Bartolini’s meatball contest results from Bodybuilding.com
Results from this evening’s meatball eating contest sponsored by Bartolini’s from a bodybuilding.com forum thread
1) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 43 meatballs, $3000 prize
2) Tom “Goose” Gilbert 38 meatballs, $1000
3) Joe Menchetti 35 meatballs, $500
update
The Southtown Star has a report on the contest
update #2
Full results have been posted on Bartolini’s website
A video of a meatball contest on the local CBS morning news show is available (from Furious Pete comment)
Furious Pete also won the Reuben sandwich eating contest (and Ian Hickman won the Italian sausage contest)
update #3 The Battle Creek Enquirer has a contest report about the Reuben contest
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anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 12:02 am
I predict furious pete will sign with the ifoce in the very near future. The big money is too good to pass up. Dr J didnt stay in the ABA for very long because the money was with Phil76’ers and the NBA . ABA spells AICE NBA spells IFOCE
Mama Mia thats a spicy meataball said
July 19, 2008 @ 12:05 am
From those meatball results it is quite obvious that the inshape eaters are the ones that finish on top. . Menchetti is finished . He needs to lose weight or realize his time has passed.
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
July 19, 2008 @ 1:39 am
hey nice job pete,your gonna finish the year strong
Anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 4:43 am
Pete is the best eater today in either league. Hed kill Chestnut and Yashi.
anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 7:21 am
Like John Travolta said in saturday night fever referring to Karen Lynn Gorney. “She can dance . she got the wrong dance partner of course but she can dance” same applies to Furious Pete. “He can eat . he got the wrong organization but he can eat”
Anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 9:30 am
Pete is great, no doubt. But I have a hard time thinking that he will become a FOOD DRINKER, simply because he is a great FOOD EATER.
ALL OF YOU IFOCE DRINK FANS NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM AICE’S NEW GOLDEN BOY.
Good luck food drinkers – why dont you just go dip a hot dog bun in water and give it to your grandmothers to eat.
Anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 11:13 am
It takes more talent to eat food than to drink it you IFOCE losers!
Furious Pete said
July 19, 2008 @ 11:51 am
Thanks for the comments..
Was a great contest and an awesome field! Meatballs were damn cold, thinking numbers for everyone could have been higher if they were warmer, but still an awesome comp…
Furious Pete said
July 19, 2008 @ 11:57 am
http://video.nbc5.com/player/?id=277147
Anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
He cast his lot with AICE. He couldn’t change if he wanted to. But he has a good thing going where he is, so there’s no reason for him to want to move.
anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
anonymous 9:13 am and 11:30am we know who you are. It doesnt take a genius to figure that out. . Now that you are sitting on a pot of gold i hope you know how to handle it and keep him happy. It’s a matter of time before he will get itchy for some serious cash and your $500 purses just wont cut it
Anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 3:39 pm
Arnie,
In order to get dense food down you have to use liquids. It is boring to watch someone drink the whole contest if they could just dip food in water and eat more considering that is what people want to see – eating not drinking. AICE is the real drinking league if that is all you can focus on; bite, drink, bite, drink, bite, drink, boring and stupid. You are right that it is picnic style – slow, leisure, and boring, and the $500 purses reflect that.
anony said
July 19, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
Too much hate here, and the majority seems to be coming from the AICE camp. Excellent eaters at that contest, especially Pete. There is a good point to be made about food drinking. And it’s bull to watch the IFOCE pros hold a handful of food in front of their faces after the contest ends and then continue to eat it. Must say though that it’s kinda creepy having the AICE judges look around in your mouth. Glad they just looked in my mouth and not in anywhere else. It would be nice to see a middleground between AICE and IFOCE on the way eaters are allowed to end the contest. Lastly, wow… Arnie is an incredible hurricane of craziness on the stage, very different from Shea bros. I don’t think you’ll ever see the Shea brothers run off the stage to pour a bottle of water on their heads. I don’t think they perspire.
R Zambito said
July 19, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
He says he was anorexic . A disease comparable with cancer. Some waste away to skin and bones others rebound and one in a million become competitive eaters. You have to give him alot of credit. When he eats it’s a treat for him because he is getting back all the nutrients he was deprived of when he suffered from the disease
talent scout said
July 19, 2008 @ 7:16 pm
Enough with this guy for god sake. He is not a top 5 eater in the IFOCE He can’t beat Sonya he can’t beat Pat he can’t beat Joey he can’t’ beat Humble bob he can’t beat Janus he can’t beat Lefevre i doubt he can even beat Juliet Lee . The rest he might be able to beat . Where does that leave him in the rankings ? 12 or 13 tops
Anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 9:17 pm
Furious Pete would wipe the floor up with every ifoce eater.
Anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
theres a new comp. eating superhero in town. Just the idle talk of having Furious Pete eat in the ifoce has joey chestnut shaking in his boots. If somehow Pete goes to krystals this yeart like canady did last year hell eat 120 miniburgers without the water. joey, koby, bob, tim go home. sonya and juliet will not show out of fear of furious pete.
Anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 9:33 pm
Congratulations Pete. When is your next contest? Will you have any competition at that one?
Anonymous said
July 19, 2008 @ 9:40 pm
Look at this: Same Day (from AICE website):
7/19/08- The Fury continues to dominate the Midwest: Furious Pete Czerwinski captures the 3rd Annual World Pastrami Eating Championship by setting a NEW WORLD RECORD by eating 5 .7 one- pound Reuben Sandwich in 8 minutes.
Does anyone still think he can’t beat Chumpnuts in a food eating contest?
The_Hungman said
July 19, 2008 @ 9:48 pm
Do you really think that Pete can beat the Hangman?
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 1:42 am
Furious Pete yu the man!
Gentleman Joe said
July 20, 2008 @ 1:53 am
Pete is the real deal, & should move into the Aice #1 spot.
My guess for the low #’s in Reuben’s (a record was set, but I coasted last yr., I predicted 8.5 for Furious Pete) is from the damage of the meatballs the night before. It affected me even though I still won the Bacci pizza eating contest, along w/the $1,500. prize.
Explain to me how you ifoce people can rank on Aice’s prize amounts when Pete won More for 1st than the entire purse @ the Casino in Oregon???
While there are some $500. & occasionally less contests in Aice as there are in the ifoce, comparitively if you take away 7/4 & mini burgers the prizes are becoming similar.
Aice has had more contests this year. You can’t count qualifiers! 15 qualifiers that end with a contest is ONE contest. Especially when you may or may not walk away with 60 lbs of dogs.
If you get paid $$$ for winning a qualifier, it may count seperately.
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 6:30 am
They need to write a book on Furious Petes super sonic rise to the top of the competitive eating world.
Analist said
July 20, 2008 @ 7:22 am
Pete, Joe, Ian could be a force in the IFOCE/MLE, the rest can forget it. most of their eaters couldn’t crack the top 154.
Furious Pete said
July 20, 2008 @ 7:33 am
Aww can’t we all just get along? 🙂
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 8:10 am
Well Pete, I told you once you were going to achieve great things in the competitive eating world, I never thought it was going to be that fast and you are already beating the best eaters in AICE, as someone said here, it would be good to see you sitting next to the IFOCE guys to see how you would do, I don’t doubt you will give a hard time to Pat, Tim, Joey and Kobayashi… it would be very interesting to see that
Eatchugmore (Alex from Panama)
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 9:39 am
Pete is way better than Joey and Yashi right now but if they improve a bit further thay might give Pete a run for his money.
North Pole said (Registered April 28, 2008)
July 20, 2008 @ 10:07 am
Pete is doing great, as are a lot of other eaters out there today. It doesn’t matter what people might think rankings would look like if there was just one group, because there isn’t just one group. Folks are happy in IFOCE and folks are happy in AICE. It would be great to see all of the best eaters eating against each other, but that just isn’t going to happen anytime soon.
How about we get this back to where it should be.
Pete – Great job on the Bartolini’s Meatballs and Pastrami Joe’s World Pastrami Eating Championship. You’re not too shabby for a Canadian. 😉
Ian – Way to win the Premio World Italian Sausage Eating Championship. (Show ’em how its done at the Bowie Baysox Burger Bonanza!!!)
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 10:11 am
My pole faces north.
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 10:15 am
Pete you are the beat eater in the world period.
maybe just maybe said
July 20, 2008 @ 10:59 am
Maybe an IFOCE guy should have the cojones to come to an AICE contest and see if they can hang with Pete.
IFOCE guys and gals are more than welcome to enter an AICE contest. The same can’t be said the other way around.
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 11:28 am
The ifoce guya snd gals would shit themselves after Pete, Ian, Joe, and Goose whooped them.They use that contract violation shit as an excuse so they can reason why they dont show.
