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| 2009 Sep 13 8 min IFOCE units: peppers | La Costeña Jalapeño Eating Challenge
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Mi Tierra restaurant Chicago, IL http://ifoce.com/contests.php?action=detail&eventID=315 http://twitter.com/eatingcontest/statuses/3963243206 http://www.sillyamerica.com/blog/2009/09/la-costena-jalapeno-eating-contest/ |
| 1st | 209 | $2,700.00 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas | Alexandria, VA | won 1 minute eat off - ate 41.5 additional peppers |
| 2nd | 209 | $1,700.00 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti | Chicago, IL | lost 1 minute eat off - ate 31 additional peppers |
| 3rd | 158 | $950.00 | Eric "Badlands" Booker | Selden, NY | |
| 4th | 134 | $225.00 | Tim "Gravy" Brown | Chicago, IL | |
| 4th | 134 | $225.00 | Hall "Hoover" Hunt | Jacksonville Beach, FL | |
| 6th | 114 | Erik "The Red" Denmark | Seattle, WA | ||
| 7th | 100 | "Buffalo" Jim Reeves | Buffalo, NY | ||
| 8th | 99 | John Palmgren | Peoria, IL | ||
| 9th | 72 | Benjamin "The Wolf" Taylor | Chicago, IL | ||
| 10th | 52 | William "Wild Bill" Myers | Breinigsville, PA | ||
| 11th | 50 | Victor Gonzalez |