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I will start an IFOCE poll sometime next week. A list of the current choices for the poll follows. People need to have at least one IFOCE contest in 2011 to be listed. Please let me know if you think someone should be added to the list.
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??? said
July 14, 2011 @ 11:04 am
Maybe I don’t understand…
What will the poll consist of? Top 20, coolest haircut, worst performance…???
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
July 14, 2011 @ 11:17 am
Top 25 competitive eaters.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 14, 2011 @ 11:55 am
Two things:
1) If it’s an IFOCE poll, why is Scott Bickel listed?
2) Perhaps the launch of a separate women’s Nathan’s finals will give way to separate women’s rankings. I think it should, as the hunt for female qualifiers revealed that women are simply not as adept at competitive eating as men; Sonya, Stephanie, and Juliet are very infrequent exceptions. (And no one can Juliet a dog like the Lovely one. ):)
With that in mind, perhaps it may be fitting to put women in a separate poll. Ya think? (I’m not copping a ‘tude here, I’m just asking.)
Bickelistic said
July 14, 2011 @ 11:59 am
Rhonda, Bickel did participate in an IFOCE event.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 14, 2011 @ 12:14 pm
Let me say this too. (Sonya aside), A Juliet or a Stephanie Torres comes around about once every several years, and neither of them are as good as either of the top eight or so guys.
However, men that can eat 30+ dogs seem to pop, on average, almost annually, and two or more guys that can down 20 come on the scene every year as of late.
Anonymous Fan said
July 14, 2011 @ 12:19 pm
@Rhonda there are a few people on this list who have only competed in their one nathan’s qualifier and thats all, pretty much same situation as scott bickel. Though it is a shame he will get his drones from Cleveland to come on here, vote him number one when in fact he deserves nothing.
Nathan in Cali said
July 14, 2011 @ 12:23 pm
Shows how much of a life I have when work is slow and I’m chained to my desk for 8hrs a day… here is my take on things
1 – Joey
2 – Pat Bertie
3 – Tim X
4 – Sonya
5 – Bob
6 – Stonie
7 – The Red
8 – Gordon (breaks top 10 & well deserved)
9 – Tim B
10 – Morgan (see #8)
11 – J. Lee
12 – Osthoff
13 – Torres
14 – Collins
15 – Monson (MLE won’t drop him of top 50 until he officially retires)
16- Booker
17 – Davekos
18 – Hunt (kind of the same case as Monson)
19 – Philbin
20 – Wells
21 – Legs
22 – Goldstein
23 – Subich
24 – Reeves
25 – Michelle Lesco
Heck why ignore the others who’ve worked so hard.
26 – Dudzinski
27 – Biller
28 – Ben Taylor
29 – Livingston
30 – Larell Marie
31 – Kevin Ross
32 – Yasir Salem (20 HDB’s)
33 – Koch
34 – Jeremy Park
35 – Maria Sulkin
36 – Kobi Bauer
37 – Brian Beard
38 – Solomon
39 – Klucken
40 – Myers
41 – Randy Harrison
42 – Nick Bauer
43 – Jason Erb
44 – McKillop
45 – Bam Martinez
46 – Seiken
47 – Boykin
48 – Pi Guy
49 – Bello
50 (3 way tie) – Grace Lee & Scott Bickel & Sean Brockert
I’d add Chiun Peng to this list at around 28-30 if we ever got some officially on him being IFOCE or not.
Anonymous said
July 14, 2011 @ 12:41 pm
Rhonda, you’re so blind. Two solid women were discovered this year. How many solid men were?
Also, it was hardly an exhaustive search.
JOE L. said
July 14, 2011 @ 1:56 pm
Rhonda
not that i care bout mr bickle or the ifoce but i believe a nathan’s qualifier may be an ifoce event. which according to OJ’s guidelines gets him in the poll
Anonymous said
July 14, 2011 @ 2:09 pm
Michelle “Cardboard Shell” has a last name now.
