2010 end of year poll choices part 1
Happy New Year. A list of the current set of choices for the first batch of end of 2010 polls appears after the jump. Please make any additional suggestions you think should be added in the comments. updated Jan 2 6:34 pm
Male Competitive Eater of 2010
Dale Boone
Joey Chestnut
Pete Czerwinski
Joel Podelsky
Female Competitive Eater of 2010
Sonya Thomas
Male Rookie of 2010
David Brunelli
Scott Bickel
Sean Brockert
Johnnie Excel
Gary Klucken
Andrew Kossuth
Mike Longo
Adrian Morgan
Aaron Osthof
Randy Santel
Matt Stonie
Female Rookie of 2010
Jessica “Queen of Cuisine”
Michele “Cardboard Shell”
Larell Marie Mele
Besty “Femme EatAll” Soderlund
Maria “The Incredible Sulk”
Dena Sutton
Stephanie Torres
Stephanie Wu
Top Male Eating Challenger of 2010
Scott Bickel
Pat Bertoletti
Dale Boone
Pete Czerwinski
Johnnie Excel
Tom Gilbert
Joe LaRue
Mike Longo
Ben Monson
Naader Reda
Randy Santel
Brad Sciullo
Brian Seiken
Jon Squibb
Matt Stonie
Top Female Eating Challenger of 2010
Jessica “Queen of Cuisine”
Michele “Cardboard Shell”
Grace Lee
Lisel Parillon
Maria “The Incredible Sulk”
Stephanie Torres
Stephanie Wu
Comeback of 2010
Don Lerman
Rich LeFevre
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world watcher said
January 1, 2011 @ 10:15 am
you left out Dale Boone for Top Male Eating Challenger of 2010 and Male Competitive Eater of 2010……………….OJ you not being fair to others. Let the fans vote. Tha’ts what voting is all about. Now please add him .
stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)
January 1, 2011 @ 10:24 am
Am I correct in assuming the “Male Eating Challenger of 2010” and “Female Eating Challenger of 2010” apply just to those who have participated in restaurant eating challenges?
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
January 1, 2011 @ 11:39 am
To be eligible for the eating challenger of the year, someone needs to have at least two successful publicized challenges in 2010. I will add anyone to the poll who has done this if requested.
wrecking ball fan said
January 1, 2011 @ 12:26 pm
my vote goes to the Wrecking Ball in ALL categories!!
world watcher said
January 1, 2011 @ 12:39 pm
Dale Boone has done the following …………..in 2010….The Whole 5 lb. Chihuahua
Cantina Taqueria & Tequila Bar
Buckhead, GA
The little mnt Challenger as seen on you tube ……..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-nRYPf9rl8……………….
the Hell hound Challenge ……… as seen on you tube………….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03swIqtxZBo&feature=related
The Ramen Challenge … 4 bowls in 20 mins …………… in Atlana GA
Now what else you need to know ……………… He has done so many in 2010……
2010 said
January 1, 2011 @ 1:16 pm
oj,
do you still plan on posting all the IFOCE events and prize money given out for 2010 vs 2009? I’m really interested in seeing that…
How about ... said
January 1, 2011 @ 1:25 pm
Johnny Excel for male rookie and Don Lerman for comeback eater?
stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)
January 1, 2011 @ 1:42 pm
I think Johnnie Excel deserves at least a little consideration for Rookie of the Year and Top Eating Challenger of 2010. He has had a number of impressive showings.
stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)
January 1, 2011 @ 1:45 pm
Also, Scott Bickel deserves some mention for Rookie of the Year, at least for his positive attitude and outstanding training regimen.
anonymous said
January 1, 2011 @ 2:29 pm
Hey OJ seiken did 2 successful challenges this year why dont you include him ? What is it that you have against him . Its like he doesnt even exist anymore. That is cold man real cold
anonymous said
January 1, 2011 @ 2:32 pm
that is true about Boone everyone band together for 2011 and stop visiting this site until he either plays fair or cuts the favortism bullshit right now What about Larue?
Stallion Italian said (Registered August 27, 2010)
January 1, 2011 @ 5:34 pm
Happy New Year. A list of the current set of choices for the first batch of end of 2010 polls appears after the jump. Please make any additional suggestions you think should be added in the comments.
Anony 2:29 and 2:32, follow the oj instructions above. Suggestions.
