Polls Archive

What do you think will happen in the Nathan's finals?

  • Joey Chestnut will win after being challenged by Kobayashi (36%, 16 Votes)
  • Kobayashi will repeat (34%, 15 Votes)
  • Joey Chestnut will win without being challenged by Kobayashi (25%, 11 Votes)
  • An eater besides Kobayashi or Chestnut will win (5%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 44

Start Date: July 3, 2007 @ 1:15 am
End Date: No Expiry

What do you think Kobayashi's future regarding American eating contests?

  • He will compete in Nathan's in 2007 and break his personal record of 53.75 (62%, 58 Votes)
  • He will compete in Nathan's in 2007, but fail to set a personal best (15%, 14 Votes)
  • He will not compete in Nathan's, but will appear in an IFOCE contest later in 2007 (12%, 11 Votes)
  • He will never compete in another American contest. (5%, 5 Votes)
  • He will compete in an IFOCE contest in 2008 or later (4%, 4 Votes)
  • He will compete in a non-IFOCE contest. (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 93

Start Date: June 13, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
End Date: No Expiry

If you were an IFOCE member ranked outside the top 10, how much non-IFOCE prize money would it take you to risk an IFOCE expulsion?

  • $0.0 (24%, 10 Votes)
  • $1000 - $2499.99 (17%, 7 Votes)
  • $2500 - $4999.99 (15%, 6 Votes)
  • $500 - $999.99 (12%, 5 Votes)
  • $10000 or more (10%, 4 Votes)
  • $250 - $499.99 (7%, 3 Votes)
  • cannot place a price on IFOCE membership (5%, 2 Votes)
  • $5000 - $9999.99 (5%, 2 Votes)
  • $100 - $249.99 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • $0.01 - $99.99 (3%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 41

Start Date: June 8, 2007 @ 4:56 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What will the Nathan's wild card winner average (over three qualifiers) be?

  • Over 30 (29%, 14 Votes)
  • 24.0 - 24.99 (20%, 10 Votes)
  • 23.0 - 23.99 (14%, 7 Votes)
  • 25.0 - 25.99 (10%, 5 Votes)
  • 28.0 - 28.99 (10%, 5 Votes)
  • 26.0 - 26.99 (6%, 3 Votes)
  • 27.0 - 27.99 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • 22.0 - 22.99 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • 21.0 - 21.99 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • 20.0 - 20.99 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Under 20 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • 29.0 - 29.99 (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 49

Start Date: May 27, 2007 @ 10:09 am
End Date: No Expiry

How would you describe the rate of growth of competitive eating over the past six months?

  • C. E. is growing, but the rate of growth has slowed down (39%, 14 Votes)
  • Competitive eating is growing faster or as fast as it ever has (33%, 12 Votes)
  • C. E. is in free fall (14%, 5 Votes)
  • C. E. is in a moderate decline (8%, 3 Votes)
  • C. E. is stable, neither growing nor declining (6%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 36

Start Date: May 22, 2007 @ 1:27 pm
End Date: No Expiry