krystalsquareoff.com has a report on today’s 2 minute prequalifiers. Arturo Rios, another northeastern eater heading west, had today’s best mark of 21 burgers. Rich LeFevre managed 18. The strength of the field makes conceivable that all four wild card entrants could come from Memphis.

updated – the full Memphis roster is now available

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IFOCE.com has a list of the expected out of town eaters at Sunday’s Krystal qualifier in Memphis which include:

Tim Janus
Rich LeFevre (will compete in 2 minute contest Sat.)
Seaver Miller
Sam Vise
Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston
Chris “the Mad Greek” Abatsas
Jim Hamrick

Updated krystalsquareoff.com has a preview mentioning Steakbellie and Wing Kong of Drexel Hill, PA

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(From krystal-lovers) Videos from the Chattanooga, Jacksonville and Nashville qualifiers are now available at krystalsquareoff.com The other qualifiers and Bob Shoudt’s 2 minute record attempt should be online in the near future. I am looking forward to seeing the end of the Atlanta qualifier.

Updated 12:30am – truefan has an Atlanta video and gallery – thanks steakbellie

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Be on the lookout for whaling boats on the Mississippi. IFOCE announces that Tim Janus will compete in the Memphis Krystal Square Off qualifier Sunday despite being virtually guaranteed a wild card entry into the finals.

IFOCE also warns that the 5 second dunking rule might be more strictly enforced in future Krystal contests.

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4:39 The official count is Simpson 53, Janus 52.5 Chip lead throughout the contest, but Eater X had an impressive last minute rally. Tim Janus is almost certainly guaranteed a wildcard spot

9:53 Full results are available at krystalsquareoff.com Justin Mih continued a string of impressive performances with 33. I assume the “mystery eater” from the Waffle House contest did not show up.

(Thanks Brian Cooley) 11:01 Chip Simpson makes the front page of ajc.com, which has an article that requires registration or bugmenot.com

The liveblog is available after the jump

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The full Atlanta qualifier roster has been posted at krystalsquareoff.com. Justin Mih and Brian Subich will join the northern invaders.

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krystalsquareoff reports that Dale Boone appeared at the preliminary qualifier held at the Georgia Tech football stadium last night and said he would be reinstated soon.

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Micah “Wing Kong” Collins is travelling to Memphis for the Krystal qualifier with steakbellie. He has several entries about his preparation in his blog at http://conundrum54.blogspot.com/ Wing Kong is considering changing his nickname to Carnage and adopting a bad guy persona.

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(Thanks Brian Cooley) Metropulse has an article about Sunday’s Krystal Square Off qualifier in Knoxville

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Hall “Hoover” Hunt has some pictures from the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier in his flickr gallery.

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Krystalsquareoff.com announces that Tim “Eater X” Janus and Chip “Burger” Simpson are expected at the Atlanta qualifier. This will be the first matchup of top 10 ranked eaters in a qualifier. Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough and Paul “BoneBreaker” Barlow are among the expected entrants representing Georgia. The contest could see the return of the mystery eater who reportedly gave Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas everything they could handle at the waffle eating contest before DQing.

Updated 3:07 pm – The preliminaries will be held throughout the Atlanta area and will start tomorrow at the Georgia Tech football stadium:

September 21 Georgia Tech Football 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
September 22 Southlake Mall 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
September 23 Cumberland Mall 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
September 24 Local Finals–Lenox Square 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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I have added a list of the Krystal qualifiers and wild card leaders in the sidebar.

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Memphis Eyewitness News has a preview of the Krystal qualifier to be held October 1. No expected entrants are listed in the article.

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krystal-lovers has a post responding to the criticism of the webcam The main issue appears to be that the wireless internet provider they are using does not have sufficient upload speed.

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Steakbellie has decided to compete in the Krystal qualifier in Memphis. He currently has three blog entries describing his preparation: Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3.

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from krystalsquareoff.com

1. Pat Bertoletti 48
2. Arturo Rios 35
3. Juris Shibayama 34
4. Larry McNeil 28

Updated 9/18 1:02 pm – full results are available

The liveblog of the webcast is available after the jump
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krystalsquareoff.com has the list of expected competitors in today’s qualifier in Knoxville. The webcast should start around 6pm eastern.

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(from http://krystal-lover.blogspot.com/) A clip of “Humble” Bob Shoudt attempting to break the two minute Krystal record last week has been uploaded to youtube. Hopefully the full qualifiers can be posted in the future.

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The new poll asks what you think the minimum number of burgers will be needed to win a Krystal Square Off wild card slot. The current cutoff is 33 burgers after three qualifiers and five remaining.

This concludes the “Trenchie Award” series of polls. The results of those votes can be seen at http://eatfeats.com/wp-polls.php Thank you for voting.

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The leaders for the four Krystal Square Off wildcard slots are listed below. The current cutoff is 33 burgers.

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from hallhooverhunt.blogspot.com: Jacksonville.com has three galleries of the Krystal qualifier held in Jacksonville on Labor Day weekend.

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krystalsquareoff.com has the roster for tomorrow’s qualifier in Nashville. Ranked eaters expected are:

Humble Bob Shoudt (IFOCE #5)
Erik “The Red” Denmark (IFOCE #12)
Jim Hamrick (IFOCE #27)
Kevin Carr (IFOCE #31)

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“Humble” Bob Shoudt will attempt to break Joey Chestnut’s record for Krystal burgers eaten in 2 minutes on the webcam at krystalsquareoff.com today at 11 am eastern.

Updated 5:39 pm – Humble Bob tied Joey Chestnut’s record of 28 Krystal burgers in 2 minutes. krystalsquareoff.com has a report.

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Krystalsquareoff.com announces that the Chattanooga and Jacksonville Krystal finals will be rerun tomorrow at noon eastern.

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The Tennessean has a preview of Sunday’s Krystal qualifier at the Tennessee State Fair. “Humble” Bob Shoudt the only expected entrant listed. Shoudt believes he can set the world Krystal record. Shoudt will attempt to break Joey Chestnut’s 2 minute record on Saturday at 11 am

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