update 3:45 The top 4 on the RCCasino twitter
update 4:54 #5-#8 from eatingcontest

1) Pat Bertoletti, 7.5 lb. new record
2) Sean Gordon 6.16 lb.
3) Tim Brown 6 lb.
4) Pete Davekos 5.5
5) Aaron Osthoff
6) Ben Taylor 3.75,
7) Dave Solomon 3.3
8) Matt Raible w/2 lbs

update 3:31 The contest has started and pictures are being posted on the casino’s yfrog page.

The contest should start at 2 pm central according to the contest page on the casino’s website.

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update March 10 Press of Atlantic City has an article and AroundPhilly has a gallery (via Pete Davekos’ twitter)

update 9:36 NBC40 has an article.

update 4:37 #4-#12 added
3:33 The eating contest twitter has the top 3:

1) Pat Bertoletti 9.25 king cakes
2) Bob Shoudt 9
3) Sonya Thomas 8.75
4) Juliet Lee 7
5) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 6.75
6) Pete Davekos 6.5
7T) Eric “Badlands” Booker 5.5
7T) Sean Gordon 5.5
9) Crazy Legs Conti 5
10) Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston 4.5
11) Brian Dudzinski 4
12) Jenn Doling Cavanaugh – crowd participant 1.5

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update Brian Seiken has a contest report and video (via crawfish). He has also posted videos to his youtube page.

Paradise on Peabody has also posted a video.

update Results have been posted on the eatingcontest twitter Part 1 | Part 2

1 Pat Bertoletti 28 sandwiches
2 Bob Shoudt 27
3 Aaron Osthoff 18.5
4T Eric “Badlands” Booker 16.5
4T Nate Biller 16.5
4T Adrian Morgan 16.5
7 Juliet Lee 16
8 Jim Reeves 14.5
9 Larell Marie Mele 10.75
10T Brian Seiken 7.5
10T Damien Boykin 7.5
12 James Watley

The contest should start at 1pm central time. “Beautiful” Brian Seiken will perform four songs before the contest update Picture 1 | Picture 2.

Pat Bertoletti has posted his own peanut butter & banana sandwich recipe.

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update Sept 13 The Broward Palm Beach News has a blog entry about the contest.
update JustNews has a slideshow and Sun Sentinel has a video

The top 6 and #7-#12 have been posted:

1) Pat Bertoletti 5.75 lbs.
2T) Bob Shoudt 5.4 lbs.
2T) Sonya Thomas 5.4 lbs.
4T) Bryan Beard 4 lbs.
4T) Hall Hunt 4 lbs.
4T) Gabe Kassler 4lbs.
7T) Jeremy Park 2.75 lbs
7T) Michael Parish 2.75 lbs
9T) Jon Bello 2.5
9T) Sean Brokert 2.5
11) Bruce Ollis 1.9
12) Ryan Shams

The pickle eating contest at the Isle of Capri casino in Pompano Park, Florida is expected to start at 11am.

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update Aug 31 ESPN.com’s Page 2 has an article.

update Aug 30 Sandy Leidholdt has a gallery

update #2 The Denver Post has a contest report and Andrew Lane has a blog entry with a lot of pictures

update Full results are available on the eating contest twitter

The eating contest twitter has the top 5 of the Rocky Mountain oyster eating contest:

1) Pat Bertoletti 3 lbs, 11.75 oz
2) Tim Janus 3 lbs, 11.25 oz
3) Bob Shoudt 3 lbs, 10 oz
4) Juliet Lee 3 lbs, 8 oz
5) Tim Brown 3 lbs. 4 oz.

RMO w/3lbs 11.75 oz, Eater X 2nd w/3lbs 11.25 oz, BOB 3rd 3lbs 10oz, Juliet 4th 3.5lbs, Gravy 3.25

The Denver Post has a preview of the contest containing an interview with Tim Janus.

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The contest should start at 2 pm Pacific, 5 pm eastern.

update The results have been posted:
1) Pat Bertoletti 38 Mars bars
2) Joey Chestnut 20
3) Tim Janus 10

This is probably Joey Chestnut’s biggest percentage margin of defeat. (Joey ate 32 HDB in the 2005 Nathan’s finals to Kobayashi’s 49)

update Pat wore the Evel Knievel costume that he wanted to wear at the Nathan’s finals.

update #2 Pat and Joey tied in the world record attempt with 3 Mars bars in a minute. This is considerably less than Bertoletti’s 7.6 bars / minute pace in the contest.

GettyImages has some event pictures.

update #3 Red Faction has a video of the record attempts

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update June 20 HungrySisters has a blog entry

update 2:10 A caption on the Concord Mills facebook lists Bertoletti’s total as 30 HDB

update 1:35 Hungry Sisters have the top 2:
1) Pat Bertoletti 40 30 HDB
2) Richard Foley 11.5

update 1:30 The Hungry Sisters report Pat Bertoletti was the obvious winner. The official total has yet to be announced.

update 1:28 The contest has started, Hungry Sisters are posting updates

The contest is indoors this year, unlike in previous years when it took place in the Concord Mills parking lot.

A video of Paul Barlow’s appearance on WBTV this morning is available

Pat Bertoletti is expected to compete. Juliet Lee is also expected according to Hungry Sisters list of entrants.

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update June 13 Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery

update #3 CNN IReport has a video

update #2 Center Square Journal has a gallery

update The eating contest twitter has the top 4:

1) Pat Bertoletti 4.26 lb. in 8 minutes
2) Ben “The Wolf” Taylor 3.9 lb.
3) Erik Denmark 2.74 lb.
4) Tim “Gravy” Brown 2.18 lb.

The rib eating contest at the Chicago Ribfest should start at 7 pm eastern.

Here is a video from March of Chicago Blackhawks competing in a popsicle eating contest.

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Jim’s Steaks in Philadelphia recently started a Facebook page, and there is no mention of a cheesesteak record attempt by Pat Bertoletti on it. Dave “US Male” Goldstein comments that Bertoletti fell two sandwiches short of Bob Shoudt’s record of 13. If that is accurate, Bertoletti’s 11 sandwiches would tie the 1977 record set by Lynda Kuerth.

CBS3 has a video about Abner Silver, owner of Jim’s Steaks, setting up the facebook page. Abner Silver also set up the 1977 event where Lynda Kuerth set the cheesesteak record.

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