MLE Eater's Poll (June)

Top 25 MLE Competitive Eaters

Rank. Eater's Name (First-place votes) (Points) [Previous Rank]

1. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut (7) (193) [1]

2. Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (1) (188) [2]

3. "Humble" Bob Shoudt (167) [4]

4. Takeru Kobayashi (162) [3]

5. Tim "Eater-X" Janus (148) [5]

6. Hall "Hoover" Hunt (147) [7]

7. Sonya "The Blackwidow" Thomas (146) [6]

8. Rich "The Locust" LeFevre (138) [7]

9. Juliet Lee (130) [11]

10. Erik "The Red" Denmark (126) [9]

11. Crazy Legs Conti (102) [12]

12. Arturo Rios "Grande" (85) [13]

13. Juris "Dr. Bigtime" Shibayama (77) [14]

14. Tim "Gravy" Brown (71) [15]

15. Chip "The Phenom" Simpson (67) [10]

16. Allem "Shredder" Goldstein (66) [17]

17. Patrick Vandam (63) [NR]

18. Pat "Baby Bird" Philbin (55) [16]

19. Eric "Badlands" Booker (53) [22]

20. Micah "Wing Kong" Collins (54) [19]

21. Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston (42) [20]

22. Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas (32) [23]

23. Russ "The Blackhole" Keeler (30) [18]

24. "Buffalo" Jim Reeves (28) [NR]

25. "Nasty" Nate Biller (27) [NR]

Also receiving votes: Petter "Pretty Boy" Davekos, Kevin "The Carburetor" Carr, Pat Bruss, Jim "Hammer" Hamrick, David "Brickhouse" Braunstein, William "Wild Bill" Myers, "Big" Brian Subich, Mongo Marquez, Pete "Philly Guy" Miernicki, Don "Moses" Lerman, Jason "The Erbivore" Erb, Kevin Ross, Dave "U.S. Male" Goldstein, "The Hangman" Bruce Pobanz, Larry "The Legend" McNeil, Justin Mih, Ryan Honigman, Tom Sorenson, Skinny Boy, "Super" Paul Barlow, El Toro, and Nic "The Incredible Bulk" Fry.

The Eater's Poll Board of Voters is made up of competitive eaters and media that cover the sport. All are involved in participating or following IFOCE/MLE contests. The board for this month's edition of the Eater's Poll: Hall "Hoover" Hunt, "Humble" Bob Shoudt, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston, Dave "U.S. Male" Goldstein, "Sweet" Jill Stoler, Erik "The Red" Denmark, Don "Moses" Lerman and Bruce "The Hangman" Pobanz.

***This article and the final totals of the votes do not solely reflect the thoughts or opinions of either Hall "Hoover" Hunt, or anyone else operating this website. All of the rankings and points are a compilation of all the votes from all the previously listed voters above and do not represent any single individuals thoughts or opinions. If you would like to participate in the next month's poll, please feel free to email me at HallHunt@comcast.net and I will add you to the reminder email list or just send in your votes to the same address at least a week before the end of each month with the subject line specifying what poll you are emailing in reference to.***