Three random Jacksonville eating challenges
| 3.5 lb. prime rib | Jack's Cut | Clark's Fish Camp | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1.5 lb. burger | Wall of Fame Burger | Times Grill | 4 LA & 3 FL sites, LA | |
| 17 inch pizza | Fuhgeddaboudit | Brucci's Pizza | Jacksonville, FL | for two person teams, pizza must have 7 toppings |
Adrian Morgan wins Jacksonville Hooters wing qualifier, Bello 2nd, Eater X 3rd
update May 6 Kerry Speckman has a contest report with pictures.
The 10:36pm comment noticed that Jon Bello’s 125 wings almost doubled tripled 125 the 65 45 wings he was credited with in the Augusta qualifier in April. I am not aware of any equivalent quantum leaps during a qualifier circuit. (Sonya Thomas 2003 Nathan’s 18 HDB -> 25 HDB, Joey Chestnut 2005 Nathan’s 20.5 HDB -> 32 HDB)
Announced Results:
1) Adrian Morgan 150 wings, Hooters circuit record
2) Jon Bello 125 wings
3) Tim Janus 124.5 wings
Kerry Speckman is at the contest and posting updates on twitter.
Tim Janus, Adrian Morgan, Yasir Salem and Jon Bello are listed as expected entrants in the Hooter's qualifier in Jacksonville, FL Saturday evening. (If Hall Hunt is bypassing contests in his hometown, it is probably time to assume he has retired.)
A 1919 spaghetti eating contest between Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie and an ostrich billed by the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce as the world's greatest eater will appear in the upcoming book The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown book.
"The Fast and the Fullest" a competitive eating comedy by Drew Fogg, won the award for best screenplay at the Jax Film Fest.
Jacksonville.com reports qualifying has started for the Brucci's Pizza Bowl to be held January 29 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. The previous Pizza Bowl awarded $300.
Jacksonville.com has posted a press release about the discontinuation of the Krystal Square Off qualifier held at Jacksonville Landing Labor Day weekend.
StAugNews has a list of all the Woody's locations that will hold a rib eating contest on Saturday. Most of the locations are in Florida, but there are also sites in Georgia (Atlanta-area), North Carolina (Raleigh) and Ohio (Dayton-area).
Jacksonville.com announces that Woody's Bar-B-Q will hold rib eating contests July 24 at 13 locations in Jacksonville. The winning totals will be compared and the overall winner will receive $500.
Orange Tree Hot Dogs will hold an eating contest on October 29 that will award tickets to the Florida / Georgia football game on Halloween.
Hall Hunt repeats in Jacksonville qualifer
update #4 Sun-Sentinel has a blog entry
update #3 The KSO blog has a gallery and video and Kerry Speckman has a blog entry:
At first, my 12 point total doesn’t sound all that impressive until you consider I, a mere amateur in my very first eating competition, finished only one point behind The Hangman, who is currently the number two ranked eater on the Competitive Eating Senior Tour.
update #2 Full results are available
update Jacksonville.com has an article and the FirstCoastNews has a video (from the Hangman)
The Krystal Square off has the top 3 from today’s qualifier in Jacksonville
1) Hall Hunt 65 points
2) John Bello 36
3) RJ Frasca 35
The Krystal Square Off blog has a post previewing Monday's qualifier in Jacksonville. Hall Hunt is expected to make three TV appearances to promote the contest.
JaxDailyRecord reports that bodybuilder Chuck Jensen, winner of a rib eating contest at Woody's, can eat 13 chickens when he gets the all you can eat chicken special.
EatJax reports that all Woody's BBQ locations will hold a rib eating contest on July 11 awarding a $130 Q-Card to the winner. Most Woody's are in Florida (7 in Jacksonville) but there are two Tennessee locations and a new Raleigh, NC restaurant.
Article about Hall Hunt’s Krystal HoF induction
Clay Today has an article about Hall “Hoover” Hunt being inducted into the Jacksonville Krystal Hall of Fame with more information about the boxes that Hall Hunt will appear on:
A total of 15 customers are being recognized and inducted to the Hall of Fame. Three of those are from the Jacksonville area and all of those individuals will have their faces stamped on Krystal boxes that surpass one million units per person present in the states where the fast food restaurant can be found– “from Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between”.
Link Buffet: December 17, 2008
- Report on the Wigan pie eating contest. The winner, Fred Wyatt, was 61 and took 56 seconds to eat his pie. No mention or picture of the oversized pies reportedly made by accident appears in the article.
