Pat Bertoletti defends Showboat King Cake title
update Feb 14 NJ.com has an article and slideshow
Examiner also has an article and slideshow
update NBC40 and Atlantic City Weekly have videos. Rake & Herald has a contest report.
The Showboat’s facebook has a picture
3:47 The top 3
6:48 Rest of the results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Pat Bertoletti 12 King Cakes
2) Sonya Thomas 10.5 King Cakes
3) Bob Shoudt 10 King Cakes
4T) Eric “Badlands” Booker 6.5
4T) Marcos Owens 6.5
4T) Yasir Salem 6.5
4T) Sean Gordon 6.5
8) Juan Rodriguez 6
9T) Crazy Legs Conti 5
9T) Larell Marie Mele 5
11) “Wild” Bill Myers 4
12) “The Eater” Nagengast 2.5
3:20 The contest has started
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Anonymous said
February 12, 2013 @ 4:29 pm
Pat’s win was a given. It’s hard to be humble when you’re Notorious B.O.B.
anonymous said
February 12, 2013 @ 5:02 pm
Top 3 are all that matter. The rest go home
Anonymous said
February 12, 2013 @ 8:44 pm
CLC is the man , legend ,pioneer , 5??? you’ll get’em next time
Ignatius Rake said (Registered August 6, 2012)
February 12, 2013 @ 8:49 pm
Here’s our report: http://www.therakeandherald.tv/society/societystory.php?id=197
anonymous said
February 12, 2013 @ 8:59 pm
Oink oink oink
anonymous said
February 12, 2013 @ 10:35 pm
5 is legend status?
Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)
February 12, 2013 @ 11:02 pm
R&H, u guys rock! Thx so very much for the mention!
Ignatius Rake said (Registered August 6, 2012)
February 13, 2013 @ 12:50 am
Thanks, Real Deal. And so do you!
Btw, have now updated report with vids and Doggy Bag quotes.
http://www.therakeandherald.tv/society/societystory.php?id=197
Anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 9:51 am
You cannot eat that stuff cleanly.
anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 10:05 am
After those preposterous remarks about the hygiene of some major league eaters, i bet that the majority of the competitors in king cake must have taken 3 showers and brushed their teeth twenty times before they got on stage just in case
Anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 11:40 am
It’s a record! No wait, it’s a record! Wait, last year was the world record at 14 but 12 is new the world record this year. Every record is a new record this year!
anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 12:51 pm
where was edible
anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 12:52 pm
What happened to Janus? Didnt want to get shown up by Bob Sonya & Pat ? hmm Hmm Hmm ? Hmm Hmm Hmm ?
Ignatius Rake said (Registered August 6, 2012)
February 13, 2013 @ 12:59 pm
11:40, Kinda had the same thoughts.
MLE announced it on Twitter as a new world record but I think they might have made a mistake. Deep Dish’s comments on those vids also support this.
The weights of the cakes also don’t make sense as on the MLE website it says they are half-pound cakes. So, in 2010 his cake eating was 14 x 0.5 lb = 7lb yet his MLE bib sheet says he ate 10.5 lbs at that event, meaning they must weigh 0.75 lbs.
Similarly, if he ate 12 0.5 lb cakes yesterday then that works out at 6 lb consumed, which doesn’t really seem like a new World record if he ate 10.5 lbs three years ago. Furthermore, even if the cakes yesterday were 0.75 lb that only works out at as a total of 9 lb.
Are the cakes really 0.5 lbs each or are they 0.75 lb? Do they weigh more these days? Who knows. Not us, although they look a lot bigger and denser than 0.5 lb to us.
If they now weigh 1 lb then, yes, it’s a new record. If they weigh the same as they always did then surely it’s not.
Answers on a postcard, please.
Still, top eating from the Deep Dish, new world record or not.
Anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 1:05 pm
Perhaps Major League Eating will clear this up. Any legitimate sports organization would do so. Let’s see.
Anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 1:56 pm
Janus would hardly get shown up by Bob and Sonya. He finishes ahead of them all the time.
Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)
February 13, 2013 @ 2:41 pm
From what I understand the cakes are approximately 9oz each
Turbo said
February 13, 2013 @ 2:42 pm
12:59 – If you really want to see some fancy math take look into past Hooters contest. It’s… well, truly a hoot! I hope they do it again this year… crazy stuff. I mean Wing Bowl like whacky at times.
1:05 – Thats a good one! Don’t hold your breath. When MLE corrects a measure of any kind the correction often is intentionally vague and convoluted resulting in more questions about the contest. It seems MLE applies very little science to its methods of record keeping and same goes for total amounts of a consumed product at a contest.
Anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 3:05 pm
Where was chestnut?
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
February 13, 2013 @ 4:49 pm
Here are the winning results for the Atlantic City king cake contests
The IFOCE records list has Bertoletti’s 14 in 2010 as its king cake mark
http://ifoce.com/records.php
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
February 13, 2013 @ 5:24 pm
The “Buttkicker” comment from earlier today has been removed and comments from that account will no longer show up automatically before passing through moderation.
anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 7:11 pm
thank you OJ much appreciated. That was downright pure slander totally uncalled for
anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 7:53 pm
Rumor has it that Seiken was sorely missed at the contest and some thought he was going to compete
anonymous said
February 13, 2013 @ 7:57 pm
It is so refreshing to know that R&H will be providing coverage of major league eating events and we can enjoy the articles without being distracted by mean spirited comments on the right hand side by a small amount of rotten apples . Please dont take any more long hiatus guys
Ignatius Rake said (Registered August 6, 2012)
February 14, 2013 @ 5:20 am
Big thanks, 7:57. We’ll try not to. Unless someone wants to pay for us to go on a Carribbean cruise for a few months.
Anonymous said
February 14, 2013 @ 6:40 am
Good job R&H. I thank you too. 757 has always behaved like one of those rotten apples. Has anythng changed? I hope so, but the way it usually is is that he complains abour the very qualities he exhibits. He speak with fork in tongue.
Anonymous said
February 14, 2013 @ 10:39 am
Janus has never gone to a king cake event. I think he works on Tuesdays.
Anonymous said
February 14, 2013 @ 1:50 pm
R and H and eatfeats make a perfect combo. Let the good apples speak.
anonymous said
February 14, 2013 @ 3:57 pm
No R&H makes it solo . They dont engage in insensitive trash talk to hurt people