Philly Guy said
July 20, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
Thanks for all the compliments, but I don’t think they’re deserved. I don’t even remember being in AICE. 😛
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
Philly guy your top 100 WLOCE material
Tom G said (Registered May 27, 2007)
July 20, 2008 @ 2:44 pm
As usual, a lot of noise, but no one is saying anything. Pete was truly outstanding. To put his effort into perspective some so-called top level guys could only manage between 50 to 60% of his total. He definitely earned all of his money this weekend, nearly $4 000 profit is a nice payout
Tonto said
July 20, 2008 @ 3:50 pm
I’m thinking Pete would be number 5 in IFOCE. I doubt he could be Tim Janus (at least not immediately), but he’s certainly better than Humble Bob.
North Pole said (Registered April 28, 2008)
July 20, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
Anonymous July 20, 2008 @ 10:11 am – Um, ok, but a little too much information. 🙂
There really is nothing keeping the IFOCE people from entering AICE events. All they would have to do is give up 20-30% of thier winnings to the Sheas, get banned from future IFOCE events, and learn the correct way to eat. I don’t see a downside.
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
Pete is the best eater on the plannet right now.
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Ive never been so excited about competitive eetin as Iyam rite now and its all because of furious pete. Way to go Pete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
Pete could do about 150 krystals in 8 minutes.
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 5:07 pm
Even though everyone pretty much conceeds right now that furious pete is the worlds very best eater he doesnt let it go to his head. Hes really quite a guy.
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
Its pretty obvious the ifoce eaters are scared freaks or they would be defending themselves but there all a bunch of cowards.
anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
It’s pretty obvious that you are an asshole. They are not cowards they are just ignoring the fools that masquerade as eaters . You guys are the ones that want the attention not the other way around
Anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
You know Im getting sick of supporting the ignoramuses of the inferior aice lweague when Im sticking my neck out for them and theyre not saying shit. Im done with this shit if you cant even add on. As a matter of fact I hope the ifoce girls kick all your asses and truthfully i think sonya thomas and juliet lee would kick petes ass like theres no tomorrow. I just didnt want to admit it To hell with you guys! Im done.
anonymous said
July 20, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
Anonymous said,
July 20, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
You know Im getting sick of supporting the ignoramuses of the inferior aice lweague when Im sticking my neck out for them and theyre not saying shit. Im done with this shit if you cant even add on. As a matter of fact I hope the ifoce girls kick all your asses and truthfully i think sonya thomas and juliet lee would kick petes ass like theres no tomorrow. I just didnt want to admit it To hell with you guys! Im done.
join the club i spent years sticking my neck out for the ifoce members and noone said shit to back me up either. Now you know who got your back if a bunch of guys jump you. You are on your own my friend
Furious Pete said
July 20, 2008 @ 10:25 pm
Wish I didn’t have to say this…but Eric “The Herald” Durst is Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo. Uh oh did I say this?
If he didn’t start bragging that he was going to kick everyones ass at Meatballs then I wouldn’t say this. He treats his body like shit and his thoughts on training are just dangerous…I just think its funny that an IFOCE eater has to cover up to be in an AICE contest…
I don’t think I’m ‘the best’ in the world….I know I’m good, but I don’t train for these comps. I enjoy the travelling, meeting new people and just having fun. I won’t bash the next person beside me, in fact only encourage them on…I’d be happy to compete with top IFOCE guys…not because I have a chance with them but because it would be a fun competition!
Philly Guy said
July 21, 2008 @ 1:12 am
Being I’m the person that knows Brad the best on this board. The worst thing you can do is call him out. Now that there is the slightest bit of pressure, he’ll shine. Most of his wing bowl prep was people telling him he had no shot and if it wasn’t for a bs call he might have won the whole thing. The kid is TNT. You don’t want to set him off.
Furious Pete said (Registered July 21, 2008)
July 21, 2008 @ 2:12 am
I don’t want to ‘set him off’…but why bother competing as someone other than yourself?
American Meatball Eating Championship said
July 21, 2008 @ 6:24 am
Brad Schuillo like several other IFOCE Food Drinkers thought they could come to AICE and take our money and found out that actually eating your food is alot more difficult than they realized. Unlike the IFOCE who seeks to control the market and treat its Eaters like equipment (strangely, some of the Food Drinkers derive a strange fascination from being “owned” by the Sheas) AICE has always kept the door open for Eaters who realize the con game (Which includes this site) that the Shea brothers have been running for more than a decade.
