Latest results in database (All results)
| 2010 Feb 16 | 1st | 14 | 8 min | The Showboat Mardi Gras Casino World King Cake Eating Championship | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2010 Jan 12 | 1st | 1 | 6m35s | Meat it or Beat it Challenge | Minneapolis, MN |
| 2009 Nov 8 | 2nd | 49 | 10 min | Martorano's Masters Meatball Championship | Las Vegas, NV |
Bryan Sentiere reports he will film Pat Bertoletti attempting the Lucky's sandwich challenge, seen on the Chicago episode of Man vs. Food
Pat B wins Atlantic City King Cakes
Atlantic City Showboat King cake results from the eatingcontest twitter:
1) Pat Bertoletti 14 12 oz cakes, 8 minutes $2500, first win since Sept 2
2) Sonya Thomas 10.5 $1000 has finished in the top 3 off all “non-major” contests since May 23
3) Bob Shoudt 9 $500, first loss (outside the Krystal Square Off finals) since Sept 4
4T) Sean “Flash” Gordon 6.5
4T) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
6T) Juliet Lee 6
6T) Dave “US Male” Goldstein
8 ) Pete Davekos 5.5
The start time for the king cake contest at the Showboat in Atlantic City is 4:15.
Bob Shoudt says his participation is in doubt due to a down server at his workplace.
update IFOCE.com has a contest report. Atlantic City Weekly has a video.
update #2 PressofAtlanticCity has a contest report (via Sean Gordon).
update #3 The MLE facebook has a gallery.
(via FoodService forum) The blog for Wiener and Still Champion reports that Pat set the 3 pound burger record with a time of 1 minute and 40 seconds. (The previous record was 13:50)
Pat Bertoletti has started a facebook fan page.
Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism has an article about Pat Bertoletti.
Steve Dahl proposes old school CE organization
A podcast of Pat Bertoletti’s appearance on the Steve Dahl show Friday is available (minutes 37-44) Pat Bertoletti says that a part of his body hurt after the jalapeno eating contest that had never previously experiences post-competition discomfort. Steve Dahl says that dunking in Nathan’s repulses him and proposes an “old school” competitive eating organization that would ban dunking.
Sonya Thomas 3 contest streak vs. Bertoletti
Sonya Thomas now has three contest streak where she finished ahead of Pat Bertoletti after not finishing ahead of him in all of 2007 and 2008. A list of head to head performances follows after the jump:
Pat Bertoletti wins w/ 47 burgers (67 points)
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.
Pat Bertoletti has posted a blog entry about his experience at this year's Nathan's finals to his home page.
The Krystal Square Off blog has an interview with Pat Bertoletti, who says that he does not expect Juliet Lee and Sonya Thomas to benefit from the dunking ban.
Pat Bertoletti has posted a video of him eating a 3 pound burger and 2 pounds of fries at Gronk's Grill (Duluth area) to his yardbarker blog.
The Krystal Square Off blog reports that Pat Bertoletti will compete in the first Krystal Square Off qualifier at the Southern Brewers Festival in Chattanooga, TN on August 22.
NWTimes has a profile of Pat Bertoletti containing a report on Saturday's Pepe's Taco Eating Contest at Balmoral Park.
A video of a bearded Pat Bertoletti completing a 12 pound pizza challenge with a teammate at an unnamed restaurant in Detroit has been uploaded to his yardbarker page. The challenge took place on June 20 when Bertoletti did the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters event in Detroit, which is available in Pat Bertoletti's yardbarker videos. Youtube also has a Saturday's taco contest in its entirety.
Balmoral Park Pepe’s taco results
Pat Bertoletti’s twitter has the top 4 from this evening’s taco eating contest at Balmoral Park race track:
1 Pat Bertoletti 33 tacos
2 Tim Brown 28
3 Erik Denmark 25
4 Nate Biller 19
Pat Bertoletti's twitter announces that the Malibu Perfecta Party Bus will provide transportation to Saturday's Pepe's Taco Eating Contest at Balmoral Park. The cost is $15 and includes a beer.
Jimmy John’s makers vs. eaters reports
Decider Chicago has a report on Saturday’s contest between Jimmy John’s sandwich makers and Pat Bertoletti, Hall Hunt, Tim Brown and Steven Dokho. update ChicagoFoodies has an interview with Pat Bertoletti and Hall Hunt.
update #2 Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery about the contest.
11 Points has eleven questions for Pat Bertoletti.
Chicagoist has a podcast of an interview with Pat Bertoletti.
Examiner.com has a preview of the Jimmy John's sandwich makers vs. eaters contest at Milwaukee's Bastile Days festival on Friday. Pat Bertoletti is the only listed member of the eaters team.
Some post-contest articles on the 2009 Nathan's finalists: Pat Bertoletti (Chicago Tribune | Examiner), Badlands Booker, "Buffalo" Jim Reeves, Marco "Mongo" Marquez (Liz Kellermeyer interview | Pueblo Chieftain)
Pat Bertoletti has posted a video of a 2007 practice session that was witnessed by a giant inflatable man (presumably a likeness of radio host Steve Dahl)
Pat Bertoletti wins Minnesota w/26 HDB
update #2 WCCO has video from the contest
update The top 3 from MLE via Crawfish
1 Pat Bertoletti 26
2 Mark Williams 13.5
3 Julie Dey 11
Julie Dey has the best female debut since Juliet Lee and is the 8th female with a 10+ HDB Nathan’s result according to the eatfeats database. The contest was her first according to a comment in a CityPages blog entry.
It is surprising Patrick Vandam did not compete.
George Shea reports that Pat Bertoletti won the Minnesota Nathan’s qualifier with 26 HDB. DeepDishEats confirms the total. Cold rain contributed to Bertoletti’s unexpectedly low amount.
In a startribune.com comment, someone claiming to have done 31 HDB says he will participate in the qualifier, which would probably be Patrick VanDam if accurate.
Val Bromann has a blog entry about the calamari contest at Mallie's with galleries of the competition and the world's largest burger presentation. She also has a blog entry about her road trip.
Pat Bertoletti wins Niko Niko’s Gyros
unoffical Gyro results from Rich Shea, verified by Pat Bertoletti’s twitter
1 Pat Bertoletti 21 gyros
2 Bob Shoudtv16.5
3 Erik “the Red” Denmark 13.5
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