Larell Marie Mele said
July 14, 2011 @ 4:45 pm
IMO there shouldn’t be a separate women’s ranking YET. With only 10 women there can only be a top-10 ranking lol which is ez enuf to figure out just by lookn at the only contests 7 of them have done – Nathans 🙂 Tho with only ranking top 25 that pretty much eliminates most of us women with exception of S, J & ST. Should be interesting to see what this poll looks like tho !!
NReda said
July 14, 2011 @ 5:17 pm
There aren’t many women participating in CE as a general fact. Most of the local contests I’ve done in southern California have featured all-male lineups.
Anonymous said
July 14, 2011 @ 6:28 pm
Rhonda knows nothing about competitive eatinn. She’s aweful!
Larell Marie Mele said
July 14, 2011 @ 8:34 pm
NIC – whooohoooo! I like ur rankings – I moved up lol 🙂
Lee said
July 15, 2011 @ 3:59 am
“No one can Juliet a dog like the Lovely one”?
Looks like Grace Lee got the worst of three sides. (1) Same last name as “World Spiller and Women’s Best Cheater” Juliet. (2) Atlanta like World Loser Dale Boone. And I mean LOSER in capital letters. And cheater, of course, since he loses to almost everyone but still maintains he’s the number 1. Boone makes me laugh. Pete beat him around 10 times now? (I lost count.) And never once did Boone beat him. Gentleman Joe beat Boone many more times too than the other way around. Oh… but I am losing track… this was about Grace Lee. So, number (3) Grace doesn’t have much grace.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 15, 2011 @ 7:43 am
Joe L.: I may have something screwed up here, but I thought you had to have a contract with the IFOCE to be considered in the rankings. Have there not been many who have eaten at qualifiers only and were never ranked? Maybe I’m wrong. Just asking.
A-12:41: There are none so blind as those who will NOT see. One Robin doesn’t make a Spring and one good year with two new women who can eat 20+ is quite an anomaly. Go back any number of years: 3, 5, 7, 10, and compare the number/percentage of women who were able to eat even a dozen HDBs at qualifiers, with the number of men who were able to eat 20+.
LM: That’s true. I was being a bit teleological, contemplating that that action now would help foster more interest in a separate women’s division. Having said that, I’m also a realist. I believe the Nathan’s separation of genders will be the lone exception. It’s just not cost-effective, and it’s too much work, for MLE to separate genders as a practice.
Anonymous Fan said
July 15, 2011 @ 9:19 am
@Nathan in Cali, how can you even justify that 3 way tie for #50, all those eaters are terrible for their own reasons and you left Barlow off your top 50 list. At least Barlow actually ate in a Nathan’s qualifier, is a clean eater, and is well liked on the circuit, unlike the three jabronis you listed.
nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)
July 15, 2011 @ 10:26 am
” you had to have a contract with the IFOCE to be considered in the rankings”
That is not correct Rhonda. They will just not let you eat at any more events if you go outside MLE but the majority of top 50 do not have a contract at all.
Nathan I just totally missed Super Paul and I think I should be about 38 not 47. But I also think I should be given prizes just for showing up also. The smiles of the crowd are my reward in the end.
not again said
July 15, 2011 @ 10:40 am
Is this going to be the same crap like last year with registered and non registered votes . It became so confusing with people using facebook friends to inflate vote totals . Accomplishes nothing
Nathan in Cali said
July 15, 2011 @ 11:05 am
the 3 way tie was my attempt at a joke… Internet doesn’t always have to be so serious.
here, 35-50 revised… it’s not like I’m the one calling the shots here. 🙂
35 – Maria Sulkin
36 – Kobi Bauer
37 – Brian Beard
38 – Solomon
39 – Boykin
40 – Myers
41 – Randy Harrison
42 – Nick Bauer
43 – Klucken
44 – McKillop
45 – Barlow
46 – Bam Martinez
47 – Seiken
48 – Jason Erb
49 – Pi Guy
50T – Bello & Wrecking Ball (no joke this time)
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 15, 2011 @ 11:18 am
Thanks nun. I wasn’t aware of that.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 15, 2011 @ 11:32 am
I agree with a lot of your top 50 Nathan in Cali, and that took more effort than I’m willing to spend. You did an excellent job! Here are my most notable differences, however:
1. Big Sexy is WAY, WAY to low! I’d have him around # 20, 23 at worst.
2. Stephanie Torres should be higher than Juliet. Two more contests, at most, will put an exclamation point on that statement. Mark my words.
