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Happy Birthday Pat Bertoletti
(From Liz K) Happy 22nd to Pat Bertoletti.
Pat Bertoletti interview on truefan
Liz has an interview with Pat Bertoletti on truefan at http://www.urbanhonking.com/truefan/archives/2007/05/raising_the_bar.html
Las Vegas qualifiers videos
Skinnyboy recorded video of Pat Bertoletti’s and Rich LeFevre’s appearance on local television before the Las Vegas qualifier.
There is also a video of Rick “The Grizzly” Baird’s introduction.
Texas Observer tamale contest article
(Thanks Patrick Bertoletti) The Texas Observer blog has an entry about last Saturday’s BerryHill tamale eating contest won by Joey Chestnut with several pictures.
WorldPictureNetwork Las Vegas qualifier gallery
WorldPictureNetwork has a good gallery of last Thursday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Las Vegas. The captions are quite good in regards to names, but unfortunately the only result listed is Pat Bertoletti’s winning amount. Robin Leach, formerly of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”, was a commentator.
Official results for top 2 vegas finishers
Official results for the top two finishers in yesterday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Las Vegas have been posted to MLE and ifoce.com/news
1. 46 HDB Pat Bertoletti
2. 33 HDB Rich LeFevre
Vegas results from Laura Flynn: Pat B does the double deuce
Las Vegas Nathan’s qualifier results from a Laura Flynn comment:
1. 46 HDB Pat Bertoletti
2. 33 HDB Rich LeFevre
3. 23 HDB Mongo Marquez
4-5 14? Kevin Ross
4-5 14? Jason Erb
Pat Bertoletti becomes the third person to break 40 hot dogs and buns. Rich LeFevre’s 33 is also a personal best.
update Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane also has results on his blog which report Bertoletti ate 46 HDB.
NYU student paper on competitive eating
The student newspaper for New York University has an article about the current trend in competitive eaters with a quote from Pat Bertoletti:
Shattering the misconception many have of “competitive eaters,” Bertoletti claims a smaller, younger generation of eaters is sweeping the sport.
“I would say that the big man is an extinct dinosaur and that the younger, fitter eaters are taking over,” Bertoletti told me.
St Patrick’s Day Chowdown finals video
Jim Driscoll attended the Saint Patrick’s Day Chowdown and wrote a blog entry about it and filmed a video of the final contest between Patrick Bertoletti and Joey Chestnut.
Pat Bertoletti wins St. Pat’s Chowdown
St. Pats Chowdown results
Finals – jalapeno peppers
1) Pat Bertoletti
2) Joey Chestnut
Semi Finals – green doughnuts
1) Pat Bertoletti
2) Joey Chestnut
?) Sonya Thomas
?) Chip Simpson
1st Round
1 tie) Joey Chetnut
1 tie) Pat Bertoletti
3) Sonya Thomas
4) Chip Simpson
5) Tim Janus (originally listed as 4th place finisher)
?) Rich LeFevre
?) Bob Shoudt
?) Eric “Badlands” Booker
Hopefully the ratings will be good enough to have other future non-Kobayashi contests televised.
updated elfarren has a livejournal entry with some pictures
teleblog is available after the jump
Pat Bertoletti article in Chicago Tribune
There is an article about Pat Bertoletti in the Chicago Tribune.
Bertoletti’s competitive strategy is simple: “I just try to focus and push myself. Every time I’m at a contest, I like to see how far it takes me to get to my breaking point.”
That threshold has become harder to reach since he began eating for sport in 2004 at the suggestion of his sister. He entered a local pizza-eating contest and finished fourth. Bertoletti later registered with the International Federation of Competitive Eating, which regulates the contests for safety.
Pat Bertoletti finishes Sasquatch burger
The Memphis Flyer reports that Pat Bertoletti was the first person to finish the 7 pound (4 lb of meat) Sasquatch burger at the Big Foot Lodge in Memphis. Pat stopped at the Big Foot Lodge on his way to New Orleans to break the Acme Oyster House record and his time of 11:05 is less than 1/5 of the hour allowed.
The burger in the “Big Burger Girl” picture (from a July post) is most likely a Sasquatch burger because the picture is tagged with “Memphis” The photographer claims the unknown trencherwomen finished her burger in the picture comments, but this would not count because it took place outside the restaurant.
Key Lime Pie contest video
youtube has a clip of the goldenpalace.net key lime pie contest won by Pat Bertoletti held in panama city beach, FL last March at http://youtube.com/watch?v=LW9S0z_jF6Q
Pat Bertoletti breaks Acme Oyster House record
IFOCE.com reports that Pat Bertoletti broke Sonya Thomas’ Acme Oyster House record by eating 53.5 dozen oysters in 48 minutes. Sonya Thomas set the previous record when she ate 46 dozen in a 10 minute record, then ate an additional 6 dozen following the awards ceremony.
