From a Nathan Biller comment:

1. Humble Bob Shoudt 34.5 or 34
2. Tim Janus 32
3. Sonya Thomas 29
4. Hall Hunt 28
5. Rich LeFevre
6. Erik Denmark
7. Nate Biller 13

update Top 4 amounts have been updated with information from SonyaTheBlackWidow.com

update #2 Tulsa World has a contest report.

update #3 Hall Hunt has a blog entry about the contest

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From a Pete Miernicki comment:

1.”Humble” Bob Shoudt 38 HDB
2. Sean Gordon 20
3. Russ Keeler 16

The IFOCE.com report is now out

update KYW newsradio has uploaded a video from the contest to youtube which shows that Sean Gordon finished 2nd and Russ Keeler was 3rd, contrary to the IFOCE report. Humble Bob’s children are interviewed and say their father trains a lot.

update #2 Humble Bob has updated his thoughts page with a contest report.

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“Humble” Bob Shoudt has resumed his thoughts page with an announcement that he will compete in the gyro contest in Houston this Saturday. His upcoming contest list also contains the Philadelphia Nathan’s qualifier on May 24 and the Three Brothers pizza contest at the end of the month.

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Beautiful Brian has a new home for his music with a full version of “Black & White”
Domenico Alesi has his predictions for the upcoming IFOCE contests.
“Humble” Bob notes that it has been 8 months since IFOCE rankings were released
pro wrestler Ric Flair judges a wing eating contest the same night he has a match (go to Brian Yandel)
Video from the Des Moines bacon contest by Mr. BaconPants
Video of the “burgerettes” (see picture) at the Canadian 18 pound burger contest,

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Megamunch has written a blog entry about Wing Bowl 16 and his attempts at pre-contest tailgating. He was forced to migrate between 4 different parking lots before entering the Wachovia Center to be a part of “Big” Brian Subich’s entourage. Megamunch has a captioned gallery of his trip.

“Humble” Bob Shoudt has also posted his report about his participation in Wing Bowl 16. Like other eaters, he has questions about the counting and ranking of his first round results:

At the end of the 14 minutes, I had eaten 108 wings. I was nervous that would not be enough as these wings were much faster then the cold rocks I had last year.

We waited for a while and then a guy came around and told us if we were in the 2nd round or not. I was told no, so I picked up my stuff. My judge came by and asked where I was sitting for the 2nd round. I said I wasn’t, I didn’t make it. He said “Those guys must have eaten a _ _ _ _ load of wings (refering to the other eaters). I asked him how he scored me. He said 17 and 18s on each plate (5 full plates). I was satisfied that I did not make it as that put me at 17+17+17+17+18 – worst case = 86 plus 6 on the last plate = 92 total. I assumed 92 would not be enough. When they announced that 70 was the 10th place total, I thought they they had just made a mistake. Nope. Next year…

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Philly.com’s Wing Bowl page has a video of “Humble” Bob Shoudt’s qualification stunt of eating 53 hard boiled eggs in under 15 minutes. 610WIP.com has a gallery of the stunt. “Humble” Bob wore a Krystal T-shirt which said “I like my Krystals like my women, by the dozen” and had a Krystal Square Off cup.

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Liz K has posted a video of “Humble” Bob Shoudt giving Juliet Lee a wing eating lessson at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oL1v1J8T0M

update Juliet Lee has posted a Krystals finals trip report in her WriteNow page.

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The fourth episode of the Eatcast podcast is available for downloading at eatcast.blogspot.com “Humble” Bob Shoudt and Brian Seiken are guest.

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Top 3 from today’s Nashville qualifier from Krystal Square Off.com

One day after setting the two-minute Krystal Record, Humble Bob Shoudt ate 69 Krystals to set the new Nashville, TN eight-minute record. Shoudt’s 69 Krystals easily outpaced second-place finisher Juris Shibayama’s 39 Krystals. In third place was Kevin Ross with 30.

Shoudt’s 69 sets a qualifier record, breaking the mark set by Sonya Thomas last year. Shibayama’s 39 puts him in first place in the wildcard standings.

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From KrystalSquareOff.com

Humble Bob Shoudt shattered the two-minute Krystal Square Off record by eating 39 Krystals.
The two-minute record was originally set at 21 Krystals by Matt Ward of Murfreesboro, TN in 2003. Ward’s record stood until July 2006, when Joey Chestnut ate 28. Chestnut’s mark was tied by Shoudt in Nashville last year.

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KansasCity.com notes that the Royals have started a new class of ticket:

This weekend, the Royals held the first of what will become a semi-regular promotion in which fans can buy a club-level seat with unlimited hot dogs, nachos, peanuts and soda.

“Oh, we’ve seen a lot of people through here who could do some damage (in competitive eating contests),” says Shawn, who worked the All-You-Can-Eat concession stand Friday night. “Especially peanuts and hot dogs.”

The article also has some quotes from “Humble” Bob Shoudt

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A video of Thursday’s Nathan’s qualifier at the QVC studio can be seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=aaYPM12UizE

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From a Sean Gordon email:

1. 32 Bob Shoudt (21 halfway)
2. 26 Brad Sciullo
3. 19 Chris “the Mad greek” Abatsas

Paul s, russ keeler, justin mih, wild bill also in attendance.

