KrystalSquareOff.com has the top 5 of today’s qualifier:

1. Hall Hunt 49
2T. Elizabeth “Rubber Gut” Canady 38 (just 4 off Sonya’s female first time Krystal record of 42)
2T. Tim Brown, 38
4. Juliet Lee, 35
5T. Scott Schnipper, 23
5T. Geno “The Dominator” Duncan 23

I think this is the first time women have occupied half of the top 4 of an IFOCE contest.

Jacksonville.com has an article about the contest

FirstCoastNews.com also has an article with a video (click on the thumbnail above for some captures from it)

update Jacksonville.com has another article about the contest.

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I had intended to liveblog the webcast of the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier, which is supposed to start at 3pm eastern, but it is currently not working.

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The list of expected entrants in today’s Jacksonville Krystal qualifier has been posted. Ranked eaters expected to participate are Hall Hunt (9), Juliet Lee(10), Tim Brown(15) and Richard Foley(50). Bryan Miller has been

Elizabeth Canady set the women’s 2 minute record to qualify by eating 13 Krystals in 2 minutes. The Lee/Canady pairing will probably be the first notable matchup between females in IFOCE history that does not involve Sonya Thomas.

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From The Hangman – Gallerys of last year’s Jacksonville Krystal Square Off qualifer can be viewed at http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=168132 The Hangman says that he and Hall Hunt will compete in this years qualifier.

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KrystalSquareOff.com reports that Sonya Thomas won today’s qualifier in Chattanooga for the fourth year in a row with 51 burgers. Rick Petralia was second with 24 burgers.

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The roster for today’s Krystal qualifier in Chattanooga has been listed at http://www.krystalsquareoff.com/headlines.php?s=64 Sonya Thomas will attempt to win the qualifier for the fourth year in a row. Super Paul Barlow is the only other ranked IFOCE member on the list.

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KrystalSquareOff.com reports that prequalifiers for Krystal Square Off IV started on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in a record heat wave of 104 degrees.

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IFOCE.com has the prize breakdown for Krystal Square Off IV:

1st $10,000, 2nd $7,500, 3rd 3,500 4th – $2,300; 5th – $2,000; 6th – $1,800; 7th – $1,500; 8th – $1,300; 9th – $1,200; 10th – $1,100; 11th – $1,000; 12th – $700; 13th- $600 and 14th-$500

With 9 qualifiers and Kobayashi’s bye, 14 prizes implies that 4 wild cards will reach the finals.

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The new poll asks what you think will be the highest winning total in a Krystals qualifier in 2007. Sonya Thomas has the current qualifier record of 62.

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Today is the first day that eaters can be drafted onto teams in Krystal Square Off fantasy leagues. Drafting closes at midnight on August 24.

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(From truefan) KrystalSquareOff.com will let users compete in fantasy comeptitive eating leagues starting tomorrow. Scoring will be based on both the qualifiers and finals:

Leagues can have a maximum of seven teams but no fewer than four. Once teams have been drafted, owners can drop, add or trade their competitive eaters up until midnight on the day before the regional qualifier final. Eaters cannot be dropped, traded or added once they’ve competed. Points will be accumulated based on the average number of Krystal Hamburgers that each eater consumes in the local qualifier finals and their total at the Krystal Square Off IV World Championship.

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KrystalSquareOff.com has information about registering online for the qualifiers for Krystal Square Off IV. Eaters can register online for two qualifiers, but can attempt to qualify by winning a prequalifier of a third qualifier. The dates registration open follow:

Monday, August 6 at 12:00pm EST
Chattanooga Jacksonville Nashville

Wednesday, August 8 at 12:00pm EST
Knoxville Atlanta Memphis

Friday, August 10 at 12:00pm EST
Perry Jackson Birmingham

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The schedule of qualifiers for this year’s Krystal Square Off finals is available on krystalsquareoff.com. Sites will be essentially the same as last year. The date for the final has not been fixed, but it will be held in Chattanooga and televised on ESPN.

