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| 2012 Apr 14 6 min IFOCE units: cupcakes | The Isle Waterloo World Cupcake Eating Championship
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Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo http://waterloo.isleofcapricasinos.com/index.aspx Waterloo, IA http://ifoce.com/contests.php?action=detail&eventID=468 http://wcfcourier.com/video-of-isle-casino-world-cupcake-eating-championship/vmix_1c58a3c8-8679-11e1-a038-0019bb2963f4.html http://eatfeats.com/2012-isle-of-capri-cupcakes.html contest truncated to 6 minutes due to lack of cupcakes, original payouts $1500 / $1250 / $1000 / $750 / $500 |
| 1st | 72 | $1,500.00 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti | Chicago, IL | almost doubles 2011 winning amount (42) despite shorter contest |
| 2nd | 66 | $1,000.00 | Tim "Eater X" Janus | New York City, NY | |
| 2nd | 66 | $1,000.00 | Aaron "A-Train" Osthoff | Dubuque, IA | |
| 4th | 60 | $1,000.00 | Eric "Badlands" Booker | Selden, NY | |
| 5th | 54 | $1,000.00 | Bob "The Notorious B.O.B." Shoudt | Royersford, PA | Bob shoudt finished plate faster than LA Beast |
| 6th | 54 | Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle | NJ | ||
| 7th | 48 | Maria "Edible" | Clifton, NJ | ||
| 7th | 48 | Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco | Tucson, AZ | ||
| 9th | 29 | Matthew Raible | Peoria, IL | ||
| 10th | 26 | Andrew "The Bear" Kogutkiewicz | |||
| 11th | 10 | Eric Morgan | |||
| 12th | 7 | Janice Deregla | says she ate 12 | ||
| ? | ? | Tim "Gravy" Brown | Chicago, IL | result not announced |