Pat snaps Joey’s winning streak in Houston
Results from today’s gyro contest in Houston from IFOCE.com
1. Pat Bertoletti, 12 gyros in 10 minutes, $2000
2. Joey Chestnut, 11 gyros, $1000
3. “Humble” Bob Shoudt 9.5 gyros, $700
4. Nathan Biller 6 gyros, $300
This ends Joey Chestnut’s winning streak at 6 contests (in which he defeated Pat Bertoletti 5 times)
update HoustonPress has a slideshow of the contest (from Liz)
update #2 The Blot Says has a contest report with some pictures
A youtube video is also available.
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Anonymous said
May 17, 2008 @ 4:02 pm
From Ifoce.com:
Road Report: Houston
5/17/2008
Pat Bertoletti ate 12 gyros to win 2000 bucks and edge out Joey Chestnut who placed second with 11 gyros and earned 1000 bucks. Humble Bob ate 9.5 gyros to take 700 bucks and third plave. Nasty Nate the Newcomer ate 6 for fourth place and 300 bucks.
All gyros were 12 ounces and the event was 10 minutes. competition
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 17, 2008 @ 6:36 pm
SyKoBOZO just sucks!!!! i hate that guy,he cant eat worth a crap,haha i ate like a lil bird again,but i did have the best entrance for sure…tonight i will try and drink with the big boys – Pat got a pretty cool belt for winning, and Mike did a nice job singing God Bless America – Have A Nice Day 🙂
Anonymous said
May 17, 2008 @ 7:13 pm
Joey is supposed to be the best eater in the world? What a joke. Kobayashi would have embarrassed Joey and use Pat for target practice.
Farooq!
friend if syKoBOZO said
May 17, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
U were awesome man…great meeting you! Finally! Hardcore like House of 1000 corpses meets Zorba The Greek! Great performance! don’t be too hard on yourself, you’ll just keep getting better! How about those kids singing the Greek national anthem??? I promised myself I wouldn’t cry
Mr Negativity said
May 17, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
I would like to see some more negative posts or someone stirring the pot . There is too much happiness in this room
MR.Saying fit to had done said
May 17, 2008 @ 10:09 pm
WOW! Bertoletti by one meat in a sack? Looks like it turned out to be a “BIG” name contest..What’s that they couldn’t dunk? Oh my stars! that means they would have eaten like quad-octo-duplicate the amount of euros..er…uh…gyros…Porno for pyros…isnt it terrific without hyroglyphics? Let me get pacific oops i mean specific! understanding the point without pointing out the picture. Humble Bob Shoudt proof you dont need to have a skinny figure….to put up big figures…krys-tal burgers..mini sandwich murder! Nathan’s got me pacin’ 10 minute change…to keep the food from racin’..up the esopha—blahhhh! soggy buns every where! maybe cuz no yellow hair? Joey has to be aware! Deepdish is coming better start running! Hall is Hunting for respect in munchin’! Janus x is crazy! not for LEGS but ladies! Sweet Corn Fest was shady! Vandam beat GRAVY?! Glad to see Arturo putting up those plurals! congrats to everybody! Im out like Kobayashi!
Bronson Fan said
May 18, 2008 @ 11:24 am
Congrats to Pat for kicking some major ass in this contest.
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 18, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
the contest was great,everyone with the Festival of Greece were awesome to us,very well organized event too. And Dimitri (Dimitrios Fetokakis) the owner of Niko’s Niko’s was like a Rockstar,he hooked us up with everything,food,drinks,clubs (i thought i knew people in Houston and had pull around clubs after 30 years DJing,i dont have jack compared to Dimitri,he knew everyone and everyone knew him) anyway all the eaters had a blast and we totally thank you for the Houston Hospitality and very nice car Dimitri,(Greek food has done very,very good for you) – it was great having Chris with us ,cause he is Greek and speaks the language,so i know he had fun and there was some pretty serious drinking going on,i wont mention names but some one passed out at Treasures Gentlemens Club and it was pretty damn funny.shhhhhh secret hehe – PS hey Pat thanks for the chocalte milk all over my back seat,HAHA – Have A Nice Day 🙂
Complainer said
May 18, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
dirty cheater greek food eating clowns. I hate you all, bet you couldn’t leave your friends behind. (old greek sailor joke reference)
ThePeoplesGyroLaney said (Registered May 18, 2008)
May 18, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
I had a great time meeting all you characters. Seriously some of the most genuine folks I have had the pleasure of meeting.
I will be working on my eating abilities so as to avoid looking like a child.
Anyone know where the video/photos of the event are?
PabbaBear said
May 18, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
To the guy that said “Kobayashi would have embarrassed Joey and use Pat for target practice.” I want him to know that Joey actually beat Kobayashi last hot dog contest. I did better than I thought I would have so I am happy.