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An article about the Philadelphia Nathan’s qualifier video on MLE appears CompetitveEatingNews.com. Apparently IFOCE is standing by its original results:

Nonetheless, several viewers have reported watched the video and claimed that it shows that Shoudt’s hot dogs were closely counted and that, to support claims of a mis-count, Shoudt would have had to eat five additional hot dogs during one of the 10-second periods when the camera pans away. These viewers claim that it is possible to follow Bob’s consumption throughout the contest, if one allows for the missed moments when the camera pans away.

They also claim that the video reveals the MLE host repeatedly alerting the Nathan’s judge to the multiple plate issue and conscientiously following the count.

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TimesHerald.com has an interview with Bob Shoudt that describes the origin of his nickname:.

The other unique point about Shoudt is his nickname – Humble Bob. Cataldi coined that moniker two years ago when he noticed Shoudt was always so modest about his eating exploits.

“Most Wing Bowl eaters tell you right upfront how many wings they ate,” Shoudt said. “It’s not something I brag about.”

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KGO TV has an article and video on the science of competitive eating in which a gastroenterologist offers his opinion on why competitive eaters can eat as much as they do. Bob Shoudt is interviewed and segments from the Philadelphia Nathan’s qualifier in which Sonya Thomas and Pat Philbin competed against Humble Bob is displayed. The upcoming National Geographic documentary is not mentioned.

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wcbstv.com has an article and video about “Humble” Bob Shoudt breaking the cheesesteak record at Jim’s Steaks in Philadelphia. Humble Bob ate 13 sandwiches in about an hour to break the record of 12 set by Alex Friedman set in 2001 in a Wing Bowl qualifying stunt. Freidman broke Lynda Kuerth’s 1977 mark of 11 cheesesteaks, which remains the women’s record.

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from a comment by “anonomous” (December 5, 2006 10:53 AM) on urbanhonking.com/eaterx

Why is there no eating news on this site. with everything that is happening you would think the whaler would have something to say. with humble bob cheating at meatballs …

from the main page of humblebob.com:

I am offering my first place purse of $2,500 to anyone, (eater, fan, official, anyone) that has evidence that this (cheating) happened at any Carmine’s Meatball Contest (2004, 2005, 2006). This offer is for payment in cash. Bring the evidence, take the cash. It is that simple.

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IFOCE report Joey also received a 1 oz. deduction
beautifulbrian.com commentary
urbanhonking truefan report with interview with Bob Shoudt
competitiveeating.net commentary on controversial judgement

Top 10 finishers – all results available at ifoce.com
Bob Shoudt 9.97 lbs, $2500
Sonya Thomas 9.91 lbs, $1000
Joey Chestnut 9.35 lbs, $750
Chip Simpson 9.23 lbs, $500
Rich LeFevre 9.03 lbs, $250
Tim Janus 8.93 lbs
Juliet Lee 5.53 lbs
Allen Goldstein 4.96 lbs
Seaver Miller 4.75 lbs
Pat Philbin 4.73 lbs

Juliet Lee was the best finisher not ranked in the top 8 and she defeated the #10 and #11 eaters

update AICE news lists Hun Juliet Lee as an expected entrant in Sunday’s latke eating contest

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A full video of the meatball contest and prize announcements recorded by LadyLenore is available on Brian Seiken’s website. Joey Chestnut and Bob Shoudt are interviewed briefly. Sonya’s snub of Humble Bob’s handshake occurs at the 18:12 mark.

The 2006 meatball contest was definitely the contest of the parent. Not only did the IFOCE’s top father, Bob Shoudt, take victory against a field containing of 6 of the top 8 IFOCE members, Juliet Lee had the best ever IFOCE performance by a mother if the reports in the comments that she finished 7th with a total of 5.51 pounds is accurate.

updated spikebythesea has posted videos of the contest to youtube which can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=spikebythesea

Pat from Moonachie probably merited a spot closer to the center of the table based on his ranking, but putting him at the end was probably the optimal place based on what happened after the egg nog contest 😉

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A Pat from Moonachie fan attended the meatball contest at the Tropicana and posted the following results to the Opie & Anthony message board:

3rd Place… Joey Chestnut
2nd Place… Sonya Thomas
1st Place… Bob Shout

Sonya wouldn’t shake hands and walked off the stage, and looked like she was crying.
Bandlands Booker was the Judge who made the final decision.

If this report is accurate, Joey’s 7-8 month non Kobayashi winning streak has finished

updatedSome pictures of Pat & a few of Brian Seiken have been appended to the forum thread It is surprising that it has been over 5 hours since the contest ended and no one has any contest reports.

updated #2 iirraa has posted a flickr gallery of today’s contest (pictures above from that gallery)

updated #3 beautifulbrian.com has a video of the awards presentation. Bob was awarded the victory over Sonya due to excessive detritus. I could not hear any totals announced.

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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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“Humble” Bob Shoudt (Happy 38th birthday) recently ran 5 miles in 41 minutes. This is a slightly slower pace than the record 10K (6.2 miles) time of 48 minutes for 300+ pound runners AICE news claims that Joe Menchetti set at a race in Juarez, Mexico on Labor Day weekend (see bottom of link). I am not sure what the Humble One’s current weight is, but if it is above that threshold, that record appears attainable.

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“Humble” Bob Shoudt recently obtained a new look for his website and a new coach. His coach has got Bob running 5 miles at an almost 8 min /mile pace.

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