Accurate posole results
The Cibola Beacon has an article about the posole contest with a different list of results than can be found on IFOCE.com:
World Posole Eating Championships
1st Place – Pat Bertoletti $1000 – 9lbs, 2.25 oz
2nd Place – Tim Janus $500 – 8lbs, 10.75 oz
3rd Place – Rich Lafevre $350 – 8lbs, 8 oz
4th Place – Erik Denmark $250 – 7lbs, 5 oz
5th Place – Marco Marquez $150
I am rather disappointed at being lied to and made a fool of and this will probably affect the future direction of eatfeats. 🙁 Thanks to the people who alerted me that something was fishy this morning.
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Rhonda Evans said
November 21, 2006 @ 9:02 am
Yeah it was real funny. Just like the accuracy of the totals of this and probably many other contests. I have lost a considerable amount of respect for “the game” of “masquerade eating, guess who I am?” “I’ve better things to attend to.
Rhonda Evans said
November 21, 2006 @ 9:05 am
Also, is Tim gay? If so, he fooled me too.
Liz and Krista said
November 21, 2006 @ 10:50 am
You’re no more a fool than the rest of us who weren’t there. C’mon, it’s actually pretty funny if you think about it. I think our excitement just says a lot about how much we really would welcome a new female competitor.
Ed Charles said
November 21, 2006 @ 1:01 pm
Without question Tim Janus destroyed his image with a stunt like that. Now people are going to wonder if he is some type of cross dresser or a queer. Another one of his bright ideas down the drain like the house of pain gang he attempted to form a few months ago
Rhonda Evans said
November 21, 2006 @ 1:13 pm
Maybe in the thing we used to know as “Eater X” we ARE SEEING a new female competitor. Male OR female, he/she/it/whatever did a fairly good job, if you can believe the totals. But they’re probably fabrications too.
Johnny B said
November 21, 2006 @ 1:19 pm
I don’t know why everyone is taking this so seriously, it was funny. Also, tim is not gay. Whoever is angry needs to take a step back and realize that this is competitive eating after all, a little flair and pizazz is allways needed.
Rhonda Evans said
November 21, 2006 @ 1:20 pm
If Tim’s at the Turkey event tommorrow, I wonder how she’ll fair against the other eater of similar gender? She’ll (Tim) certainly have her work cut out.
Liz and Krista said
November 21, 2006 @ 1:23 pm
“Queer”? Please, are we in 2nd grade?
Liz said
November 21, 2006 @ 1:24 pm
Oops, keep forgetting to change the name. Just Liz here.
Deep Throat said (Registered November 17, 2006)
November 21, 2006 @ 2:15 pm
OK, here are a few more secrets. For those that can not take it, skip this post.
El Toro is not really a bull, he has just been playing one.
Boone is not a direct nor an indirect descendant of Daniel Boone from the history books. He also is not a media draw of any kind. You mean the press comes to see someone at the end of the table?
Joe LaRue is not the link between Man and anything. He really is just a man.
Rich LeFevre is not a Locust. That is his nickname only.
No eater ever ate 15 bowls of Captain Crunch dry, wrecked their mouth, then vowed to enter an IFOCE event.
ChipBurger is not really Chip Simpson’s first name.
Erik Denmark may get a burn if he stays in the sun too long but he is not really Red.
I have never seen Jim Hamrick with a hammer, nor does he look like a hammer, nor does he dance like MC Hammer.
Cheers
Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)
November 21, 2006 @ 2:18 pm
I completely bought in. Having other eaters help with the joke and some conveniently poor photography made for a great prank. I went to bed excited that CE had another woman competitor, and some self-pity that someone could just walk in off the street and beat the great Locust (the self pity was that it wasnt me doing it).
I laughed outloud in my office when Nancy Drew figured it out……thanks guys that was pretty funny. Agent Thirty-Nine would be proud.
Rhonda Evans is a man too said
November 21, 2006 @ 2:21 pm
Who else is sick of Rhonda “Faker” Evans. You are no more a woman than Helen Haggerty is. Just admit it. You are only here to stir up trouble and while entertaining, I’m begining to get tired of the charade.
truth be it said
November 21, 2006 @ 2:36 pm
I agree very annoying person especially when she or he whips out all those stats like this is the only thing she has going for her in her life
Erik the Red said (Registered January 9, 2006)
November 21, 2006 @ 2:39 pm
Don’t be upset OJ, Hellen was not trying to hurt anyone and definitely was not trying to make you out to be a fool. I guess the questions is, if you were in on it, would you have kept it a secret or would your journalistic malor be too much to overcome? I think the answer is that everyone respects you too much as a journalist and would not ask you to compromise that, so you had to be left in the dark.