Buffalo Wing said
January 1, 2011 @ 5:39 pm
Let’s not forget about David Solomon and Andrew Kossuth.
Anonymous said
January 1, 2011 @ 6:04 pm
A-2:29 Seiken refers to eatfeats as eatfeces, and continually blasts this site and OJR and you wonder why OJ doesn’t mention Seiken? What are you on, or are you really that dense?
Anonymous said
January 1, 2011 @ 6:16 pm
Here are my observations. Male and Female Eaters of the year with Joey and Sonya are right on.
Now it gets tricky with Male Rookie of the Year. While both Matt Stonie and Randy Santel had impressive independent years I think the ROY has to go to a professional MLE eater. That leaves Sean Brockert, Gary Klucken, Aaron Osthof and Adrian Morgan. I think it comes down to head to heads and after looking at results and finishes it comes down to Aaron and Adrian. Head to head they are 1-1 with Adrian coming out on top in tamales and Aaron coming out on top in moonpies. Both had great finishes against eaters ranked higher than them. Aaron came onto the scene late in the year so his ranking will most likely be higher in 2011(only #31 right now) and Adrian had a full year of competitions and is poised to be a threat to break into the top 10. Coin flip in my book. I think the future is bright for both of these eaters. Due to the overwhlming amount of support that the Wrecking Ball gets I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins the poll.
Female Rookie of the Year using my same logic as Male ROY goes to Larrel Marie Mele. She seems like a very positive person with a great attitude and seems to be a favorite with fans and other eaters alike.
Top Male Challenger is another tough catgory to pick. I think since MLE eaters are not supposed to do challenges it automatically eliminates Pat Bertoletti and Ben Monson. Based on the amount of visibility he has gained through this website you would think that Matt Stonie has the upperhand. Not only is he dominating challenges but also winning every independant contest he enters. Randy Santel has had lots of visibility from this site and concentrates on midwest challenges but I don’t think he has been in any contests. I say Matt Stonie wins this category.
Top Female Challenger is another stacked category. I think it Stephanie Torres that deserves the nod. Lots of exposure from this site. She seems very likeable and dominates challenges. Looks like lately she has been doing multiple challenges in 1 day (a la Randy Santel).
Comeback award goes to The Locust. I have heard and calls for others but based on the Meatballs finish late in the year he proved he still has it and can come back and be a force to reckon with whenever he wants. I was impressed.
anonymous said
January 1, 2011 @ 6:28 pm
anony 6:04 maybe you are living in the dark ages or a bomb shelter. Seiken apologized to OJ on more than one occasion in emails. At one point early this year Seiken removed all derogatory remarks about eatfeats and OJ still ignored it. If Seiken was to do the same now , OJ would continue to ignore. It doesnt pay to be nice because assholes deserve whats coming to them. Some just refuse to forgive and forget. Happy New Year
seiken fan said
January 1, 2011 @ 6:32 pm
two eating challenges that seiken completed he had to shell out his own money. That to me is not considered a challenge if you pay for your conquest. One was publisized the other for some reason was not. OJ refused to publisize either
anonymous said
January 1, 2011 @ 6:54 pm
real easy to figure who female rookie 2010 should be. One choice and one choice only. The rest Pleeeeeeeeez
Anonymous said
January 1, 2011 @ 8:14 pm
What part of this is not Seiken’s website do you not understand? Even a very nice apologetic Seiken is owed nothing.
reality check said
January 1, 2011 @ 9:09 pm
Really what does any of this prove? A little ego boost for the new males or females? Everyone knows that like the recent top 25 poll it serves no purpose whatsoever. 6 out of the 8 female rookies will basically pay it no mind while the other two or maybe one will lobby like a politician to please vote for her.
beautifulbrian said
January 1, 2011 @ 9:52 pm
8:14 the so called plethora of comments that supposedly post on this site comes to no more than a handful at best. Most are the same 3 or 4 anonymous retards including OJ herself along with a few of my anonymous posts added on for good measure. Doesnt say very much for eatfeats.com now does it? You are correct that i am owed nothing because that is exactly what eatfeats is . Nothing!
New Year Same Seiken said
January 1, 2011 @ 11:09 pm
Seiken FAN is right. He only has one.
