Comments on: Thomas Gilbert sets Battle of the Bone record http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html competitive eating news and database Sat, 26 May 2012 02:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pro or not? http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-502644 pro or not? Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:31:55 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-502644 According to Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary Professional: engaged in by persons receiving financial return Amatuer: one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science According to Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary

Professional: engaged in by persons receiving financial return

Amatuer: one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science

]]> By: pro or not? http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-502636 pro or not? Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:23:40 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-502636 The "Goose" has responded to his critics. He says he tried to get into Nathan's at Coney Island but the IFOCE said he was not good enough. He also says he told everyone he was a professional before the contest but they wanted him to eat anyway so he says it is not his fault THEY broke the rules. He also says he made no money as an eater. He says he spent more than he made so since the $11,200 he won was was not making a living, this was more his hobby and not a profession. The recent actions and words of the "Goose" make BB and Don Lerman look like incredible professionals. The “Goose” has responded to his critics.

He says he tried to get into Nathan’s at Coney Island but the IFOCE said he was not good enough.

He also says he told everyone he was a professional before the contest but they wanted him to eat anyway so he says it is not his fault THEY broke the rules.

He also says he made no money as an eater. He says he spent more than he made so since the $11,200 he won was was not making a living, this was more his hobby and not a profession.

The recent actions and words of the “Goose” make BB and Don Lerman look like incredible professionals.

]]> By: Rhonda Evans http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-501111 Rhonda Evans Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:30:28 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-501111 I always thought the term pro implied that a person earned enough money from a given vocation to make a living. Applying that logic, the only people I can even begin to envision in that status is Koby and possibly Joey (in a good year). But even those two do CE as a pastime. So does CE really have ANY pros? I really don't think so. It's too small and lacks the purses for eaters to earn enough to make a living at it. The only possible pros in the business of CE are George and Rich. I always thought the term pro implied that a person earned enough money from a given vocation to make a living. Applying that logic, the only people I can even begin to envision in that status is Koby and possibly Joey (in a good year).

But even those two do CE as a pastime. So does CE really have ANY pros? I really don’t think so. It’s too small and lacks the purses for eaters to earn enough to make a living at it.

The only possible pros in the business of CE are George and Rich.

]]> By: IRS agents http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-501089 IRS agents Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:47:18 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-501089 To be a pro, does that mean you win or get paid to eat? With that rule, many in IFOCE, who have not won any money, are not pros either. To be a pro, does that mean you win or get paid to eat? With that rule, many in IFOCE, who have not won any money, are not pros either.

]]> By: Rhonda Evans http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-501071 Rhonda Evans Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:25:32 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-501071 1. Three pounds, 5 ounces = 53 oz. 2. Ave meat weight of a wing = .5 oz. 3. 53 oz / .05 oz = 106 wings. That's how they do it at Buffalo WingFest each year, and it seems about as accurate as you're going to find. 1. Three pounds, 5 ounces = 53 oz.
2. Ave meat weight of a wing = .5 oz.
3. 53 oz / .05 oz = 106 wings.

That’s how they do it at Buffalo WingFest each year, and it seems about as accurate as you’re going to find.

]]> By: moose http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-501037 moose Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:32:41 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-501037 So long goose you are now COOKED!!!!! So long goose you are now COOKED!!!!!

]]> By: Nun on a Bun http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-501035 Nun on a Bun Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:24:20 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-501035 AT what point to you become a professional eater? AT what point to you become a professional eater?

]]> By: Gentleman Joe http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-501033 Gentleman Joe Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:11:50 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-501033 I registered, & was called back & told that I wouldn't be allowed to compete & Goose has been disqualified. I still don't understand how the reigning champ can compete. How are you not a pro if you won a 2 yr lease on a Honda Element or the $7,500. cash equivalent? I registered, & was called back & told that I wouldn’t be allowed to compete & Goose has been disqualified.

I still don’t understand how the reigning champ can compete. How are you not a pro if you won a 2 yr lease on a Honda Element or the $7,500. cash equivalent?

]]> By: anonymous http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-501032 anonymous Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:10:28 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-501032 Wasn't aice about independent eaters? Didn't most skirt plenty of rules saying they weren't pros because they weren't under contract? APE is a different story all together. Oh the good old days before people lost their minds. Wasn’t aice about independent eaters? Didn’t most skirt plenty of rules saying they weren’t pros because they weren’t under contract? APE is a different story all together. Oh the good old days before people lost their minds.

]]> By: GC http://eatfeats.com/thomas-gilbert-sets-battle-of-the-bone-record.html#comment-501028 GC Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:59:25 +0000 http://eatfeats.com/?p=8748#comment-501028 According to the USDA Nutrition web site, a roasted whole chicken wing (drum & paddle) with the bone removed averages 34 grams of meat and skin. Tom ate about 1503 grams, divided by 34, yields 44. 44 times 2 for the two halves = 88 wings. According to the USDA Nutrition web site, a roasted whole chicken wing (drum & paddle) with the bone removed averages 34 grams of meat and skin. Tom ate about 1503 grams, divided by 34, yields 44. 44 times 2 for the two halves = 88 wings.

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