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.

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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.

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“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

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Todd “The Butler” Yeates, who competed in the Arizona Fry Bread contest and the Posole contest, has started a blog at http://toddthebutleryeates.blogspot.com/ with galleries of those two contests.

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The Cibola Beacon has an article about the posole contest with a different list of results than can be found on IFOCE.com:

World Posole Eating Championships

1st Place – Pat Bertoletti $1000 – 9lbs, 2.25 oz

2nd Place – Tim Janus $500 – 8lbs, 10.75 oz

3rd Place – Rich Lafevre $350 – 8lbs, 8 oz

4th Place – Erik Denmark $250 – 7lbs, 5 oz

5th Place – Marco Marquez $150

I am rather disappointed at being lied to and made a fool of and this will probably affect the future direction of eatfeats. 🙁 Thanks to the people who alerted me that something was fishy this morning.

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There has been speculation that “Helen Haggerty”, listed as the runner-up in Saturday’s posole contest in New Mexico was a hoax given a lack of closeup pictures of her and any internet presence. Andrew Lane has posted a gallery of the contest with a picture of “Helen”. The picture in its original state is too dark to make out any facial features, but after playing with the brightness and contrast, the image on the left reveals “Helen” to clearly be Tim “Eater X” Janus.

I am quite upset by this incident and it will affect the future direction of eatfeats, but I am going to wait until I am better composed until I elaborate further.

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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.

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The Gallup Independent has a preview of Saturday’s posole eating contest at the Sky City Casino in Acoma, NM. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Erik “the Red” Denmark are listed as expected entrants. The article says the contest might be recorded for Japanese television.

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The slashfood food blog has an article about the efforts of the House of LeFevre to retain the posole title. The author has a different opinion on posole than his subjects do.

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Matt “Foracious” Forss, who will compete in the posole contest on November 18, has forwarded me some of the expected entrants in that event:

Pat Bertoletti
Joey Chestnut
Tim Janus
Matt “Foracious” Forss

Rich LeFevre will probably participate as well since he has done almost all southwestern contests.

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A press release previewing the posole contest at the Sky City Casino in Acoma NM on November 18 is now available. The release does not list any eaters expected to attend.

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(from “the Hangman” & “Wild Bill”) The ifoce schedule no longer lists the chicken strips contest that was to be held at the South Carolina State Fair on Friday, so it is safe to assume it will not take place. This denies Dale Boone an opportunity to see if his momentum continues from his Krystal win.

A posole eating contest will be held at the Sky City Casino in New Mexico on November 18. This is the second posole contest held at that site.

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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.

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(from The Observer) Tom Parker Bowles, son of the wife of Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles, has a written a book called The Year of Eating Dangerously, which he describes as a “travel book about weird food”. The book describes his participating in a chili eating contest in New Mexico.

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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

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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.

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Gwyneth Doland has written an article about last month’s jalapeno contest won by Pat Bertoletti for the Santa Fe Reporter.

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Don “Moses” Lerman has some pictures from Saturday’s jalapeno pepper eating contest on his blog.

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Pat Bertoletti 177
Rich LeFevre 155
Jed Donahue 144
Erik the Red Denmark 107
Jim Reeves 73

Results match up with an IFOCE contest report which says the contest was 15 minutes (the preview said it would be 12)

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