The top 4 of today’s Goya National Black Bean Eating Championship held at the Central Islip Islandia Festival have been posted:

1. Tom “Goose” Gilbert 11LBs 1 oz. $1,000
2. Ian “The Invader” Hickman 9 LBS 1oz. $500
3. “Fabulous” Floria Lee 6 Lbs 6 oz $250, sanctioned contest debut
4. “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 6 Lbs 3 oz

update Jill Stoler has a blog entry about her absence from the contest and the controversy over the third place results.

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.

A higher definition video of the hot dog eating contest between Takuya Yamamoto and Tom “Goose” Gilbert can be seen at the stage6 online video site. Some thumbnails of screen captures are above.

Delaplane Strawberry Festival results from a Wing Tut (contest MC) text message:

Tom “Goose” Gilbert 9 lbs
“Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 6.88 lbs
Ian “the Invader” Hickman 6.2 lbs
Carey Poehlman 5 lbs
Chris “The American” schlessinger 4.9 lbs
Cain 2.5 lbs

AICE news reports that Tom “Goose” Gilbert ate 38 meatballs at a contest in Midlothian, IL. No other information is provided.

AICE news has full results for the latke contest at Zan’s Deli in Lake Grove, NY. The top three finishers are:

Tom “Goose” Gilbert 31 latkes; 5.80 pounds - improvement of 10 over last year’s winning total
Ian “The Invader” Hickman 29.5 latkes; 5.53 pounds
Mark Lyle “The Human Vacuum” 27.5 latkes; 5.16 pounds

The Niagara Falls review has an article about Saturday’s Eat Your Face Off contests focusing on Tom “Goose” Gilbert and his disqualification from the milk & cookies contest.

Amateur results for that event have also been added to AICE news

From AICE news:

1. Tom ‘the Goose’ Gilbert 5.6 pounds
2. Ian Hickman 4.0 lb
2. Mark Lyle 4.0 lb
4. Derek “Wing Tut” Payne 3.75 lb (.5 lb chipmunking penalty)
5. Christian Musk Ox McCarthy. 3.5 pounds