I realize some of you idiot Food Drinkers think that “Furious Pete” will go to the IFOCE. Pete is a person (Unlike the large majority of Food Drinkers) who has a social life outside of CE along with other interests and hobbies. Pete is not interested in doing dumb stuff to his body so he can jam a few extra food items down his throat. He clearly understands that AICE is a safer alternative to IFOCE and is not interested in become an obsessed Food Drinker.
By the way, Boy-George and Tricky Dick O’Shea (OJ Rifkin) its the American Meatball Eating Champuionship. Your constant attempts at portraying AICE as a minor league Eating organization (as evidenced by this blog) is becoming predictable and tiresome.
Rhonda Evans said
July 21, 2008 @ 8:19 am
Congratulations Pete! You are extremely talented and steadily improving. It’s not fair to Pete to put him on too lofty a pedestal at this time, however, and I think Pete would not vehemently disagree with me.
While Pete is an outstanding eater, he is far from being in the same class as a Koby, Joey, or Bertoletti, but who is? I do believe, however, that Pete, Goose, Ian, and Joe would be very competitive with the MLEs in the lower half of the IFOCE top 10, and that’s saying something in today’s CE world.
OH boy said
July 21, 2008 @ 8:29 am
Good job Pete for reporting the truth. Now the cat is out of the bag and the Shea’s really look like shit with that idiotic article “Brad we hardly knew ya” . Boy what a weekend of hell for the IFOCE brass First they find out that a #22 ranked eater decides to enter and participate in an aice event and to make matters worse the prize pupil Brad Sciullo retires only to surface in an aice meatball contest. As George Shea would say . “Ohhh Ohhh I havent been this emotional since the birth of my firstborn”
anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 8:36 am
Its official Eric Durst is AKA Brad Sciullo. What a lowlife to pull a move like that.
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 9:35 am
Is it really Brad? And why did he suck so bad?
Rhonda Evans said
July 21, 2008 @ 10:24 am
That “food drinker” label doesn’t work with meatballs. You don’t dunk meatballs in either organization. Try eating 100 meatballs in 10 minutes (like Sonya Thomas or Humble Bob).
If you want to use that tone AMEC, be thankful that no one of their caliber were there–or Pat, or Joey, or Tim. Brad Sciullo wasn’t even a top 10 IFOCE eater.
Furious Pete said (Registered July 21, 2008)
July 21, 2008 @ 10:26 am
I didn’t want to spark anything nor am I EVER going to comment on my thoughts of AICE or IFOCE…both are eating comps, some have more advantages over the other. However some are more suited to some individuals and other to…well others.
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
Arnie, how have you not realized that eatfeats is not a Shea-run website?!?
Tom G said (Registered May 27, 2007)
July 21, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
Arnie,
The issue is not weather Pete is interested in the IFOCE, the issue is if he is allowed or not. Based on what has happened before it is doubtful he would even be forever prohibited from entering those events if he wanted to or not. Maybe it is because they don’t want to be exposed as not being the absolute best; maybe it is because they are the Majore Leagues and are absolutely certain no one from the minor leagues could ever do well at that level. Whatever the reason it comes across as unprofessional and discourteous
Brad was able to finish in the top half of the entire field. That is proof he is exremely talented. Very few people could have come anywhere close to 50% of what Pete did and Brad even surpassed that by a little. Great guy, hope to see more of him in the future
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
Maybe Pete should just screw you all and go to WLOCE
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 1:46 pm
Arnie, How much money did you earn from the AICE last year?
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 2:29 pm
I heard that Ian is really Takeru.
I also heard that Pete is really Joey.
They all just morph through the matrix before a contest.
And fck the wloce, that is All Dale Boone – who is really Jesse Jackson.
Tonto said
July 21, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
I’m not convinced about a league run by Dale Boone either….Just posting a comment about it makes me want to go wash my hands.
Brad "Say It Ain't So" Sciullo said
July 21, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
If Brad actually did do the meatball contest, does anyone have any pics of him in action, to prove that it was him??
Furious Pete said (Registered July 21, 2008)
July 21, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
does WLOCE have any contests even? LOL
How did you guess the secret? We are all actually 3 different eaters…we morph into whatever we need to be to compete in IFOCE, AICE and over in Japan 😉
Furious Pete said (Registered July 21, 2008)
July 21, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
Hey Tom…what should I do if My jaw locks?