Aug. 22 – 25 Chattanooga
Aug. 31 – Sept. 3 Jacksonville, Fla.
Sept. 7 – 9 Nashville
Sept. 14 – 16 Knoxville
Sept. 21 – 23 Atlanta
Sept. 28 – 30 Memphis
Oct. 5 – 7 Perry, Ga.
Oct. 12 – 14 Jackson, Miss.
Oct. 19 – 21 Birmingham, Ala.
TBA Chattanooga

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An anonymous commenter provided a link to a Las Vegas calendar which claims that the fourth Krystal finals will occur on October 27. (No other website verifies this information) The presence of the contest on the calendar does not mean that it will take place in Vegas because other non-Nevada events, like the World Series, are also listed.

10/20/07 – 10/28/07 World Series
10/21/07 Blues Brew & BBQ, 2-6 pm Hogs & Heifers Saloon
10/24/07 Campfire Nights – 8 pm RoadRunner Grand Canyon
10/26/07 Nevada Day
10/26/07 The Tom Leykis Show: The last Flash Friday of the season
10/27/07 11th Annual Fetish & Fantasy Halloween Ball Stardust Resort & Casino
10/27/07 – 10/28/07 Vegoose Sam Boyd Stadium
10/27/07 Krystal Square Off IV: World Hamburger Eating Championship

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(Thanks Brian Cooley) The Chattanooga Times Free Press has an interview with Kobayashi conducted from his hotel in New York City. An audio clip of the interview is available. Kobayashi intends to compete in this fall’s Krystal Square Off IV regardless of whether he participates in the July 4 contest.

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The announcement for the new AICE Backyard Burgers contest refers to another burger contest held in Tennessee:

Some folks may find it cute to eat a 2 oz hamburger. Those same people might also try and justify dropping their mini-burger in water and then actually it eat! (Pretty scary, huh?) Other folks, such as competitive eaters, Backyard Burger Inc., and the league of Real Food Eaters of America, believe that the words ” 2 oz”. And “hamburger” should never occupy the same sentence. It is this belief and conviction that Back Yard Burger and All PRO EATING PROMOTIONS announce their 2007 summer campaign against the epidemic of “Miniburgitis.” Unfortunately, a few misguided souls have been mislead into believing that a hamburger should fit in the palm of their hand. The southern United States has a reputation for eating their hamburgers with both hands because the big, juicy, delicious hamburger they are eating requires it!

There will be four qualifiers with the finals occurring on September 8 in Memphis, TN. Entrants are limited to one previous eating contest. Hopefully the mystery Memphis burger girl will compete.

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(From Krystal Lovers) There will be 4 hours of competitive eating reruns on ESPN2 Saturday night The programs will be one hour long instead of the half hour edited reruns which are often televised.

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“Humble” Bob Shoudt has a report from his trip to Chattanooga to compete in Krystal Square Off III in his blog.

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The Chattanooga Pulse has an excellent writeup of Krystal Square Off III with a lot of interesting information.

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Super Paul Bonebreaker Barlow Jr. has a gallery from Krystal Square Off III and the post party.

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Ernie attended the Krystal Square Off finals and wrote a blog entry and recorded the last 39 seconds of it from the audience.

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Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota has a blog entry about the Krystal Square Off and is impressed with Kobayashi’s performance, calculating that it is less than 5 seconds per burger. He watched the youtube videos of the contest uploaded by Brian Seiken.

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(Thanks Skinnyboy) In his blog entry about the AZ Fry bread contest, Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a link to a direct video capture of the Krystal Square Off final (.ASF format, 11 MB).

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Liz & Krista have calculated the results for their fantasy competitive eating scoring system for Krystal Square Off III and posted their scorecard.

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Brian Seiken has the Krystal finals video on his website. The video was recorded by pointing a camera at the screen and not via a direct capture.

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