Polls Archive

Who should be the highest ranked new entrant in the upcoming IFOCE poll?

  • "Mongo" Marquez (38%, 24 Votes)
  • Sean Gordon (34%, 22 Votes)
  • other (19%, 12 Votes)
  • Ryan "Big Red" McKillop (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard (3%, 2 Votes)
  • John Palmgren (3%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 64

Start Date: August 19, 2009 @ 11:12 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What event would you most like to see return?

  • US Open of competitive eating (38%, 33 Votes)
  • Glutton Bowl (18%, 16 Votes)
  • Barrick (9 lb.) Burger, Las Vegas (9%, 8 Votes)
  • Food Battle Club (Japan) (8%, 7 Votes)
  • Broadway at the Beach eating tournament (7%, 6 Votes)
  • Verizon Voicewing wings (5%, 4 Votes)
  • USA vs. Japan (AICE) (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Queen Mary chili cheese fries (5%, 4 Votes)
  • other (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Rockvale outlets shoo fly pie (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Ben's Deli matzo balls (1%, 1 Votes)
  • GoldenPalace.net grilled cheese circuit (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Eats of Strength (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Atlantic City meatballs (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 88

Start Date: August 11, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What top 15 IFOCE eater will receive the biggest advantage from the new Krystal Square Off rules

  • Pat Bertoletti (41%, 33 Votes)
  • Takeru Kobayashi (12%, 10 Votes)
  • Joey Chestnut (9%, 7 Votes)
  • Sonya Thomas (7%, 6 Votes)
  • Juliet Lee (7%, 6 Votes)
  • Hall Hunt (7%, 6 Votes)
  • Tim Janus (4%, 3 Votes)
  • Rich LeFevre (4%, 3 Votes)
  • Tim "Gravy" Brown (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Eric "Badlands" Booker (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Erik Denmark (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Bob Shoudt (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Juris Shibayama (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Patrick Vandam (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Crazy Legs Conti (2%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 81

Start Date: August 5, 2009 @ 11:43 am
End Date: No Expiry

What choice best describes your opinion on the dunking ban instituted for this year's Krystal Square Off?

  • Approve, the dunking ban will make it more difficult to cheat (49%, 33 Votes)
  • Approve, too much food was wasted if dunking is allowed (10%, 7 Votes)
  • Approve, contests allowing dunking are not visually appealing to watch (10%, 7 Votes)
  • Approve, the IFOCE circuit needed something to spice it up (9%, 6 Votes)
  • Disapprove, dunking had become a fundamental part of IFOCE contests (7%, 5 Votes)
  • Neutral, don’t have a preference for dunking vs. non-dunking (7%, 5 Votes)
  • Disapprove, the records will not be consistent from year to year (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Approve, another reason (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Disapprove, the totals will drop (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Disapprove, another reason (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 68

Start Date: July 30, 2009 @ 2:57 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What type of handicapping is most justified in competitive eating?

  • other (39%, 21 Votes)
  • by weight (lighter competitors get a bonus) (20%, 11 Votes)
  • by age (older competitors get a bonus) (17%, 9 Votes)
  • by gender (women get a bonus) (17%, 9 Votes)
  • by height (shorter competitors get a bonus) (7%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 54

Start Date: July 24, 2009 @ 2:06 pm
End Date: No Expiry