Pat Bertoletti’s recent dominance in corned beef events was not foreshadowed by his initial contest eating that food. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Bertoletti came in third in a corned beef contest in August 2004 behind Cookie Jarvis and Molly Cary, who has apparently not participated in other eating contests. (I think that Ms. Cary is the most recent woman to win a prize in an IFOCE contest other than Sonya and Carlene).

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Results from http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2006/03/corned_beef_and.html

Thanks Liz Kellermeyer

Pat Bertoletti wins his second corned beef contest of 2006 against a strong field.

Updated 2:31 Offical results are available on IFOCE.com

1. Pat Bertoletti, 5.75 pounds, $2500
2. Badlands Booker, 5 pounds, $1250
3. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 4.75, $750
4. Crazy Legs Conti, 4.5, $325
5. Pat from Moonachie Philbin, 3.75, $175
6. Krazy Kevin Lipsitz, 3.5
6. Erik the Red Denmark, 3.5
8. Ryan Hodson, 3
8. Ken “Mongo” Federighi, 3
8. David “Brickhouse” Braunstein, 3

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On March 3, the Masticators, (Joey Chestnut & Hall Hunt) and the Space Dockers (Pat Bertoletti & Tim Janus) both finished Schiappa’s 29 inch pizza challenge for two person teams in O’Fallon, Illinois (greater East Saint Louis). This article mentions their feat and says both duos took under six minutes (the limit is 30) to finish the pizzas. In addition to being placed on the Wall of Fame, the teams won a gift certificate for another 29 inch pizza and are entered in a drawing for a trip to Cancun that will be held after two other teams have finished the challenge. (Is the Whaler’s boat equipped for tropical latitudes?) 😉

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GoldenPalace.net will sponsor a corned beef and cabbage eating contest at Ned Devine’s Irish Pub in Boston on March 16. This will be the second corned beef contest in two months and the third goldenpalace holiday themed contest since Thanksgiving. Since Pat Bertoletti won the first corned beef contest in Arkansas last month, the fact that the contest is on Saint Patrick’s Eve might be an omen.

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Cindy M of the Sugar Savvy blog attended Monday’s chocolate contest in Chicago and wrote a report with a few pictures.

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Donna of the andshewas blog attended Tuesday’s goldenpalace.net St. Valentine’s Day Chocolate Massacre and has a writeup, videos and a photo gallery of that event.

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Liz from urbanhonking’s digest has an interview with Pat Bertoletti after his victory in yesterday’s chocolate competition. February content has been restored to urbanhonking, so its article on the grilled cheese contest is now available.

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results from the goldenpalace.net Valentine’s Day Chocolate Massacre in Chicago:

1. Patrick Bertoletti $2500
2. Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough $1250
3. Kevin Carr $750
4. Jim Hamrick (Springfield, IL) $325
5. Domenico Alesi (Chicago, IL) $175

Thanks to ifoce.com for quickly posting a complete list of money-winners

Updated 2/14 9:42 NBC17.com (in North Carolina) has a video clip and photo gallery

Updated 2/14 7:28 am The sun-times has an article about the contest.

Updated 11:11 pm ABC7 has a contest report which uses “Bertolitto” more than it uses “Bertoletti” and claims that Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough was the favorite.

A press release is also available.

Someone who went to high school with Pat has a blog entry.

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The Chicago Sun Times has a preview of today’s goldenpalace.net Valentine’s Day Chocolate Massacre which contains a profile of Pat Bertoletti. It is difficult to see how Bertoletti has rookie status if his first contest was the Bacci Pizza contest from 2004.

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