Maybe down a ton of water and punch myself in the face? LOL
Rhonda Evans said
July 21, 2008 @ 3:12 pm
No, if Pete were Joey he would have eaten about 80-90 meatballs. 🙂
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 3:12 pm
Why is Pete furious?
Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)
July 21, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
Word to the wise. When they say ‘It’s Not About The Money’ you can bet your sweet ass that it’s about the money. That applies to everything, not just this.
Rhonda Evans said
July 21, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
With a few exceptions (like Rich LeFevre), I agree Steak. Generally, the ones who say that either have plenty of/are not worried about money OR haven’t enough talent in the endeavor of choice to make a dent.
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
Arnie, seriously…you say the Sheas are greedy for profiting from their eaters, so I wonder where you fit in. Are you profiting from your work behind the scenes or on the microphone?
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
So I see big mouth Pete is chicken to eat with Dale Boone
You win what one or two contests you the next big thing .
shut you mouth til you beat everyone.
Boone beating people from all over the world .
til you can beat him you next to noting .
He is World Champion
I know what I earned in AICE said
July 21, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
And it’s more than 90 percent of the IFOCE eaters.
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
I like money.
"Tiny" said (Registered March 5, 2008)
July 21, 2008 @ 5:22 pm
Yo Pete. How are you feeling with all of these comments of aice and ifoce (wloce dont count for shit) surrounding you?
Congrats on the great job this weekend.
Be happy that you were not in Boston. The sausage grossed me out fast. That shit was nasty. I performed terribly.
Hopefully I’ll get my chance to see you eat at the same table as me soon. For sure if Dickeys goes to the tourney.
Keep your head up Pete. All of those “food drinkers” want you to join them.
“May the force be with you – do not join the dark side Luke”.
Furious Pete said
July 21, 2008 @ 7:10 pm
So much hate here :(…
One day we will all live in harmony…okay maybe not…but maybe we’ll agree to a thing or two…lol.
jumby said
July 21, 2008 @ 7:32 pm
“May the force be with you – do not join the dark side Lukeâ€. lmao tiny xD
Yah people really need to stop flaming each other so much
GO PETE
North Pole said (Registered April 28, 2008)
July 21, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
Blah Blah Blah Pete. Blah Blah Blah, Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah. Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah.
Anonymous said
July 21, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
Well what do you know? STILL nothing but hate out here. Mostly a bunch of IFOCE no ones bickering about who is best.
MY DAD CAN BEAT UP YOUR DAD……Who gives a flying rubber rats ass……I mean seriously.
Pete put on a very impressive performance in Meatballs. He went in the 3rd of 3 heats……his meatballs were even colder than everyone else’s. That fact alone makes his victory that much more impressive. Great job Pete and it was good to finally meet you. Congrats on the Reubens as well…..I heard they were MUCH larger than last years. I thought it was especially funny that you kicked Joe out of “his” room at the hotel. ; )
Ignore the nay sayers…..you are truly a great eater who deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Kobi, Chestnut and Pat.
The true class guys in the IFOCE are their top guys…….all the jabs are from wannabees who have nothing better to do than to ride the shirt tails of the IFOCE upper ranks. Pretty weak minded individuals……especially when they come into our contests talking smack only to get half tracked. At least they knew better than to run their mouths after the competition.
I will say that meeting Justin Mih at sausage was a tribute to how the “good guys” of the IFOCE act. He is a stand up guy….wish we could have found him after the contest to knock a couple of cold ones back with us.
Great job again Pete. Superior performances on what so far has been AICE’s best weekend to date.
And for whoever is throwing shots at ARNIE about money that he has made from AICE forget about it. He gives WAY, WAY more to the eaters and their accomodations than he EVER pockets. I know for sure what his earnings from AICE are. He doesn’t make what his top eaters make on the contests. He does CE for the sheer pleasure of it………not for the money. I am sure the Shea’s make plenty because we have never seen them sitting at a CE table. No offense to them but it is a point that everyone should consider.
Spoken truly, as to be expected from me.
VAC
and wordy lol that’s what happens when you only post a couple of times a year
Furious Pete said (Registered July 21, 2008)
July 21, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
Oh hai North Pole LOL…
Didn’t think I would be the topic of discussion so much…
Tom G said (Registered May 27, 2007)
July 21, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
Pete,
If you aren’t training to keep your jaw strong you aren’t respecting the sport
Furious Pete said (Registered July 21, 2008)
July 21, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
Clearly Tom…LOL
FnF said
July 21, 2008 @ 10:51 pm
Pete will RULE the world very soon 😀 He is the absolute BEST !!!!!!!!!! And I am proud to know him. He is a down to earth guy and doesnt let any of this go to his head.
