In a post titled “I Created the Monster”, Don “Moses” Lerman remembers the first time he met Pat Bertoletti before a Krystal qualifier in Knoxville, TN:

ON ROUTE TO KNOXVILLE I HAD A STOP OVER AT NATIONAL AIRPORT IN WASH. D.C I RAN INTO PAT AND INTRODUCED MYSELF TO HIM , HE WAS VERY TIRED AND WENT TO SLEEP ON THE BENCH INTHE TERMINAL . AS THE CALL ALL ABOARD THE AIRLINE WAS CALLED BERTELETI WAS IN A A DEEP SLEEP , I COULD HAVE LET HIM LIE THERE AND WALK AWAY WITH THE CONTEST , BUT IN THE INTEREST OF FAIR PLAY AND GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP I’LL WAKE HIM UP …. HE WENT ON TO BEAT ME BY A SMALL MARGIN IT WA S THE START OF HIS CAREAR AND THE END OF MINE

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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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The Northwestern University student paper has an article about Pat Bertoletti. The article gets the 2006 corned beef contest in Boston, which Bertoletti won, mixed up with a 2004 Milwaukee competition, where he finished behind Cookie Jarvis and Molly Cary.

Determined to show the world the pizza eating contest was a fluke, he registered immediately in a corn beef n’ cabbage competition in Boston.

Without hesitation, Bertoletti hopped on a flight from O’Hare and headed east. He, unlike a few of the other world-renowned eaters, wasn’t sponsored at the time. All expenses came out of his pocket. If he planned to break even on his trip, he would need to place in the contest.

His finish improved, but he still only took third. Bertoletti had a problem: he was smoked by a girl. Bertoletti says while laughing, “I got killed by a girl, man, who has never done anything. I was kicking myself, dude.”

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From IFOCE.com

Waffle House Waffle Eating Championship, Texas State Fair, Dallas, TX
1. Pat Bertoletti 29 waffles
2. Joey Chestnut 28.5 waffles
3. Tim “Eater X” Janus 21.25
4. Brad “Old School” Sciullo 17.5

Pat now has a two contest winning streak against Joey.

update CBS11.com has a video of the contest.

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From IFOCE.com & STBW.com

Louisiana Downs World Grits Eating Championship from Bossier City, LA (10 Minutes)

1. Pat Bertoletti 21 lb.
2. Tim “Eater X” Janus 20 lb.
3. Joey Chestnut 19 lb.
4. Sonya Thomas 18.5 lb.
5. Hall Hunt 15.5 lb.
6. Patrick Van Dam 13.5 lb.
7. Timm “the Intimidator” Dilling 5 lb.

I think this is the first time Tim has beaten Joey.

update ShreveportTimes.com has an article on the contest which lists the top 7 finishers. It also has a gallery

KATC also has an article

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11alive.com has an article about the Atlanta Krystal qualifier. Pat Bertoletti broke the qualifier record by 16.

Full results are now available at http://krystalsquareoff.com/headlines.php?s=84 Juliet Lee’s total has been restored to the original 41.

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From beautifulbrian.com

1. Pat Bertoletti, 85 burgers
2. Allen Goldstein, 42
3. Juliet Lee, 41

update The IFOCE.com report says Juliet ate 45? I have received an additional confirmation of Brian’s top 3.

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The Chicago Tribune has an article about Pat Bertoletti’s victory in last week’s jalapeno contest. Bertoletti will compete in the grits contest in Louisiana next week.

The Tribune also did an article about Tim Brown’s preparation for the jalapeno contest.

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GwinnettDailyPost reports that Pat Bertoletti will compete in the Krystal qualifier on Sunday at the Gwinnett County Fair.

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Radio talk show Steve Dahl models the T shirt from the Myrtle Beach pork BBQ sandwich contest that Pat Bertoletti gave him in a recent blog entry:

I will be working out today in my pork sandwich eating shirt, and I think that sends a nice message to the rest of the people at the gym. It says “Competitor” on the back. I wish I was.

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From SonyaTheBlackWidow.com

La Costeña “Feel the Heat” Jalapeño Peppers Contest Results

1. Pat Bertoletti: 191
2. Sonya Thomas: 141
3. Rich LeFevre: 120
4. Hall “Hoover” Hunt: 110

Results are approximate. The contest was stopped before the the planned 8 minutes due to a lack of peppers.

update WQAD.com has an article. The official contest time is 6.5 minutes

update #2 Wes Sabi has a contest report & picture in his myspace blog. He has a negative review for the contest venue, which he had a difficult time finding. The blogger a friend of Pat’s cousin, Kate, who competes in Windy City Roller derby girl as Dayglo Dago.

update #3 Galleries are available at http://community.webshots.com/user/SicilianEater & http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjmurletti/sets/72157602050865018/

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A video of Pat Bertoletti doing a jalapeno eating exhibition on local Chicago news can be seen at http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=35532@wbbm.dayport.com

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Pat Bertoletti has been nominated for a Relly Award (Favorite Real Person: Male) for his ice cream record on the Live with Regis & Kelly show. A list of nominees is available at http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/regisandkelly/contests/rellys/promo.html

The page for the awards is http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/regisandkelly/contests/rellys/promo.html I am not sure if voting is still open.

