Matt Stonie


Matthew Kai Stonie is an American competitive eater and YouTuber. Stonie won the 2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, beating 8-time defending champion Joey Chestnut among others. Stonie has gained fame from his YouTube channel, to which he uploads video footage of his eating challenges.
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Early life

Stonie was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in San Jose. He is of Japanese, Lithuanian and Czech ancestry. He graduated from Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose. In 2013, he was listed as weighing at a height of. His nickname, "Megatoad," is from the character Toad from the Super Mario franchise. Stonie's younger brother Morgan was oftentimes involved with the production of the challenges uploaded to his YouTube channel early in his career.

Career

Stonie's Major League Eating debut was at the Stockton Deep Fried Asparagus Championship in Stockton, California, 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 lobster roll eating contest in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.
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.
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.
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.
In August 2022, Stonie partnered with TGI Fridays to release his own franchise of fast casual restaurants, Stonie Bowls. 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.
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.

Personal life

Stonie got engaged to Mei in January 2023. They got married in February 2025.

World records held

According to Major League Eating, Stonie holds several world records in eating.
DateFoodRecord
Frozen yogurt10.5 pounds of Yogurtland frozen yogurt at Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in 6 minutes
Kookamonga Burger7.5 pound burger from the Kooky Canuck in 4 minutes, 43 seconds
Indian taco32.5 Indian tacos in 8 minutes
Slugburgers43 slugburgers in 10 minutes
Pumpkin pie20.8 pounds in 8 minutes
McDonald's Happy Meal15.22 seconds
Birthday cake14.5 pounds in 8 minutes
Bacon182 slices of bacon in 5 minutes
Iguana's Burritozilla5 pounds in 1 minute, 50 seconds
Pork sandwiches 15 sandwiches in 10 minutes at The Backyard at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment
Traditional carne asada tacos103 tacos in 8 minutes
Martorano's signature pasta & sauce10 pounds in 8 minutes at Martorano's and Paris Hotel & Casino
Smithfield pork ribs71 ribs in 5 minutes
Silver dollar pancakes113 pancakes in 8 minutes at The World Silver Dollar Pancake Eating Championship
Moon Pies85 Moon Pies in 8 minutes at The World Moon Pie Eating Championship
Chicken spiedies20.5 chicken spiedies in 10 minutes at the Tioga Downs World Chicken Spiedie Eating Championship
Halloween candy4 lbs, 1.9 oz of Halloween candy in 6 minutes
Popcorn28.5 24oz servings of popcorn in 8 minutes
Heart Attack Grill burger20,000 calorie burger in 4:10

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest results


YearHot DogsPlacing
201134T-5th Place
2012464th Place
2013512nd Place
2014562nd Place
2015621st Place
2016532nd Place
2017483rd Place
2018405th Place
2019464th Place