KTNV has a short article and video clip about Rich & Carlene LeFevre.

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From KrystalSquareOff.com

Georgia National Fair, Perry, GA
1. Rich LeFevre 51 burgers
2T. Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston 31 burgers
2T. Russ Keeler, 31
4 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins

Steakbellie avoids embarrassment by 1 burger

update 13wmaz.com has a video which says “Rich LaFarve” won

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A video of El Toro interviewing Rich & Carlene LeFevre can be viewed at http://hometown.aol.com/beautifulbrian43/locust.html

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The Reno Gazette Journal has a preview of the Best in the West Nugget World Eating Championship containing some quotes from Rich LeFevre.

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In an R Suzuki blog entry, a post about a Kobayashi article has a comment on whether he will retire after he turns 30 next year. The follow up comments mention that the LeFevres prove you can be competitive after that age: (automatically translated)

The [ho] and others, 60 passing also [richiyadorehuiba] (Rich LeFevre), appearing in the hot dog conference with active service, the [ru] it does.
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Don’t you think? as for Richard record, extending, those which it increases.
The kind smiling face very is cute.
The form of the madam is not seeing the [tsu] [chi] [ya] [tsu]
Just a little it is lonesome, is.
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Since the car lean (Carlene LeFevre) of the lady seeing with FBC (Food Battle Club), we loved.
The stake (steak) 6 piling up, don’t you think? the [tsu] [te] to be enormous being exciting to say, cute!

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(from Laura Flynn) The website for the Chinook Winds Casino, the site of this weekend’s rib eating contest, has a video clip of a “Big Bertha” burger contest in which the LeFevres and Joey Chestnut competed. I am not sure what year the contest took place.

update from Rich Lefevre The contest took place in 2007 and the top 3 were:
Joey Chestnut 9:30
Rich LeFevre 9:45
Carlene LeFevre 15:15, first competition in almost 2 years.

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AsianWeek has an article about last Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Daly City, CA, won by Rich LeFevre. The controversy about the size of the hot dogs is mentioned.

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From IFOCE.com

1. Rich LeFevre, 21 jumbo dogs (equivalent to 34 HDB)
2. Jason “Erbivore” Erb 9 jumbo dogs (equivalent to 16 HDB)
3. Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane, 8 jumbo dogs (equivalent to 14 HDB)

update Pat M has a flickr gallery

update #2 Song Monk has a livejournal entry with pictures and videos

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Skinnyboy recorded video of Pat Bertoletti’s and Rich LeFevre’s appearance on local television before the Las Vegas qualifier.

There is also a video of Rick “The Grizzly” Baird’s introduction.

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WorldPictureNetwork has a good gallery of last Thursday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Las Vegas. The captions are quite good in regards to names, but unfortunately the only result listed is Pat Bertoletti’s winning amount. Robin Leach, formerly of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”, was a commentator.

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The following names appear three or more times in the database of finisher of the 72 ounce steak from the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. The database is incomplete before 1991 and after early 2005.

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The Wing Bowl “outsiders” page at 610wip.com lists Wing Bowl 14 runner-up Rich LeFevre as the recipient of the final IFOCE Wing Bowl 15 slot.

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A video clip of the 2006 jalapeno contest at the Texas State Fair, won by Rich LeFevre, is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuT1P4sCphE Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Erik Denmark also appear. Rich and Carlene LeFevre are interviewed. All the eaters wear different shirts due to the cancellation of GoldenPalace.net’s sponsorship, which is a surprising sight at an IFOCE contest.

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The slashfood food blog has an article about the efforts of the House of LeFevre to retain the posole title. The author has a different opinion on posole than his subjects do.

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The UCLA student newspaper has a column praising Rich LeFevre’s performance in the jalapeno contest which calls for a UCLA eating championship to start the school year.

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from IFOCE.com: Rich LeFevre won the jalapeno eating contest at the Texas State Fair, beating Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Erik “the Red” Denmark. No other places were given. The Locust’s total was given as 247 peppers, more than Pat Bertoletti ate in a contest (177) almost twice as long in New Mexico.

updatedResults from SonyaTheBlackWidow.com & dfw.com:
1. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre: 247 Peppers
2. Sonya Thomas 239 (1st try at jalapenos)
3. Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti: 226
4. Erik “The Red” Denmark 108
? Allen Earl Jones 90

Rich LeFevre has won a Texas State Fair contest in the past 4 years. He won the corny dog contest 2003-5.

update #2 dfw.com has an article about the contest

update #3 dallasnews.com has an article and blog entry about the contest. The blog says that Sonya did not immediately accept the result and waited for a recount to be completed.

update #4 AP has an article which has received wide distribution

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(Thanks Jason Fagone) Today’s BBC World Service podcast has a segment about competitive eating with interviews with Fagone and the LeFevres.

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The Village Voice has an interview with the first couple of competitive eating.

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Liz has posted interviews with Rich LeFevre from before the Tempe qualifier and Erik “the Red” Denmark from after the contest.

Updated 11:48 pm Erik Denmark has a blog entry about the contest

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The East Valley Tribune has a writeup of yesterday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe. Top local Russell Blackwell is quoted.

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Andrew Lane has a blog entry about the Tempe Nathan’s qualifier he competed in today. He claims that the top four finishers of that event are:

1. Rich LeFevre 28 hot dogs & buns
2. Erik “the Red” Denmark 19 HDB
3. Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane 14 HDB (officially credited with 9 HDB)
4. Russell “The Black Hole” Blackwell (from Arizona) 13 HDB

updated 10:33 pm – removed “judging error” from Andrew Lane’s result
updated June 4 10:00 am – fixed Russell Blackwell’s name

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The Arizona Republic has a preview of tomorrow’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe.

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Thanks to supersizedmeals.com for making video captures of the video clip of the LeFevres at the Big Texan steakhouse.

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The clip from Ripley’s Believe It Or Not of the steak contest at the Big Texan steakhouse in which Rich LeFevre almost finished two 72 ounce steaks and Carlene sets a women’s record is available at:

http://eatfeats.com/LeFevresSteak.WMV

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The Lefevres’ attempts to eat the famous 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan steakhouse recorded by Ripley’s Believe it or Not in 2000 will be rerun on the SciFi Channel at 4 pm (eastern) Friday This might be the first appearance of competitive eating on national cable TV. The steak contest segment will probably occur at the end of the show near 5pm.

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