- Pictures and video from Hall Hunt’s induction into the Jacksonville Krystal Hall of Fame
- “Furious” Pete Czerwinski is a semi-finalist in the Bodybuilding.com BodySpace spokesmodel search
- Clip of the bratwurst eating contest on Beavis & Butthead
- Tasha attempts to be the first local female to qualify for the Wing Bowl since Melissa “White Widow” Perzin competed in Wing Bowl 14.
- Pictures from two parties Kobayashi attended
Link Buffet: December 13, 2008
- Hall Hunt to be inducted into the Jacksonville Krystal Hall of Fame on Monday
- Furious Pete interview on youtube – bodybuilding.com forum thread about it
- Beautiful Brian has
set upemailed about a Sonya Thomas quiz - MissBusyLady is considering entering some contests in 2009
- Registration for the Princeton, NJ Oyster Bowl opens
- Detroit Pistons Dollar Night hot dog contest December 19
Hall Hunt ends Sonya Thomas’ qualifier win streak
The top 3 at the Jacksonville qualifier according to the KSO twitter:
1. Hall Hunt 60 burgers, breaks previous PB of 52
2. Sonya Thomas 55 burgers, first qualifier loss of career
3. Rich G (amateur) 15
update #2 Jacksonville.com has an article and gallery (gallery from The Hangman) The gallery captions say the Krystal finals will be on ESPN.
update The KSO twitter reports that Hall Hunt won the Jacksonville qualifier. Sonya Thomas was second.
The Krystal Square Off twitter reports the Jacksonville qualifier is about to start. The listed competitors are: Hall Hunt, Sonya Thomas, The Hangman, Glen Owens, Michael Parish, Jeremy Kirch, Mark Barnes and Mike Greenspan. The heat index is 96.
Sonya Thomas confirms for JAX qualifier
The Krystal Square Off blog confirms that Sonya Thomas will compete in the Jacksonville qualifier on Labor Day and the twitter page is seeking input on questions to be asked in Sonya Thomas’ and Hall Hunt’s podcast interviews.
A gallery of the Chattanooga qualifier is also available.
Link Buffet: August 23, 2008
- Sonya Thomas listed as an expected entrant in the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier
- English article about faked Tomoko Miyake program.
“We were vague about how we counted the plates and dishes, for instance, counting one plate with four pieces of the same dish as four dishes.”
- Denver CE meetup group resumes August 28 with a chicken nugget contest
- Buzz Bishop blog entries about Vancouver Nathan’s contest: preview, results
- Video of woman attempting Michael Phelps’ typical breakfast
- Live “Jimmy Buffett-style Music” will play during the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier according to The Hangman
Krystal Square Off blog started
A blog has been started on the Krystal Square Off website at http://krystalsquareoff.com/blog/. The two most recent posts are about Sonya Thomas’ absence from the Chattanooga qualifier and Humble Bob’s hope to break the triple digit mark. The blog mentions a rumor that Sonya might compete in the Jacksonville qualifier Labor Day weekend.
A Krystal Square Off twitter page has also been set up at http://twitter.com/ksquareoff
update A podcast interview with Bob Shoudt is now available on the blog.
2nd half of Jacksonville qualifier video
Hall Hunt has uploaded the remainder of the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier video: Part 2a, Part 2b
Hall has also added some pictures and a report on the Chicago jalapeno contest.
Jacksonville Krystal qualifier video
Hall Hunt has uploaded a video from the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier to http://youtube.com/watch?v=lkdGCnDDHYM
Jacksonville.com qualifier gallery
(From Hall Hunt) Jacksonville.com has a gallery of yesterday’s Krystal Square Off qualifier in Jacksonville.
Hall Hunt wins JAX qualifer, “Rubber Gut” 2nd
KrystalSquareOff.com has the top 5 of today’s qualifier:
1. Hall Hunt 49
2T. Elizabeth “Rubber Gut” Canady 38 (just 4 off Sonya’s female first time Krystal record of 42)
2T. Tim Brown, 38
4. Juliet Lee, 35
5T. Scott Schnipper, 23
5T. Geno “The Dominator” Duncan 23
I think this is the first time women have occupied half of the top 4 of an IFOCE contest.
Jacksonville.com has an article about the contest
FirstCoastNews.com also has an article with a video (click on the thumbnail above for some captures from it)
update Jacksonville.com has another article about the contest.
Krystal Square Off webcam down
I had intended to liveblog the webcast of the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier, which is supposed to start at 3pm eastern, but it is currently not working.
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