MLE to sanction Australian Slurpee contest
IFOCE.com reports that MLE will sanction a 7-11 Slurpee contest in Australia. Pat Bertoletti and Hall Hunt will make appearances Down Under to promote the contest. (Bertoletti & Hunt also competed in a contest in the Czech Republic in 2008) via Darren Rovell twitter
Hall Hunt repeats in Jacksonville qualifer
update #4 Sun-Sentinel has a blog entry
update #3 The KSO blog has a gallery and video and Kerry Speckman has a blog entry:
At first, my 12 point total doesn’t sound all that impressive until you consider I, a mere amateur in my very first eating competition, finished only one point behind The Hangman, who is currently the number two ranked eater on the Competitive Eating Senior Tour.
update #2 Full results are available
update Jacksonville.com has an article and the FirstCoastNews has a video (from the Hangman)
The Krystal Square off has the top 3 from today’s qualifier in Jacksonville
1) Hall Hunt 65 points
2) John Bello 36
3) RJ Frasca 35
Jimmy John’s makers vs. eaters reports
Decider Chicago has a report on Saturday’s contest between Jimmy John’s sandwich makers and Pat Bertoletti, Hall Hunt, Tim Brown and Steven Dokho. update ChicagoFoodies has an interview with Pat Bertoletti and Hall Hunt.
update #2 Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery about the contest.
epesantes: Hall Hunt wins Palm Beach corn
update #5Promo contest with Crazy Legs Conti and Pete Davekos on CBS 12 Saturday morning news show
update #4 Erika Pesantes has posted her contest report to sun-sentinel.com
update #3 (from comment) CE News has a report which says Sonya Thomas competed
update #2 from http://twitter.com/epesantes/statuses/1622798669 “winner is Hall “Hoover” Holt of Tampa with 33 ears of corn in 12 minutes.”
George Shea has the rest of the top 3: hall hunt wins with 34 ears of corn even in 12 mins, Joe LaRue in second, Legs in third
There was 33 minutes between the contest end and results announcement on http://twitter.com/epesantes
update The contest is over – http://twitter.com/gcshea & http://twitter.com/epesantes should have results
Some entrants in today’s eating contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta according to George Shea’s twitter: Competing in corn tomorrow at 3 pm: Legs, Davekos, Hall Hunt, Sonya Thomas, Joe LaRue. Also: Treavor Eaton, Bill Myers, Nate Biller?
Hall Hunt at Rays Fan Fest & Corndog Party
Hall Hunt attended Saturday’s Tampa Bay Rays Fan Festival where Joey Chestnut signed autographs and has a blog entry with several pictures of that event.
Hall also has a blog entry about “The World’s Biggest Indoor Corndog Party”, an eating contest held at a radio station between competitors from the Universities of Florida, Georgia and Alabama. The U of Florida competitor did not show up and Hall was apparently not allowed to substitute.
Article about Hall Hunt’s Krystal HoF induction
Clay Today has an article about Hall “Hoover” Hunt being inducted into the Jacksonville Krystal Hall of Fame with more information about the boxes that Hall Hunt will appear on:
A total of 15 customers are being recognized and inducted to the Hall of Fame. Three of those are from the Jacksonville area and all of those individuals will have their faces stamped on Krystal boxes that surpass one million units per person present in the states where the fast food restaurant can be found– “from Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between”.
Link Buffet: December 13, 2008
- Hall Hunt to be inducted into the Jacksonville Krystal Hall of Fame on Monday
- Furious Pete interview on youtube – bodybuilding.com forum thread about it
- Beautiful Brian has
set upemailed about a Sonya Thomas quiz - MissBusyLady is considering entering some contests in 2009
- Registration for the Princeton, NJ Oyster Bowl opens
- Detroit Pistons Dollar Night hot dog contest December 19
Link Buffet: October 9, 2008
- Joey Chestnut to appear at Edmonton Oil Kings minor league hockey game on Friday
- Badlands Booker to perform “Mamma Mia” rap before Famous Famiglia pizza contest
- Hall Hunt’s Krystal performance mentioned in jacksonville.com
- Big Texan Steak Ranch to appear on the Travel Channel in December
- Wichita State professor has won a local jalapeno eating contest five times