3. I’d have both Larell and Maria Sulkin a few slots higher also.
4. … and BB around 39-41.
Again, excellent job!
A. Nonymous said (Registered April 27, 2011)
July 15, 2011 @ 11:41 am
I don’t know how you justify 38, Nun – how about some real numbers? These are everyone’s top results at Nathan’s this year in the EatFeats database:
2011 Jul 4 1st 62 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2011 Jul 4 2nd 53 10 min Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
2011 Jun 4 1st 45 10 min Tim “Eater X” Janus
2011 Jul 4 1st 40 10 min Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
2011 Jul 4 4th 39 10 min “Notorious” Bob Shoudt
2011 Jul 4 5th 34 10 min Sean “Flash” Gordon
2011 Jul 4 5th 34 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie
2011 Jul 4 7th 33.5 10 min Erik “The Red” Denmark
2011 Jul 4 8th 31 10 min Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan
2011 Jul 4 2nd 29.5 10 min “The Lovely” Juliet Lee
2011 May 14 1st 28.75 10 min Tim “Gravy” Brown
2011 Jul 4 3rd 28.5 10 min Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres
2011 Jun 8 1st 28 10 min Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff
2011 Jun 25 2nd 27.5 10 min Eric “Badlands” Booker
2011 Jun 8 2nd 27 10 min Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
2011 May 28 1st 27 10 min Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin
2011 Jun 12 1st 26.5 10 min Damon “The Omen” Wells
2011 Jun 25 3rd 26.5 10 min Allen “Shredder” Goldstein
2011 Jul 4 10th 25.5 10 min Pete “PrettyBoy” Davekos
2011 Jul 4 12th 23 10 min “Big” Brian Subich
2011 May 28 3rd 22 10 min Crazy Legs Conti
2011 Jun 25 4th 22 10 min “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
2011 Jun 11 1st 21.5 10 min Michelle “Cardboard Shell”
2011 Jun 11 2nd 21.5 10 min Chiun “Jimmy” Peng
2011 Apr 23 3rd 21 10 min Rich “The Locust” LeFevre
2011 Jul 4 14th 21 10 min Ming Kui Lu
2011 Jun 12 4th 20 10 min Benjamin “The Wolf” Taylor
2011 Jun 25 5th 20 10 min Yasir Salem
2011 Apr 23 4th 19 10 min Travis “Chewy” Fowler
2011 May 28 4th 18.25 10 min Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston
2011 Jun 11 3rd 18 10 min Kobi Bauer
2011 Apr 23 ? 18 10 min Ron Koch
2011 Jun 2 2nd 18 10 min Scott Bickel
2011 Jun 12 2nd 17.75 10 min “Nasty” Nathan Biller
2011 Jun 25 6th 17.5 10 min Anthony Serino
2011 Jun 2 3rd 17 10 min Jacob Larry
2011 Jun 12 5th 17 10 min Kevin Ross
2011 Jun 4 4th 17 10 min Justin Chung
2011 Jun 2 3rd 17 10 min Jeremy Park
2011 Jun 18 1st 16 10 min Chris “Yat Ming” Lam
2011 Jul 4 5th 16 10 min Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
2011 May 14 2nd 16 10 min Larry “The Legend” McNeil
2011 Jun 8 4th 16 10 min Ted “Sixburgh Psycho” Wilson
2011 Jun 8 4th 16 10 min William “Wild Bill” Myers
2011 Jul 4 6th 15 10 min Maria “The Incredible Sulk”
2011 Jun 18 3rd 13 10 min Travis Wheeler
2011 Jun 4 5th 13 10 min Nicholas Sidelnik
2011 Apr 23 ? 13 10 min Dan Allard
2011 Jun 11 4th 13 10 min Ryan “Big Red” McKillop
2011 Jun 18 1st 12.5 10 min Grace “Man Eater” Lee
2011 May 28 7th 12 10 min Joe Lopardo
2011 May 14 3rd 12 10 min Steve “Pi Guy” Martin
2011 Jun 4 6th 12 10 min Jeff Cerulli
