The MLE twitter has posted the field for Saturday's Nathan's Famous hot dog eating qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC. Pat Bertolett will return to Nathan's after an almost 10 year absence. Other listed entrants include Ronnie Hartman, Derek Jacobs, Jim Reeves, Darrien Thomas, Crazy Legs Conti, Prudence Di Benedetto and Rene Rovtar.
Joey Chestnut will attend a chicken basket eating contest held during the July 3 NYCFC soccer game at Yankee Stadium. n
Hurricane, WV will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500/$250/$100 to the top 3 finishers.
The following people have announced on twitter that they will compete in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC: George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Prudence DiBenedetto, Jules Goldberg, Ronnie Hartman, Mike Whities.
Congratulations to Darron Breeden and his wife Caroline, who are expecting the birth of their son in early July. There has been speculation that he will miss the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest next month; this would be the reason for his absence.
So Cool Italian Icee in Sumter, SC will hold an Italian ice eating contest on July 3 awarding $500 to the winner.
GamblingSites.com Nathan’s preview
GamblingSites.com has a preview of the Nathan’s finals for bettors. The following odds for the men’s field are given:
oey Chestnut (-2500) (bet $2500 to win $100)
Geoffrey Esper (+700) (bet $100 to win $700)
Nick Wehry (+1000)
Darron Breeden (+1200)
Gideon Oji (+2000)
Matt Stonie is not listed.
James Webb wins Alameda County Fair Nathan’s qualifier
update Derek Hendrickson, Safeway and Misty Family Vlogs have videos. KCBS has a radio segment
The top 6 men from today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, CA (top 3 qualify for finals)
1 James Webb 41.5
2 Derek Hendrickson 28.75
3 Pablo Martinez 28.5
4 Erik Denmark 25
5T Gabriel Lucas 7
5T BJ Thompson 7
Austalia’s James Webb broke the UK Commonwealth Nathan’s record previously held by Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran (32)
There were not female entrants according to Pablo Martinez
2022 Mattituck strawberry shortcake contest
1 Geoff Esper 18.25 pounds in 8 minutes, undefeated in 2022
2 Nick Wehry 16
3 Ronnie Hartman 14
4 Max Stanford 10.5
5 George Chiger 10
6 Eric “Badlands” Booker 9
7 Crazy Legs Conti 7.5
8 Jules Goldberg 4
9 Prudence DiBenedetto 3
10 Jacklyn Thrapp 1
The Festival facebook page is running a live video
Geoff Esper is going for undefeated an first half of 2022 with 7 victories in 7 events.
The Running Times podcast has an interview with Dave "US Male" Goldstein about running road races with his son Josh, who suffers from Joubert Syndrome, a condition which restricts him to a wheel chair.
QDog Cafe in Erath, LA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $250 to the winner.
The women's Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest has yet to be listed on the ESPN July 4 schedule. The MLE page about the contest says it will be on ESPNews, but that channel is showing Sportscenter all morning.
Armature Works in Tampa will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding a $500 gift card to the winner.
Joel Hansen auditioned for "America's Got Talent". He thinks his appearance will be televised next week.
The Smoking Gun in San Diego will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Brookville, IN will hold a hot wing eating contest on June 24 awarding $200 to the winner.
Official results for today's Outlaw Eggs Rolls World Championship in Lubbock, TX
1 Geoff Esper 32.25 egg rolls in 8 minutes, undefeated in 2022
2 Miki Sudo 28.75
3 Nick Wehry 25
4 Derek Hendrickson 20
5 Michelle Lesco 14.75
6 Greg Wilson 13
7 Albert Bravo 9
8 Sophia DeVita 8.666
9 Frankie Galicia 7.5
10 Jocelyn Walker 6.5
Sadie Loveland ate 15 hot dogs in about 5 minutes Thursday to win the Wienerschnitzel hot dog eating contest at the Orem Utah Summerfest for the fourth time in a row.
EverythingLubbock has an article about "Freight Train" Frankie Galicia, who will compete in Saturday's Outlaw Egg Rolls World Egg Roll Eating Championship.
Bullseye Burgers Subs and More in Yakima, WA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
A press release says that Geoff Esper and Nick Wehry are expected to compete in the 2022 Nathan's hot dog eating contest, so presumably they will receive byes without needing to qualify.
Z Burger's eating contest in Washington, DC will award $5750 on July 1. The prize breakdown is $2000/$1250/$1000/$750/$500/$250.
The July 4 schedule for the ESPN family of networks is now out. ESPN News at noon has a showing of "Great American Events", which is what the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest has been listed as previously. ESPN and ESPN2 will be televising Wimbledon tennis at that time. ESPN will show a rerun at 4pm.
Free Kittens review of “Scarf Face”
FreeKittensMovieGuide.com has a positive review of the new competitive eating documentary “Scarf Face”:
The unexpected deaths of a few eaters notwithstanding, Scarf Face is a highly amusing documentary that cleverly subverts the self-importance displayed by its subjects. But even if one shares the opinion that gorging on dangerous amounts of food somehow qualifies as a sport, the film is a fascinating look at what makes these people tick.
The review includes a list of extras for the DVD that will go on sale June 7:
INTERVIEW THE WALT HICKEY – Hickey is a writer who often covers competitive eating events, and humorously questions the claim that Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest has really been going on for 100 years.
INTERVIEW WITH ED “COOKIE” JARVIS – A former MLE competitive eater who’s lost a ton of weight and has no love for the MLE.
OUTTAKES WITH ACTOR DAVE SWEENEY – Outside of his appearance in this film, I don’t know who he is either.
COMPETITIVE EATER DEATH SEGMENT – One which was featured in the film, one which wasn’t…a radio station water drinking contest which resulted in a woman’s death.
EXTENDED GYOZA-EATING SCENE
AUDIO COMMENTARY – By directors Joseph Ruzer & Sean Salter
TRAILER
The only competitive eating article from Walt Hickey I could find was a preview of the 2016 Nathan’s finals for 538.
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie appear in the latest video (at 3:45 mark) by Mr. Beast which recreates Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The video is currently the #1 trending video on youtube.
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