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September 17-18 contest results
September 17 GoldenPalace.com grilled cheese qualifier, Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City
From newsok.com: (video available and registration required)
- Crazy Legs Conti, NYC, 17.5 sandwiches
- Ryan Delano, Oklahoma City,17 sandwiches
- Levi Oliver, Austin, TX 14 sandwiches
September 18 Krystal Square Off, Gwinnett County Fair, North Atlanta, GA
From ajc.com:
- Tim “Eater X” Janus, NYC, 39 Krystals
- Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough, 27 Krystals
- Shaun Kessler, 26 Krystals
September 18 GoldenPalace.com grilled cheese qualifier, Salt Lake City, UT
(updated 9/19 10:51 pm) (from ifoce.com and bigbrian.org) Ron Koch wins with 18.5 sandwiches. (No other finishers are listed) “Big” Brian Subich misses the contest due to a missed connecting flight in Phoenix.
I have been unable to find an article about the contest in the Salt Lake City papers, but I have found a polygamy news section
Waffle House Video
The Atlanta Journal Constitution home page has a link to a video from the Waffle House contest with an interview with Joey Chestnut. (No direct link, if the video is no longer available on the main page try the video page.) Surprisingly, no text article containing contest results is available on the site (or if it is present I have not been able to find it.)
Thanks Larry McNeil for the link
Joey Chestnut wins Waffle House contest
Joey Chestnut wins the Waffle House contest in suburban Atlanta with 18.5 waffles beating Sonya Thomas by half a waffle. This is the first victory for Joey Chestnut over Sonya Thomas after several close defeats. Joey Chestnut gave half his $5,000 first place prize to hurricane Katrina relief. Patrick Bertoletti finished 3rd with 11 waffles. Sonya Thomas will have the chance to obtain one victory this extended holiday weekend when she competes in the Krystal burger qualifier in Chattanooga on Labor Day.
In other contests this weekend, Cookie Jarvis won the Buffalo Wing Festival “Buffet Bowl” contest and Rich LeFevre won the Colorado Grilled Cheese qualifier with 21 sandwiches. Ron Koch finished second with 19 sandwiches.
Atlanta Waffle preview
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has a short preview of Sunday’s Waffle House World Waffle Eating Championship. The contest will be 10 minutes long. Sonya Thomas is the only listed expected entrant.
With $5,000 for first place, it might make financial sense for Kobayashi to put the “world” in World Waffle Eating Championship, as that prize could pay for a transpacific flight and have a considerable amount left over.
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