CNN reports that a authorities in Yibin, China are investigating if a restaurant offering a 108 dumpling challenge is in violation of a law enacted in 2021 against food waste.
Dale Boone ate 13 hot dogs to win Sunday's hot dog eating contest at Red's Beer Garden in Atlanta.
MLE announced that the first qualifier of the 2023-24 circuit will take place in August in a seaside English town where Nathan's is available. Nathan's Famous UK has two restaurants in Southampton and Bournemouth. Beard Meats Food and Leah Shutkever (if she competes) will probably be the favorites. Kate Ovens will also have the opportunity for a qualifier near her Hampshire hometown.
Theo Malini produced a video (longer video) French food challenger Alan FoodChallenge a fake for spitting out food while recording his videos. (He apparently forgot to edit out his regurgitation). The criticism of Alan FoodChallenge has gone viral in French-language media with LeParisien, rtl.be and Independant producing articles about the alleged deception. Alan has responded by saying he will do a live uncut taco eating challenge on Sunday. updateSunday, Alan attempted to eat what he claimed were 5 GigaTacos, but could finish only about 1.5. The restaurant supplying the tacos said they were smaller XL tacos and not Gigatacos
B 52 Burgers and Brew in Lakeville, MN will hold an eating contest for its challenge burger on July 15 awarding $500 to the winner.
Joel Hansen won the Canton, TX hot dog eating contest for the fourth year in a row and claimed a $1,500 prize
The Spun has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi about his competitive eating career and his new partnership with Heinz on the "Hot Dogs are not a Contest" campaign. He closes the interview declaring himself the greatest competitive eater of all time.
Eli Lessig ate 82 donut holes in 4 minutes to win the first prize of $1000 in the July 4 eating contest held at Paristown Point in Louisville.
Joey Chestnut wins 16th Nathan’s Famous title
The 2023 Nathan’s men’s contest has been cancelled due to lightning and rain. I am not sure why the 2020 contest setup could not be recreated in the second floor of Nathan’s Famous’ building and the competition held later today.
update Ronnie Hartman says the contest will start around 2pm eastern
| 1st | 62 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 16th title |
| 2nd | 49 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 47 | James Webb | UK Commonwealth record |
| 4th | 45 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 41 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 6th | 36 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 29.75 | Zozan Paku Paku | |
| 8th | 29.5 | Max Suzuki | |
| 9th | 27.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 10th | 27 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 11th | 26 | Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran | |
| 12th | 25.75 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 13th | 22 | Joey Przybylowicz | |
| 14th | 16 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 15th | 15 | Crazy Legs Conti |
2023 Nathan’s Famous women’s contest
Gigi’s Time is running a livestream on youtube Super Friends NYC is also doing a live stream
| 1st | 39.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 2nd | 33.5 | Mayoi Ebihara | Japanese women’s record |
| 3rd | 24.25 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 13.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 5th | 11.5 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 6th | 10.5 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 7th | 9.75 | Kelly Wong | |
| 8th | 9 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 9th | 7 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 10th | 6.5 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Abby Horowitz | |
| 12th | 4.5 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 13th | 4.25 | Elizabeth Salgado | |
| 14th | 3.5 | Prudence DiBenedetto | |
| DQ | ? | Barbara LaBarge |
2023 Zburger eating contest
Fox 5 is running a live video of today’s Z-Burger eating contest.
The top 5
1 Molly Schuyler 34 burgers
2 Dan Kennedy 32
3 Joel Hansen 27
4 Andrew Puhl 26
5 Sean Yeager 25
The Washington Post has an article about the training techniques used by competitive eaters.
USA Today has an article about the finances of Joey Chestnut, who says he earned $500,000 from competitive eating last year. He quit his construction job in 2010 to become a full time competitive eater after receiving an offer to do four appearances for Pepto Bismol.
NPR on history of competitive eating
NPR’s “All Things Considered” did an episode about the history of competitive eating that includes coverage of last week’s Nathan’s qualifier in Washington, DC and an interview with Jason Fagone, author of “Horsemen of the Esophagus”. With Kobayashi’s retirement, all the protagonists of his 2006 book are now out of competitive eating:
- AICE / All Pro Eating, last contest 2018
- Wing Bowl, terminated in 2018
- Bill “El Wingador” Simmons, arrested for drug distribution
- Tim “Eater X” Janus, last contest 2015
- Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, radio silent since 2018
News 12 has a video about Eric "Badlands" Booker attempt to threepeat the chugging undercard competition before Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on July 4.
In an advertisement for Heinz ketchup and mustard, Takeru Kobayashi announces that he has retired from hot dog eating contests.
A Piece of Pendleton in Pendleton, OR will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 8 awarding $1000 to the winner.
2023 Nathan’s Famous finals qualifiers
It was announced earlier today that Prudence DiBenedetto has received a wild card spot in the Nathan’s finals, which implies four wild cards will be granted. Here are the current fields with the currently announced international byes assuming four wild cards. It is not clear if all the female wild cards will compete, since they will have to pay for their own travel.
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CapeGazette reports Sean Yeager ate 13.5 burgers in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $250 in Saturday's eating contest at Smashmouth Burgers in Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks, CA will hold a pie eating contest on July 4 awarding $300 to the winner.
WNEP has an article about Larell Marie Mele, who will be competing in her 13th straight Nathan's Finals Tuesday, a streak only exceeded by Joey Chestnut (19).
Joey Chestnut vs. Geoff Esper since Jan 1, 2022
Here are the head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Geoff Esper in MLE contests since January 1, 2022. They have faced off 8 times in that period; Geoff had a better finish in 5 of those competitions.
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MLE victories since the start of 2022
Here are all the people who have a victory in a Major League Eating contest since January 1, 2022, excluding Nathan’s qualifiers. I am counting October’s Albuquerque corn dog eating contest won by Miki Sudo as a MLE event even though it was never listed on their website.
Geoff Esper 19 wins in 23 contests
Miki Sudo 4 in 23
Joey Chestnut 2 in 9
Nick Wehry 2 in 25
Derek Hendrickson 1 in 6
Gideon Oji 1 in 8
James Webb 1 in 5
All the contest victories follow after the jump:
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Telegram.com has an interview with Geoff Esper about competing in the Nathan's finals. He does not expect to beat Joey Chestnut.
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