Pat Bertoletti wins w/ 47 burgers (67 points)
Pat Bertoletti’s twitter reports that he won today’s Krystal qualifier in Chattanooga by eating 42 regular Krystal burgers and 5 Angus burgers worth 5 points. “Wild” Bill Myers was second.
George Shea’s twitter has the top 5:
1. Pat Bertoletti 67 points
2. “Wild Bill” Myers 34 points
3. Rick Petralia 31 points
4. “Chef” Mike Nafziger
5. Paul Barlow
update The Krystal Square Off blog already has full results
update Aug 25 The Chattanoogan has a gallery
update Aug 26 Flickr has galleries of the qualifier, running of the grill and media event.
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Hall "Hoover" Hunt said (Registered July 13, 2006)
August 22, 2009 @ 4:32 pm
Good work you guys! Paul tells me he got 26 points.
Mike said (Registered April 13, 2008)
August 22, 2009 @ 4:52 pm
Paul was 26, i was 30 and brian smith was 19
Rick Petralia said
August 22, 2009 @ 4:59 pm
As I suspected…. the new rules DEFINITELY help out the lower-ranked eaters. Most of us were able to eat all five of the Angus burgers, which is 25 right off the bat. My highest total prior to this event was 24, so I already beat that within the first four minutes as a I swallowed my last Angus Burger.
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 5:03 pm
Its amazing how people who think theyre shoe in winners of their qualifier are so quick to congratuale other winners. Hall may you get your ass beat.
anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 6:30 pm
Its more of an angus burger contest than the sliders. The more points the better
Ron Koch said
August 22, 2009 @ 6:50 pm
Great job Pat, You just proved to the non beleivers you are the real deal…..
beautifulbrian said
August 22, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
Hey OJ just cause i got in trouble with the law down south i assume you consider me an outcast to society and stopped hyping my posts including the Elvis tribute? Noone should have to go through the hell i went through. Matter of fact some of you whimps would have been crying for mama if you saw the sh– i had to deal with.It wasnt a pleasant experience when you are not on your home turf. Tell them Remember who gave you your upstart when you were trencherwoman.com
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 7:39 pm
real deal my ass. He sucked. He will get killed at the finals. Shit. Juliet will get at least 60 points.
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
I’m sure Pat will do more in the finals. He never does as well in his qualifier as he does in the finals.
anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 8:13 pm
Koch you should be thrown out of the IFOCE for doing your fake pizza challenge. Note how the tv cameras show the end of the challenge instead of the entire thing . How are we supposed to believe you finished a 10lb pizza?
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 8:35 pm
Brian why does everybody owe you? Stop lying to yourself about being responsible for the success of this web site.
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 8:37 pm
He had better come up with another dozen points if he is to have a chance against the top two.
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 8:59 pm
Brian the more you say the stupid things you do on this site the more you look like a moron. Pretty soon youll be lucky if your site has ten visitors a day.
anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
The only morons are the anonymous ones because they dont have the balls to give their real names. You dont have the gutts to identify yourself because you must know Brian and are scared shitless to identify yourself out of fear. Correct?
beautifulbrian said
August 22, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 8:59 pm
Brian the more you say the stupid things you do on this site the more you look like a moron. Pretty soon youll be lucky if your site has ten visitors a day.
Ask me if i give a rats ass . People will always flock to my site you cowardly little anonymous creep
anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
Figures that at 9pm on a saturday night the BB haters come out of the woodwork No social life no friends just eatfeats.com for table ending ape losers.
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 9:48 pm
Then why is Brian answering us this late at night?
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 9:49 pm
Scared of Brian??????????? Give me a break!
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
Brian do you give a rat’s ass?
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 9:54 pm
Maybe Wild Bill has a chance to be a wild card. I hope so. He deserves it.
anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 9:55 pm
anony 9:48 who is the same anony 8:59pm and 8:35pm why is your entire life based on posting negative remarks about Brian . Is your life that dull? And no i am not Brian
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 10:25 pm
I also have a dull life, which would be made a bit brigthter if you and your boy Brian wouyld stop posting. I mean Gosh!
Anonymous said
August 22, 2009 @ 10:27 pm
anonymous @ 9:55 pm you are Brian.
anonymous said
August 23, 2009 @ 12:07 am
Only the infamous OJ would know that. He has a dull life also
anonymous said
August 23, 2009 @ 12:09 am
El Toro is the only one that gets hot looking women . The rest of you get shit
Anonymous said
August 23, 2009 @ 1:36 am
I am NOT OJ. Don’t blame him or her or that thing.
Gastroboy said
August 23, 2009 @ 1:44 am
It will take 81 to win the finals. Angus burgers make totals get closer to last year’s ones than one would expect at first glance. I expected pat to be on the low seventies. Dunno if he slowed down or if weather was a deal. Good job anyway, he qualified :). Hope i get a seat at a qualifier :).
