Krystal Square Off IV finals updated with official results

1. Joey Chestnut 103
2. Bob Shoudt 95
3. Pat Bertoletti 94
4. Tim Janus 74
5. Sonya Thomas 58
6. Rich LeFevre 53
7. Hall Hunt 52
8. Chip Simpson 49
9. Erik Denmark 45
10. Crazy Legs Conti 45
11. Juliet Lee 44
12. Tim Brown 38
13. Allen Goldstein 34

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beautifulbrian.com has a video of the contest

The Times Free Press has an article.

A video posted by skinnyboy is available on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS1-2Kxkeco

The Gaston Gazette has a plea for picnic style rules

update
Blog entry by a competitor in the amateur 2 person contest.

the liveblog of the program follows after the jump
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Joey Chestnut is currently doing a chat session on ESPN.com which started at noon eastern.

update The chat session was made accessible only to paid subscribers of ESPN.com

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According to the eatfeats database, Joey and Pat are 6-6-1 in contests in 2007:

Pat’s victories: St. Pat’s donuts, St. Pat’s jalapenos, CT ribs, grits, waffles, Vegas wings

Joey’s victories: Wing Bowl, tamales, Nathan’s, NV ribs, pork BBQ, kolaches

tie: St. Pat’s corned beef

IFOCE.com claims they are 5-5 this year.

Overall, Joey is 20-8-1 against Pat. Joey was 14-1 until November 2006, with Pat’s only victory occurring at the Hot Springs corned beef contest.

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TuscaloosaNews.com has an article about today’s Krystal qualifier, which did not start at its expected time:

That craziness almost derailed the final Krystal Square Off qualifier Saturday. Scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. on the Quad, the event was delayed nearly half an hour as event planners waited for the arrival of world champion eater Joey Chestnut, who was stuck in game-day traffic.

The article also reports that Joey ate 83 burgers and not the 87 on KrystalSquareOff.com and IFOCE.com

If the contest started without Joey, Jim Reeves would have the wild card slot taken by Tim Brown.

TuscaloosaNews.com also has footage of the 2 minute prequalifiers (from Paul Barlow)

RollTide.com also has some videos (from Paul Barlow)

footage of entire contest
Tim Brown post-contest interview

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From KrystalSquareOff.com

Joey breaks Pats qualifier record by 2.

The Krystal wild cards are:

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Joey Chestnut is currently on the front page of TuscaloosaNews.com Some of the world records listed on Joey’s picture (jalapenos, waffles) are not actually world records.

There is also an article about Joey Chestnut in al.com

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TuscaloosaNews.com reports on the Krystal prequalifiers which will be held at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa:

On Saturday, Chestnut will demonstrate his winning jaws at the Krystal Square Off qualifying competition on the Quad before the Alabama-Tennessee game. The winner qualifies for the Krystal Square Off finals in Chattanooga on Oct. 28.

The preliminary trials are open to anyone who thinks they can put it away without having it come back up, and the top 10 will go on to compete on Saturday. But would-be competitors should know who they’re up against: Chestnut’s personal best is 91 Krystals in eight minutes. The current record is 97, held by Japanese eating wunderkind Takeru Kobayashi, who, until this year, was also the six-time world champion of the Academy Awards of competitive eating: the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest held in Coney Island each Fourth of July.

IFOCE.com has more information about the prequalifiers

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The Naughty American has an article (contains spoilers) previewing the “Wedges & Wings” contest in which Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti discuss female fans and cheating techniques.

Bertoletti claims that, while the competitions are closely monitored by the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) to prevent this sort of thing, there are ways to get around it.

“The dishonest people will push the rules a little bit. If it’s not stated in the rules, people will do it,” he said.

While the issue of cheating with drug use is a major problem with other sports, the IFOCE does not currently conduct drug testing on competitors.

“As far as drugs that would give me an edge, I haven’t found any yet,” Chestnut says. “But I’m trying.”

The Cleveland Free Times has a brief article about Chris “the Mad Greek” Abatsas’ participation in the wedges contest.

The Las Vegas Review Journal has pictures (captions contain spoilers) from the potato wedges contest.

Juliet Lee has a trip report.

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KTNV has four videos from the “Wedges & Wings” contest. Joey Chestnut gives a wing eating lesson while wearing a “Heart Attack Grill” shirt. Joey also says that he thinks Kobayashi was faking “jawthritis”. Pat Bertoletti estimates his stomach capacity at 25 pounds.

The third & fourth Spike TV specials will be broadcast over the next two months. Today’s foods are ham and hard boiled eggs.

The article containing the video links gives the result of Tuesday’s contest.

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(From Steakbellie) In this week’s Sports Illustrated, Rick Reilly interviewed Joey Chestnut in the all you can eat seats at Dodger Stadium, where he set the record by eating 25 hot dogs. Joey says he once ate a bone in a chicken wing eating contest after he did not receive credit for cleaning all the meat. Joey said he will receive $3,000 for appearing at a bar mitzah.

The column is not available online, it is mentioned in a comment to this blog entry.

The Belo Blog has an interview with Joey Chestnut which closes with the following question:

Q. Now that you’ve set the hot dog record, what are your goals?
That was my goal for like two years. I haven’t set a new one yet. I’m hoping something will come up or a challenger will start beating me so I can try to beat them.

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Kolache results from Sonya:

1. Joey Chestnut, 56 kolaches
2. Pat Bertoletti, 54
3. Bob Shoudt, 36
4. Sonya Thomas, 34
5. Hall Hunt, 27

Sonya will also compete in the Chicago jalapeno contest, where she expects to compete against Pat Bertoletti, Rich LeFevre and Erik Denmark.

