With two Krystal qualifiers left, here are the wild card leaders:

update The Atlanta results on IFOCE.com have been updated to give Steakbellie 42 points.

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update Sept 15 Official Krystal blog entry | video

Creative Loafing gallery | Life in the Left Lane blog entry | Paul Barlow “Maaad” as Hell interview video

update #2 Full results are available on IFOCE.com

update Rich Shea has the top 3

1) “Humble” Bob Shoudt, 66 points
2) Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston, 42
3) Jon Bello, 39

The KSO twitter has started contes updates from Lenox Mall.

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update Sep 15/b> Official Krystal blog entry | gallery | video

update #2 Full results are available on IFOCE.com

updateThe official top 3 have been announced

1) Eric “Badlands” Booker 51
2) Erik Unger 42
3) Anthony Reganato 37

Unger and Reganato were the first pair to complete the Carnivore Challenge at Big Pie in the Sky

The qualifier at the University of Alabama Birmingham has started on the KSO twitter. Erik Unger is close behind Badlands Booker.

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The Krystal Square Off blog has an interview with Eric “Badlands” Booker, who will compete in the Birmingham qualifier on Saturday. “Humble” Bob Shoudt will compete in the Atlanta qualifier on Sunday and Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston, Kevin Ross and Paul Barlow will compete in unspecified qualifiers this weekend.

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MySanAntonio has a gallery of Saturday’s Krystal qualifier. You would not be able to tell dunking was banned by Erik Denmark’s shirt.

update The Krystal Square Off blog has a video and MySanAntonio has a short interview with Sonya Thomas, who will compete in 2 contests at the Buffalo Wing Festival this weekend.

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update #2 MySanAntonio has an article

update Full results are available on the KSO blog

From the KSO twitter:

1) Sonya Thomas, 64 points
2) Erik Denmark, 55
3) Homer Flores, 32

Here is a video of Kenny Hammontree on San Antonio Living

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MySanAntonio has a preview of Saturdays’ Krystal Square Off qualifier which contains an interview with Sonya Thomas. update The Krystal Square Off blog also has an interview in which Sonya comments on sitting out last year’s finals:

Look, I’m a fast food manager and my staff and I take great pride and work long, rigorous hours in preparing orders for our customers, who love our food. I have seen Krystal burgers getting disrespected more and more every year to the point that I didn’t want to contribute to that image any more. A Krystal burger went into the water, but what came out was something that looked like it probably could have been eaten with a spoon. It made my heart so heavy to think about being a part of that. I know how I would feel if I saw people drowning the fast food items that I pour my blood, sweat and tears into preparing each and every day. There’s just something wrong with that. The least someone can do is eat our food the way it was intended to be eaten.

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Pat Bertoletti’s twitter reports that he won today’s Krystal qualifier in Chattanooga by eating 42 regular Krystal burgers and 5 Angus burgers worth 5 points. “Wild” Bill Myers was second.

George Shea’s twitter has the top 5:

1. Pat Bertoletti 67 points
2. “Wild Bill” Myers 34 points
3. Rick Petralia 31 points
4. “Chef” Mike Nafziger
5. Paul Barlow

update The Krystal Square Off blog already has full results

update Aug 25 The Chattanoogan has a gallery

update Aug 26 Flickr has galleries of the qualifier, running of the grill and media event.

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The comments of this post are for anyone who would like to publicize where they will attempt to qualify for the Krystal finals. Announced Krystal qualifier acceptances:

Chattanooga – Pat Bertoletti, Paul Barlow
Jacksonville – Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz, RJ Frasca
San Antonio – Erik “the Red” Denmark

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