Hall Hunt has released a new poll. The new top 5:

1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (9) (242) [1]
2. Takeru Kobayashi (221) [2]
3. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (213) [3]
4. “Humble” Bob Shoudt (196) [6]
5. Tim “Eater-X” Janus (190) [4]

The current poll asks how you rank the top 3 IFOCE members after taking last weekend’s contests into account.

The picnic style rankings have been updated after five contests this weekend. The new top 5:

1. Furious Pete Czerwinski, Canada (*Undefeated)
2. Tom “Goose” Gilbert MA
3. Gentleman Joe Menchetti CT
4. Ian “The Invader” Hickman VA
5. Elizabeth “Rubber-Gut” Canady OH

New entrants include Steven Dhoko (#20), Jon Taylor (#23), Justin Mih (#31), Brad Sciullo (#39), Zika “The Barbarian” Urosevic (#41) and Kara Walker (#44). The previous rankings are still available in the yahoo cache.

Hall Hunt has compiled the votes for his new poll taken after the Nathan’s finals. The new top 5:

1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (10) (292) [1]
2. Takeru Kobayashi (1) (279) [4]
3. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (1) (257) [2]
4. Tim “Eater-X” Janus (238) [5]
5. Sonya “The Blackwidow” Thomas (233) [7]

The new poll asks who you think should be in second place in the next IFOCE poll. Some people think that Kobayashi was the rightful winner of Nathan’s, which could put Joey Chestnut in the second place position.

Furious “Pete” Czerwinski has swapped positions with Ian Hickman in the rankings after he defeated “The Invader” 17 sandwiches to 12 in yesterday’s eating contest sponsored by Dickey’s Barbecue Pit held in Dover, Delaware.

Bodybuilding.com thread

The next poll will ask who you think is the top eater in the USA who is currently unlisted in the IFOCE, non-IFOCE or Hall Hunt rankings. The current choices are:

Dale Boone
Sal Carbone - Brooklyn Pizza
“Gentleman” Jerry Coughlan (top 5 Wing Bowl)
Jed Donahue
Mike Fitzgerald - 23.5 HDB, 2007 Sheboygan brats winner
Nic “The Incredible Bulk” Fry - 21 HDB
Sean Gordon
Ron Koch
Floria Lee - Queens Dumpling female winner
Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz
Brent Ricord
Mike Springer
John “jcrue” Taylor
Frank Wach
Lori Weiss - Denny 96er finisher
Russell Witzke
Scott “Scozzy Bone” Zulkowski

Please add eaters you think should be added to the list in the comments

update The poll has been activated. Eaters who have announced retirement were not eligible.

(from HHH email) Hall Hunt’s new poll is now out. The top 10 are:

1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (7) (193) [1]
2. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (1) (188) [2]
3. “Humble” Bob Shoudt (167) [4]
4. Takeru Kobayashi (162) [3]
5. Tim “Eater-X” Janus (148) [5]
6. Hall “Hoover” Hunt (147) [7]
7. Sonya “The Blackwidow” Thomas (146) [6]
8. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre (138) [7]
9. Juliet Lee (130) [11]
10. Erik “The Red” Denmark (126) [9]

Patrick Vandam (#17), Jim Reeves (#24) and Nate Biller (#25) are the new entrants, replacing Joe LaRue, Brian Seiken and Paul Barlow.

Wicked Local has an article about the pumpkin pie eating contest between Joe Menchetti and Tom “Goose” Gilbert on the Chris Tabb show. Gilbert’s victory resulted in his being named the top eater in the new independent rankings.

Hall Hunt has published his latest poll. The top 6 remain unchanged, the remainder of the top 10 follows:

7. Hall “Hoover” Hunt (182) [8]
8. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre (181) [7]
9. Erik “The Red” Denmark (160) [12]
10. Chip “The Phenom” Simpson (153) [9]

Badlands Booker and Joe LaRue are the newcomers to the rankings, replacing Justin Mih and Nate Biller. Arturo Rios (now #15) and Brian Seiken (now #21) both jump four slots.

(From Wild Bill comment) The first IFOCE rankings of 2008 are out. A comparison of the old rankings with new rankings follows after the jump. #1 - #4 and #10 - #12 remain the same, but #5 - #9 are completely different.

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Hall Hunt has compiled the votes for his top 25 for April. The top 10 in that list follow:

1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (8) (198) [1]
2. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (189) [2]
3. Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi (175) [8]
4. “Humble” Bob Shoudt (171) [5]
5. Tim “Eater-X” Janus (151) [3]
6. Sonya “The Blackwidow” Thomas (148) [6]
7. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre (138) [4]
8. Hall “Hoover” Hunt (133) [7]
9. Chip “The Phenom” Simpson (120) [11]
10. Juliet Lee (113) [10]

The dates on which the previous 5 IFOCE top 50 rankings were released and the durations between them are listed below.

