Krystal Square Off V finals previews
- Times Free Press article and video
- WDEF blog entry with video (from Fred Patech)
- Blog entry and gallery about today’s autograph session
- Hall Hunt blog entry
- Sponichi article in Japanese
Link Buffet: September 27, 2008
- Pat Bertoletti has a report on the Czech plum dumpling contest
- Rerun listing of the KSO V broadcast
- KSO V Press conference gallery and video
- Erik Denmark feels more positive about missing the Krystal finals
- Ginormous Burger Challenge finisher receives free T-shirt a year after completing the burger, along with some cookies to apologize for the delay
- Second Philadelphia Eagle ice cream qualifier report (from megamunch)
Kobayashi arrives in Chattanooga
WDEF has a blog entry about Kobayashi’s appearance today at a Chattanooga Krystal. Kobayashi has a message for Joey Chestnut in an embedded video.
Bodog is taking bets on Krystal Square OFF V. In addition to betting on the winner (the amateur is available at 99 to 1 odds) there are several proposition bets.
In other local television news, Pete Davekos will appear on the Fox 25 morning news to promote the Garlicky Greens eating contest at b.good.
New Poll: KSO V winner
The new poll asks who you think will win Sunday’s Krystal Square Off finals.
Paul Barlow predicts that Kobayashi will eat 110 burgers to edge Joey Chestnut by 3 in his myspace blog.
Link Buffet: September 25, 2008
- Kobayashi checks into a hospital, but recovers and practices with 100 burgers and plays the MLE video game
- Articles in the UAB and UTC student papers about the Krystal Square Off
- Home page for Elliot “The Bone Collector” Rader, who has won several Chicago contests (from AICE news)
- Entry form for local competitors in the Garlicky Greens contest
- Competitive Eater Ben Griffith wins the trip to the Krystal finals
- Don Lerman is questioning his future in competitive eating
Erik Denmark’s top 10 on missing the Krystal finals
Erik Denmark has a blog entry about the Memphis Krystal qualifier which concludes with his top 10 benefits of missing the Krystal Square Off finals. His final 3 items in the list:
3 – Not having to convince my friends and family to get in their car and drive 60 miles to the nearest bar that carries FSN South to watch me for a split second while the camera pans to the middle of the table
2 – Avoid the depressing realization that I won’t get the final burger count because I have to sprint off the stage and straight to the airport to catch the last flight back to Seattle because it is Sunday and I have to work tomorrow
1 – I still have a chance to win a contest and a title in Lewisville on Saturday!
Link Buffet: September 24, 2008
- Videos and galleries of Birmingham and Memphis Krystal qualifiers available
- Brown students attempt Spike’s hot dog challenge
- Picture from eating contest held in Beijing during the Olympics
- Don Lerman gets an impostor on his own blog
- FutureFeed sees a “glass ceiling” in the fact that only 2 of the IFOCE top 50 are females (6 of the AICE top 50 are women)
Eaters with 5+ KSO qualifier appearances
A listing of eaters who have competed in 5 or more Krystal Square Off finals qualifiers according to the eatfeats database follows:
Sonya Thomas on KSO V finals absence
Sonya Thomas has updated her website to mention that she will not be competing in this year’s Krystal finals, but does not provide much information on the reasons for her absence.
Last year Sonya Thomas also reported that she would miss the KSO IV finals due to a work related schedule conflict, but that conflict was resolved.
Link Buffet: September 23, 2008
- Jill Stoler has reports on the bun & cheese and loukoumades eating contests she competed in this weekend.
- If you missed the update below, Sonya Thomas declined her wild card slot which will go to Crazy Legs Conti
- Krystal amateurs Info: Sackful challenge pregame contest for pairs (
$500$100 prize), finals slot registration - Saint Louis Sushi gallery. The top 3 – last years winner did not repeat, the winner is not named
- Mount Union College hot dog contest
- Phoenix area hot dog contest with qualifiers for high school students
- “Furious” Pete to do eating contests at the Mr. Olympia expo this weekend
Krystal Square Off broadcast information
Zap2It.com has broadcast information about the Krystal Square Off finals. It does not appear that the program will be rerun in the immediate future, but it will not be preceded by live programming that could pre-empt it.
Rich and Sonya go 5 for 5 in KSO finals
The results of today’s Memphis qualifier have kept two streaks alive. Rich Lefevre and Sonya Thomas are the only American eaters to have qualified for all five Krystal Square Off finals. A list of eaters who have qualified 3 or more times follows:
update IFOCE.com reports that Sonya Thomas has declined to attend the finals and that Crazy Legs Conti will take her slot.
Rich LeFevre wins Memphis Krystal qualifier
The Krystal Square Off twitter has the top 3 of this afternoon’s qualifier in Memphis:
1. Rich LeFevre 52 burgers
2. Juris Shibayama 51
3. Erik Denmark 50
If these are the official results the 3 wild cards will be:
1. Sonya Thomas 55
2. Juris Shibayama 51
3. Badlands Booker 51
If a fourth wild card is added Crazy Legs Conti or Erik Denmark would claim the slot with 50 burgers depending on whether Conti broke Denmark’s previous result of 43.
Memphis qualifier expected entrants
The Krystal Square Off blog has a preview of today’s qualifier in Memphis. Listed ranked entrants include Rich LeFevre, Crazy Legs Conti, Juris Shibayama, Erik Denmark and Chris Abatsas, Damon Serignet. Juris Shibayama’s competing in a second qualifier will give him the tiebreaker over Badlands Booker regardless of how much he eats.
Sonya Thomas will get in unless the top four breaks 55. Booker will have to hope that the runner-up does not exceed his total of 51.
