Burritos for Life second round contest – Greensboro, NC

August 15, 2006 at 12:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Greensboro, Unafilliated Contests

The Greensboro (NC) News-Record blog has a writeup of the second round Moe’s Burrito for Life contest. One of the contestants was police reporter Eric Townsend

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  1. THE TRUTH HURTS said

    August 15, 2006 @ 5:38 pm

    wouldnt surprise me if a couple of ifoce members snuck into this event wearing a disguise. What some people will do for a buck these days

  2. Philly Guy said

    August 15, 2006 @ 7:06 pm

    Probably not, but if so those greedy eaters with that great guaranteed salary. Why would anyone do that?

  3. Gentleman Joe said

    August 15, 2006 @ 8:04 pm

    I’ve heard that with the $$$ on this one, nearly everbody tried to get in, ala Hardy et al w/ a spice company’s seafood contest. That near everybody includes me.

  4. Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)

    August 16, 2006 @ 6:53 am

    I had the best performance of my short careerat moes. 3 Joey Bag of Donuts Burritos in 2:23….then I was declared ineligible. Has anyone heard of a better time for the first round? 60K down the drain……..

  5. Philly Guy said

    August 16, 2006 @ 9:19 am

    One of the few times an eater is pissed to be ranked.

  6. Anonymous Coward said

    August 16, 2006 @ 9:39 am

    Steakbellie,

    That’s the best time I’ve heard of. The rules define a “Professional Eater” as someone who has been ranked for a year. How long have you been ranked by IFOCE? You could probably have contested it. PS How did you get ranked? Have you won any IFOCE events or did you get ranked just by participating?

  7. savage said

    August 16, 2006 @ 10:11 am

    Steakbellie, I got beat by a college kid in just over two minutes. I was stunned and very impressed.

  8. Gentleman Joe said

    August 16, 2006 @ 1:47 pm

    I was thrown out before I competed, rebutted what they had, competed in 2:03 for 3 burritos. Was sent wo more things that I rebutted, they said they’d check w/promotion company, then threw me out again.

    I’m not throwning out the name, but theres someone claiming under 2 minutes for the 3 burritos.

    I can’t believe the audacity, after throwing me out, they asked me to rat out others?!? I wouldn’t rat out Kobe or Chestnut, never mind anyone else

  9. Mr Negativity said

    August 16, 2006 @ 2:06 pm

    I was in that contest and was ratted out

  10. Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)

    August 16, 2006 @ 2:28 pm

    Coward,
    I’ve done lots of Regional Stuff, and did pretty good for a beginner. No Wins other than first round at Moes. I think I was ranked mostly because I’m fun at parties. I’m aware of the ‘ranked for a year’ rule but it was made clear to me that I would not be allowed to go any further.

    GJoe & Savage,
    I’m releaved to hear that there are better times than mine. It would suck to go through life wondering……thanks

  11. Laura said

    August 16, 2006 @ 7:43 pm

    My boyfriend won a qualifier last month. Ate three in less than 3:20 and then became ranked five days after the event. Moe’s strung him along until the day before the next qualifier and then sent him an email with a quote from the lawyers which basically said they dont care what they said originally in the rules, that they could deem you ineligible if they wanted. This was after lying to him and hanging up on him a few times. We foresaw the possibility of this happening, but Moe’s went about it in a totally dickhead way.

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