The current gap of 251 days (8 months and a week) since the most recent ranking on July 8, 2007 now exceeds the previous longest gap between the five rankings, which was 242 days between November 8, 2006 and July 8, 2007.

July 8, 2007 - 242 day gap
November 8, 2006 - 106 day gap
July 25, 2006 - 116 day gap
March 31, 2006 - 198 day gap
September 14, 2005

Hall Hunt has computed the rankings for his latest IFOCE top 25 poll. The top 10:

1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (197)
2. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (187)
3. Tim “Eater-X” Janus (175)
4. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre (155)
5. “Humble” Bob Shoudt (150)
6. Sonya “The Blackwidow” Thomas (149)
7. Hall “Hoover” Hunt (142)
8.(tie) Takeru Kobayashi (128)
8.(tie) Erik “The Red” Denmark (128)
10. Juliet Lee (122)

Beautiful Brian has a new home for his music with a full version of “Black & White”
Domenico Alesi has his predictions for the upcoming IFOCE contests.
“Humble” Bob notes that it has been 8 months since IFOCE rankings were released
pro wrestler Ric Flair judges a wing eating contest the same night he has a match (go to Brian Yandel)
Video from the Des Moines bacon contest by Mr. BaconPants
Video of the “burgerettes” (see picture) at the Canadian 18 pound burger contest,

Beautiful Brian has posted his commentary for February which deals with who he thinks should rise and fall in the next installment of the IFOCE rankings. He also has some thoughts about his dispute with Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki.

Here are the top 10 money winners in competitive eating based on currently known information. Prizes for the Vegas Chowdown are not included, as the money breakdown for those contests have not been listed:

All other money winning competitive eaters I am aware of are listed after the jump
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There are two competitive eating themed entries in two recent lists of awards for 2007:

From Japan Times:

Most Unappetizing TV Personality: Gal Sone

She’s the first competitive eating star to parlay her avocation into a livelihood as a tarento, which means on variety shows she has to talk about her skills as a big eater. But testimonials for her favorite brand of toilet paper and explications of her six or seven daily bowel movements are not things we need to hear, especially right after she’s put away 5 kg of curry rice.

From 411Mania’s pro wrestling list:

Worst Promo = PACMAN Jones’s introduction.

Actually, I think I voted the Matt Hardy/MVP Pizza-Eating Contest first, but it didn’t count since it was more of a ‘skit’ than a ‘promo’.

Happy New Year. To start 2008, I have compiled an estimation of what the final IFOCE point standings for the previous year would be if they were not discontinued. The following assumptions were made:

• Due to the lack of complete IFOCE results, standings were obtained from competitors’ (most notably “Wild” Bill Myers) reports. Please inform me of any incorrect results.
• Since the breakdown for a 100 point contest was never released, the points for a 50 point contest were basically doubled to obtain a 100 point distribution. The only 100 point contests were the Nathan’s and Krystal finals.
• No points were awarded for any other contest with closed entrance (the Vegas Chowdown & the ramen contest) since no points were awarded for the Wing Bowl or the St. Pat’s Chowdown.

• 50 points were awarded for all other non-qualifier contests, 25 points for qualifiers. There was a 15 point level when IFOCE points were announced, but no contests received that total before points standings were dropped.

The top 10 in points follows:

All other eaters who received points appear after the jump
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The current top 10 in ESPN’s All-SportsNation Team of 2007

64.7% Randy Couture
30.2% Floyd Mayweather Jr.
17.7% Tom Brady
12.9% Alex Rodriguez
12.7% Brett Favre
11.2% Tiger Woods
8.6% LeBron James
7.9% Randy Moss
5.3% Joey Chestnut
5.3% Kobe Bryant

(from mosesnews.com) Joey Chestnut’s victory over Takeru Kobayashi is listed as one of the best 10 sports stories of 2007 in a column by Jeff Gordon (not the NASCAR driver) on msn.foxsports.com. Other entries in the list include Brett Farve’s resurgence, the Colorado Rockies end of season run and Appalachian State’s upset over Michigan.

In another end of year accolade, George Shea has been named one of the mockingwords blog’s favorite people of 2007.

The new poll asks how many eaters living in the United States would be found in a unified ranking of all the world’s top competitive eaters.

Some people have said that new IFOCE rankings were released today, but the cached rankings (from November 7) and the current rankings are the same. Kobayashi was dropped to #3 after the “Wings & Wedges” broadcast in October.

Hall Hunt’s November top 25 is out. The top 5 are:

1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (8) (248) [1]
2. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (235) [2]
3. Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi (233) [3]
4. “Humble” Bob Shoudt (1) (219) [4]
5. Tim “Eater-X” Janus (191) [5]

It would be interesting to know who voted for Bob Shoudt as #1 and what they based that selection on.

The new poll asks how you rank the top 5 IFOCE members from the United States.