Reuters Date Nut Bread video
ibctoday.com has a video report produced by Reuters from the Chock Full O Nuts date nut bread sandwich contest held in New York City last week. Pat Bertoletti (now with a mustache) is interviewed.
Chock Full O Nuts videos on youtube
cyberfyber has uploaded videos of the first half and awards ceremony of the Date Nut Bread sandwich eating contest to youtube. Brian Seiken has also uploaded his video
Pat B wins Chock Full o Nuts, Joey 2nd, Bob 3rd, Juliet Lee 5th
(from competitiveeatingnews via Steakbellie)
Chock Full o’ Nuts Date Nut Bread-Eating Contest
1. Pat Bertoletti, 29.5 sandwiches in 8 minutes, $2500 prize
2. Joey Chestnut, 26 sandwiches
3. Bob Shoudt, 18.75 sandwiches
4. Tim Janus 16.5
5T. Juliet Lee 13
5T. Erik “the Red” Denmark 13
7. Arturo Rios, Jr. 12 3/4
8. Justin Mih 11 1/3
9. Crazy Legs Conti 10 1/2
10. Wild Bill Myers 7 1/2
updated IFOCE.com has a report. The only new result is that Juliet Lee finished 5th.
update #2 all results (from beautifulbrian.com) have been listed
update #3 Yahoo News has a press release and photo of the contest
update #4 Brian Seiken has a video of the contest
Pat wins Axia 3 turkey eating contest, Sonya DQed
IFOCE.com results:
Patrick Bertoletti: 4.8 lbs
Tim Janus: 3.8 lbs
Arturo Rios: 2.8 lbs
Crazy Legs Conti: 2.38 lbs
Justin Mih: 2.375 lbs
Eric “Steak Bellie” Livingston: 1.80 lbs
Brian Subich: 1.42 lbs
Sonya Thomas DQ – first DQ of 3.5 year IFOCE career
Does anyone have prize money breakdown?
ABC news article / photo gallery
AP article
news.com.au article
The video shows it is rather clear cut that Sonya merited disqualifying. She is taking the DQ with equanimity on her website.
Brian Seiken will also have video he recorded later today. He spoke to Sonya after the contest and said she told him she got turkey caught in her adam’s apple.
Pat Bertoletti wins posole, rookie Helen Haggerty 2nd
From IFOCE com:
Sky City Posole contest results:
1. Pat Bertoletti, 146.25 oz.
2. Helen Haggerty, 138.75 oz., recent Bryn Mawr graduate
3. Rich LeFevre, 136 oz.
4. Erik “The Red” Denmark, 117 oz.
5. “Mongo” Marquez ?
6. William “Wild Bill” Myers
?. Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane, almost 64 oz.
Ms. Haggerty’s performance is probably the most impressive debut for a woman in an IFOCE contest (and possibly the best performance by a newcomer for either gender) The only comparable female debut would be Sonya Thomas setting the American women’s record with 18 hot dogs at the Molly Pitcher travel plaza Nathan’s qualifier in 2003, but she did not defeat a top 10 and top 15 eater and almost beat the #3 ranked eater at that event.
All top 4 finishers beat Carlene LeFevre’s 2004 record of 109.75 oz., assuming the contests were the same length.
updatedAndrew Lane competed and has a brief blog entry. He will have a longer report later.
updated #2 miningjournal.net has an article about Matt “Foracious” Forss which claims he will in the posole contest.
Richard Roeper congratulates Pat Bertoletti
Film critic Richard Roeper digresses from writing about movies to offer congratulations to fellow Windy City resident Pat Bertoletti for his third place finish at the Krystal Square Off. Roeper also mentions Don “Moses” Lerman’s baked beans record.
Joey, Pat, Eater X & Hall slay Pointersaurus
(Thanks megamunch) Supersized Meals has some pictures from Pat Bertoletti from his trip to Pointer’s Pizza in Missouri in which he and Tim Janus finished the 10+ lb 28 inch Pointersaurus pizza in under an hour, winning $250 each. Joey Chestnut and Hall Hunt also succesfully completed the challenge. The best team needed only 14 minutes to complete the challenge.
Metropulse article on Knoxville qualifier
(Thanks Brian Cooley) Metropulse has an article about Sunday’s Krystal Square Off qualifier in Knoxville
Pat Bertoletti repeats in Knoxville Krystal qualifier
from krystalsquareoff.com
1. Pat Bertoletti 48
2. Arturo Rios 35
3. Juris Shibayama 34
4. Larry McNeil 28
Updated 9/18 1:02 pm – full results are available
The liveblog of the webcast is available after the jump
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Kolache contest videos
Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has uploaded videos of the Kolache contest won by Pat Bertoletti, the precontest introductions and the $100K rookie grilled cheese challenge to youtube. Skinnyboy nas a trip report with pictures on his blog.
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