ATL loves SPBBB said
August 23, 2009 @ 7:34 am
Huge CONGRATS to Super Paul and his HUGE IMPROVEMENT in his numbers for the Old Fart he is.
Way To Go Old Man. We Love You here in Atlanta.
The Fridge Raider said (Registered April 13, 2008)
August 23, 2009 @ 7:55 am
Yup El Toro only gets the hot women…I guess that you never been to the Krystal Square Off
http://img504.yfrog.com/i/38k.jpg/
SPBBBMBBB said
August 23, 2009 @ 8:14 am
It’s funny, I got 26, but I’m disapointed…I had a hard time on my first Angus – hit a dry bite – I thought I was gonna choke for about 15 seconds – the Krystal Blitz drink saved me. I was really expecting to do over 30 – but, hey, I’ll do it in Birmingham. Pat will improve his totals for the Finals – that’s for sure.
Anyone that is thinking of “bending the rules’…forget it. There are major deductions for “spraying”, spilling accidentally on the food, debris, throwing hamburgers over your shoulder, etc., and the judges were actually paying attention – which ruined my scheme.
As far as hot women going after an eater – Pat was surrounded at the end of the contest – they only left when I showed up to scare them away with old man leers, and bad jokes. He had to get to the airport anyway, so I think I provided a helpful service.
Rick Petralia said
August 23, 2009 @ 10:02 am
Being the very first qualifier, Kenny Hammondtree told us about some new rules established in relation to dunking.
We all know that dunking is not allowed. Neither is inadvertently spilling water on your Krystals, spraying them down prior to eating them, spitting water on them, or anything of the sort..
If a judge feels you inadvertantly “pre-moistened” a Krystal in any fashion, one point will be deducted from your total for each Krystal.
If a judge feels you purposely “pre-moistened” a Krystal in any fashion, twenty points will be deducted from your total.
Needless to say, this year it is possible to have a negative score.
Bronson Fan said
August 23, 2009 @ 10:38 am
Way to go Pat!!!!
Anonymous said
August 23, 2009 @ 10:59 am
I thougt sonya took her web site down but its back up. Whats going on.
anonymous said
August 23, 2009 @ 11:09 am
who the hell is rick petralia
Ron Koch said
August 23, 2009 @ 1:11 pm
TO ANONYMOUS, You think the pizza challange was fake, call Fox 5, call Gradianos , better still come on down and lets see what you got, Boone. I do what I do for me NOT FOR THE WHANABEES..All the hoopla should be on how great Pat did, and how great Joey did not about me…
The Fridge Raider said (Registered April 13, 2008)
August 23, 2009 @ 4:04 pm
Who the hell is anonymos???
Anonymous said
August 23, 2009 @ 4:39 pm
Way to go to get your ass beat in the finals pat.
neg score, Oh My said
August 23, 2009 @ 5:25 pm
Reading this from Rick I can see Juliet Lee having a better chance of obtaining a negative score more than any eater.
Rick Petralia said
August 23, 2009 @ 10:02 am
Being the very first qualifier, Kenny Hammondtree told us about some new rules established in relation to dunking.
We all know that dunking is not allowed. Neither is inadvertently spilling water on your Krystals, spraying them down prior to eating them, spitting water on them, or anything of the sort..
If a judge feels you inadvertantly “pre-moistened†a Krystal in any fashion, one point will be deducted from your total for each Krystal.
If a judge feels you purposely “pre-moistened†a Krystal in any fashion, twenty points will be deducted from your total.
Needless to say, this year it is possible to have a negative score.
TheChaza said (Registered August 20, 2009)
August 23, 2009 @ 5:45 pm
The only person that can talk smack, is the person that can dish the smack….and anonymous, unless your nick name is “The Jaws,” I think it maybe time to learn to keep your little mouth shut and let the big mouths do the eating
Anonymous said
August 23, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
What is the size og the Angus Burger? Does it come with lettuce and tomato?
TheChaza said (Registered August 20, 2009)
August 23, 2009 @ 9:00 pm
from my understanding…there are no condiments on any of the burgers
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
August 25, 2009 @ 8:49 am
Juliet has the potential to be a much better eater. She already is a one of the best in oysters and clams.
The one trait that I see that she needs is focus. She often looks very confused when eating, as if she hasn’t fully thought about the best / quickest way to eat, especially with foods that involve technique/strategy, and not just pure hand-to-mouth speed, as with oysters, clams, probably sushi, etc.
I believe she tries so hard to be near the leaders throughout the contest that she loses concentration and gets a bit stressed. I think if she could settle down and focus, she’d improve further and the number of naysayers and detrators would be cut in half.
I hardly think she’ll end up with a negative total. I actually think she has a 50-50 shot of making it to the final table.
Good luck to you Juliet.
