Polls Archive

How should slots be allocated for contests with limited spaces?

  • Take entrants who register first (40%, 25 Votes)
  • Give higher ranked eaters priority, but also take other factors (personality, media friendliness) into account (37%, 23 Votes)
  • Give higher ranked eaters priority, basing rankings solely on contest performance (11%, 7 Votes)
  • Hold short prequalifier contests for unranked and lower ranked eaters before the main contest (6%, 4 Votes)
  • Other (please explain in comments) (5%, 3 Votes)
  • Have eaters wait in line at the contest site, camping out if necessary (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Random drawings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Have fixed entrance fees for contests (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Have auction to purchase contest slots (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 63

Start Date: September 30, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Who will win the Krystal Square Off V finals?

  • Takeru Kobayashi (42%, 34 Votes)
  • Joey Chestnut (26%, 21 Votes)
  • Pat Bertoletti (10%, 8 Votes)
  • Bob Shoudt (7%, 6 Votes)
  • someone else (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Juliet Lee (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Juris Shibayama (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Hall Hunt (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Crazy Legs Conti (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Eric "Badlands" Booker (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Tim Janus (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Rich LeFevre (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 81

Start Date: September 25, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What will Kobayashi's margin be in the Birmingham Krystal qualifier?

  • 51 or more (28%, 12 Votes)
  • 11-20 (28%, 12 Votes)
  • 21-30 (19%, 8 Votes)
  • 10 or less (or loss) (9%, 4 Votes)
  • 31-40 (9%, 4 Votes)
  • 41-50 (7%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 43

Start Date: September 18, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What will be the amount of the lowest wild card entrant in Krystal Square Off V?

  • 45-48 (36%, 23 Votes)
  • 49-52 (25%, 16 Votes)
  • 53-56 (16%, 10 Votes)
  • 41-44 (11%, 7 Votes)
  • 57 or more (5%, 3 Votes)
  • 36 or less (5%, 3 Votes)
  • 37-40 (2%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 64

Start Date: September 2, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
End Date: No Expiry

How legitimate are Japanese competitive eating TV shows?

  • 0% - 24.9% of Japanese TV CE is faked (30%, 17 Votes)
  • 75.0% - 99.9% of Japanese TV CE is faked (23%, 13 Votes)
  • 25.0% - 49.9% of Japanese TV CE is faked (20%, 11 Votes)
  • 50.0% - 74.9% of Japanese TV CE is faked (18%, 10 Votes)
  • all Japanese TV CE is faked (9%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 56

Start Date: August 14, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
End Date: No Expiry