The poll about the top eater who has never been associated with an organization is now active. Ted Wilson and Jerry Coughlan have been added to the original choices. Thank you for your suggestions.
Upcoming poll – top totally independent eater
The next poll will ask who you think is the top eater who has never been associated with the IFOCE, AICE or WLOCE. The current choices are listed below, please suggest additional possible choices in the comments.
- Sal Carbone – 3 time Brooklyn Pizza winner
- Carl Deselm – winner of the national Rock the Tot contest in 2008, top 5 in 2009
- Greg Malloomian finisher of several New England challenges A video of his most recent attempt at the “World’s Largest Corned Beef Sandwich” from Gus & Paul’s
- John Squibb – won Wing Bowl 17 with 203 wings eaten
- Lori Weiss – Denny’s 96er finisher
EatFeats top 25 poll to start
An inactive form for an IFOCE ranking poll has been set up at http://eatfeats.com/rankings.php The choices consists of all of the current IFOCE top 50 who have a result in the past year, Sean Gordon, RJ Frasca, Yasir Salem, Bryan Beard, Pat Bruss, Matt Ventre, Mongo Marquez, Pete Miernicki, Bruce “the Hangman” Pobanz and Steven Ramirez II.
If you think someone who has a contest result from the past year should be added to the poll choices, comment or email and he or she will be added. (If you would like to be removed, that request will also be accomodated)
The poll will start accepting votes in a day or two. I would like to do a non-IFOCE poll and eventually a unified poll.
New poll on AICE rankings
The new poll asks how many of the AICE pre-contract top 50 will remain listed in the rankings.
Will Millender has announced he will not sign the AICE contract and has already been unlisted. (Ian Hickman has also been moved from the Hall of Fame back into the active rankings)
Furious Pete & numbers dropped from AICE rankings
(via email) The AICE rankings have been redone and “Furious” Pete Czerwinski is no longer listed. According to an email from Pete, no reason was provided for his delisting. Numerical rankings have also been dropped in place of a two-tier system. (Cached previous AICE rankings)
With the removal of Pete Czerwinkski, 3 (also Joe Menchetti & Ian Hickman) of the AICE top 5 at the start of 2009 no longer appear in the AICE rankings. Ian Hickman, winner of a cupcake contest Saturday, remains listed in the Hall of Fame.
update Furious Pete has started two forum threads on bodybuilding.com about his ejection (Thread 1 | Thread 2) which report that AICE contracts have started.
Joe Menchetti dropped from AICE rankings
AICE rankings have been updated. The most significant change is that “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti is no longer listed. He was #4 in the previous rankings.
AICE news also reports that “Tiny” Tim got married this past weekend. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Rauscheder
New poll: top picnic style eater
The new poll asks who you think is the world’s top picnic style (non-dunking) eater. As Rhonda Evans noted in a comment, dunking was not allowed in the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm.
New Polls: top male & female competitive eaters of 2008
The new polls ask who you think are the top male and female competitive eaters of the previous year.
Top moneywinners of 2008
The following list contains the combined cash winnings of competitive eaters in 2008 based on information in the eatfeats database. Please inform me of any inaccuracies.
All prize winners with earnings of $100 or more follows after the jump.
| $49,950.00 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | San Jose, CA |
| $34,900.00 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Chicago, IL |
| $18,750.00 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | New York City, NY |
| $17,950.00 | “Humble” Bob Shoudt | Royersford, PA |
| $12,050.00 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti | Wallingford, CT |
| $10,000.00 | Takeru Kobayashi | Nagano, Japan |
| $9,500.00 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Alexandria, VA |
| $7,500.00 | Colin Gardiner | |
| $7,250.00 | “Furious” Pete Czerwinski | Mississauga, ON, Canada |
| $4,650.00 | Juliet Lee | Germantown, MD |
AICE collegiate rankings released
A ranking of the top 10 AICE eaters who are college students has been released. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski is #1. Justin Mih is ranked #10.