The Brat said
January 1, 2011 @ 11:28 pm
Is OJ a female?
anonymous said
January 1, 2011 @ 11:41 pm
Brand New Year same hate for Seiken. Make this the news years wish for eatfeats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExjDzDsgbww
Larell Marie Mele said
January 2, 2011 @ 8:19 am
Anon 6:16 – thx so much; really appreciate the kind words 🙂 Reality Check – u know I will hahaha 🙂
Larell Marie Mele said
January 2, 2011 @ 8:22 am
BB – that’s funny…I’ve also always referred to OJ as a female.
Wrecking Ball said (Registered May 6, 2010)
January 2, 2011 @ 11:09 am
Thanks for the nice comments and I am honored to be mentioned with Adrian, Gary, Aaron, Randy and Matt. I agree with the previous comment that eaters that do challenges and eaters that compete should be two seperate catagories. Those guys that do challenges are beasts but rarely to we (being MLE) compete against them. That being said I know I have a lot of members of the “Wrecking Crew” that will turn out and vote for me but I would cast my vote for Adrian, in my opinion he is a little underrated and I think he has the talent to be a real force in CE.
For female ROY of course my vote goes out to Larell Marie but the females in this catagory are all great eaters and from the ones I have talked to all seem to be great people too.
I honestly dont follow the challenge aspect of CE too much so I am not sure if I can make an educated pick for male and female challenger of the year but by looking at the list but you cant go wrong picking any of them.
I love the pick for Sonya as female competitve eater of the year but I am not toally sold on Joey being the only choice for male. I know he is hands down the best eater in the world but was he the most sucessful of this year. I think both Pat and Bob need to at least be mentioned in this catagory. If you take just 2010 I am almost certain that Pat won more than Joey and I know Pat holds more records than anyone. I already see the argument that Joey had all his Pepto stuff and that lead him to not be able to compete as much as Pat and Bob but oh well. In really think that this year Pat showed us that he is an outstanding eater and has beaten Joey a few times head to head. I think if this is a career award give it to Joey but if we are basing it only on 2010 both Pat and Bob need to be mentioned.
The Brat said
January 2, 2011 @ 11:28 am
Pat did not beat Joey a single time 2010.
Anonymous said
January 2, 2011 @ 11:57 am
Pat is not even in Joey’s league. When Joey’s on, and when there’s not a judging mistake, no one currently in the IFOCE can routinely touch him. Yes, there are exceptions, but they’re exactly that, exceptions, not the rule. Joey is at the top, with a bit of a pile up at the second tier, which includes Pat, Bob, Tim, and Sonya.
anonymous said
January 2, 2011 @ 1:54 pm
Wrecking ball that’s enough info for a book
Wrecking ball fan said
January 2, 2011 @ 2:42 pm
as stated before, joey needs to watch his back this year. the wrecking ball will eat 43 HDB’s in the qualifier and WIN the Nathan’s hot dog contest with a record breaking 75 HDB’s!! BEWARE !!!
stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)
January 2, 2011 @ 3:36 pm
Top Male Challenger is another tough catgory to pick. I think since MLE eaters are not supposed to do challenges it automatically eliminates Pat Bertoletti and Ben Monson.
But it is not up to OJ or you to enforce what is MLE’s rule. His job is to make an objective poll of those that are nominated for the category and qualify according to his eligibility standards:
“To be eligible for the eating challenger of the year, someone needs to have at least two successful publicized challenges in 2010. I will add anyone to the poll who has done this if requested.”
If these pro eaters want to do eating challenges and can get away with it, more power to them. Any dispute is between the eater and MLE, and is not our concern.
stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)
January 2, 2011 @ 3:39 pm
That to me is not considered a challenge if you pay for your conquest
Why not? Quite a few of the challenges listed in OJ’s database require you to pay for the meal, win or lose. Your prize for completing the challenge can be a t-shirt or a pic on the wall.
BTW, many head-to-head eating contests also require payment in the form of an entry fee.
Wrecking Ball said (Registered May 6, 2010)
January 2, 2011 @ 4:13 pm
@The Brat he beat him in Mars bars, maybe it wasent a big event but he still won.
NReda said
January 2, 2011 @ 5:37 pm
Considering the other names on the list, I really shouldn’t even be a candidate for top male eating challenger of 2010… unless the dominant factor of consideration is the sheer volume of challenges attempted and completed (which even I don’t have handy). Otherwise, in any sort of head-to-matchup, you gotta give your vote to one of the other guys.