2011 Jun 18 3rd 12 10 min Wang Ranlong
2011 Jun 18 4th 12 10 min Damien Boykin
2011 Jun 4 6th 12 10 min Andrew LaBabera
2011 May 21 2nd 11 10 min Dan Coonan
2011 Jun 4 8th 11 10 min Chris Tichenor
2011 Jul 4 16th 11 10 min Tai Loi Mak
2011 Jun 18 5th 11 10 min Paul “BoneBreaker” Barlow, Jr.
2011 Jun 12 6th 11 10 min Fran Sur
2011 May 21 2nd 11 10 min Robert O’Neil
2011 Jun 4 8th 11 10 min Michael Champness
2011 May 28 8th 11 10 min Tom Grille
2011 Jun 12 7th 10 10 min Naader “Freak8r” Reda
2011 May 21 4th 10 10 min Tim “Big Muff” Michaud
2011 May 28 9th 10 10 min Andrew Kossuth
2011 Jun 2 ? 10 10 min Craig “The Keg” Reed
2011 Jun 18 ? 10 10 min Brian Szontagh
2011 Jun 25 8th 10 10 min Drew Altavilla
2011 Jun 12 7th 10 10 min Peter Ruiz
2011 Jun 2 ? 10 10 min Tracy Goode
2011 Jun 8 6th 9.5 10 min Cale Kirby
2011 Jun 8 7th 9 10 min Jaymi Wilson
2011 Jun 12 9th 9 10 min Cliff Cortes
2011 Jun 12 9th 9 10 min Vincent Arias
2011 May 14 2nd 9 10 min Dee “Princess Pi-Anna” Martin
2011 Apr 23 ? 8.5 10 min Jason Scarincio
2011 Jun 25 9th 8.5 10 min Mike Sola
2011 Jun 4 10th 8.5 10 min Matty “Meatballz”
2011 Jul 4 7th 8.5 10 min Laura Leu
2011 Jun 12 1st 8.5 10 min Christine Kitchenmaster
2011 May 28 2nd 8 10 min Elise Rosenberg
2011 Jun 12 11th 8 10 min Barry Ross
2011 Jun 25 10th 8 10 min John Watson
2011 Jun 8 8th 7.5 10 min Kurtis Rucker
2011 Jun 8 8th 7.5 10 min Steve Meyers
2011 Jun 2 1st 7 10 min Jamie Park
2011 Jun 2 1st 6 6 min David Clark
2011 May 28 3rd 6 10 min Kira Nightingale
2011 Jun 12 1st 5 10 min “Hurricane” Katrina Klein
2011 Jun 8 10th 5 10 min Justin Purtee
2011 May 28 10th 4.5 10 min Tengiz Mammadov
2011 Jun 18 ? 4 10 min Ding Qian
2011 Jun 4 11th 4 10 min Greg Brown
2011 Jun 12 2nd 4 10 min Vanessa Ramirez
2011 May 21 1st 3 10 min Lauren Gallagher
A. Nonymous said (Registered April 27, 2011)
July 15, 2011 @ 11:43 am
Sorry – easier format:
62 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
53 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
45 Tim “Eater X” Janus
40 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
39 “Notorious” Bob Shoudt
34 Sean “Flash” Gordon
34 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie
33.5 Erik “The Red” Denmark
31 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan
29.5 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee
28.75 Tim “Gravy” Brown
28.5 Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres
28 Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff
27.5 Eric “Badlands” Booker
27 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
27 Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin
26.5 Damon “The Omen” Wells
26.5 Allen “Shredder” Goldstein
25.5 Pete “PrettyBoy” Davekos
23 “Big” Brian Subich
22 Crazy Legs Conti
22 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
21.5 Michelle “Cardboard Shell”
21.5 Chiun “Jimmy” Peng
21 Rich “The Locust” LeFevre
21 Ming Kui Lu
20 Benjamin “The Wolf” Taylor
20 Yasir Salem
19 Travis “Chewy” Fowler
18.25 Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston
18 Kobi Bauer
18 Ron Koch
18 Scott Bickel
17.75 “Nasty” Nathan Biller
