New look for IFOCE.com, Hall of Fame announced

March 4, 2010 at 2:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Websites

IFOCE.com has been updated with a new look. The content appears to be essentially the same except for currently empty Hall of Fame and Eats of Strength pages. Competitive Eating News lists Don Lerman as a candidate for the first Hall of Fame inductee despite his competing in non-IFOCE contests after his IFOCE retirement.

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  1. Long overdue said

    March 4, 2010 @ 2:55 pm

    I like the Hall of Fame idea. I think the only stipulation should be the 5-year in retirement sitpulation like football and other sports. Thus ruling out Koby for now. No matter though, Koby will have a wing of the Hall of Fame named after him anyway someday.

  2. anonymous said

    March 4, 2010 @ 3:50 pm

    You have to be kidding ? After all the crap that lermam said about george shea and eatimg with a rival eatimg league and they consider him a future hall of famer? I guess it pays tp be the bad guy

  3. Bartholmew Pratt said

    March 4, 2010 @ 5:37 pm

    Lerman made the sport of Competitive eating what it is today,He brought it-from a local hot dog contest to National event, he was the first eater to go out of state for a contest, Yes he said a lot of crap and went to an Aice contest , so what , every eater in his position would’t have done the same thing, we will see if George will do the right thing and settle this war of words and put it to rest once and for all,and make peace for good.

  4. The"HoneyDipper'' said

    March 4, 2010 @ 8:41 pm

    who votes the entries into this hall of fame? sports reporters ? we know that in baseballs cooperstown steinbrenner and wilpon don’t have a say nor can they nix a canadate. who does the voting in this hall of fame?

  5. anonmyous said

    March 5, 2010 @ 1:32 am

    Barth Pratt aka don lerman for George to do the right thing , there has to be ballots votes. They cant just allow you in for posterity sake. Krachie and Jarvis the Mantle and Ruth of the sport are the only eaters that should automatically get in without voting. I think everyone knows why.

  6. The Biscut Eater said

    March 5, 2010 @ 7:10 am

    anon132 your a real yes man, I notice you writ Don Lerman in non capital letters and george in caps, you properly work at mle headquaters , who u bulllshiiten,

  7. SPBBBBMBBB said

    March 5, 2010 @ 10:33 am

    I hope the Hall of Fame is not just about records…a guy like Collard Green (RIP) had a lot of fun in the sport, added a lot to IFOCE, and was an inspiration to me, even though I never got to meet him in person.

  8. SPBBBBMBBB said

    March 5, 2010 @ 10:36 am

    no doubt, Lerman, Jarvis, Krachie, all have to be in there….will eaters like Chip Simpson, who was a force for his short career, also have a shot at the Hall of Fame?? This aspect of CE will no doubt be a great source of fun and controversy for all Eatfeats scribes.

  9. anonymous said

    March 5, 2010 @ 1:26 pm

    I think bisquit eater is correct caps for George and small letters for lerman means it is an mle employee

  10. Mick said

    March 5, 2010 @ 2:07 pm

    I think Meduna should be the chairman of the Hall of Fame.He is the most fair person to run it.Ray had his Eating stint cut short but has always been there for everyone.

  11. anonymous said

    March 5, 2010 @ 2:34 pm

    Meduna blossoming career cut short by a throat injury can be mildly compared to Tony Conigliaro & Bobby Valentine. Although Valentine is more known for his big league managing skills , at one time a promising second baseman with the LA Dodgers cut short by a knee injury. Conigliaro was a great homerun hitter for the Boston Red Sox whos career was cut short at a very young age after getting beaned in the face with a fastball.

  12. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    March 5, 2010 @ 3:53 pm

    I like the Hall of Fame too. But for it to mean anything, strict qualifications need to be adhered to. Otherwise, you might as well forget that concept.

    If I had my druthers, the only person who would be in it right now would be Takeru Kobayashi. In a year or two, I’d strongly consider Sonya Thomas (greatest female of all time) for induction. And as time went on I’d definitely consider Cookie, Badlands, Joey, and Pat Bertoletti.

