Jul 4, 2014
My favorite hot dog eating competition contestant tweeted me back. I'm so happy.
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My favorite hot dog eating competition contestant tweeted me back. I'm so happy.
Joey Chestnut killin it with 69 hot dogs this year. Made a declaration to get the next three titles, making ten in a row. He is an incredible American. But Tim Janus will always be my favorite~
My favorite food is candy.
Tim "Eater X" Janus, tiramisu-eating champion of the world
Who's going to win the Nathan's hot dog eating contest this year?
The Top four or so qualifiers...
Joey Chestnut. Has won the last 4 contests. Did not have to qualify this year as he received the past year's winner exemption.
His winning totals from last 4 years: 2010, 54 in 10 min (Kobayashi did not compete); 2009, 68 in 10 min; 2008, 59 (tied with Kobayashi) in 10 min and 5 more in the eat-off; 2007, 66 (12 mins, as opposed to 10).
Mr. Chestnut is the clear favorite. Dude has mad gastrointestinal prowess.
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Tim Janus aka 'Eater X'
Qualified with 45 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Came in second last year with 45.
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Patrick Bertoletti. This guy is a tool. He qualified with 38 in 10 min.
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Bob Shoudt. The only lard ass with a punchers chance. Qualified with 37 in 10 min.
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KOBAYASHI.
Kobayashi is not participating dude to contractual conflicts, but will be eating hot dogs in sync with the event at 230 FIFTH rooftop bar in NYC. Last year he got arrested at the event. Blah blah. According to an interview with The Block Mag, Kobayashi says " If I had signed the contract they [Major League Eating] offered me last year, I wouldn’t have been able to use my eating abilities anywhere else, all year round. No other competitions, no television appearances, nothing. So I didn’t sign it. It was either compete in that one hot dog contest and do nothing else, or choose not to be in the hot dog contest and be free. I felt like I would have a much more gratifying life if I chose to be free. So now I really want to do all the things signing that contract would have prohibited me from doing."
I'm guessing the contract negotiations went something like this...
Kobayashi: I want this amount of money. It's a lot of money. I'm mother fucking Koba-mothafuckin-yashi.
Major League Eating: Ok. Well clearly you've lost your shit. We're Major League Eating. Eating. We specialize in eating competitions. Eating. Competitions. You're asking for actual athlete money.
Kobayashi: I'm mother fucking Kobayashi. I've been a celebrity in Japan since I was 12. Show some respect when speaking to me.
Major League Eating: Ok, ok. Me sho shorry.
Kobayashi: I'm not Chinese.
Major League Eating: OK, look here Kob -- do you mind if I call you Kob? -- we can sign you for that price, but you're gonna have to make some sacrifices, because you're asking for a shit ton of money. You're less famous than the Jersey Shore cast and you speak less English than them which is damn near impossible.
Kobayashi: I'm Kobayashi. I took you guys from some bull shit studio in butt-fuck Indiana to fucking being on ESPN once or twice a year.
Major League Indiana: Butt fuck Indiana?
Kobayashi: You heard me.
Major League Eating: OK. We can do your price, but we fucking own you for that amount of money. You hear that? You won't even be able to take a shit without our approval. So try to come down on your asking price.
Kobayashi: You have dishonored my name.
[Kobayashi proceeds to get out of bed, fart a couple of times, put his clothes back on, wash his hands, and go home. Because after all, what the fuck.]
On a related note...
Pictures of Kobayashi looking all gay and shit from the site theblock-mag.com
He's wearing a dress.
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He looks like he could take down 68 dude's dicks. Dicks -- as opposed to hot dogs.
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Does not not look gay.
Major League Eating: Boneless Wings at Isle of Capri
A few weeks ago I got an assignment to go photograph a boneless wing eating contest at the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville (about half an hour out of Columbia). It was a blast, and definitely interesting to shoot. Some big names in the MLE circuit such as Eater X and Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti competed. Bertoletti won, eating over nine pounds of spicy boneless wings in ten minutes. Damn.
The lighting was purple and red, and you all know the drill...throw it in black and white.
Cheers,
Grant