17.5 Anthony Serino
17 Jacob Larry
17 Kevin Ross
17 Justin Chung
17 Jeremy Park
16 Chris “Yat Ming” Lam
16 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
16 Larry “The Legend” McNeil
16 Ted “Sixburgh Psycho” Wilson
16 William “Wild Bill” Myers
15 Maria “The Incredible Sulk”
13 Travis Wheeler
13 Nicholas Sidelnik
13 Dan Allard
13 Ryan “Big Red” McKillop
12.5 Grace “Man Eater” Lee
12 Joe Lopardo
12 Steve “Pi Guy” Martin
12 Jeff Cerulli
12 Wang Ranlong
12 Damien Boykin
12 Andrew LaBabera
11 Dan Coonan
11 Chris Tichenor
11 Tai Loi Mak
11 Paul “BoneBreaker” Barlow, Jr.
11 Fran Sur
11 Robert O’Neil
11 Michael Champness
11 Tom Grille
10 Naader “Freak8r” Reda
10 Tim “Big Muff” Michaud
10 Andrew Kossuth
10 Craig “The Keg” Reed
10 Brian Szontagh
10 Drew Altavilla
10 Peter Ruiz
10 Tracy Goode
9.5 Cale Kirby
9 Jaymi Wilson
9 Cliff Cortes
9 Vincent Arias
9 Dee “Princess Pi-Anna” Martin
8.5 Jason Scarincio
8.5 Mike Sola
8.5 Matty “Meatballz”
8.5 Laura Leu
8.5 Christine Kitchenmaster
8 Elise Rosenberg
8 Barry Ross
8 John Watson
7.5 Kurtis Rucker
7.5 Steve Meyers
7 Jamie Park
6 David Clark
6 Kira Nightingale
5 “Hurricane” Katrina Klein
5 Justin Purtee
4.5 Tengiz Mammadov
4 Ding Qian
4 Greg Brown
4 Vanessa Ramirez
3 Lauren Gallagher
beautifulbrian said
July 15, 2011 @ 11:46 am
Some of the new people must think i never competed at the table and all im good for is negative commentary about other eaters on my website. Nathan whoever you are , you need to be around the circuit before you pass judgement on not only myself but other eaters as well. Whatever its worth, i finished ahead of Bauer in Ribs two years ago in MS. I wasnt that far from Beard in corned beef on St pattys day. I finished ahead of Barlow and Myers on several occasions and the second half of the year i intend on doing a lot better because ive been concentrating on more training and less blogging. Hopefully ill be in LA for dumplings and Buffalo for wings depending on registration
nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)
July 15, 2011 @ 11:46 am
Perfect.
Nathan in Cali said
July 15, 2011 @ 12:02 pm
I’m up for debate if you are..
* Brian Beard, I know you have a bias for and that’s cool. He’s a very nice guy, but since the last rankings have came out, he has an 11th place finish in Tamales, 7th place at Pastrami, 6th place finish in wings and only 13 HDB’s in Hawthorne that for some reason isn’t in his stats… So with those showings (especially such a low HDB number) I can’t justify him in the 20-23 when he hasn’t beat in of those competitors in head to head or in HDB’s since the last rankings came out, maybe 31 or 32 at best, it’s nothing person to Brian, just going by the numbers.
http://twitter.com/#!/eatingcontest/status/80056761503064065
*Stephanie Torres – I could live with her being ahead of J. Lee, atcually I would love to see it. But the facts remain J. Lee did beat her at Nathan’s (cheating or not) and if Steph competes again before the next rankings are out and shows a strong performance then you may very well be right. However if the rankings came out today I think J. Lee gets the slight edge.
