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. 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 ==