Matt Stonie

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Matt Stonie
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Stonie in 2014
Born
Matthew Kai Stonie

1991or1992(age 31–32)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Other namesMegatoad
Occupations
  • Competitive eater
  • YouTuber
Known forCompetitive eating champion
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Awards 1x Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Champion (2015)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Genre
Subscribers16.4 million subscribers [1]
Total views3.52 billion views [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2014
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2015
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: July 4, 2023

Matthew Kai Stonie (born 1991or1992) [2] [3] [4] is an American competitive eater and YouTuber. Stonie won the 2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, dethroning 8-time defending champion Joey Chestnut. [5] Stonie has gained fame from his YouTube channel, to which he uploads video footage of his eating challenges. [4]

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Early life

Stonie was born in San Francisco, California and raised in San Jose. [6] He is of Japanese, Lithuanian and Czech ancestry. [4] [6] He graduated from Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose. In 2013, he was listed as weighing 134 pounds (61 kilograms) at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 meters). [4] His nickname, "Megatoad," is from the character Toad from the Super Mario franchise. [4] Stonie's younger brother Morgan is oftentimes involved with the production of his challenges uploaded to his YouTube channel. [7]

Career

Stonie's Major League Eating debut was at the Stockton Deep Fried Asparagus Championship in Stockton, California in 2011. [8] At the time, he was the youngest member of the Major League Eating organization, being 18 years old. [9] His first win came in 2010 in a lobster roll eating contest in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. [4]

On July 4, 2015, Stonie defeated eight-time defending Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion Joey Chestnut by eating 62 hot dogs to Chestnut's 60. [10]

As of January 2024, Stonie has amassed over 16.3 million subscribers and 3.62 billion video views on his YouTube channel, with his most viewed video having been viewed over 145 million times. [11]

In August 2022, Stonie partnered with TGI Friday's to release his own franchise of fast casual restaurants, Stonie Bowls. [12] The franchise focuses on large portion rice and poke 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. [13]

World records held

According to Major League Eating, Stonie holds several world records in eating. [14] [15] [16]

DateFoodRecordRef.
September 28, 2013 Frozen yogurt 10.5 pounds of Yogurtland frozen yogurt at Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in 6 minutes [17]
October 26, 2013Kookamonga Burger 7.5 pound burger from the Kooky Canuck in 4 minutes, 43 seconds (Memphis, Tennessee)
March 29, 2014 Indian taco 32.5 Indian tacos in 8 minutes (Atmore, Alabama) [18]
July 12, 2014 Slugburgers 43 slugburgers in 10 minutes (The World Slugburger Eating Championship Presented by Main Street Corinth) [19]
October 5, 2014 Pumpkin pie 20.8 pounds in 8 minutes (Elk Grove Pumpkin Festival) [20]
December 2014 McDonald's Happy Meal 15.22 seconds (Fastest Happy Meal eaten) [21]
February 14, 2015 Birthday cake 14.5 pounds in 8 minutes (West Palm Beach, Florida) [22]
February 22, 2015 Bacon 182 slices of bacon in 5 minutes (Daytona Beach, Florida) [23]
May 8, 2015Iguana's Burritozilla 5 pounds in 1 minute, 50 seconds [24]
June 20, 2015 Pork sandwiches (8 ounces)15 sandwiches in 10 minutes at The Backyard at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment (East Rutherford, New Jersey) [25]
August 15, 2015Traditional carne asada tacos 103 tacos in 8 minutes (San Jose, California)
October 17, 2015Martorano's signature pasta & sauce10 pounds in 8 minutes at Martorano's and Paris Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nevada) [26]
November 24, 2015Smithfield pork ribs 71 ribs in 5 minutes (Miami, Florida) [27]
May 28, 2016 Silver dollar pancakes 113 (1 oz) pancakes in 8 minutes at The World Silver Dollar Pancake Eating Championship (Chico, California) [28]
October 15, 2016 Moon Pies 85 Moon Pies in 8 minutes at The World Moon Pie Eating Championship (Memphis, Tennessee) [29]
August 12, 2017Chicken spiedies 20.5 chicken spiedies in 10 minutes at the Tioga Downs World Chicken Spiedie Eating Championship (Nichols, New York) [30]
October 31, 2020 Halloween candy 4 lbs, 1.9 oz of Halloween candy in 6 minutes (Las Vegas, Nevada) [31]
April 25, 2021 Popcorn 28.5 24oz servings of popcorn in 8 minutes (Las Vegas, Nevada) [32]
July 26, 2021 Heart Attack Grill burger20,000 calorie burger in 4:10 (Las Vegas, Nevada) [33]

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest results

YearHot DogsPlacing
201134T-5th Place [34]
2012464th Place [35]
2013512nd Place [36]
2014562nd Place [37]
2015621st Place [38]
2016532nd Place [39]
2017483rd Place [40]
2018405th Place [41]
2019464th Place [42]

See also

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