Matt Stonie

Not to be confused with Matt Stone.

Matt Stonie
Stonie in 2014
Born	Matthew Kai Stonie 1991 or 1992 (age 32–33) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Other names	Megatoad
Occupations	Competitive eater YouTuber
Known for	Competitive eating champion
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Awards	1x Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Champion (2015)
YouTube information
Channel	Matt Stonie
Years active	2012–present
Genre	Speed eating
Subscribers	16.4 million subscribers[1]
Total views	3.52 billion views[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2014 1,000,000 subscribers 2015 10,000,000 subscribers 2020
Last updated: July 4, 2023

Matthew Kai Stonie (born 1991 or 1992)[2][3][4] is an American competitive eater and YouTuber. Stonie won the 2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, besting 8-time defending champion Joey Chestnut among others.[5] Stonie has gained fame from his YouTube channel, to which he uploads video footage of his eating challenges.[4]

Early life

Stonie was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in San Jose.[6][7] He is of Japanese, Lithuanian and Czech ancestry.[4][6] He graduated from Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose.[8] 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 was oftentimes involved with the production of the challenges uploaded to his YouTube channel early in his career.[9]

Career

Stonie's Major League Eating debut was at the Stockton Deep Fried Asparagus Championship in Stockton, California, in 2011.[10] At the time, he was the youngest member of the Major League Eating organization, being 18 years old.[11] 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.[12]

Stonie has not competed in Major League Eating since 2019 due to a contract dispute, but has continued an independent eating challenge career on YouTube.[13]

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.[14]

In August 2022, Stonie partnered with TGI Fridays to release his own franchise of fast casual restaurants, Stonie Bowls.[15] 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.[16]

In September 2024, Stonie participated in the opening undercard match of the livestreamed Netflix event Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef. He won a three-minute chicken wing eating contest 53-36 against three Olympians whose scores were added up: water polo player Max Irving and swimmers Ryan Lochte and Ryan Murphy.[17]

World records held

According to Major League Eating, Stonie holds several world records in eating.[18][19][20]

Date	Food	Record	Ref.
September 28, 2013	Frozen yogurt	10.5 pounds of Yogurtland frozen yogurt at Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in 6 minutes	[21]
October 26, 2013	Kookamonga 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)	[22]
July 12, 2014	Slugburgers	43 slugburgers in 10 minutes (The World Slugburger Eating Championship Presented by Main Street Corinth)	[23]
October 5, 2014	Pumpkin pie	20.8 pounds in 8 minutes (Elk Grove Pumpkin Festival)	[24]
December 2014	McDonald's Happy Meal	15.22 seconds (Fastest Happy Meal eaten)	[25]
February 14, 2015	Birthday cake	14.5 pounds in 8 minutes (West Palm Beach, Florida)	[26]
February 22, 2015	Bacon	182 slices of bacon in 5 minutes (Daytona Beach, Florida)	[27]
May 8, 2015	Iguana's Burritozilla	5 pounds in 1 minute, 50 seconds	[28]
June 20, 2015	Pork sandwiches (8 ounces)	15 sandwiches in 10 minutes at The Backyard at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment (East Rutherford, New Jersey)	[29]
August 15, 2015	Traditional carne asada tacos	103 tacos in 8 minutes (San Jose, California)
October 17, 2015	Martorano's signature pasta & sauce	10 pounds in 8 minutes at Martorano's and Paris Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nevada)	[30]
November 24, 2015	Smithfield pork ribs	71 ribs in 5 minutes (Miami, Florida)	[31]
May 28, 2016	Silver dollar pancakes	113 (1 oz) pancakes in 8 minutes at The World Silver Dollar Pancake Eating Championship (Chico, California)	[32]
October 15, 2016	Moon Pies	85 Moon Pies in 8 minutes at The World Moon Pie Eating Championship (Memphis, Tennessee)	[33]
August 12, 2017	Chicken spiedies	20.5 chicken spiedies in 10 minutes at the Tioga Downs World Chicken Spiedie Eating Championship (Nichols, New York)	[34]
October 31, 2020	Halloween candy	4 lbs, 1.9 oz of Halloween candy in 6 minutes (Las Vegas, Nevada)	[35]
April 25, 2021	Popcorn	28.5 24oz servings of popcorn in 8 minutes (Las Vegas, Nevada)	[36]
July 26, 2021	Heart Attack Grill burger	20,000 calorie burger in 4:10 (Las Vegas, Nevada)	[37]

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest results

Year	Hot Dogs	Placing
2011	34	T-5th Place[38]
2012	46	4th Place [39]
2013	51	2nd Place[40]
2014	56	2nd Place[41]
2015	62	1st Place[42]
2016	53	2nd Place[43]
2017	48	3rd Place[44]
2018	40	5th Place[45]
2019	46	4th Place[46]

