Polls Archive

Should Kobayashi have been disqualified at Nathan's?

  • No (59%, 36 Votes)
  • Yes (41%, 25 Votes)

Total Voters: 61

Start Date: July 12, 2006 @ 9:43 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Why has IFOCE not posted results from the July 3 Memphis ribs contest?

  • too busy with Nathan's finals (52%, 14 Votes)
  • want to punish Dale Boone for competing in corndogorama (22%, 6 Votes)
  • Other (please mention in comments) (15%, 4 Votes)
  • want to punish Boone for "extracurricular activities" in Memphis (7%, 2 Votes)
  • do not want to promote Boone only to lose him to India (4%, 1 Votes)
  • reporting Dale Boone's feat would overshadow Kobayashi's (0%, 0 Votes)
  • do not want to have other eaters go to India to follow the Dale Boone diet (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 27

Start Date: July 11, 2006 @ 11:07 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Assuming Kobayashi is #1 and Joey Chestnut is #2, how do you rank the rest of the IFOCE top 5

  • 3 Sonya, 4 Pat B, 5 Chip (63%, 49 Votes)
  • 3 Sonya, 4 Chip, 5 Pat B. (12%, 9 Votes)
  • Someone else should be ranked #3-5 (9%, 7 Votes)
  • 3 Pat B, 4 Sonya, 5 Chip (5%, 4 Votes)
  • 3 Chip, 4 Pat B., 5 Sonya (5%, 4 Votes)
  • 3 Chip, 4 Sonya, 5 Pat B. (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Someone else should be ranked #1-2 (3%, 2 Votes)
  • 3 Pat B., 4 Chip, 5 Sonya (0%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 78

Start Date: July 4, 2006 @ 2:40 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Who is the best bet for the Nathan's finals given the odds below? (Betting $1 wins the following amounts if the eater is victorious)

  • $3.18: Joey Chestnut (46%, 17 Votes)
  • $76.40: Sonya Thomas (14%, 5 Votes)
  • $100: Pat Bertoletti (14%, 5 Votes)
  • $150: Eric "Badlands" Booker (11%, 4 Votes)
  • $100: Chip Simpson (11%, 4 Votes)
  • $150: Brian Subich (3%, 1 Votes)
  • $100: Bob Shoudt (3%, 1 Votes)
  • $150: Tim Janus (0%, 0 Votes)
  • $100: Rich LeFevre (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 37

Start Date: July 1, 2006 @ 10:43 am
End Date: No Expiry

Should their be a minimum amount a Nathan's qualifier winner must reach to advance to the finals?

  • No minimum (76%, 31 Votes)
  • 20.0-21.9 (7%, 3 Votes)
  • 24.0 or higher (7%, 3 Votes)
  • 18.0-19.9 (5%, 2 Votes)
  • 12.0-13.9 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • 16.0-17.9 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • 14.0-15.9 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • 22.0-23.9 (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 41

Start Date: June 28, 2006 @ 12:43 am
End Date: No Expiry