It is no conspiracy either, everyone needs an alter-ego or an opposite sex equivalent to themselves. Most men could not pull off a mini-skirt so it is not even an option. Hellen has a nice personality and a nice rack so hopefully she will be back for more competitions even with all of the controversy she caused.
Rhonda Evans said
November 21, 2006 @ 2:41 pm
Nice try Rhonda Evans is a man too. You made your bed. Now sleep in it!
Wild Bill said (Registered September 19, 2006)
November 21, 2006 @ 2:43 pm
The numbers posted for the event are accurate.
Rhonda Evans said
November 21, 2006 @ 2:44 pm
OK Wild Bill. I believe it if you say so. I just didn’t know the extent of the reality vs fantasy.
HENRY THE THIRD said
November 21, 2006 @ 2:53 pm
there are certain eaters whose names i wont mention that are consistantly out of the money and they fabricate their totals just so they could say they finished ahead of this one and that one. What sad shit which translates “nothing else in their life that is meaningfull”
Anonymous Coward said
November 21, 2006 @ 2:58 pm
I kind of agree with steak on this one. Hellen allowed me to live out my dream vicariously. That Cinderella story of walking out of the crowd and stunning everyone in the audience by besting a large group of pros. Still, I would prefer that this not become a recurring joke.
P.S. Tim/Hellen’s new theme song should be Funky Cold Medina.
Erik the Red said (Registered January 9, 2006)
November 21, 2006 @ 3:22 pm
OJ is very upset and hurt I can see, he/she removed the links to SkinnyBoy’s and Eater X’s blogs off of the sidebar.
Rhonda Evans said
November 21, 2006 @ 3:31 pm
That’s just the beginning. OJ does more for this sport in keeping data and has a right to do as he / she wishes. OJ is not being mean, but feels very used and made a fool of. I’m sure that cool heads will prevail in the end and OJ will do the right thing for the sport, whatever that is. Good on you OJ!
Rhonda Evans said
November 21, 2006 @ 3:39 pm
Truth be it ———– I’m proficient in all I do. Lots of endeavors. Maintaining many interests helps one stay well rounded. I see you’re reading many of my posts, by the way. Savor the flavor.
Jake from SF said
November 21, 2006 @ 3:48 pm
Henry the Third you have got to give up at least a couple examples of competitive eaters who have fabricated their totals? I mean if the official results are always release by the IFOCE or another sanctioning body how can someone just say they ate a certain amount when there actual total is listed officially? The only occurrence of this I can think of that could be related to your accusations is what one competitive eater complained about at this years Nathan’s involving their total hot dogs recorded. Is this one event you are referring to?
Rhonda Evans is a man too said
November 21, 2006 @ 4:36 pm
Um, Rhonda “Faker” Evans – your comment to me didn’t even make sense. What Bed? I’m not even sleepy.
Mega Munch said
November 21, 2006 @ 4:43 pm
I’m in the Liz/Steakbellie camp. Harmless fun. Sure, I was excited at the idea of having a new female phenom enter the sport, but I chuckled when the truth came out.
And Deep Throat nailed it. This is a sport that makes it’s living on embracing perrsonalities…personalities that are often exaggerated or completely different from who the eater’s are in real life.
I think some of us wanted it to be true really badly because we love competitive eating and we know how cool it would be if Helen were real. Those that wanted it really REALLY badly maybe felt a little angry or deceived. It’s understandable. Sorta like when some of us found out about Santa Claus.
Mega Munch said
November 21, 2006 @ 4:46 pm
And for any kids reading this blog, by “found out about Santa Claus” I mean found out that he…uhh, doesn’t really like egg nog as much as most of us thought. He’s finnicky like that.
Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)
November 21, 2006 @ 4:49 pm
YAY!
Liz and I have a camp named after us!
Rufus said
November 22, 2006 @ 9:53 am
Actually I think it would be good for the CE if it turns out that Janus is gay or is a cross dresser. It’s kind of surprising that this is the direction that CE is going in. Then again there are three formats to excel, which can be as an eater, as someone who markets the sport, or as an oddball. I think all three will attract attention. Tim’s just coming out of the closet, or is it pantry.
Wild Bill said (Registered September 19, 2006)
November 22, 2006 @ 10:27 am
I’m with Jake from SF – Henry The Third – if you have proof that numbers were recorded incorrectly, please name names. It is really lame to make accusations without anything to back them up.
Kevin Carr said (Registered April 21, 2006)
November 22, 2006 @ 10:30 am
I have to say that I found this to be one of the funniest and most clever stunts pulled at an IFOCE event. I understand if OJ feels duped, but it was all in good fun. I support Tim totally in this – he’s the Andy Kaufman of competitive eating.
I fell for the gag hook, line and sinker. I don’t think there was anything malicious about it, and it was a hoot.