Anonymous said
July 22, 2008 @ 1:34 am
guys it’s an EATING CONTEST. CALM DOWN.
The_Hungman said
July 22, 2008 @ 6:09 am
Obviously you have not met the Hangman? He rules the world.
Kenny said
July 22, 2008 @ 8:30 am
Very obvious that Pete is writing most of the posts .
joey b said
July 22, 2008 @ 8:34 am
Rhonda, I disagree to say it is not fair to put Pete in the top 5 eaters in the country. I am certain he is willing to compete against any of them. Due to contractual BS the same can not be said for the top 3 Feds. Shame the top 3 don’t have any personal freedom to sit down over a steak and sort it out.
Rhonda Evans said
July 22, 2008 @ 9:34 am
Joey B you have a point, for sure. My statement is simply my opinion. But when I look at the quantities of food eaten (even in the nondunking events) by Joey, Pat, Koby, Tim, and Sonya … Pete isn’t quite there yet.
Check out the records page at the IFOCE site and look at the nondunking foods like ribs, chicken wings, pulled pork bbq sandwiches, shoo-fly pie, strawberry shortcake, oysters, lobster, jalapeno peppers, turkey, cranberry sauce, hard-boiled eggs, grits, gyoza, bratwurst, etc, etc, etc.
I can’t envision Pete doing anything even close to those totals, at least not yet.
This is not a knock against him in any way. Pete’s new to CE and continues to improve. He seems to be as good as all those I mentioned above (except Koby) when they were in their first year.
North Pole said (Registered April 28, 2008)
July 22, 2008 @ 9:36 am
I don’t think there is anything stopping the IFOCE eaters from going up against Pete (since this thread is about Pete) or any of the other AICE people, except the fact that they might not win. I’m not going to get into who might win what event or anything like that. It works out real good for the IFOCE folks that they can sit back and say that they aren’t allowed to do non-IFOCE events. What’s the IFOCE going to do if thier top 10 eaters say they are going to do an AICE event? Will the Sheas ban their money-makers? Will AICE let them eat, since they know the problems that it could cause for the eaters to eat outside of IFOCE and AICE is about the support the eaters?
Rhonda Evans said
July 22, 2008 @ 10:09 am
I have heard—-I’m getting this second-hand, but I believe the source—- that more than a handful of the top ML eaters have consulted the Sheas to allow it, but to no avail.
Here’s an idea: Last year Joe and Elizabeth were allowed to try their hands at Krystals qualifiers. Why doesn’t Pete venture in and start off with a lightweight like Sonya during her qualifier. Then, once he topples her he can check out Pat Bertoletti.
Gentleman Joe said
July 22, 2008 @ 11:48 am
Rhonda,
Rubber Gut & I weren’t really allowed in. We just showed up like everyone else w/out anyone from the ifoce there. I wasn’t allowed to do the 8 min qualifier, though I knew that was highly likely. I don’t recall if Elizabeth was allowed or not.
My guess is that the lovely (drool) Krystal Kitty & the rest of the Krystal gang, will be under orders not to allow that to happen again.
Oemor said
July 22, 2008 @ 11:51 am
When will the Krystal qualifier dates be announced? I want to see Juliet eat this year.
Rhonda Evans said
July 22, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Thanks Joe … I u/s.
Anonymous said
July 22, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
He’ll be banned from 2 minute qualifiers too. Rubber Gut and Joe wouldn’t be allowed again either. It wasn’t supposed to happen. It won’t happen again.
crawfish said (Registered May 24, 2008)
July 22, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
GJoe,
Rubber Gut was allowed in Krystal Square Off qualifier in Jacksonville, FL and she
came in 2nd.
http://eatfeats.com/query.php?_table=contests&id=741
Anonymous said
July 22, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
And she’s since been banned.
It’s because no one knew who she was. How many contests did she have under her belt before that event? One? She had no history.
Rhonda Evans said
July 22, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
Oh yeah … her. As my BF has been overheard saying, Krystal “Boy-oi-oi-oi-yinnggg!” Kitty …
Anonymous said
July 22, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
Or none. So she was IFOCE before she was AICE.
Furious Pete said (Registered July 21, 2008)
July 22, 2008 @ 8:37 pm
Kenny I’ve made all the comments that say ‘Furious Pete said,”
that is all…