Matt Stonie is a dominant candidate given his powerful performances. I don’t know if Ben Monson did any actual restaurant challenges in 2010… Johnnie Excel needs to be put on this list as well.
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
January 2, 2011 @ 6:41 pm
Thanks for the suggestions. They (and several others) have been added.
What is he chopped liver said
January 2, 2011 @ 7:08 pm
Larue posted some pretty good challenge numbers, set am ifoce record, and was the victim of some douchbags conspiring to and succeding in getting him booted from the ifoce and no mention??????
The Brat said
January 2, 2011 @ 7:40 pm
If you count exhibition contest, Joey still won 8 of the 9 times they faced off last year.
isnt it strange said
January 2, 2011 @ 8:00 pm
notice how OJ rifkin doesnt say much in text for fear of being exposed as the house psycologist or any other BB hater which he has responded back as
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
January 2, 2011 @ 8:24 pm
Joe LaRue has been added. Thanks for the reminder.
beautifulbrian said
January 2, 2011 @ 8:31 pm
I have decided as a peace offering to remove all negative commentary from my blog in regard to this website.It will take some time to remove everything in its entirety but be patient. I realize i have conformed to the same standard in the past but then went back on my word and continued to post negative commentary. This is not a ploy by any means to get OJ Rifkin to hype my website or any future updates i happen to post. The administrator of this site plugged my website on a consistant basis for nearly 4yrs so in that sense i appreciate that very much. There were times in the past in which i was extremely upset with some of the personal comments directed towards me and let him know about via email but even through thick and thin he still plugged my updates. One thing about me is that i never forget the little things. The administrator has never taken personal potshots against me using his blog as an assault weapon so in all fairness i did play dirty. I wont take the full blame for everything because the haters contributed to my reasons for lashing out. The continued negative energy on my behalf just makes things worse and does nothing to solve the problem. Some of that childish behavior on my part accomplishes very little but detract future fans from visiting my site. Loyal fans of my website are just that. Regardless of what i say about eatfeats they will always be my loyal fans. How do i know that? I check my stat page at least 3 to 4 times per week and the proof is there. If you dont believe me i update my stat page every two weeks just to give the fans an idea of how im doing. Let OJ Rifkin do his thing and ill do my thing. I apologize for sabotaging some of the threads with unrelated rants while causing problems with the fans that visit this site on a frequent basis . Of course some of you will refuse to buy into this because you have been programmed to hate no matter what. All i can say is time will tell. I made a promise i intend to keep it.
Stallion Italian said (Registered August 27, 2010)
January 2, 2011 @ 9:07 pm
Great news Beautiful Brian and an excellent start to 2011.
Nice Gesture said
January 2, 2011 @ 9:39 pm
You are doing a decent thing Brian.
well spoken said
January 2, 2011 @ 10:20 pm
It takes a bigger man not to give in to bullies . OJ took the high road and ignored Seiken . Seiken is trying to make amends but if people continue to hate on him and he ignores them , then i guess you can decide who the real haters are.
Anonymous said
January 3, 2011 @ 2:30 am
OJ you did a noble thing listening to all the suggestions. It is funny, however, seeing Dale Boone’s name paired with Joey Chestnut’s for Male EoY. If I didn’t already know it was a poll, saw those names, and had to guess what they had in common I’d guess it was a pairing of the best male professional eater in the U.S. and the only one known in India. It really makes me laugh.
Larell Marie Mele said
January 3, 2011 @ 6:42 am
Wrecking Ball – as always, thx!!! BB – yay!!! Already a better new year 🙂
Crazy Legs Mom said (Registered February 16, 2006)
January 3, 2011 @ 8:04 am
Let’s all follow Beautiful Brian’s lead and ring in 2011 with the positive. Very impressive of BB to state his intentions and promise and make no conditions whatsoever. Having both places to share information, letting each do its own thing can only help the fans and eaters and competitive eating to grow. Hats off to you BB. Rock em in Biloxi.
Larell Marie Mele said
January 3, 2011 @ 11:40 am
CLM – AMEN!!!! 🙂
stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)
January 3, 2011 @ 11:41 am
I also nominate Joel Podelsky for Male Competitive Eater of 2010 and Top Male Eating Challenger of 2010.