*I gess I could see Larell ahead of Livingston, but not in front of Taylor or Biller… As for Maria Sulkin, she can be #1 as far as I’m concerned for being an absolute stone cold fox!
if you’re not up for debate then we’ll have to agree to disagree. 🙂
Wrecking Ball said (Registered May 6, 2010)
July 15, 2011 @ 12:24 pm
I agree with a lot of your rankings but I also think big sexy should be ranked better. The problem is who do you knock down? Competition is getting a lot better and rankings will certainly be a tough decision for MLE in the future. As far as the tie for 50th, I have no complaints being associated with bello, bickle or grace lee. All of those guys have been nothing but awesome to me since I have met them and to be totally honest all three are better eaters than I am. So i f I were to get knocked out of the rankings for any of those three I would be more than ok with it. Although I can’t say I care to much for being called a jabraoni but whatever
Nathan in Cali said
July 15, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
BB,
With all due respect, current rankings aren’t a lifetime achievement ranking or “intent to do better”, it’s what’s happening now. I’m sorry if I insulted you.. Fact is there are a few tiers in CE, and each tier has a cluster fuck of names you can interchange. No war here, just sayin.
Joey – clear cut #1
Pat – clear cut #2
#3-#5 – Sonya, X, Bob – these three are constantly playing merry go round in rankings
#6-#10 – Monson, Hunt, Stonie, Erik, Tim B, Gordon, Morgan, J.Lee, Osthoff, Toress (all high 20’s low 30 HDB numbers) as you can see there are more names in there that are worthy of top ten however there are only so many slots to fill.
#11-#20 – You have at least 15 names in the low to mid twenty HDB range here all deserving of a top 20 ranking, however same rule applies as above (more names then slots)
#21 – #30 – You have at least 15 names in the high upper teens in HDB range here all deserving of a top 30 ranking, however same rule applies as above.
#31 – #50 – The rest of the field, you have 30-35 names worthy of certain spots however yet again, same rule applies as the above tier.
Domino effect on each teir, each person is deserving of a certain rankings but as Wrecking Ball mentioned, “The problem is who do you knock down? Competition is getting a lot better and rankings will certainly be a tough decision for MLE in the future. “
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 15, 2011 @ 1:38 pm
Nathan, you’re doing the right thing putting Juliet in front of Stephanie, right now, based on OFFICIAL results, which are in the books. I was being facetious, because Stephanie ate in 10 minutes what Juliet ate in nearly 11 minutes (It seemed that way to me.)
One bit of logic of yours I disagree with, respectfully … 🙂
Yes, rankings are mostly based on currency, but you cannot completely throw out an eater’s body of work. There has to be a past performance base to which current performance is factored in. Yes, as time goes by, older performances drop in strength, but they never totally disappear.
I think that’s the point BB is trying to make, and I agree.
Wrecking Ball said (Registered May 6, 2010)
July 15, 2011 @ 1:51 pm
As far as debating the subject here is my two cents for whatever they are worth. Beard needs to be ranked ahead of jeremy park at least, I got nothing but love for jeremy and his wife and family but beard has done things that have proven he should be ranked ahead of park (who is still young in his eating career). Let’s not forget beard made it to coney last year so regaurdless of his number this year beard deserves a much better ranking.
The only other subject worth debating is where you say sulkin could be number one because she is a stone cold fox. In my opinion Torres takes the cake in the stone cold fox divison and if we were to ranked based on that I believe she should be number one! Other than that kudos for sharing your opinion and I think you are pretty spot on with most everything else.
