Rich LeFevre wins BigTex jalapenos, Sonya 2nd, Pat 3rd
from IFOCE.com: Rich LeFevre won the jalapeno eating contest at the Texas State Fair, beating Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Erik “the Red” Denmark. No other places were given. The Locust’s total was given as 247 peppers, more than Pat Bertoletti ate in a contest (177) almost twice as long in New Mexico.
updatedResults from SonyaTheBlackWidow.com & dfw.com:
1. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre: 247 Peppers
2. Sonya Thomas 239 (1st try at jalapenos)
3. Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti: 226
4. Erik “The Red” Denmark 108
? Allen Earl Jones 90
Rich LeFevre has won a Texas State Fair contest in the past 4 years. He won the corny dog contest 2003-5.
update #2 dfw.com has an article about the contest
update #3 dallasnews.com has an article and blog entry about the contest. The blog says that Sonya did not immediately accept the result and waited for a recount to be completed.
update #4 AP has an article which has received wide distribution
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El Toro said
October 8, 2006 @ 7:02 pm
CONGRATULATIONS to you Rich!! Today you were on fire! Sorry, Jed there’s a new Jalapeno King in town! The Locust proves once again that he is one of the baddest American eaters ever… We definitely have to celebrate your World Record Breaking Championship performance when you get back home.
El Toro
Locust said
October 9, 2006 @ 9:21 am
Thanks, El Toro. I’m glad someone noticed that there was another contest yesterday besides the Perry Krystal qualifier. Had it not been for the Jalapeno contest, I would have been there instead to vastly improve on my mark of 38 of two years ago as I, like Tim, do not like going into the finals as a wild card. In any case, I wouldn’t trade my win over two great eaters in a Major League contest for a regional win in Krystals.
??? said
October 9, 2006 @ 10:10 am
WTF?!? Someone tell me how in the hell the top three did over 200!?! They obviously do not bite the jalapeno, just shove them down their gullet stem and all. I am guessing but Eric bites stem off, but now way the other guys did. Don’t the judges count by stems? Or is it plates? A jalapeno eating contest should be about the heat but i doubt 1 thru 3 had to put up with jalapeno juice..
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
October 9, 2006 @ 1:04 pm
In the Dallas News article, Rich says the peppers were a lot smaller than the ones used in the New Mexico contest in August.
Erbivore said
October 9, 2006 @ 3:08 pm
Great job Rich! Impressive win over an impressive field of competitors.
anonymous said
October 9, 2006 @ 3:36 pm
i think they should be able to swallow them whole if they want to. i mean seriously, u know as soon as u bite into one it is going to be hot so why not just swallow them whole to avoid the heat. i say it is just smart strategy and erik the red was swallowing his too he just doesnt have the capacity that rich pat and sonya do.
Pat Bertoletti said
October 9, 2006 @ 4:37 pm
My hat goes off to rich for an amazing performance. I am still in awe of that performace. He didn’t slow down the whole time, as he said it, there’s still some fight left in him. The peppers were smaller and much softer than in NM. A good job done by sonya and erik as well. Krystal finals should be a battle.
Ray The Bison Meduna said
October 10, 2006 @ 3:46 pm
Congradulations Rich
That was Poetry in Motion at it’s best.
Rhonda Evans said
October 10, 2006 @ 4:17 pm
Congratulations Rich. You should be able to eat 50 + Krystals.
Bob said (Registered February 25, 2006)
October 10, 2006 @ 8:33 pm
Rhonda,
I agree with you. Rich should be able to eat at least 51 Krystals. Oops, he already did!
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