Sonya Thomas wins Akron Hamburger Festival contest

August 19, 2012 at 4:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Contest Results, Sonya Thomas

update Aug 26 Robert Kline has a video of the contest.

update Aug 23 The festival facebook and cleplusfreelancers have galleries
Bill Myers has entered full results into the database

George Shea has the top 3 in the US Hamburger Eating Championship at the Hamburger Festival in Akron:

1) Sonya Thomas 16
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 14.5
3) Yasir Salem 11

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  1. Anonymous said

    August 19, 2012 @ 4:59 pm

    Looked at the size of those hamburgers and they suckers are H-U-G-E!! The patties are about three times the size of a quarter pounder. http://instagram.com/p/OhXw-mkcsN/

    Good job all.

  2. anonymous said

    August 19, 2012 @ 5:01 pm

    Damn almost Badlands

  3. Ignatius Rake said (Registered August 6, 2012)

    August 19, 2012 @ 9:57 pm

    Still awaiting full details but here’s our provisional report: http://www.therakeandherald.tv/society/societystory.php?id=163

  4. Jeremy said

    August 19, 2012 @ 9:58 pm

    No really the buns were just really small.

  5. Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)

    August 19, 2012 @ 11:35 pm

    Buns were small, burgers were big 🙂

  6. anonymous said

    August 20, 2012 @ 1:35 am

    I think when Subich found out Sonya was coming down at the last minute he put the car in reverse and headed back to Jonestown PA

  7. Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)

    August 20, 2012 @ 12:55 pm

    I tied 4th with Jeremy Park at 9.75

  8. Anonymous said

    August 20, 2012 @ 1:48 pm

    Sorry that the full results are still not posted Larellmarie. There seems to be a time lag with MLE sometimes so thank goodness we have eatfeats. Great LarellM!

  9. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    August 20, 2012 @ 2:20 pm

    You did well Larell. I went to BB’s site and looked at the pic of the burgers. They’re in a completely different league from the patties served at fast food restaurants. Man-o-man!

  10. Anonymous said

    August 20, 2012 @ 9:49 pm

    I bet the winner of all pros Hamburg contest eats more

  11. Duh said

    August 21, 2012 @ 7:55 am

    Hey anon at 949……… ALL PRO will have tiny hamburgers just so they can say they ate more. Different food, different contest. Its like hitting home runs out of a little league field vs a MLB park

  12. ANON said

    August 21, 2012 @ 8:57 am

    HEY DUH @ 755. NOT TRUE THEY WERE 1/4 LB BURGERS THE SAME AS THE IFOCE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE DUNKING. DON’T BASH UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING. THE REALITY IS AFTER THE TOP 5 IN THE IFOCE BOTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE SAME. YOU JUST CAN’T EXCEPT THE FACT THAT THE NUMBERS WERE LOW. ALL PRO LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE TURNING IT AROUND FOR THE GOOD AND THE IFOCE IS NOT IMPROVING WITH THE TIMES.

  13. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    August 21, 2012 @ 9:06 am

    9:49, I would hope so.

  14. Duh Fan said

    August 21, 2012 @ 3:54 pm

    Looks like dunking to me:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjl913yOGFs

    And what was presented in Akron was a standard, 8 to the package hamburger bun with at least a 6 ounce before cooking burger, which stuck out of the bun a whole inch all the way around. The Hamburg PA contest, the burgers fit inside the standard bun.

  15. Anonymous said

    August 21, 2012 @ 3:55 pm

    Predictions for Hamburg

    Jamie 16
    Stephanie 15
    Brunelli 14
    Longo ?
    Millender ?
    Podelski ?

  16. Duh Fan said

    August 21, 2012 @ 3:58 pm

    Furthermore, the contest in Akron was an AICE contest until 2011. You lost control of a contest in your own backyard?? And now you have to schlep 300+ miles into Pennsylvania to have the contest in a little po-dunk town?

  17. Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)

    August 21, 2012 @ 8:01 pm

    Anon 1:48 & Rhonda, thank u both. Now of course, I didn’t weigh the burgers but to me they looked larger than a quarter pound burger but who knows for sure. Perhaps they were actually quarter pounders after cooking vs. pre-cooking weight. Either way, a fun contest. 🙂

  18. Anonymous said

    August 21, 2012 @ 8:23 pm

    If those were mere quarter pound burgers, all McDonald’s customers, past and present, should file a class action law suit.

  19. Anonymous said

    August 21, 2012 @ 8:51 pm

    Stephanie is better than Jamie, but I don’t know if this contest is hers.

  20. Duh said

    August 21, 2012 @ 8:57 pm

    No way they were 1/4 lb’ers. Much larger.

    ANON at 857. Caps must mean you are right, so you are right, unless you’re wrong. I guess the latter. Different contest, different food= no comparison. AICE, ALL PRO, whatever is a second rate organization and always will be. If you have to tell us you’re as good, you’re probably not, much like the dumb kid claiming to be a genius, or the po-dunk hillbilly claiming to be a world traveler.

  21. hmmm said

    August 24, 2012 @ 7:47 pm

    Duh sounds like he or she has an AICE issue. It is challenging to dis organizations. I give you lots of credit duh. Perhaps you should start your own instead of trying to tear down the hobby/sport.

  22. anonymous said

    August 24, 2012 @ 10:19 pm

    The guy who used to run aice or whatever you call it, competed in a few ifoce contests. He never had any intention of staying with them but more like using them.to pick up pointers or gain incite so he can form his own organization.

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