Pat Bertoletti sets San Gennaro cannoli record, Marcos Owens 3rd
update Sept 17 The NY Daily News has an article.
update Sept 16 The Daily Mail has an article with pictures and Larell Marie has a gallery. Lagalagny has a contest video.
update 4:50 i-Italy has a gallery
1) Pat Bertoletti 32 cannolis in 6 minutes, new record
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 16
3) Marcos Owens 15
4) Crazy Legs Conti 14.5
5) Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 14
6T) Yasir Salem 13
6T) Larell Marie Mele 13
8 Maria “Edible” 11
update Pat Bertoletti has set a new record with 32 cannolis.
Pat Bertoletti, Eric “Badlands” Booker, Allen “Shredder” Goldstein, Maria “Edible”, Larell Marie Mele and Yasir Salem are expected to compete in this afternoon’s cannoli eating contest at the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy, NYC.
Richard Shea called the winner of last year’s cannoli contest “US Fail”.
Regis Philbin refereed 1963 eating contest featuring Ernie Ladd
The MLE facebook announces that Pat Bertoletti, Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti will attempt to break the record for banana eating on tomorrow’s episode of Live with Regis & Kelly.
Regis Philbin had previous involvement with competitive eating before the debut of Live with Regis & Kelly. In 1963, he served as a referee for an eating contest between San Diego Charger defensive lineman / pro wrestler Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd and Nick Cordileone. Flickr has a picture of the program for the contest.
Pat Bertoletti will stay in New York City and compete in Thursday’s cannoli contest in an attempt to obtain his 36th record. Eric “Badlands” Booker and Maria “Edible” have also been announced as entrants.
Pat Bertoletti & Tim Brown food truck web page
A web page for Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown’s food truck has been set up at http://www.gluttonforcefive.com/ (Sir Snugglesworth, Partybot and Pink Unicorn are the other team members.) The truck is offering a sandwich eating challenge awarding $500 to a customer that can beat Pat or Tim’s time. A facebook with a picture of the back of the truck and twitter have also been started. (via RJOPhoto)
Pat Bertoletti sets Nisei Week gyoza record, Matt Stonie 2nd
update Aug 23 The Rafu Shimpo has a contest writeup reporting that Sonya Thomas believed that one of her plates was not counted.
update Aug 22 LA Weekly, Drink Eat Travel and Damon Wells have contest reports
update Aug 21 #2 Matt Stonie has a gallery.
update Aug 21 The contest facebook page has full results and a gallery.
ToraChibi, Two Hungry Pandas, Guzzle & Nosh and FJTeng have flickr galleries
9:13 Jaron has a twitpic gallery
5:44 Naader Reda has posted the top 5: update 7:08 The rest of the top 10
1) Pat Bertoletti 264
2) Matt Stonie 213
3) Sonya Thomas 209
4) Bob Shoudt 202
5) Stephanie Torres 172
6) Tim Gravy Brown 170
7) Damon Wells 169
8) Eric Denmark 129
9) Michelle Lesco 117
10) Yasir Salem 100
?) Naoyuki Namiya 62
5:43 Eat More Gyoza reports Pat Bertoletti set a new record with 264 gyoza.
5:32 the contest is under way. Lynn in LA has a picture of the field
2011 New Orleans Oysters
11:53 Ryan Shams has emailed additional results
1) Pat Bertoletti 39 dozen
2) Aaron Osthoff 38 dozen
3) Adrian Morgan 32 dozen
4) Crazy Legs Conti 29 dozen
5) Gary Klucken 38 dozen
8) Ryan Shams 11 dozen
10 Mia “Meatballz” Davekos 7 dozen
3:30 Crawfish has the top 3, via Adrian Morgan’s facebook: 1st Pat Bertoletti 39 dozen 2nd Aaron Osthoff 38 3rd Adrian Morgan 32 dozen
3:16 “Patrick Bernaletti” was the winner.
3:06 The unnamed winner ate 39 dozen in 8 minutes, a new record.
update 3 pm eastern The contest has started.