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(From Pat Bertoletti) The current blog entry on googoodolls.com (flash only 🙁 no direct link) has a report about the band’s meeting with “Deep Dish”. The entry says that the group has now met the top three ranked eaters. Kobayashi met the group at the Summer Sonic Festival earlier this month.

update Kobayashi has a new blog entry about meeting the Offspring.

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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 Three Brother’s Pizza contest preview in the Washington Post’s Sports “Bog” mention’s Liz K’s report from the 2006 contest.

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Today’s 3 Brothers Pizza results from SonyaTheBlackWidow.com and a Steakbellie comment

1: Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti: 22 Slices
2: Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas: 20
3: Tim “Eater X” Janus: 18
4: Chip Simpson – 17.5
5: Humble Bob Shoudt – 17
6: Pat Philbin – 12
7: Russ Keeler – 11
7: Juliet Lee – 11
9 Wing Kong – 10

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The Annapolis Capital has an article about expected entrants in tomorrow’s 3 Brothers Pizza contest for amateurs which includes some quotes from Pat Bertoletti. Pat says he looks forward to competing against Sonya, but the article does not say if they will face each other tomorrow. Dunking will be banned tomorrow in the amateur event. It is not stated if that restriction will be in effect for the professional contest as well.

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The Herald Mail of Hagerstown, MD has a preview of Saturday’s Three Brothers Pizza contest containing several quotes from Pat Bertoletti in an article about a local ice cream eating contest. After graduating, Bertolletti has found employment at a fish store and gourmet shop and is also cooking for a catering company.

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From IFOCE.com

1. Pat Bertoletti, 42 sandwiches in 10 minutes, $1500
2. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 37.5 sandwiches, $1000
3. Rich LeFevre, 34
4. Erik “the Red” Denmark, 20
DQ El Toro

Ron Koch served as judge

update OCRegister has an article and some pictures.

skinnyboy has more complete results

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Liz K has an interview with Pat Bertoletti on truefan:

Was Corey Feldman really there? Were there Coreys present?
The Coreys were not there.

So it was a lie?
I did cry at first. Crazy Legs was a little devastated; that’s why his score was a little lower than expected.

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From blogspot.dogsarefunyes.com

update Corrected results from Pat Bertoletti via Liz K
1. Pat: 9.17
2. Tim Brown: 8.47
3. Mongo Marquez: 6.56
4. Kevin Ross: 5.58
5. Erik and Crazy Legs: 4.88
7-Jason Erb 4.63
8-Cameron McKirdy 3.75
9-Scott Sayer 3.34
10-Shawn Kirby 3.03
11-Skinnyboy 2.92
12-Tim League 2.84

update #2 The IFOCE results are the same as Liz’s results

update #3 Added full results from Jason Erb. The Corvallis Gazette Times has an article which misidentifies Crazy Legs Conti as Erik Denmark.

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Beautifulbrian’s Corner Nathans Coney Island wrap up
NY Times article – longer version of NY Times article below
NY1 article and video
amNY article
AP column on MSNBC
Deadspin blog entry
FoxSports blog entry
AOL Sports blog entry #1
AOL Sports blog entry #2
Wackbag.com gallery thread Badlands Booker appears to have lost a considerable amount of weight. There is also a picture of Don Lerman receiving his award
Wackbag.com forum thread
NY Daily News preview – Curtis Sliwa accuses current eaters of cheating
Santa Fe Reporter – pre-contest interview with Pat Bertoletti

Joe Delaney, the name on Pat Bertoletti’s headband, was the name of pats grandpa who passed away a few weeks corrected July 5

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Shoo Fly Pie results from BeautifulBrian.com & Steakbellie

1. Pat Bertoletti 11.1 lbs
2. Sonya Thomas 9.3
3. Humble Bob Shoudt 9.25
4. Hall Hunt 6.74
5. Juliet Lee 6.66
6. Brad Sciullo 6.18
7. Pat Bruss 5.53
Chris Abatsas 5.48
Steakbellie 4.95
Brian Subich 4.88
Kevin Carr 4.5
Pete Mierniki 3.42
Paul Sakelarides 3.12
Wild Bill 2.85
Russ Keeler – not recorded but ate more than Steakbellie
Dave Shoffner – weight not recorded
Barry Shanebrook – not recorded

updated
Amateur contest results

1. Sean Gordon 4.41 pounds. wins amateur contest for second straight year
2. Andy Rearich 2.81 pounds.
3. Eric Detweiler 2.78 pounds

LancasterOnline.com has an article. A press release is also available.

update #2
megamunch has a blog entry and gallery
Steakbellie has also uploaded a gallery with 281 pictures

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From IFOCE.com

From Mattituck Strawberry Festival, Long Island

1. Pat Bertoletti, 15.25 lb. 8 minutes
2. Tim Janus 13.5 lb.
3. Crazy Legs Conti 9.5 lb.
4. “The Greek” (Chris Abatsas?) 8 lb.
5. Brian Seiken 5.5 lb.
6. Jim McCreevey 4.5 lb.
6. Wild Bill Myers 4.5 lb
6. Pete Miernicki 4.5 lb
9 Peter Janus (Tim Janus’ father) 3.5 lb.

update results updated from Brian Seiken’s report a video of the contest is also available

mosesnews.com has a lot of pictures of the contest

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