A podcast of Pat Bertoletti’s appearance on the Steve Dahl show Friday is available (minutes 37-44) Pat Bertoletti says that a part of his body hurt after the jalapeno eating contest that had never previously experiences post-competition discomfort. Steve Dahl says that dunking in Nathan’s repulses him and proposes an “old school” competitive eating organization that would ban dunking.

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update #5 The KSO blog has the full results

update #4 George Shea has the top 4:

1) Tim Janus 55 points
2) Juliet Lee 49 points (originally had 51 but received 2 point deduction)
3T) Nate Biller 42 points
3T) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 42 points

The two point deduction cost Juliet Lee a wild card slot since Erik Denmark was the only other non-winner to exceed 50 points.

update #3 The top 2 are now posted on the ksquareoff twitter – Tim Janus won with 55, Juliet Lee was second with 49.

update #2 The contest is over but results have not been announced. The KSO twitter reports that there is controversy about Juliet Lee’s result.

update The contest has started.

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Here are all the non-winning 40+ results from the Krystal qualifiers. Wild card hopefuls at tomorrow’s qualifier in Knoxville will have to break Jim Reeves 50 points to receive a slot.

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update #2 The KSO twitter has the official top 3:
1) Tim “Gravy” Brown 54 points
2) Erik Denmark 52
3) Jim Reeves 50

Bryan Beard reports that Tim Brown won with 54 points.

update The contest is over, but the winner is not clear according to the KSO twitter

Bryan Beard might have contest reports on his twitter

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update #2 Daniel Stricklands videos are on CNN’s ireport and appeared on CNN.

update The Shreveport Times has a contest report

Crawfish has the top 5

1) Humble Bob Shoudt 18.98 lbs.
2) Tim “Eater X” Janus 17.52
3) Joey Chestnut 15.88
4T) Pat Bertoletti
4T) Hall Hunt

Daniel Strickland reports that Bob Shoudt won the grits contest with a total of 18+ pounds.

Crawfish is at the contest site and will have results & pictures on his twitter.

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update #3 Bytegirl has a few pictures of the contest

update #2 KRQE has an article and video

updatetwitter.com/eatingcontest has the top 4

1) Bob Shoudt 33.5 4 oz. burritos
2) Hall Hunt 30
3) Ben Monson 29.5
4) Erik Denmark 26

Alex Tomlin reports that the burrito eating contest at Expo NM has started.

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A writer for the British newspaper The Guardian wrote an article about competitive eating in the UK after competing in a burrito eating contest. The article mentions Tim Janus’ medical examination and Don Lerman’s quote about suffering internal bleeding.

In other UK CE news, the BoingBoing blog has an entry about a breakfast challenge in Westhoughton.

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AOL News has a report on the report on the trip to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base by three IFOCE members on Labor Day weekend:

Tim “Eater X” Janus, “Pretty Boy” Pete Davekos and “Crazy Legs” Conti — the fourth-, 13th- and 14th-ranked eaters in the world — boarded a C-40 Clipper at a private airstrip in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday, for the special Pro-Am Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.

The plane — a military version of a Boeing 737 — circled Castro’s island nation, so as not to invade Cuban airspace, before reaching the base.

“Every moment was completely thrilling,” Janus told AOL News. “I don’t know if it was top secret by a military definition. But it was definitely secret. They told us we weren’t allowed to talk about it.”

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Travel Channel episode guide | slideshow

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• Munchies 420 Cafe challenge: “Fire in Your Hole” spicy wings
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  The MJ Morning Show attempts the challenge (contains spoilers)
  Scott Roberts debunks the 20 million Scoville unit claim given on the radio show (also contains spoiler)
• Yoder’s meal – fried chicken w/ pie for dessert
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  DineSarasota blog entry about recording
• Old Salty Dog meal – deep fried hot dog
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  Man vs. Food clip about the deep fried hot dog

List of Tampa Bay area eating challenges in the eatfeats database

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