Mid South Fair, Memphis TN

1st Tim Janus, 53
2nd Rich LeFevre, 51
3rd Seaver Miller, 41
4th Arturo Rios, 36

The current wildcards with two contests left are Rich, Seaver, Arturo and Crazy Legs.

The webcam quality was by far the best I have seen. Good job to the Krystal people improving its quality.

updated 10/2 Full results are available

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krystalsquareoff.com has a report on today’s 2 minute prequalifiers. Arturo Rios, another northeastern eater heading west, had today’s best mark of 21 burgers. Rich LeFevre managed 18. The strength of the field makes conceivable that all four wild card entrants could come from Memphis.

updated – the full Memphis roster is now available

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IFOCE.com has a list of the expected out of town eaters at Sunday’s Krystal qualifier in Memphis which include:

Tim Janus
Rich LeFevre (will compete in 2 minute contest Sat.)
Seaver Miller
Sam Vise
Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston
Chris “the Mad Greek” Abatsas
Jim Hamrick

Updated krystalsquareoff.com has a preview mentioning Steakbellie and Wing Kong of Drexel Hill, PA

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Be on the lookout for whaling boats on the Mississippi. IFOCE announces that Tim Janus will compete in the Memphis Krystal Square Off qualifier Sunday despite being virtually guaranteed a wild card entry into the finals.

IFOCE also warns that the 5 second dunking rule might be more strictly enforced in future Krystal contests.

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Micah “Wing Kong” Collins is travelling to Memphis for the Krystal qualifier with steakbellie. He has several entries about his preparation in his blog at http://conundrum54.blogspot.com/ Wing Kong is considering changing his nickname to Carnage and adopting a bad guy persona.

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Memphis Eyewitness News has a preview of the Krystal qualifier to be held October 1. No expected entrants are listed in the article.

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Steakbellie has decided to compete in the Krystal qualifier in Memphis. He currently has three blog entries describing his preparation: Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3.

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It has been over a week since the July 3 goldenpalace.net BBQ ribs contest in Memphis won by Dale Boone and results for that event have yet to be posted on the IFOCE website. The new poll question asks what you believe the reason for this delay is.

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from commercialappeal.com:

GoldenPalace.net World BBQ Eating Championship, Memphis TN, Tom Lee Park

1. Dale Boone, 2.93 lb in 8 minutes, $1500
2. Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough, 2.4 lb, $1000
3. Larry “the Legend” McNeil, 1.43, $500

Dale has started a myspace site

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The Memphis Commerical Appeal reports that a hot wing eating contest sponsored by Frank’s Red Hot will be held Friday at 5pm at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest along the Memphis riverfront. The prize was not listed, but last year’s contest awarded $150 and was reportedly had trouble getting enough entrants, so Mid-South eaters might want to look into this event.

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The Memphis Commercial Appeal has an article about Sunday’s Krystal Square Off qualifier at the Mid South Fair. The majority of the article is about a Baylor medical student who competed after evacuating to Memphis to avoid Rita. Tennessean Sam Vise finished in first place with 33 burgers. Thomas Petrowski was 3rd with 22 burgers. (2nd place was not listed)

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