Nathan’s cash prizes offered, $20K purse total

June 18, 2007 at 12:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest

(From anonymous & GJoe) IFOCE.com announces that cash prizes will be awarded to the top 5 finishers of the Nathan’s finals. The breakdown follows:

1st Place: $10,000
2nd Place: $5,000
3rd Place: $2,500
4th Place: $1,500
5th Place: $1,000

The total of the prizes is $10K less than the $30K purse for Krystal Square Off III (and $5,000 less than the recent Bridezilla cake contest first place prize)

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  1. Mega Munch said

    June 18, 2007 @ 12:43 pm

    Kick ace!

    A distribution of money down to 18th place would be nice though. A little extra reward for those that worked so hard to get to the table. And it might prevent anyone from pulling a Jed.

  2. liz said

    June 18, 2007 @ 1:13 pm

    Wow, nice!

  3. Anonymous said

    June 18, 2007 @ 1:36 pm

    I agree. Anyone who can make it to the final table nowadays should be rewarded for their efforts. The way it is set up now, an eater could do 38 and still finish out of the money and that’s not right. They should have done like Krystal and paid down to 12th place or at the very least 10th place. The company would not have gone bankrupt by putting up another $5,000 for the other deserving eaters.

  4. I love Kevin Ross said

    June 18, 2007 @ 2:16 pm

    maybe the ifoce decided on thepay to 5th

  5. Denny's customer said

    June 18, 2007 @ 2:24 pm

    How about a case of Heinz to all.

  6. nice said

    June 18, 2007 @ 3:42 pm

    From AICE website:

    6/9/07-Dr. Delicious Completes Medical School

    Congratulations to Pat “Dr. Delicious” Bruss who just completed Medical school. Dr. Bruss, who just returned from the Amazon where he completed some medical work (I kid you not). Pat will start his residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Toledo Ohio.

    The “Delicious One” plans to attend the 2nd Annual World Rueben Eating Championship in Marshal Michigan on July 21st, 2007; Let’s hope he leaves his scalpel at home. Pat is an Eater who proves the hypothesis that there is a link between intelligence and competitive eating.

    is this the same guy who won some random non-MLE wings contest? he is kicking butt!

    are people allowed to compete in multiple eating organizations now? yes, it’s about time! congrats Pat on graduating too!

  7. Mega Munch said

    June 18, 2007 @ 3:46 pm

    And a pack of Tums!

    (Yeah! I just made that one up!)

  8. I love Kevin Ross said

    June 18, 2007 @ 4:34 pm

    yeah you can do ifoce, aice events and eating challenges whatever you want

  9. SuperPaul SetTheBarlow said

    June 18, 2007 @ 5:43 pm

    What…no prizes for an 8th place finish in a regional qualifier?? I was hoping for at least a packet of mustard!!

  10. Pat From Moonachie said (Registered December 10, 2005)

    June 18, 2007 @ 8:09 pm

    I’m still waiting for my 2nd box of hot dogs from last year’s qualifier, I didn’t know that qualifier winners got 2 boxes until I talked to “The Shredder” on the bus to Coney …I should’ve suspected something when I finished them off in a month! 😉

  11. SuperPaul SetTheBarlow said

    June 18, 2007 @ 8:26 pm

    Pat, check for mustard stains on your mailman’s uniform

  12. Carey Poehlmann said

    June 18, 2007 @ 8:55 pm

    I love Kevin Ross- I don’t think you have that right. The bit about doing IFOCE events and also AICE and challenges, If you any AICE events you get banned from doing IFOCE. And MLE frowns upon the restaurant challenges.

  13. Badlands Booker said

    June 18, 2007 @ 9:46 pm

    i guess i went into retirement too early.

  14. Anonymous said

    June 19, 2007 @ 10:12 am

    I believe the great Juliet will take her Norfolk performance into New York on July Forth and snatch top prize money away from every one.

    Luther

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