See also

• List of competitive eaters

References

1. "About Matt Stonie". YouTube.
2. "Stonie, Rev. Henry J. Sr". The Boston Globe. May 29, 2022. p. A22. Henry Stonie...is also survived by his two grandsons, Matthew Kai Stonie and Morgan Joe Stonie.
3. "Matt Stonie". Retrieved November 2, 2022. Let's cut straight to the chase: Matthew Stonie won the 2015 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
4. Vorwerck, Molly (July 10, 2012). "Matt Stonie, San Jose resident and college student, aims to dethrone Joey Chestnut". The Mercury News. Retrieved August 19, 2013. The 20-year-old San Jose native...
5. "Eater Rankings". majorleagueeating.com. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
6. Ho, Connie K. (September 9, 2016). "Matt Stonie Eats His Way to the Top". Pacific Citizen. Retrieved December 1, 2022. Stonie, who was born in San Francisco, moved to San Jose, Calif., with his family when he was five years of age and has lived there ever since.
7. staff • •, NBC Bay Area (June 11, 2024). "San Jose product Joey Chestnut out of Nathan's July Fourth hot dog eating contest, MLE says". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
8. Vorwerck, Molly Vorwerck | Mercury (July 10, 2012). "Matt Stonie, San Jose resident and college student, aims to dethrone Joey Chestnut". The Mercury News. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
9. "Matt Stonie vs 20lb Turkey". YouTube. November 22, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2022. Since Thanksgiving is all about family, I gave my brother his own little turkey.
10. "2011 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Championship: Matt "Megatoad" Stonie Profile". donsturdy.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013. ^[permanent dead link‍]
11. "The World Deep-Fried Asparagus Eating Championship". Major League Eating official website.
12. "Hot dog! Stonie eats 62 to dethrone Chestnut". ESPN.com. July 4, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
13. Baccellieri, Emma (July 3, 2024). "Joey Chestnut Opens Up About Fourth of July Hot Dog Contest Ban". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
14. "Most Korean Fire Noodles Ever Eaten (x15 Packs) | 불닭 볶음면 도전". YouTube. Matt Stonie. July 21, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
15. "TGI Fridays expands its virtual restaurant partnership with C3". Nation's Restaurant News. August 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
16. "5lb ULTIMATE Poke Bowl - Can You Beat Me?". YouTube. Matt Stonie. August 19, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
17. "Joey Chestnut bests Takeru Kobayashi with new world record of 83 hot dogs to win Netflix eating battle". Yahoo! Sports. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
18. "Records". majorleagueeating.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
19. "Matt Stonie". majorleagueeating.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
20. "See the records held by new competitive-eating No.1, San Jose's Matt Stonie". The Mercury News. July 16, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
21. "Stonie Yougurtland Champ, Wild Bill in 2nd". majorleagueeating.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
22. "The Creek Indian Taco Eating Contest at Wind Creek's THROW DOWN". majorleagueeating.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
23. "Stonie defends Slugburger Festival title in eating contest - Daily Journal". March 5, 2016. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
24. Gazette, Times (October 10, 2022). "WCH hosts World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship". The Times Gazette. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
25. Scinto, Maria (February 14, 2020). "Here's How Fast Matt Stonie Can Eat A McDonald's Happy Meal". Mashed. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
26. "Stonie Shatters Birthday Cake Record At Palm Beach Outlets First Birthday Party!". majorleagueeating.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
27. "Local Man Sets World Record: Eats The Most Bacon - Good Day Sacramento". www.cbsnews.com. February 23, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
28. "Hero Eats Biggest Burrito We've Ever Seen In Under 2 Minutes". The Huffington Post. May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
29. "The Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment World Pork Roll-Eating Championship". majorleagueeating.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
30. Stapleton, Susan (October 20, 2015). "Matt Stonie Eats 20 Bowls of Pasta in Eight Minutes at Martorano's". Eater Vegas. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
31. "Ribs for the record books | Meatpoultry.com | November 24, 2015 10:26 | MEAT+POULTRY". www.meatpoultry.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
32. Page, Justin (August 31, 2016). "Competitive Eater Matt Stonie Sets New World Record by Eating 113 Pancakes in 8 Minutes". Laughing Squid. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
33. "MoonPie eating competition comes to Memphis". Action 5 News. October 12, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
34. "Matt Stonie defends title in annual Tioga Downs Chicken Spiedie contest". WETM - MyTwinTiers.com. August 13, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
35. "Matt Stonie Eats 4 Pounds of Candy to Win First-Ever Halloween Candy Bowl". IRL. November 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
36. Mancini, Al (April 26, 2021). "Las Vegas man munches his way to world popcorn eating crown". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
37. Roeben, Scott (August 19, 2021). "Dude Breaks Record for Eating 20,000 Calorie Burger at Heart Attack Grill". Vital Vegas. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
38. "Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest". Major League Eating. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
39. "Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest". Major League Eating. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
40. "Nathan's Famous Fourth Of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest". Major League Eating. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
41. "Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest". Major League Eating. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
42. Rivera, Joe (July 4, 2023). "Who beat Joey Chestnut? Revisiting Matt Stonie's win at the 2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest". The Sporting News. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
43. "Full Results From The 100th Anniversary Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest". Major League Eating. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
44. "Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest". Major League Eating. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
45. "Results from The 2018 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest". Major League Eating. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
46. "Results From The 2019 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest". Major League Eating. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Matt Stonie's channel on YouTube
• Matt Stonie profile at Major League Eating