Matthew Kai Stonie (born ) is an American

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and

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. He is the number five ranked competitive eater in

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. Stonie won the 2015

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, dethroning 8-time defending champion

Joey Chestnut Joseph Christian Chestnut (born November 25, 1983) is an American competitive eater. As of 2022, he is ranked first in the world by Major League Eating. He is a California native and resides in Westfield, Indiana. Chestnut's height is ; his weigh ...

. Stonie has gained fame from his

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channel, to which he uploads video footage of his eating challenges.

Early life

Stonie was born in

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and raised in San Jose. He is of

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, Lithuanian and

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ancestry. He graduated from

Evergreen Valley High School Evergeen Valley High School is a comprehensive, 4-year high school located in the Evergreen area of San Jose, California, and is part of the East Side Union High School District. It was founded in 2002. The school held its first graduation of sen ...

in San Jose. In 2013, he was listed as weighing at a height of . His nickname, "Megatoad," is from the character

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from the ''Super Mario'' franchise. Stonie has a younger brother named Morgan Stonie, who is oftentimes involved with the production of his challenges uploaded to his YouTube channel.

Career

Stonie's

debut was at the Stockton Deep Fried

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Championship in

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in 2011. At the time, he was the youngest member of the Major League Eating organization, being 18 years old. His first win came in 2010 in a

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eating contest in

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. On July 4, 2015, Stonie defeated eight-time defending

champion

by eating 62 hot dogs to Chestnut's 60. Since 2016, Stonie's ranking in

has fluctuated between second and fifth. As of April 2022, Stonie has amassed over 15.3 million subscribers and 3.11 billion video views on his YouTube channel, with his most viewed video having been viewed over 126 million times. In August of 2022, Stonie partnered with

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to release his own franchise of fast casual restaurants, Stonie Bowls. The franchise focuses on large portion

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and

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bowls. Stonie would release the debut announcement of the franchise as a challenge video that urges viewers to beat his time in eating one of the 5 pound ultimate Stonie bowls.

World records held

2013

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: 5.5 pounds in 9 minutes and 17 milliseconds (May 26, 2013). *

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: 10.5 pounds of Yogurtland frozen yogurt at Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in 6 minutes (September 29, 2013). *Kookamonga Burger: 7.5 pound burger from the Kooky Canuck in

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in 4 minutes, 43 seconds (October 26, 2013).

2014

* Indian taco: 32.5 Indian tacos in 8 minutes in

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(March 29, 2014). * Slugburgers: 43 slugburgers in 10 minutes (The World Slugburger Eating Championship Presented by Main Street Corinth, July 12, 2014). *

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: 20.8 pounds in 8 minutes (Elk Grove Pumpkin Festival, October 5, 2014). *Fastest

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eaten in 15.22 seconds.

2015

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: 182 slices of bacon in 5 minutes in

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(February 22, 2015). *Iguana's

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zilla: 5 pounds in 1 minute, 50 seconds (May 8, 2015). *

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sandwiches (8 ounces): 15 sandwiches in 10 minutes at The Backyard at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment in

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. *Traditional

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s: 103 tacos in 8 minutes

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(August 15, 2015). *Martorano's signature pasta & sauce: 10 pounds in 8 minutes at Martorano's and Paris Hotel & Casino (

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, October 17, 2015). *Smithfield

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: 71 ribs in 5 minutes (

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, November 24, 2015).

2016

* Silver dollar pancakes: 113 (1 oz) pancakes in 8 minutes (

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, May 28, 2016) at The World Silver Dollar Pancake Eating Championship. * Moon Pies: 85 Moon Pies in 8 minutes (

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- October 15, 2016) at The World Moon Pie Eating Championship.

2017

*Chicken

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s: 20.5 chicken spiedies in 10 minutes (

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, New York, August 12, 2017) at the Tioga Downs World Chicken Spiedie Eating Championship.

2020

*Halloween candy: 4 lbs 1.9 oz of Halloween candy in 6 minutes. (Las Vegas, Nevada, October 31, 2020)

2021

*Popcorn: 28.5 24oz servings of popcorn in 8 minutes (Las Vegas, Nevada, April 25, 2021) *

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: 20,000 calorie burger in 4:10 (Las Vegas, Nevada, July 26, 2021)

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest results

References

External links

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Matt Stonie's official websiteMatt Stonie profile at Major League Eating
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