North Attleboro, MA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 24 awarding $250 to the winner. Geoff Esper will serve as judge.
Delish.com has an interview with Bill Strickland, the head of Hearst's Enthusiast Group, about serving as a judge in the 2021 Nathan's finals.
The Times Tribune has an article about Phil Yazdzik of Olyphant, PA, whose eating exploits received notoriety in the 1950s.
TheStar.com.my has an article about the relationship which led to marriage earlier this year between Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez and Sarah Reinecke Rodriguez.
Randolph County Raceway in Moberly, MO will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 18 awarding $1000 to the winner.
MagicalThemeParks posted a picture today of the site of the former Wall of Fame / countdown timer at the original Nathan's Famous location, which is now covered with a picture of the New York City skyline and a "The Flavor of New York" logo.
AZCentral has a profile of Michelle Lesco titled "Arizona woman wins Nathan's hot dog eating contest: How she burped her way to victory".
Congratulations to Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry on the birth of their son, Maxwell Samuel Wehry.
The Birdhouse in Robbinsdale, MN will hold a hot dog eating contest Saturday awarding $200 to the winner. The runner-up will receive a $100 gift card.
Daily Mail has an article about former Australian Rules Football star Sam Newman claim that Michelle Lesco had gender-reassignment surgery after failing to qualify for the men's division of Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest in 2019. (She has competed in the women's division of the competition since 2011.)
Molly Schuyler ate 50 chili dogs in 22 minutes to set the house record, which was previously held by Tim "Eater X" Janus, at the Rockford Corner Bar in Rockford, MI. I think she is the first female to eat 50 hot dogs with buns in any eating competition or challenge.
A video of golfer Paige Spiranac's attempt to eat as many hot dogs as possible in 10 minutes has gone viral.
Wired UK has an article about the relationship between Randy Santel and Katina "Eats Kilos" DeJarnett.
Joel Hansen ate 45 hot dogs in 10 minutes to defend his title in the July 4 Canton, TX hot dog eating contest and claim the $500 first prize.
2021 Nathan’s Famous men’s contest
Official results. Joey Chestnut broke his record with a total of 76.
| 1st | 76 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | New record |
| 2nd | 50 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 44 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 43 | Darron Breeden | |
| 5th | 37.75 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 32.5 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 7th | 32 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 30.75 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 9th | 30 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 10th | 28 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | |
| 11th | 27 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 11th | 27 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 11th | 27 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 11th | 27 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 15th | 25.5 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 16th | 21.5 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 17th | 17 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Matt Stonie will not be competing. Erik Denmark and Brian Dudzinski are unexpected entrants.
I am going to be away from the internet for most of today and do not expect to post men’s results until sometime tonight. If you need them, you should not have any difficulty finding them.
Hope everyone has a happy and safe July 4th.
2021 Nathan’s Famous women’s contest
| 1st | 30.75 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 2nd | 24 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Rodriguez | |
| 3rd | 18.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 4th | 16 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 5th | 15 | Sophia Devita | |
| 6th | 12.75 | Holly Titus | |
| 7th | 11 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 8th | 9.5 | Kelly Wong | |
| 9th | 8 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 10th | 7.75 | Kathryn Tesch | |
| 11th | 7.5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 7 | Kristina Rovtar | |
| 13th | 5 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Today is the 10th anniversary of the inaugural Nathan’s Famous women’s division. Nothing has been heard from the original top 3 in over 20 months, with Juliet Lee and Stephanie Torres passing away and Sonya Thomas going radio-silent after a mystery disqualification in the 2018 finals.
Mary Bowers is a surprise omission. There do not appear to be any unexpected entrants.
Mimi Zhang won today's hot dog eating contest held at Fat Freddy's on the Gold Coast of Australia.
Dale Boone ate 10 hot dogs to win the first prize of $100 at today's eating contest at Red's Beer Garden in Atlanta.
Melody Andorfer, who ate 12 hot dogs in 5 minutes to win the Nathan's Famous eating contest held on Labor Day weekend in 1972, was honored at yesterday's weigh-in ceremony.
Inside Hook has an article about "Fat Men's Clubs", popular in the late 19th and early 20th century, claiming they are the predecessors of competitive eating. In 1909, 380 pound Frank Dotzler ate 275 oysters, 8 pounds of steak, 12 rolls, 11 cups of coffee and 3 pies to win $50 in an eating contest at the Manhattan's Fat Men's Club.
2021 Z-Burger eating contest
Reuters has started a periscope livestream of the contest. Molly Schuyler is competing.
Results from the livestream
1T Molly Schuyler 34
1T Dan Kennedy 34
3 Ricardo Corbucci 22
4 Andrew Puhl 21
5 Sean “The Mouth Eats” Yeager 17
6 Dan Rock 9
7T Alexander Prescott 8
7T Terence Brown 8
WGNO has an article about Adrian "The Rabbit" Morgan competing in his 10th Nathan's Famous eating contest finals.
Brazilian Ricardo Corbucci is expected to make his USA eating contest debut at this afternoon's ZBurger eating contest in Washington, DC. Dan Kennedy and Dave Brunelli are also expected to compete. Interestingly, defending champ Molly Schuyler is not on the roster.
Vineyard, UT will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 1 awarding $1000.
C-Ville.com has an interview with Darron Breeden.
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