***Official Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Thread (1 Viewer)

[Eephus]

Three-time defending champion Joey Chestnut defends his belt next week. He's a prohibitive favorite but Bodog lists an O/U line of 60.5 (well short of his record 68) hot dogs. For what it's worth, Chestnut ate 54 dogs last year.

Kobayashi is again sitting out this year's competition in a contract dispute. He'll be "competing" at a rooftop bar in Manhattan simultaneously with the events at Coney Island.

To promote their recently opened stores in China, Nathan's invited three Chinese eaters. They're the darkest of darkhorses; their qualifying scores aren't anywhere near what the top Americans have recorded. USA!

 

[jamny]

Kobayashi is again sitting out this year's competition in a contract dispute. He'll be "competing" at a rooftop bar in Manhattan simultaneously with the events at Coney Island.

wow, that's an interesting twist.USA! Can't miss entertainment.

 

[zamboni]

Airing at 12PM on ESPN on July 4th. Hearing that this guy is doing the play-by-play.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

 

[Bogart]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

What is his best food? Does he know why he can't make the cut with hot dogs?I'm fascinated with this "sport".

 

[zamboni]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

Love that site.http://www.ifoce.com/rankings.phpChestnut sitting atop the rankings, Kobiyashi nowhere to be found. Must have something to do with that contract dispute.

 

[Thread Killer]

Three-time defending champion Joey Chestnut defends his belt next week. He's a prohibitive favorite but Bodog lists an O/U line of 60.5 (well short of his record 68) hot dogs. For what it's worth, Chestnut ate 54 dogs last year.

But they moved the time limit from 12 minutes to 10 recently, right?

 

[Bogart]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

What is his best food? Does he know why he can't make the cut with hot dogs?I'm fascinated with this "sport".

Yeah. I could have looked this up before asking. Haggis huh?

 

[Evilgrin 72]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

What is his best food? Does he know why he can't make the cut with hot dogs?I'm fascinated with this "sport".

He holds the world record for haggis, so I assume he'd consider that his best. He's also pretty good with wings (competed in Wing Bowl several times) and with any kind of hoagie/sub sandwich. Hot dogs, he just can't seem to get over the hump. He told me that while training for this year's qualifier, he was regularly knocking out low-mid 20s in the alotted time (I think it's 10 mins now?) but the day of the event, he was only able to get down around 18. He said it really depends on the day, some days your system just doesn't want to "compete" at its peak level. He's also victimized by the fact that his local qualifier is typically loaded with talent. If he'd traveled to, let's say, Arizona in previous years, he would have qualified, but the time and money it cost wouldn't have been worth it.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

 

[skillz]

Three-time defending champion Joey Chestnut defends his belt next week. He's a prohibitive favorite but Bodog lists an O/U line of 60.5 (well short of his record 68) hot dogs. For what it's worth, Chestnut ate 54 dogs last year.Kobayashi is again sitting out this year's competition in a contract dispute. He'll be "competing" at a rooftop bar in Manhattan simultaneously with the events at Coney Island.To promote their recently opened stores in China, Nathan's invited three Chinese eaters. They're the darkest of darkhorses; their qualifying scores aren't anywhere near what the top Americans have recorded. USA!

What is the "contract dispute" all about. I know Kobayashi didn't participate last year but any idea why it keeps dragging on? It's a fun event to watch but much better when Kobayashi and Joey are pushing each other to the limit - in fact, I think it was two years ago when they went into OT. Last year, Joey won walking away and looked like he was basically going through the motions as no one else was even close to his level of eating. I'll watch again but the entertainment value is much higher when you have Joey and Kobayashi at the event.

 

[Eephus]

Three-time defending champion Joey Chestnut defends his belt next week. He's a prohibitive favorite but Bodog lists an O/U line of 60.5 (well short of his record 68) hot dogs. For what it's worth, Chestnut ate 54 dogs last year.

But they moved the time limit from 12 minutes to 10 recently, right?

The time limit was reduced in 2008 before Chestnut's record of 68 was set. It's not clear whether the time change was for humanitarian or made-for-TV reasons.

 

[E-Z Glider]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

What is his best food? Does he know why he can't make the cut with hot dogs?I'm fascinated with this "sport".

He holds the world record for haggis, so I assume he'd consider that his best.

sounds awesome...

Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours.

 

[Eephus]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

What is his best food? Does he know why he can't make the cut with hot dogs?I'm fascinated with this "sport".

He holds the world record for haggis, so I assume he'd consider that his best.

sounds awesome...

Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours.

I'd keep eating after the contest was over

 

[Evilgrin 72]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

What is his best food? Does he know why he can't make the cut with hot dogs?I'm fascinated with this "sport".

He holds the world record for haggis, so I assume he'd consider that his best.

sounds awesome...

Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours.

I'd keep eating after the contest was over

It probably explains why the record still stands.

 

[Gr00vus]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

What is his best food? Does he know why he can't make the cut with hot dogs?I'm fascinated with this "sport".

He holds the world record for haggis, so I assume he'd consider that his best.

sounds awesome...

Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours.

I'd keep eating after the contest was over

It probably explains why the record still stands.

Extra lungs, hold the suet please.