Chron.com did a preview of the contest yesterday containing an interview with George Shea, who estimates the value of the publicity produced by Nathan’s contest at $100 million.

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Jane Bauer proposes the following explanation for Joey Chestnut’s eating ability:

What I know is that SJSU student won the Hot Dog eating contest in NY. Past champion was a Japanese guy. I know that SJSU has a tendency of discriminating Japanese (this is because of huge Chinese / ABC student population). There might be someone got US Patent to control gastronomy function remotely as it is a part of e-harassment symptom. Guess what? I think the SJSU champion got some contact with the doctors at El Camino Hospital. They are specialized to treat SJSU in different ways. They also got several psychiatrists/neurologists working for Mind Control. What we got do is keep an eye on these scientists and SJSU people working for destroying the freedoms protected by the US constitution.

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NASCAR.com reports that Joey Chestnut ate 10 hot dogs in a minute and 13 seconds to promote the new All You Can Eat seats in Lowe’s Motor Speedway near Charlotte.

update Charlotte.com also has an article.

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From BeautifulBrian.com via “Farooq”

Buffalo Wing Festival results
1) Sonya Thomas 5.16 lbs, first Buffalo victory since 2004
2) Chip Simpson 4.77 lbs. angry at weighing
3) Brad Sciullo
4) Humble Bob Shoudt

Sonya will be competing in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl tomorrow for the first time

Yahoo news has an article and some pictures of the contest

update BuffaloNews.com has an article and gallery of the contest Chip Simpson’s total increased from 4.77 lb to 4.33 lb after he received a recount.

From IFOCE.com & City of Lewisville

BBQ sandwich eating contest, Beach, Boogie and BBQ Festival, Myrtle Beach, SC, 10 minutes
1) Joey Chestnut: 45 Sandwiches, almost doubles Sonya’s 2003 record
2) Pat Bertoletti: 43.5 Sandwiches, led for most of contest
3) Juliet Lee: 22.5 Sandwiches
4) Patrick Vandam: 20 Sandwiches
5) Todd Hennessey: 12.25 Sandwiches
6) Bill Roth: 10.5 Sandwiches

City of Lewisville World Tamale Eating Championship, Lewisville, TX, 12 minutes
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus, 71 tamales, new record
2) Rich LeFevre, 51 tamales, competing w/ injured tooth
3) Mongo Marquez, 27 tamales
4) Timm Dilling, 24, Garland, Texas, first contest
5) Jeff Bennett, 21

DallasNews.com has an article about the contest

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A video of Wednesday’s rib eating contest at the Nugget casino can be viewed at http://youtube.com/watch?v=5yvUXCOMFIc
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The Spartan, the newspaper of San Jose State University, has a long article about Joey Chestnut, who will be in Myrtle Beach this weekend:

Even when he’s not participating in an eating contest, Chestnut’s plate is always full.

For 38-to-40 hours a week, Chestnut works as a project engineer for Gonsalves & Stronck Construction, a San Carlos-based company.

His class load, though only six units this semester, includes a construction law and a fluid dynamics course.

Yesterday, he competed in a barbecue ribs competition in Reno, and Saturday he will fly to Myrtle Beach, S.C. to see how many pulled pork sandwiches he can fit down his gullet.

“It’s tough,” Chestnut says. “School’s taken a little bit of a hit – more than I’ve wanted it to. I’m a part-time student almost since the start. I pay for everything myself.”

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From a Laura Flynn comment

1. Joey Chestnut (about 7 lb.)
2. Pat Bertoletti (about 6 lb.)
3. Rich LeFevre (lost tooth during contest)
4. Jason Erb
5. Erik Denmark

update rgj.com has an article about the contest.

update #2 full results are now posted on IFOCE.com

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ConnPost.com reports that Pat Bertoletti defeated Joey Chestnut at the rib contest at the Ash Creek Saloon in Fairfield, CT today.

update The Daily Southtown has a profile of Bertoletti from before the ribs co ntest

update #2 The Stamford Advocate also has an article about the contest.

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The Connecticut Post has a preview of Saturday’s rib eating contest at the Ash Creek Saloon in Fairfield, CT containing an interview with returning champion Joey Chestnut.

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The Sparks Tribune has an article about the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook off containing a quote from Joey Chestnut saying he would like to hit double digits in pounds in the rib eating contest.

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(from Brian Seiken) Brian Seiken has uploaded a clip of Joey Chestnut on the Opie & Anthony show in which Joey discusses the post-Nathan’s state of his digestive system. Joey also says he would like to compete in the egg nog contest.

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SFGate.com reports that Joey Chestnut threw the ceremonial first pitch at last night’s Rangers-As game in Oakland.

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KVAL.com reports that Joey Chestnut repeated in today’s rib eating contest at the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, OR. No other results are listed. A video clip is available.

update the top 6 according to Erbivore
Joey – 7.65lbs
Rich – 5.75lbs
Erik – 4.7lbs
Erb – 3.6lbs
Braunstein – 2.95
Ronto – 2.9

update #2 OregonLive.com has an article about the contest in which Joey says he is considering competing in Japan.

update #3 The Chinook Winds website has a contest video

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This week’s edition of Sports Illustrated (print version only, not online) has a short interview with Joey Chestnut in a sidebar. Joey says that his most embarrassing moment occurred when his mother called out his name during the Stockton Asparagus Festival and that he would increase prize payouts if he was the commissioner of the IFOCE.

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A video of Tuesday’s P’Zone Challenge is available at http://youtube.com/watch?v=f7O9b8HtpdM WhatPushesMyButtons.com also has a video and pictures.

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