The contest should start at 1 pm central, 2 pm eastern
2011 Nathan’s Cleveland qualifer
1) Pat Bertoletti 38
2) Scott Bickel 18
3T) Jake “The Great Lake” Larry 17
3T) Jeremy Park 17
Craig Reed 10
Jamie Park 7 – women’s winner
update June 3 The Tower City Facebook has a gallery
update 8:10 Cleveland.com has a blog entry reporting that Jamie Park will compete in Coney Island despite not reaching the 10 hot dog minimum
WKYC has an article and video
Metromix has a gallery
update 2:15 Cleveland Scene has a slideshow
update 1:10 The MLE twitter has the rest of the top 4:
update 1:01 Brian Subich has the Top 2:
update 12:56 The contest is over. Craig Reed estimates Bickel’s total at 17.
update 12:53 The contest is underway
Bob Shoudt announces that he will not compete in today’s qualifier and will attempt to qualify for the finals Saturday in Queens.
The headline of a NewsNet5 article claims the contest has already taken place.
Bertoletti breaks Boonville Boneless benchmark
update May 8 The Columbia Missourian has an article about Shari “Missouri Mouth” Child competing in the contets
The Eating contest twitter has full results part 1 | part 2 for today’s boneless wing eating contest at the Isle of Capri in Boonville, MO
1) Pat Bertoletti 9 pounds in 10 minutes
2) Tim Janus 8.25
3) Adrian Morgan 6.5
4) Aaron Osthoff 5
5) Ben Taylor 3.9
6) Dave Solomon 3.75
7) Matt Raible 3
8T) Gary Klucken 2
8T) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 2
10) Greg Degeneffe 1.95
11) Shari Childs .25
3:37 The casino twitter reports Pat Bertoletti set a record with a total of 9 pounds.
3:32 The contest is over.
3:23 The contest has started.
3:12 Entrances have started. The Isle of Capri Boonville yfrog is posting pictures
The contest should start at 2 pm central, 3 eastern
Pat Bertoletti wins 2011 La Costena jalapeno Feel the Heat
update May 2 #2 AKA Media has produced a video.
update May 2 MySanAntonio.com has a gallery
The top 4 according the the eatingcontest twitter, a KENS 5 slideshow and KXTN
1) Pat Bertoletti, 275 $3000, new record
2) Sonya Thomas 224 $2000
3) Erik Denmark 121 $750
4) Alex Ramirez 110 $500 from San Antonio
update 3:56 The MLE twitter reports that Pat Bertoletti won with a record 275 peppers. Sonya Thomas was the runner up with 224.
The contest is expected to start at 1:30 pm central time.
2011 Dallas Wingstop wings results
update Apr 20 WingstopOfficial produced a video about the contest.
update Apr 18 #2 Brad Holt has uploaded a video in which Pat Bertoletti estimates his
total at 180 wings.
update Apr 18 Philly.com has an article about Bob Shoudt who thinks the Wingstop contest judging was superior to Wing Bowl judging.
update Apr 15 Pepper Hastings attended the contest and posted a comment to the MLE facebook about what he observed after the competition.
update Apr 14 The Chitown Hustler has a short video with the following amounts in the caption:
1) Pat Bertoletti 171 oz
2) Bob Shoudt 164 oz
3) Joey Chestnut 127 oz
4) Sonya Thomas 126 oz.
(Were 5th ($750) and 6th ($250) places ever announced? Both places awarded prizes.)
Patrick Michels has a Dallas Observer gallery. The date on the novelty check was not changed from February 1 and the check makes it appear that the entire $10,000 purse goes to the winner. update A contest report has been added containing an interview with Pat Bertoletti, who thinks the totals might be exaggerated.
Here is Pat Bertoletti’s wing eating contest resume according to the eatfeats database. He more than tripled his amount from his previous 12 minute wing contest at the 2009 Buffalo Wing Festival.
| 2010 Nov 11 | 2nd | 34 | 5 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Battle Of The Bhut XXX Wing Eating Contest | Chicago, IL |
| 2009 Sep 5 | 4th | 3.18 | 12 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | U.S Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
| 2008 Feb 1 | 2nd | 227 | 30 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Wing Bowl 16 | Philadelphia, PA |
| 2007 Oct 9 | 1st | 4.1 | 8 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | MLE Chowdown – chicken wings | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2007 Feb 2 | 2nd | 170 | 30 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Wing Bowl 15 | Philadelphia, PA |
| 2005 Nov 12 | 7th | 2.8 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Verizon VoiceWing Buffalo wing finals | Boston, MA |
| 2005 Oct 1 | 4th | 2.93 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Verizon VoiceWing Buffalo wing qualifier | Everett, WA |
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