Link Buffet: November 6, 2008
- Pat Bertoletti has some videos from the Trnkobrani Festival in the Czech Republic
- AICE ranking of the top collegiate eaters
- Beautiful Brian says he will return at an undisclosed date
- Video of Denny’s Beer Barrel 2 pound burger attempts
- Podcast about a 50 apples in 90 minutes proposition bet
- Report on Denny’s Belly Bruiser contest for 12 person teams
Link Buffet: October 24, 2008
- Gallery of Famous Famiglia pizza contest with French captions
- Kobayashi meets fashion designer Diane von Furstenburg
- Student wins Don Lerman style hot dog hat after eating 9 HDB in 3 minutes
- Bubba Yarbrough leaves IFOCE for the WLOCE according to comment
- Dale Boone finishes unnamed 4 pound burger in Morganton, NC and names it “Dale’s Daniel Boone Burger” according to WLOCE.com
- BeautifulBrian.com has commentary on the new rankings
- Video of Cookie Jarvis at the WBAB studios last week
IFOCE rankings updated – Brad Sciullo unranked
Nic Fry noticed that the IFOCE rankings have been updated. The previous rankings are still available in the Google cache. The top 8 remain almost the same. Tim Janus and Bob Shoudt are now tied at #4 and Rich LeFevre and Hall Hunt flip-flop at #7/#8. Brad Sciullo is not ranked despite winning the cannoli contest, so speculation that he has been suspended for doing the Belly Bruiser challenge might be correct. Patrick Vandam jumps to #11 from #45 and Dave “US Male” Goldstein ascends to #28 from #44. Some other changes:
New: Mike Fitzgerald (#24), Nic Fry (#30), Mike Springer (#40), Andrew McKirdy(#44), Cameron McKirdy(#45), Scott Zukowski(#46), Mike Landrich (#50)
Returning: Eric Booker (#13), Ron Koch (#35)
Dropping Out: Chip Simpson(#9), Justin Mih (#22), Marco Marquez (#23), Pat Bruss (#24), Loren Yarbrough (#33), Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane (#35), Pete Miernicki (#36), Jim Hamrick (#42), Kevin Carr (#43)
update Here is a link to the urbanhonking.com article about the IFOCE policy against restaurant eating challenges by Liz K from February 2007
Link Buffet: October 21, 2008
- BeautifulBrian.com has a commentary on the personalities of the top 50 IFOCE members
- Furious Pete is seeking input about a 3 minute eating stunt
- Tonight’s E:60 episode to have footage from the Nashville Krystal qualifier
- Gallery of the recent Washington, DC cupcake eating contest
- Picture of Joey Chestnut at the Edmonton minor league hockey game
- Joey Chestnut to receive a commendation from the San Jose City Council
- Ukrainian salo (pork fat) eating contest
- Brad Sciullo’s Belly Bruiser completion makes the Japanese news
- Gal Sone’s television appearance where she sampled and ranked all the items on Saizeriya’s menu has boosted that restaurant’s business despite the recession
New Poll: Furious Pete in unified rankings
The new poll asks where you think “Furious” Pete Czerwinski should be ranked in a unified ranking of all North American competitive eaters.
Paul Barlow’s best dressed list of 2008 released
Paul Barlow has released his list of the top 25 best-dressed IFOCE competitors (which actually contains 33 eaters, I think). His top 5:
1. Tim Brown
1.5 Paul Barlow
2. SykoBozo
3. Ron Koch
4. El Toro
5. Kevin Ross.
If there was a best dressed female rookie category, I would have awarded it to Old Home Week pierogi runner-up Larell Marie Mele and her leopard-print tank top. 😉
Hall Hunt’s October 2008 poll released
Hall Hunt has compiled the October edition of his top 25. The top 10:
1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (9) (243) [1]
2. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (237) [3]
3. Takeru Kobayashi (229) [2]
4. “Humble” Bob Shoudt (212) [4]
5. Hall “Hoover” Hunt (200) [7]
6. Tim “Eater-X†Janus (198) [5]
7. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre (177) [8]
8. Sonya “The Blackwidow†Thomas (174) [6]
9. Eric “Badlands†Booker (131) [13]
10. Juris “Dr. Bigtime†Shibayama (130) [14]
Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz was the only eater besides Joey Chestnut to receive a first place vote.
Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has posted his poll votes.
The new poll asks when you think the next IFOCE poll will come out. The last poll was released in April.
Jason Petrie has set up a ranking system which awards 100-10 points for major contests and 25-1 points for other non-qualifiers. His listing is available after the jump:
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Link Buffet: October 5, 2008
- Ian Hickman in CiCi’s pizza contest: part 1, part 2
- J & R Steakhouse’s online Wall of Fame/Shame has been updated but does not include recent notable 76 ounce steak finishers such as Furious Pete or Elizabeth Canady. Maureen Kearney is one of the recently added finishers (picture on right)
- Brad Sciullo has been dropped from the AICE rankings. (Cached previous rankings)
- Women only wing eating contest in Columbus Ohio October 9
- Preview of the Newark, Ohio Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
Hall Hunt August 2008 poll
Hall Hunt has released a new poll. The new top 5:
1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (9) (242) [1]
2. Takeru Kobayashi (221) [2]
3. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (213) [3]
4. “Humble” Bob Shoudt (196) [6]
5. Tim “Eater-X” Janus (190) [4]
New Poll: current IFOCE top 3
The current poll asks how you rank the top 3 IFOCE members after taking last weekend’s contests into account.
Non-IFOCE rankings updated, Furious Pete #1
The picnic style rankings have been updated after five contests this weekend. The new top 5:
1. Furious Pete Czerwinski, Canada (*Undefeated)
2. Tom “Goose” Gilbert MA
3. Gentleman Joe Menchetti CT
4. Ian “The Invader” Hickman VA
5. Elizabeth “Rubber-Gut” Canady OH
New entrants include Steven Dhoko (#20), Jon Taylor (#23), Justin Mih (#31), Brad Sciullo (#39), Zika “The Barbarian” Urosevic (#41) and Kara Walker (#44). The previous rankings are still available in the yahoo cache.
Hall Hunt’s post Nathan’s poll released
Hall Hunt has compiled the votes for his new poll taken after the Nathan’s finals. The new top 5:
1. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (10) (292) [1]
2. Takeru Kobayashi (1) (279) [4]
3. Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (1) (257) [2]
4. Tim “Eater-X” Janus (238) [5]
5. Sonya “The Blackwidow” Thomas (233) [7]
New Poll: second place in next IFOCE poll
The new poll asks who you think should be in second place in the next IFOCE poll. Some people think that Kobayashi was the rightful winner of Nathan’s, which could put Joey Chestnut in the second place position.
Furious Pete moves to #3 after BBQ win
Furious “Pete” Czerwinski has swapped positions with Ian Hickman in the rankings after he defeated “The Invader” 17 sandwiches to 12 in yesterday’s eating contest sponsored by Dickey’s Barbecue Pit held in Dover, Delaware.
Bodybuilding.com thread
Poll choices for top unranked eater
The next poll will ask who you think is the top eater in the USA who is currently unlisted in the IFOCE, non-IFOCE or Hall Hunt rankings. The current choices are:
Dale Boone
Sal Carbone – Brooklyn Pizza
“Gentleman” Jerry Coughlan (top 5 Wing Bowl)
Jed Donahue
Mike Fitzgerald – 23.5 HDB, 2007 Sheboygan brats winner
Nic “The Incredible Bulk” Fry – 21 HDB
Sean Gordon
Ron Koch
Floria Lee – Queens Dumpling female winner
Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz
Brent Ricord
Mike Springer
John “jcrue” Taylor
Frank Wach
Lori Weiss – Denny 96er finisher
Russell Witzke
Scott “Scozzy Bone” Zulkowski
Please add eaters you think should be added to the list in the comments
update The poll has been activated. Eaters who have announced retirement were not eligible.
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