Erik Denmark has blog entries about last weekend’s jalapeno contest and Krystal qualifier in Memphis. He has the following account of the Krystal overtime in Memphis:
In the 10 burger overtime eat-off, Rich Shea announced clearly to keep the eating clean – Juliet did not, she continued to stuff multiple burgers in and around her mouth getting about half of them in and half of them on the table and ground. She raised her hands in the air when her 10 burgers were out of the boxes, the crowd booed and the judges told her to eat the mess she had made. She continued to sweep up the sloppy burgers from the table and with every sweep of burger mess in to her mouth she raised her hands again looking for victory and the crowd booed louder. This continued for about the next 60 seconds, the crowd was now hoping that either Badlands or Juris would get through their 10 burgers before Juliet was done cleaning her mess.
But it didn’t happen, Juliet finally ate enough of what she had spilled to get the decision. Not a popular decision at all.
Erik Denmark also says that Kobayashi’s bye slot in the Krystal finals will be filled by an amateur pulled from the crowd and not a fourth wild card entrant.
Kobayashi sets Krystal qualifier record w/89
update #5Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a trip report
update #4 The Krystal Square Off blog has a contest report which says that Kobayashi ate 100 burgers in 8 minutes the day before the contest. There is also a gallery in which Kobayashi shows off his post-contest stomach.
Al.com has another article
update #3 AL.com has a gallery
update #2 UAB student life has some short videos. The contest was not held inside the stadium
update Steve Ramirez was second w/24, the 3.5+ ratio might still be a record.
According to the Krystal Square Off twitter, Kobayashi ate 89 Krystals in Birmingham today, breaking Joey Chestnut’s qualifier record by 2. Super Paul ate 20. The 4+ ratio between first and second place might be an IFOCE record.
Here is a flashback to another famous international visitor to Alabama – a video of the Rolling Stones recording “Wild Horses” in Muscle Shoals before the infamous Altamont concert.
The most significant previous intersection of competitive eating and UAB athletics probably occurred when UAB soccer player Pam Cooney became half of the first all female pair to finish the Pointersaurus Pizza challenge.
Kobayashi does interview partially in English
A video of Takeru Kobayashi’s appearance on the Fox 6 morning show is available. Kobayashi answers in English when he is asked for his Krystals personal best. Kobayashi also oversees, but does not compete in, a contest in the studio.
Videos from the Nashville and Knoxville qualifiers are also available on the Krystal youtube page.
Link Buffet: September 19, 2008
- Badlands Booker, Paul Barlow and Andrew Lane are the other listed entrants for the Birmingham qualifier, but Booker’s twitter says he will probably pass on the contest and hope 51 suffices for a wild card
- NYC Famous Famigila pizza contest prize format restructured according to comment – first prize reduced to $5,000 and number of cash prizes increased to 7
- Article with the official results and video about the Chicago jalapeno contest
- Article about Stu Mesnier’s attempt to repeat as St. Louis sushi champion
- MissBusyLady unveils her apparel for female competitive eating fans.
New poll: Kobayashi’s margin at the Birmingham qualifier
The new poll asks what you think will be the difference between Kobayashi and the next closest finisher at the Birmingham qualifier.
Link Buffet: September 18, 2008
- Article in UT newspaper about Steve Spinosa which reports he finished fourth in the Knoxville qualifier and beat Bill Myers when he actually tied for 6th place with Myers
- Video of Erik Denmark’s salmon record attempt
- More Old Home Week pierogi contest pictures
- NYC oyster eating contest Saturday
- Kobayashi is concerned about US crime
Birmingham qualifier moved inside UAB stadium
The Krystal Square Off blog reports that the Birmingham qualifier has been moved inside Legion Field and will take place on the field before the football game between UAB and Alabama State. The original location was the Blazer Village outside the stadium.
This will require qualifier spectators to purchase tickets for the game. Ticket prices are $25 for reserved seats and $15 for general admission.
Link Buffet: September 17, 2008
- Whoopie Pie contest preview
- Marshall Tucker Band to play at Krystal finals
- Bronx Bun & Cheese contest Saturday
- TV Champion, birthplace of the oogui boom, is canceled
- Gal Sone in Belgium videos
Tim Janus wins Knoxville Krystal qualifier
BeautifulBrian.com has the top 6 from today’s Krystal qualifier in Knoxville
Tim Janus 63
Crazy Legs Conti 50
Pete Davekos 32
Nate Biller 31
Dave “US Male” Goldstein 30
Wild Bill Myers 25
WBIR has an article and two videos: a contest video and an appearance by Crazy Legs Conti on the morning local news
Kobayashi to compete in Birmingham qualifier
The Krystal Square Off blog reports that Takeru Kobayashi will compete at the Krystal qualifier in Birmingham on September 20. This will be Kobayashi’s first qualifier since he won the Krystal qualifier in Jacksonville in 2004.
September 13 IFOCE contest previews
The Shreveport Times has an article about the grits eating contest to be held at Harrah’s Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, LA. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus are listed as expected entrants. The article does not mention the possibility of the contest being cancelled due to hurricane Ike.
The Nashville Krystal qualifier entrants have been posted on the Krystal Square Off blog:
Juliet Lee
Eric Booker
Erik Denmark
Juris Shibayama
Nathan Biller
Pete Davekos
Bill Myers
Dave Goldstein
Andrew Wong
Steve Larson
Link Buffet: September 9, 2008
- Pittsburgh cupcake eating contest September 26 receives criticism from the Pittsburgh Lesbian
- Pat Bertoletti to do 3 events this weekend
- Baltimore area wing contest last Sunday, $1000 prize
- Win a deluxe trip to the Krystal Square Off finals
- Video from the Myrtle Beach BBQ eating contest
- Video and photos from the ATL Krystal qualifier
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