Greeneville, TN will hold a hot dog eating contest on June 29 awarding $200 to the winner. The runner up will receive $100
2024 men’s Nathan’s odds
Draftkings has posted odds for the 2024 men’s Nathan’s finals. Geoff Esper is the favorite at +120 (bet $100 to win $120). James webb is the second favorite at +175.
Grub Street has a behind the scenes look at the decision by Shea Communications decision to lock Joey Chestnut of the Nathan's Famous for endorsing Impossible Foods plant-based frankfurters.
The July 4 weather prediction for Coney Island is currently predicted to be 76F high / 58F low with a 44% chance of PM showers.
El Paso Inc. announces that Joey Chestnut will be facing off against military members in the Pop Goes the Fort Independence Day celebration at Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX on July 4. This will end his streak of Nathan's Famous finals at 19 and give Larell Marie Mele the longest active streak with 14. update Joey Chestnut confirms he has accepted the invitation.
Parlay in Richmond, VA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Daily Mail has an interview with Miki Sudo about Joey Chestnut not competing in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
2024 Washington, DC Nathan’s qualifier
Two days after the contest, official results have been posted on the contest page on the MLE website
| 1st | 36.75 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 2nd | 28 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 24 | Valentin Ferrer | from Spain |
| 4th | 20 | Gordon “Hungry” Hazzard | first MLE contest since 2021 |
| 5th | 16 | Michael “Mailman” Doolin | |
| 6th | 15 | Grant Tragni | |
| 7th | 14 | Crazy Legs Conti |
| 1st | 7 | Ellen Straub | |
| 2nd | 5 | Grace Furlong |
Sean Yeager has started a video of this afternoon’s Nathan’s qualifier at the National Capitol BBQ Battle in Washington, DC.
2024 Nathan’s wild card standings
With one qualifier remaining, here are the current Nathan’s wild card standings. The number of wild card finalists has yet to be officially announced. Crazy Legs Conti said there would be four in his Gothamist column.
| 2024 Jun 6 | 2nd | 48 | Nick Wehry | Parma, OH |
| 2024 May 17 | 2nd | 32.5 | George Chiger | Manhattan, NY |
| 2024 Jun 6 | 3rd | 30 | William Lyon | Parma, OH |
| 2024 Jun 8 | 3rd | 28 | Kylan Lee | Bristol, CT |
| 2024 May 17 | 3rd | 26.5 | Yunho Choi | Manhattan, NY |
| 2024 Jun 15 | 2nd | 24.5 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2024 Jun 15 | 2nd | 10 | Jocelyn Young | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2024 May 17 | 2nd | 9 | Olivia Murphy | Manhattan, NY |
| 2024 May 11 | 2nd | 7 | Rubianne Garcia | Grand Rapids, MI |
| 2024 Jun 15 | 3rd | 7 | Crystal Ocampo | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2024 Jun 15 | 4th | 6 | Elizabeth Salgado | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2024 Jun 6 | 2nd | 5.5 | Stacey Queen | Parma, OH |
Crazy Legs Conti wrote a column for Gothamist about his 23 year competitive eating career and the possibility of retirement. He says there will be four Nathan's Famous wild card spots awarded this year.
The American Polish Festival will hold a pierogi eating contest on June 23 awarding $500/$300/$200 to the top 3.
PT's Tavern in Henderson, NV will hold a wing eating contest for amateurs on August 3 awarding $2500/$1000/$500.
TLC has uploaded a clip from an episode of "Cake Boss" about the production of a giant hot dog cake that was commissioned for Nathan's Famous 100th birthday. The segment includes footage of the 2016 women's hot dog eating finals.
The Bradenton, FL Marauders will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 3 awarding $300/$200/$100 to the top 3 finishers.
Max Casino in Carson City, NV will hold a hot dog eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner on July 4. The runner up will receive $500.
Hall "Hoover" Hunt returned to competitive eating with a burrito challenge at the Hightide Burrito Co in Jacksonville, FL.
Registration is now open for the Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto August 10 and the World Slopper Eating Championship at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, CO on August 31.
The Floridian Social will hold a hot dog eating contest in St. Petersburg, FL on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
The field for Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC has been announced: George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Gordon Hazzard (first contest since 2021) and Valentin Ferrer from Spain. Three female rookies will also make their debut.
Jack Legath won the first prize of $1024 in today's 24 inch pizza eating contest at Toarmina's Pizza in Detroit. The WHIP Show was runner up.
The New York Post has an interview with Matt Stonie about his victory in the 2015 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, Joey Chestnut's sole loss in that competition in the past 17 years.
2024 Alameda County Fair Nathan’s qualifier
update June 18 Results with full names are on the MLE contest page. Dan Downey has a contest video
Full results have been posted without full names:
| 1st | 27.75 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 2nd | 24.5 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 3rd | 22 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | first contest since 2022 |
| 3rd | 22 | Yasir Salem | first Nathan’s contest since 2017 |
| 5th | 16 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda | |
| 6th | 9.5 | Nick Esarco | |
| DQ | ? | Andrew Imhoff |
| 1st | 12 | Tandra Childress | competitive eating debut |
| 2nd | 10 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 3rd | 7 | Crystal Ocampo | |
| 4th | 6 | Elizabeth Salgado |
2024 Mattituck Lions Strawberry Shortcake Contest
update June 19 Kylan Lee has a video
update June 16 Full results were posted this morning:
| 1st | 23.75 | Geoffrey Esper | wins contest 3rd year in a row |
| 2nd | 20.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 16 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 14 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 12.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 12.33 | Max Stanford | |
| 8th | 11 | Kylan Lee | |
| 9th | 10 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 10th | 9.25 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 11th | 8 | Peter Ritter | |
| 12th | 6 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Top 4 results from the strawberry festival’s facebook video (8 minutes)
1 Geoff Esper 23.75 pounds
2 James Webb 20.5
3 Sean Yeager 16
4 Darrien Thomas 14.5
James Webb is doing a livestream of this afternoon’s strawberry shortcake in Mattituck, NY.
update The livestream was terminated just before results were announced.
Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers will hold qualifiers June 15 at its Phoenix area locations for a July 4 slider eating contest in Scottsdale, AZ that will award a $500 Amex gift card to the winner.
Defending champion Geoff Esper, James Webb, Darrien Thomas, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, Max Stanford, Radim Dvoracek, Kylan Lee, Sean Yeager, Josh Krady and Peter Ritter are expected to compete in tomorrow's strawberry shortcake eating contest in Mattituck, NY.
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