From macon.com article:

1st: ‘Humble’ Bob Shoudt, Royersford, Pa., 29 burgers
2nd: Bubba Yarbrough, Newnan, 25 burgers
3rd: Hall Hunt, Gainesville, Fla., 24 burgers

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dallasnews.com has an article (registration required) about the Krystal Square Off qualifier at the State Fair of Texas. Rich LeFevre won the contest by eating 35 burgers. No other competitors or totals were listed. Hopefully Carlene recovered sufficiently from her hospital stay to make the trip with her husband.

Updated 10/3 11:33 PM top 3 (from ifoce.com)

1. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre 35 burgers
2. Kurtis Wright, 22 burgers
3. Levi Oliver, 21 burgers

The ifoce.com writeup mentions that Carlene was present. Hopefully she will complete her recovery soon and return to competition if she desires.

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The Memphis Commercial Appeal has an article about Sunday’s Krystal Square Off qualifier at the Mid South Fair. The majority of the article is about a Baylor medical student who competed after evacuating to Memphis to avoid Rita. Tennessean Sam Vise finished in first place with 33 burgers. Thomas Petrowski was 3rd with 22 burgers. (2nd place was not listed)

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September 17 GoldenPalace.com grilled cheese qualifier, Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City

From newsok.com: (video available and registration required)

1. Crazy Legs Conti, NYC, 17.5 sandwiches
2. Ryan Delano, Oklahoma City,17 sandwiches
3. Levi Oliver, Austin, TX 14 sandwiches

September 18 Krystal Square Off, Gwinnett County Fair, North Atlanta, GA

From ajc.com:

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus, NYC, 39 Krystals
2. Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough, 27 Krystals
3. Shaun Kessler, 26 Krystals

September 18 GoldenPalace.com grilled cheese qualifier, Salt Lake City, UT
(updated 9/19 10:51 pm) (from ifoce.com and bigbrian.org) Ron Koch wins with 18.5 sandwiches. (No other finishers are listed) “Big” Brian Subich misses the contest due to a missed connecting flight in Phoenix.

I have been unable to find an article about the contest in the Salt Lake City papers, but I have found a polygamy news section

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The Krystal restaurant chain’s website has a page devoted to its hamburger eating contest. The page is in flash and is very slick, but slow loading and lacking the capability to link to any of its subpages. No contest results or pictures of the 2005 contest circuit have been added. It is surprising that Krystal would spend a considerable amount of money on web design and not bother to keep that site up to date. The site has a “safety rules” link which advises against training at home and a “start training” link offering the nearest franchise location. The site also has a “trash talk” link which produces an error, which is probably a good thing as there is probably a sufficient amount of trash talking in competitive eating.

In more Krystal news, Badlands Booker won the Nashville qualifier on Sunday with 44 burgers. Patrick Bertoletti and Donkey Kong Zakerski finished 2nd and 3rd.

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The UTC student paper has an article about a 2 minute preliminary Krystal contest open to UTC students only. Crystal Morris, the only female in the contest, managed 6 burgers. The best 10 eaters in Krystal preliminaries will advance to a second round contest whose winner will compete in the main Krystal contest.

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Sonya Thomas broke her 2 event losing streak Monday at the Chattanooga Krystal burger qualifer, defeating Joey Chestnut in her fourth epic battle with the rookie in the past month. Her total of 57 hamburgers beat Joey Chestnut by one burger and bested her mark last year by 11 burgers. Surprisingly, Sonya does not mention the contest results on her website.

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The University of Chattanooga student paper describes “eat-in” contests to be held over the weekend to select 10 Chattanooga residents to compete in Monday’s qualifier contest against Sonya Thomas and other top IFOCE eaters.

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