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| 2007 Aug 29 12 min IFOCE units: pounds |
Best in the West Nugget Rib Eating Contest
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Nugget Casino Resort janugget.com Sparks, NV nuggetribcookoff.com |
| 1st | 7 | $2,500.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | Westfield, IN | |
| 2nd | 6.1 | $1,000.00 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti | Chicago, IL | |
| 3rd | 4.3 | $750.00 | Rich "The Locust" LeFevre | Henderson, NV | lost tooth during contest |
| 4th | 3.6 | $500.00 | Jason "The Erbivore" Erb | Vancouver, WA | |
| 5th | 3.3 | $250.00 | Erik "The Red" Denmark | Seattle, WA | |
| 6th | 2.4 | Jason Beals | |||
| 7th | 1.9 | Tim Waite | |||
| 8th | 1.8 | Shawn "The Vacuum" Kirby | Huntington Beach, Ca | ||
| 8th | 1.8 | Wayne Wilson | |||
| 10th | 1.2 | Dennis Mui | |||
| 11th | 0.9 | Spencer Thomas | Reno, NV | ||
| 12th | 0.8 | Anthony Miller |