    Staunch support of CE and participation in 40 or 50 CE events, in and of itself, should not automatically give someone a free pass into the Hall. Otherwise, what you end up with is a trivial method for shunning anyone who is NOT “enshrined.”

  13. Andrew said

    March 5, 2010 @ 3:57 pm

    There are several canidates that would be good.Meduna probably would be a good choice.I believe he is as fair and commited as they come.

  14. chico said

    March 6, 2010 @ 2:18 pm

    It should be someone thats been out of competing for at least 5 years

  15. Anonymous said

    March 6, 2010 @ 8:11 pm

    Seiken, Lerman, Lipper, DeGroza …….. Once the Hall is erected, the mere thought of vocalizing the names of those likely initial inductees brings me to a crescendo level of reverence and respect that is beyond description. It makes me well up inside with emotion.

  16. Emily said

    March 6, 2010 @ 8:55 pm

    I would like to see ray in action one more time if you know what I mean

  17. anonymous said

    March 6, 2010 @ 10:05 pm

    When Ray Meduna tips his hat or waves to the crowd it reminds me of Lou Gehrig at Yankee stadium. He has a way of mesmorizing the audience. Maybe Ray and Sonya can re do the Hardees thickburger contest for old time sake

  18. anonymous said

    March 6, 2010 @ 10:07 pm

    Very funny anonymous go ahead and mock them but in reality they are living legends of the sport . You left out stu birdie and hal shimmel

  19. Anonymous said

    March 7, 2010 @ 5:55 am

    In all honesty, Don Lerman, Charles Hardy, and Cookie should be early inductees. Badlands will be a shoe-in once he retires. On the basis of contributions to the sport, Brian Seiken is also worthy of consideration as an early inductee. For that matter, if it is ever found out who O.J. Rifkin is, someday he may well be there too.

  20. Mel said

    March 7, 2010 @ 8:55 am

    Ray was not a top 10 competition guy .He was a top 10 supporting the world of competitive eating.The best commisioner that never was.

  21. The Biscut Eater said

    March 7, 2010 @ 12:48 pm

    With all this hoopla about Ray Munduna,I bet that has must have the blessing of the George and Rich , these posts are just the testing of the waters as to garner public support for something thats a done deal.

  22. Anonymous said

    March 7, 2010 @ 1:04 pm

    Why would she want to lose to him in again? He beat her in thickburgers once already.

  23. Dickerey said

    March 7, 2010 @ 1:43 pm

    Biscut is Lerman

  24. beautifulbrian said

    March 7, 2010 @ 6:53 pm

    I have the entire ray meduna sonya thickburger contest on video. Out of respect for Ray i cannot post it because he feels uncomfortable watching the video. If they ever decide to re enact that contest they would have to search for the good looking redhead chick that competed between them. It just wouldnt be the same without her Rich Shea was the MC for all you trivia buffs

  25. chico said

    March 9, 2010 @ 3:56 pm

    Hi Don Bisquit Eater Lerman

    How are you?

  26. Don Lerman said

    March 9, 2010 @ 7:32 pm

    I am not biscuit eater, this is not so

  27. Chico said

    March 10, 2010 @ 12:24 am

    I noticed you spell Meduna as Munduna on your site and so does the Bisciut eater .Kinda weird

  28. anonymous said

    March 10, 2010 @ 2:07 pm

    Lerman you are bisquit eater. You do a lousy job in attempting to conceal your identity. you would make one lousy criminal . At least try to baffle us like OJ rifkin does. You are about as obvious as Alfred the butler trying to pass as Batman in one of the episodes of the old tv series

  29. John said

    March 10, 2010 @ 4:23 pm

    Hey Ray have you been contacted about this subject?