Anonymous said
January 3, 2011 @ 6:14 pm
Let the voting began already geeeeeee.
Anonymous said
January 4, 2011 @ 1:23 pm
okay heres my two cents….first off male competitor of the year has to go to one of these people. Either Furious Pete or Joel The Cannon. One because he only loses once a year and the other is because he probably does more contest than any two CE in the sport.
Anonymous said
January 4, 2011 @ 1:29 pm
For ROY im voting for one of these 3…….David Brunelli, Mike Longo or Matt Stonie…… All three of these guys has a great resume and dont get very much attention. Longo and Stonie have some decent youtube videos so that gives them a plus also. I just like how these three guys have great talent and you dont ever see them bashing anyone on here. Im gonna have to think about this a little harder…. do I go with all of Longo’s AICE wins or do I go with Stonie’s awesome performance against The Goose Gilbert and his challenge victories????
NReda said
January 4, 2011 @ 2:18 pm
I think Stonie’s received a lot of attention on this site. That’s not a reason to vote for or against him as ROY, but I would pick him based on his explosive debut. Lots of challenge wins in a short span, lots of restaurant records smashed, and a few decent contest victories… including a close one over The Goose. Matt’s debut reminded me in many ways of Ben Monson. Maybe one day we’ll see them clash.
stephanie_wu said (Registered August 17, 2010)
January 4, 2011 @ 2:28 pm
Matt Stonie also beat Patrick Vandam’s total on corn dogs and ate more than Rich Lefevre’s IFOCE record.
Damon Wells said
January 4, 2011 @ 3:22 pm
If everything was created equally (contests and challenges lumped together for ROY) IMO it boils down to two, Adrian Morgan and Matt Stonie…
Adrian Morgan came on strong right from the get go, his only weak performance was in crawfish (and as we all know that contest has never been even close to accurate). He’s beaten names like Booker, CLC, LaRue, Marquez and Denmark. Adrian doesn’t get much pub because the only time you hear about him doing anything is in competition where a few bigger names like the top 6 or 7 compete. While on the other hand
Matt Stonie, does a lot of challenges and finishes in what seems to be impressive times, has YouTube videos being uploaded often and thus gets pub on eatfeats. Yes he beat Goose Gilbert in Lobster Rolls, but also only ate 13 HDB’s in 10 minutes to qualify for Lobster rolls. Holding the record for a restaurant nobody really knows about isn’t that huge of a feat, now if it’s a restaurant that has had big names come in and do their challenge for a fast time like the Kooky Canuck (Pat B, Chestnut), Heart attack grill (Chestnut, Monson) , Pizza Party (Chestnut, Monson, Booker, Hunt and Denmark) or Burritozilla (Pat B, booker, Chestnut) (the last two happen to be in Stonies backyard btw) then it would be easier to gage just how good that time is… I will admit I like some of Stonies YouTube concepts, the ideas are there but he’s not that interesting to watch…
Don’t get me wrong Stonie has a ton of talent but I think head to head overall talent, Adrian barely nudges him out. Hopefully Matt doesn’t take my opinion person, but if he does, then oh well.
NReda said
January 4, 2011 @ 5:07 pm
That’s a well thought-out argument. Maybe we could have a new category – Best YouTube Eating Stars of 2010.
Anonymous said
January 5, 2011 @ 8:43 am
best youtube eating star…….. I guess you forgot the fastest eater on the planet furious pete
munchin mike said (Registered December 19, 2009)
January 5, 2011 @ 8:45 am
wow im just honored to be on this list! Thanks for all the support that I’ve gotten over the past year, 2011 here I come!
munchin mike said (Registered December 19, 2009)
January 5, 2011 @ 11:19 am
hey OJ you forgot Jon Squibb……I can think of two challenges he did off the top of my head. The 32 inch Pizza in NC and the Zeus Burger at Clinton Diner with Me and Joel The Cannon Podelsky
munchin mike said (Registered December 19, 2009)
January 5, 2011 @ 11:20 am
not to mention Squibb destroyed competition this year in some big contests
NReda said
January 5, 2011 @ 2:52 pm
I agree with Mike. It’s an accolade to be on the list with some of those other powerhouse names.
Anonymous said
January 6, 2011 @ 2:11 am
Let the votin begin…. It will be 2012 soon..