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 18, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
Complainer dont quit your day job ,lol – Laney,im sure someone will post something in the next couple of days – and if you and the spanish guy next to you ate like children,then i ate like an old woman,haha – that was a cool event,you guys did great ,especially for your first contest and it was a fun group of eaters too,plus all the drinking afterwards,haha – yeah keep in touch i will let you know about all the local stuff,Have A Nice Day 🙂
Liz said
May 19, 2008 @ 11:09 am
Sweet job! There’s a brief write up and slide show here: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2008/05/slideshow_world_gyro_eating_ch.php
Mega Munch said
May 19, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
Was there a contest sponsor? Nice of them to not mention them in the post-contest report.
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 19, 2008 @ 1:46 pm
Mega Munch i did mention the name and the owner,what you talking about? maybe you overlooked that,go back and look at my post for 12:22pm,thanks 🙂
anonymous said
May 19, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
I never saw chestnut with long hair before. Why did he decide to abandon the crewcut look?
ThePeoplesGyroLaney said (Registered May 18, 2008)
May 19, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
Wow, yall are fast with the updates. I thought I was going to have the lead on the slides. I am still very interested in finding out who owned that video camera that was pacing in front of the table.
Any ideas?
damondia said (Registered May 19, 2008)
May 19, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
I will have a video on youtube within an hour. Thanks for supporting the contest, and we hope to see all of the participants again next year…
Mega Munch said
May 19, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
No, you definitely hooked up the sponsor SyKo (good job), but the IFOCE did not mention them in their report on the IFOCE website.
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 19, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
oh,i see, sorry about that Mega,lol man Dimitri from Niko’s Niko’s and everyone that ran or worked at the Festival of Greece was awesome,they really took care of us,way beyond there means – Greeks know how to party for sure,it was one of those events that when its time to leave you dont want to go – even though i sucked at eating them,i will totally do that event again next year,it was a great event for all,thanks 🙂
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 19, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
yeah PGL stuff gets posted pretty quick here – im trying to find out who had the camera too,just keep checking here – hey Liz thanks for that link,if you look at the pictures everyone is having trouble eating fast – thanks Damondia, i hope this is your link i found -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwkkDMiYu6E – 🙂
damondia said (Registered May 19, 2008)
May 19, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
syko,
still not up…i’m a novice at this… still trying to figure it out…
KevinRoss said
May 19, 2008 @ 6:39 pm
Looks like I missed out on a fun contest, SyKo.
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 19, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
haha dont worry about it Damondia i still cant post stuff on you tube yet either, – Kev it was a hard contest,but after was a blast,lots of cool people (new and old) and lots silly shit happened,it was really well organized to – it had all the essentials food,drink,friendship,comedy and pretty girls,hehe and it was my first time meeting Mike C. he did a great job MCing the event and when he was singing i almost thought that i was watching American Idol for a second,lol Have A Nice Day 🙂
damondia said (Registered May 19, 2008)
May 19, 2008 @ 9:28 pm
Ok… All the videos have been uploaded… Just waiting for Youtube to broadcast them…
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 19, 2008 @ 9:49 pm
cool thanks Damondia 🙂
damondia said (Registered May 19, 2008)
May 19, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
ok…. I had to post it in 3 parts for it to work… Currently, part 2 is up… Keep checking Youtube, and it should be there….
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 19, 2008 @ 11:23 pm
i posted some pics on my myspace page too
Not nice said
May 20, 2008 @ 2:01 am
Without mentioning names i notice that several competitive eaters post congratulations to certain people and not to others when they win . Wuz up with that
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 20, 2008 @ 2:15 am
oops another typo,it is Niko Nikos,i didnt catch my typo,sorry about that, Klowns cant spell 🙂
Anonymous said
May 20, 2008 @ 5:41 pm
HumbleBob has a report about the contest on his website http://www.humblebob.com
PabbaBear said
May 20, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
Thanks for putting up the videos!
SyKoBOZO said (Registered September 17, 2007)
May 20, 2008 @ 10:17 pm
I got this from Humble Bob’s website,that guy is just the nicest dude -yeah Bob next year you better stay over,it was a fun ass night.Good luck in Philly this weekend! 🙂
5/18
Houston was the best. The festival was great, a real family atmosphere filled with some pumped up fans. It was great to see so many eaters, especially ones that I do not see very often. Syko rocked out the best CE outfit that I have seen to date. Chris got to eat some of his native food. Damon was there representing ‘norleans. I also got to eat next to Nasty Nathan for the first time. Turns out I am more nasty than Nathan as I think I hit him with some empty cups in the foot a couple of times. I apologized afterwards as there really is no excuse for that. I was trying to throw them on the ground and step on them but a couple may have rolled his way.
Aside from some of the best food I have ever had in a contest, I enjoyed the people even more. What a great group of friendly people. I am sorry that I was not able to stay Saturday night. Count me in next year, alright Dimitri! Opa! (I hope I spelled and used that last word right).
Jason Petrie said
May 27, 2008 @ 11:35 am
SyKoBOZO, Post your results too. As a fan of CE i like to see the reuslt of al eaters. Not just the top 3-4. Maybe you could do what WIld Bill does and copy the scorecard after your events. Psoting those results would be cool! Thanks