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.
Max Casino in Carson City, NV will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner, $100 to the runner up.
Cherish Brown wrote a post for Food Challenge News about qualifying for the Nathan's Famous finals at a Dayton Dragons game earlier this month.
The Daily Mail has an article about British competitive eater John "FoodAndTheBeast" Dawes training his 18 year old daughter for eating contests.
Black Shamrock Tavern in Honolulu will hold a pizza eating contest on June 30 awarding $250 to the winner.
Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest for amateurs on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Registration will open Wednesday June 28 for The Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship to be held at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, MN on July 29.
SweetWater Tap Room in Atlanta will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 1 awarding $200 to the winner.
2023 BBQ in DC Nathan’s qualifier
updateWUSA9 has a news video
Official results from today’s Nathan’s Famous qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC.
| 1st | 35 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 23 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | gets wild card |
| 3rd | 21 | Crazy Legs Conti | gets wild card |
| 4th | 18 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 5th | 8.5 | Trevor Kisler | |
| 6th | 8 | David Magat |
| 1st | 9.5 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 2nd | 4.5 | Barbara LaBarge |
WLOS has an article and video about Raina Huang attempting a 7 pound barbecue challenge at Carolina Ace BBQ in Hendersonville, NC.
Deja Vu Showgirls in Nashville will hold a footlong hot dog eating contest on July 1 awarding $1000 to the winner. Entrants must be females from middle Tennessee weighing more than 225 pounds.
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