Albuquerque eating challenges
(All Albuquerque eating challenges and contests in database)
Joey Chestnut wins 2010 NM State Fair burritos
update Sept 13 ABQ Journal has a contest report (requires watching ad) and AP has a video.
update 6:09 The eating contest twitter has the rest of the top 4
1) Joey Chestnut 47 burritos
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown 32 burritos
3) Chillin Peng 28 burritos (will this invalidate him from future Battle of the Bone contests?)
4) Gary Klucken 24.5 burritos
update 5:37 Dolo reports Joey Chestnut won with 47 burritos. The runner-up ate 32.
update 5:28 The contest has started according to Dolo’s twitter.
The burrito eating contest at the New Mexico State Fair is expected to start at 4:30 pm eastern. Tim Brown is expected to compete in addition to Joey Chestnut.
Bob Shoudt wins NM Burritos, Ben Monson 3rd

update #3 Bytegirl has a few pictures of the contest
update #2 KRQE has an article and video
updatetwitter.com/eatingcontest has the top 4
1) Bob Shoudt 33.5 4 oz. burritos
2) Hall Hunt 30
3) Ben Monson 29.5
4) Erik Denmark 26
Alex Tomlin reports that the burrito eating contest at Expo NM has started.
Daily Lobo previews Pizza 9 contest
The Daily Lobo has a preview of tomorrow’s pizza eating contest at Pizza 9 in Albuquerque that will award a 42 inch flat screen TV. According to the article, the winner will receive a berth in the 2010 Nathan’s finals if Joey Chestnut’s mark of 45 slices is surpassed.
Ben Monson’s eating challenge road trip
“Big” Ben Monson has started a bodybuilding.com thread with pictures about his recent road trip throughout the southwest where he completed the following eating challenges:
- Quadruple Bypass Burger, Heart Attack Grill, 1:49, second to Joey Chestnut
- Big Texan 72 ounce steak, Amarillo, TX, 9:40 (3rd person after Joey Chestnut & Frank Pastore to break 10 minutes
- Chillz 8 waffles & frozen custard, Albuquerque, 11:12 new record
- 5 pound Sopaipilla, Sadies, Albuquerque, 7:56 new record
- 6 pound burrito, NASCAR Cafe, Las Vegas, 12 minutes, new record
Golden Palace NM, NC contests canceled, SC in doubt
Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane received a message from IFOCE headquarters:
I am extremely sad to announce that the breakfast burrito eating championship in Albuquerque on October 11, and the pickle eating championship in Raleigh on October 16 have been canceled. It is likely that the chicken strip contest in Columbia on October 13 will also be canceled, but that is not yet confirmed.
I would assume the AZ contest on the 28th is in serious jeopardy as well. If the SC and AZ contests are canceled, hopefully the jalapeno contest on Sunday will be a fitting end to the series.
updated from the Sicilan IFOCE.com has an official statement about the cancellations saying that the AZ contest will take place without any prizes. The jalapeno contest Sunday will be sponsored by Major League eating instead of golden palace.
Joey Chestnut wins (GC)^2 contest
from IFOCE.com & skinnyboy
goldenpalace.net green chile grilled cheese New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, NM
1. Joey Chestnut 34.5
2. Rich LeFevre 28
3. “Mongo” Marquez 14
4T. Andrew “skinnyboy” Lane 13.5
4T. Allan Jones 13.5
Green chile grilled cheese preview
This page on the New Mexico State Fair website is the only information I have been able to find about Saturday’s green chile grilled cheese contest. The $100K rookie grilled cheese challenge will be held as well. No expected competitors are listed. There will be three New Mexico IFOCE contests in about a month and a half.
Corrected Albuquerque results (Leland Collins wins)
Corrected Albuquerque grilled cheese results from Skinnyboy. Sorry for any inconvenience resulting from my assumption that Donovan Busta was the likely winner based on the headline saying the winner was from Colorado.
1. Leland Collins – 16
2. Levi Oliver- 13.5
3. Andrew Lane – 12
Coloradan (Donovan Busta?) wins ABQ grilled cheese contest
abqjournal.com for September 25 has a headline (under New Mexico & the West) mentioning that a Coloradan (Donovan Busta in all probability) won Saturday’s goldenpalace.com grilled cheese qualifier at the New Mexico State Fair with 16 sandwiches. Reading the article requires a paid subscription. Levi Oliver was also expected to compete.