meals in India and Australia. Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
An eating contest will be held in Uganda on May 30 to promote the online food ordering service, HelloFood Uganda. The winner will receive UGX 500000.
A press release announces the return of Smoke's Poutinerie World Famous Great Canadian Cross Country Plaid Gravy Train Fries Curd & Gravy Weird Wild and Wacky Poutine Eating Tour. The expedition will be headlined by Tim "Gravy" Brown and start July 13 in Halifax, NS and end August 6 in Vancouver.
The Pocono Record has an interview with Joey Chestnut about judging the Nathan's qualifier at Pocono Raceway on June 7.
A power pellet (cookie) eating contest was held at Level 257 in Schaumburg, IL Saturday in honor of Pac-Man's 35th birthday.
Nela Zisser has uploaded a video where she eats a five pound burrito in under five minutes. (stuff.co.nz article)
T Mo's will hold an amateur only taco eating contest in Bethalto, IL on May 30 awarding $400 ($200 to the winner).
2015 Illegal Pete’s burritos
9News has a contest report which says that Michael Simon of the Denver Outlaws ate 4 burritos, which would put him ahead of Mary Bowers at 11th.
Top 6 | 7-11
1 Joey CHestnut 19 12 ounce burritos
2 Miki Sudo 18.5
3 Michelle Lesco 14.25
4T Adrian Morgan 14
4T Juan Rodriguez 14
6 Yasier Salem 13
7 Daniella Gioia 12
8 Josh Miller 8.5
9 Pablo Martinez 8
10 Alex Perez 5
11 Mary Bowers 3
Joey Chestnut will look to avoid his first three contest losing streak since September 2009.
An instagram page for Australian pro wrestlers' eating challenges has been set up at https://instagram.com/team.eat/. Shazza McKenzie attempted to join the team by eating a 15 patty burger (she finished 8)
NewsOberver.com has a report on yesterday's Doughman "Quadrathlon" in Durham, NC, an event where competitors are required to eat various items between stages of a triathlon.
Gabe Santos reports that Molly Schuyler ate 29 corn dogs at the Sacramento County Fair yesterday. update A contest video is available. update May 27 Another video is also available
2015 WV Pepperoni rolls
John Provins has a contest video
WVMetronews and WDTV have articles. Matt Stonie says he does not expect to compete before July 4.
Official results part 1 | part 2 | part 3
1 Matt Stonie 34 rolls, new record
2 Miki Sudo 28.5
3 Adrian Morgan 23
4 Michelle Lesco 19.5
5 Juliet Lee 18.5
6 Jim Reeves 15.5
7 Eric “Badlands” Booker 15
8 Nate Biller 11
9 “Wild” Bill Myers 8
10 Dan Mangiapane 7.5
11 Deitz 7.25
Brian Subich says that it appears Matt Stonie has broken the contest record.
Previous winners
| 2014 May 24 | 1st | 31 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship | Fairmont, WV |
| 2013 May 25 | 1st | 28 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship | Fairmont, WV |
| 2012 May 26 | 1st | 33 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship | Fairmont, WV |
| 2011 May 28 | 1st | 30.5 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | WV Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship | Fairmont, WV |
2015 Nathan’s Charlotte qualifier
WBTV has a gallery Queen City Videos has a video
Official top 3 males
1) Gideon Oji 16
2) Craig Wasberg 14
3) Ronnie Hartman 13
1W) BJ Alexander 14
2W) Mary Nelson ? girlfriend of Ronnie Hartman, walked on
Gideon Oji won the contest with 16. BJ Alexander appears to be the name of the female winner.
The women’s winner ate 14. I do not think Sonya Thomas made the contest.
Clayton State Sports has an article about Gideon Oji. If he qualifies he might be the tallest finalist with a height of 6 ft. 9 in.
Joey Chestnut has been headlining the promotion of the contest even though he is not competing: NBCCharlotte | WBTV | Sports Night
This will be the first Nathan’s qualifier for Sonya Thomas since 2011. She has not exceeded 37 hot dogs since 2012. The 27.75 hot dog she ate at last year’s finals was the lowest since her debut year of 2003.
| 2014 Jul 4 | 2nd | 27.75 | 10 min | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2013 Jul 4 | 1st | 36.75 | 10 min | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2012 Jul 4 | 1st | 45 | 10 min | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2011 Jul 4 | 1st | 40 | 10 min | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2011 May 28 | 1st | 34 | 10 min | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – women | Atlantic City, NJ |
Previous winners of Charlotte qualifier
A casting call has been placed by a Japanese program (probably "Battle of the Big Eaters 3") for UK competitive eaters to face off in a qualifier in July or August in London. Four competitors will be chosen to compete in the USA.
The Memorial Weekend Bash in Victoria, TX will hold a jalapeno eating contest Sunday awarding $500.
The guest on the latest episode of the Heads Up Poker Podcast is competitive eater Brian Taylor. (No results for that name show up in the eatfeats database).
Philadelphia.CBSLocal.com has a podcast of Wing Bowl 12 in 2004, the sole victory of Sonya Thomas in that event.
The Hertfordshire Mercury has an article about UK competitive eater Wendy Lam, who reveals that she was hospitalized for six months with an eating disorder health women update May 24 Hertfordshire Mercury has articles and videos about two reporters attempting the challenge Wendy did.
It has been one year since Yuuka Kinoshita started her youtube channel on May 21, 2014. During that time she has acquired over 263,000 subscribers and 45 million views, by far the highest totals for a female competitive eater. Her most watched video is an attempt to eat 100 McDonald's burgers (she manages to eat 62).
Alana Mazurke has a blog entry about her first eating challenge, the 22 inch pizza at Shawcross Pizza in Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.
The new poll asks who do you think has the greatest stomach capacity. On a Food Battle Club from 2001 or 2002, Takeru Kobayashi increased his weight by 26 pounds.
Comments in the Niko Niko's thread not about the gyro eating contest have been moved to this post.
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