  30. Ray said

    March 12, 2010 @ 4:28 pm

    No I have not

  31. Don Lerman said

    March 12, 2010 @ 7:33 pm

    I repeat the Biscott eater is not me , someone is trying to make it appear to be me,and thats all I’m going to say on this matter, subject closed

  32. Boxing? said

    March 12, 2010 @ 8:27 pm

    Reminds me of boxing. Several organisations. But at least boxing sometimes allows uniting belts. Everyone shouting BB, or Joey, or Kobe, or Furious Pete, or Dale… . Let’s just have a series of eating competitions where each eater from each organisation, or even outside any organisation, can compete against each other. It’s so stupid that one organisation won’t let its members compete against members from other organisations. I propose a series of eating contests that is open to EVERY eater. Like a UNIFIED belt in boxing, we should have a UNIFIED belt (lol, maybe not a belt) in Competitive Eating. This is getting so ridiculous. IFOCE vs. ACE vs. WHATEVER vs. DALE vs. PETE.

    What we need is something like the Olympics of Eating. Where every competitive eater is allowed to participate, regardless of the organisation they are a member of.

    IF that were to become reality, there are about 10 people who could win the title. Joey, Kobe, Furious Pete, Monson, Bob, Sonya, Pat, a few of the Japanese “long-distance eaters”, and a few more. But NEVER Boone.

    Now THAT is a competition I’d like to watch. Spread it out over 10 or so competitions, with different foods. And then pronounce the world champion. Obviously, this world champion would never be Boone.

    I predict a top 3 of Kobe, Pat, Pete, though not necessarily in that order. I just listed them alphabetically. Joey is out. Bob would probably end 4, Sonya 5, and Joey 6.

  33. Amommymous said

    March 13, 2010 @ 9:53 am

    More fun than a Hall of Fame, how bout a Hall of Shame? I have some great nominees!

  34. Anonymous said

    March 13, 2010 @ 1:03 pm

    Do not make light of such a great concept as the Hall of Fame. With so many early titans of the sport like Seiken, Lipper, DeGroza, Birdie, and Shimel, and many others, it must surely be both a heavy burden and a supreme honor for the IFOCE to choose the first inductee.

  35. anonymous said

    March 13, 2010 @ 4:52 pm

    To mention Seiken in the same breath as the names you just mentioned is kinda cruel and downright degrading. Lipper would blow his nose and sneeze into a filthy hankerchief before a contest which did nothing but gross you out doing little to help his eating ability. Degrosa was one of the worst if not worst eaters in the history of the sport. Shimmel would show up and compete in carnegie pickle contests for the after party free meal which he took out .building leaving the restaurant to pay his $200 tab while not even leaving a tip . And those names you consider inductees to the hall of fame?

  36. Anonymous said

    March 13, 2010 @ 7:20 pm

    Anyone else notice that the only names being thrown around for this damned thing are the ones who least deserve it? The ones who should be inductees don’t care. The ones who want to be, or who others are considering, neither deserve it, nor have ever been worth a shit.

  37. Dumpling said

    March 13, 2010 @ 10:53 pm

    Lipper cheated at the 2002 Pelmeni contest and it cost Three Eaters that tied a chance to advance.BB was One of the Three.

  38. Anonymous said

    March 13, 2010 @ 11:09 pm

    Three icons.

  39. trivia time said

    March 14, 2010 @ 12:07 am

    That is precisely correct anony 7:20pm the ones that should be inductees and dont care are Lipper ,Birdie & Shimmel then again they nor have ever been worth a shit. BTW speaking of Lipper whose claim to fame is blowing his boogers into a hankerchief prior to a contest, , for 50 bonus points who were the two other eaters that were cheated out of advancing to the second rd besides BB?

  40. anonymous said

    March 14, 2010 @ 12:53 am

    crazy legs and meduna

  41. Korter said

    March 14, 2010 @ 11:21 pm

    I think once you are dead you should be inducted

  42. Loren said

    March 16, 2010 @ 2:07 pm

    Ray is a good guy but I dont think he would do it.

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