Nathan in Cali said
July 15, 2011 @ 3:25 pm
Rhonda,
I suppose you’re right, if a new eater comes out and his numbers are slighlty better or even in comparison to a vet, the vet should get the edge, that only seems fair. However we’ve seen it before, Stonie barely nudges out Morgan and Gordon and only registers two contests and he’s awarded a top ten badge over a few names who are also desserving of top ten status and have been on the scene longer… I think Stonie has proven himself since those first two contests though to worthy of top ten, even top 6…
WB,
you’re a married man, you shouldn’t be checking girls out!
JOE L. said
July 15, 2011 @ 3:49 pm
Rhonda I think this is OJ’s rankings not ifoce, thats how i read it
Wrecking Ball said (Registered May 6, 2010)
July 15, 2011 @ 4:36 pm
Unfortunatly the engagment with my ex was about as sucessful as my eating career! So definatly not married…
Anonymous said
July 15, 2011 @ 4:37 pm
Oh don’t worry WB is not ST’s type anyway.
Wrecking Ball said (Registered May 6, 2010)
July 15, 2011 @ 4:38 pm
So if there are any female competitive eating fans from puerto rico reading this…haha only kidding!
Dave Wagner said (Registered July 6, 2011)
July 15, 2011 @ 4:43 pm
Sorry to hear that, WreckingBall. I was there in Esc when you proposed before the qualifier. Thought it was a cool footnote to the event.
Anonymous said
July 15, 2011 @ 4:44 pm
Hey you made a mistake on the list. Maneater’s best is 24.
Mayor McCheese said
July 15, 2011 @ 4:48 pm
Wow, that escondido qualifier was full of fail on so many levels… Sorry to hear that WB.
Wrecking Ball said (Registered May 6, 2010)
July 15, 2011 @ 5:02 pm
Thanks everyone we both remain friends and talk almost daily plus now our kids get spoiled twice as much!
Larell Marie Mele said
July 15, 2011 @ 5:51 pm
WB – wasn’t aware of that; am sorry things didn’t work out but glad ur okay with end results 🙂 Hey, ya never know what may happen in P.R. !!!!!
Bello said
July 15, 2011 @ 7:52 pm
I honestly have never really cared about where I’m ranked. In a majority of my contests I have done fairly well and have placed in the money. I don’t really get to do too many contests due to the fact that I have a full time job where I am required to work on weekends. I am still having fun and making money while being under the radar, its all G Double O D, good. I’m more like a fan that gets to compEAT, oh wait..Sorry, a Table ender.
anonymous said
July 16, 2011 @ 5:29 pm
WB has become a legend in the sport , how dare you rank him at the bottom of the totem pole
anonymous said
July 16, 2011 @ 6:24 pm
Nathan in Cali said
July 15, 2011 @ 12:02 pm
I’m up for debate if you are..
* Brian Beard, I know you have a bias for and that’s cool. He’s a very nice guy, but since the last rankings have came out, he has an 11th place finish in Tamales, 7th place at Pastrami, 6th place finish in wings and only 13 HDB’s in Hawthorne that for some reason isn’t in his stats… So with those showings (especially such a low HDB number) I can’t justify him in the 20-23 when he hasn’t beat in of those competitors in head to head or in HDB’s since the last rankings came out, maybe 31 or 32 at best, it’s nothing person to Brian, just going by the numbers.
http://twitter.com/#!/eatingcontest/status/80056761503064065
*Stephanie Torres – I could live with her being ahead of J. Lee, atcually I would love to see it. But the facts remain J. Lee did beat her at Nathan’s (cheating or not) and if Steph competes again before the next rankings are out and shows a strong performance then you may very well be right. However if the rankings came out today I think J. Lee gets the slight edge.
*I gess I could see Larell ahead of Livingston, but not in front of Taylor or Biller… As for Maria Sulkin, she can be #1 as far as I’m concerned for being an absolute stone cold fox!
Nathan i agree with you on every point except for the last line in your comment . By showering some of these women (maria sulkin) with words of praise only inflates their big ego even more. Dont bother