 

[Tackling Dummies]

I'm still amazed at the amount of food consumed in a 10 minute span. I was at a neighbor's party a few weeks ago and we started talking about the contest and I was able to get just two hot dogs down in about 1.5 minutes. Grilled dogs, split white bread bun, drinking/soaking and the re-match is on next Monday.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I'm still amazed at the amount of food consumed in a 10 minute span. I was at a neighbor's party a few weeks ago and we started talking about the contest and I was able to get just two hot dogs down in about 1.5 minutes. Grilled dogs, split white bread bun, drinking/soaking and the re-match is on next Monday.

My brothers did a 6 minute hot dog eat-off last July 4th weekend...

 

[Evilgrin 72]

My good buddy again attempted and again failed to qualify for this. He's the #24 ranked competitive eater in the world according to the official IFOCE rankings and has never even qualified for the Nathan's event. It's the Holy Grail of competitive eating.

What is his best food? Does he know why he can't make the cut with hot dogs?I'm fascinated with this "sport".

He holds the world record for haggis, so I assume he'd consider that his best.

sounds awesome...

Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours.

I'd keep eating after the contest was over

It probably explains why the record still stands.

Extra lungs, hold the suet please.

 

[zamboni]

I'm still amazed at the amount of food consumed in a 10 minute span. I was at a neighbor's party a few weeks ago and we started talking about the contest and I was able to get just two hot dogs down in about 1.5 minutes. Grilled dogs, split white bread bun, drinking/soaking and the re-match is on next Monday.

You're gonna need a bigger gut.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Seriously, my gut would explode.

 

[jamny]

why don't fat guys rule in this?

 

[Eephus]

why don't fat guys rule in this?

The fat prevents the stomach from swelling to allow more food to be taken in.

 

[Godsbrother]

I think the contest is stupid. No one eats hot dogs by almost swallowing a whole dog and then drenching the bun in water. If I were running the contest I would require contestants to eat the bun with the dog and a minimum of one condiment of your choice.

 

[jamny]

 

[jamny]

How did Kobayashi do?

 

[drfeelgood]

I think the contest is stupid. No one eats hot dogs by almost swallowing a whole dog and then drenching the bun in water. If I were running the contest I would require contestants to eat the bun with the dog and a minimum of one condiment of your choice.

I'd let them eat without a condiment, but the dog must be in the bun, and not dipped in water.

 

[Mario Kart]

How did Kobayashi do?

Apparently he ate 69 at a different location. He can't compete due to not signing with Major League Eating or something like that. I wonder what kind of compensation the contract would entail or what it would hinder for him.

 

[NCCommish]

How did Kobayashi do?

Apparently he ate 69 at a different location. He can't compete due to not signing with Major League Eating or something like that. I wonder what kind of compensation the contract would entail or what it would hinder for him.

Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi has revealed more details about the contract impasse with Major League Eating that is preventing him from participating in Sunday’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. The dispute comes down to changes demanded this year by MLE that would prohibit Kobayashi from directly entering into endorsement contracts for products, appearing in television or radio commercials, or appearing on television or radio shows in exchange for compensation.

Kobayashi: “Similar” Contract Differs in Most Important Clause

George Shea of MFE told the Wall Street Journal that Mr. Kobayashi had signed contracts with MLE each year since 2001 that were “similar” to the contract that is now in dispute.

But Mr. Kobayashi told CalorieLab that this is not the case. He says that previous contracts only prohibited him from appearing in eating contests in the United States and Canada that weren’t sponsored by the MFE or its sister organization the International Federation of Competitive Eating without IFOCE permission. They did not prohibit Mr. Kobayashi from appearing in television or radio commercials or from appearing on television and radio shows.

Competitive Eaters Cannot Make a Living Wage

Competitive eating, or “oogui” in Japanese, is popular in Japan (mostly in “long form” hours-long compeitions rather than eating sprints), and there are many domestic Japanese oogui competitions and oogui television shows.

Few competitive eaters have been able to develop their skills into a full-time profession. Among the Japanese Mr. Kobayashi and Ms. Sone have done so, and perhaps the Americans Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas, although in 2005 Ms.Thomas told the San Francisco Chronicle that despite being the highest U.S. competitive eating earner at that time, the money was “OK, but not enough for a living,” and she managed a Maryland Burger King as a full-time job.

MLE Wants Complete Control of all Eaters’ Endorsement Activity

Under previous contracts with the IFOCE, which has sponsored his entry visa when coming to the United States for competitions, Mr. Kobayashi has been free to appear in television commercials.

Calorie Lab

So the only way he makes enough to do this full time is with the commercials he was doing. Now they want those. Seems like someone has gotten greedy.

 

[LAUNCH]

http://digg.com/video/120-twinkies-eaten-in-6-minutes-world-twinkie-eating-championship

Matt Stonie Devours 120 Twinkies In 6 Minutes. He may take down Chestnut this year.

 

[zamboni]

http://digg.com/video/120-twinkies-eaten-in-6-minutes-world-twinkie-eating-championship

Matt Stonie Devours 120 Twinkies In 6 Minutes. He may take down Chestnut this year.

Just missed Chestnut's Twinkie record of 121 in 6 minutes (http://www.majorleagueeating.com/records.php), so he's right there.

We'll see if he can do it on the big Nathan's stage though.