2 in 1 said
August 25, 2009 @ 9:59 am
The Top 5 according to George Shea:
1. Pat Bertoletti 67 points
2. “Wild Bill†Myers 34 points
3. Rick Petralia 31 points
4. “Chef†Mike Nafziger
5. Paul Barlow
The Top 5 according to Krystal:
1. Pat Bertoletti – 67 Krystal Burger Points (42 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
2. Wild Bill Myers – 34 Krystal Burger Points (9 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
3. Rick Petralia – 31 Krystal Burger Points (6 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
4. Chef Mike – 30 Krystal Burger Points (5 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
5. Tom Knopp – 29 Krystal Burger Points (4 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
Who is correct?
2 in 1 answer said
August 25, 2009 @ 12:58 pm
Tom Knopp only had 25 points. They couldn’t read Wild Bill’s writing, I’m guessing. But, if you are concerned about fifth place in a local qualifier – you need less free time. Wait, I take it back – I forgot about the Fantasy Eating league – Keep inquiring
SPBBBMBBB said
August 25, 2009 @ 3:05 pm
I want my fifth place credit!…and I have no free time!
Wild Bill said (Registered September 19, 2006)
August 25, 2009 @ 3:20 pm
I had nothing to do with the counting or the reporting at this contest. As far as bitching about my handwriting, talk about having too much free time!
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
August 25, 2009 @ 3:51 pm
Your 8:14, Aug 23 post is so funny Paul!
Actually, I think I’d prefer to be around Pat or any other eatere BEFORE versus after an event.
Gastro, I think 81 in the finals is humanly possible, given the point system and addition of 5-point Angus burgers, but that’s got to be at or close to the upper limit.
SPBBBMBBB said
August 25, 2009 @ 4:08 pm
OK, maybe I do have too much free time….or maybe, probably, I should be doing something else right now. I will just put that on my tombstone – ” I may have finished fifth, but maybe not” R.I.P.SPBBBMBBB
Wild Bill, we love you….or, at least, we like you a lot – I could read your writing easily, and, unfortunetly, you had my totals CORRECT!
Anonymous said
August 25, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
I haven’t seen videos of Pat qualifying, but I HAVE seen a video of him devouring the Kookamonga. He only dunked there for the bun. Still, at all other times he didn’t dunk, it still looked pretty gross, and there still was debris.
My point: If the no dunking rule was introduced to have the competitors eat the burgers the way they were designed to eat, then I think the rule is mostly a failure.
Competitive eating isn’t about being neat. And especially not eating as much as possible in 8, 10, 12 minutes. So it looks gross, so what? That’s inherent to speed eating. No bonus points are awarded for being neat.
What’s next? A rule saying you have to use knife and fork?
Anyway, I guess the no dunking rule probably reduces debris somewhat, but nowhere near entirely.
@Ksquareoff said
August 26, 2009 @ 12:54 am
KSO official pts/burgers below.
1. Pat Bertoletti – 67 Krystal Burger Points (42 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
2. Wild Bill Myers – 34 Krystal Burger Points (9 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
3. Rick Petralia – 31 Krystal Burger Points (6 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
4. Chef Mike – 30 Krystal Burger Points (5 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
5. Tom Knopp – 29 Krystal Burger Points (4 Krystals, 5 Big Angus)
6. Super Paul – 26 Krystal Burger Points (1 Krystal, 5 Big Angus)
7. Dale Hines – 24 Krystal Burger Points (4 Krystals, 4 Big Angus)
7. Leroy Crowder – 24 Krystal Burger Points (9 Krystals, 3 Big Angus)
9. Heath Crowder – 20 Krystal Burger Points (10 Krystals, 2 Big Angus)
10. Brian Smith – 19 Krystal Burger Points (4 Krystals, 3 Big Angus)
11 Bryan Burns – 15 Krystal Burger Points (10 Krystals, 1 Big Angus)
11 TJ Petty – 15 Krystals Burger Points (10 Krystals, 1 Big Angus)
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
August 26, 2009 @ 7:30 am
I’ve a question, is the Angus Burger a quarter pounder? Also, is it similar to the one I’ve eaten at MacDonalds? I’m just curious and I’m trying to get a better feel for what I can expect some of the numbers that the eaters will put up.
nutrition said
August 26, 2009 @ 8:00 am
Rhonda asks “I’ve a question, is the Angus Burger a quarter pounder? Also, is it similar to the one I’ve eaten at MacDonalds? I’m just curious and I’m trying to get a better feel for what I can expect some of the numbers that the eaters will put up.”
Krystal website lists BA Burger at Serving Size (202g)
McDonald’s website lists Quarter pounder at Serving size 6 oz (169 g)
4 oz = 113.398 g
According to a comparison between Krystals and McDonalds, the BA Burger is bigger than the quarter pounder
RJ said (Registered August 28, 2008)
August 26, 2009 @ 9:09 am
The Big Angus is similar in size to the Quarter Pounder. However, the texture is completely different. I’ve been eating them and the best way I could describe the difference is the bun is larger, with less density than the quarter pounder, and the meat is a lot less chewy and breaks down much faster. It also tastes about 10 times better than the quarter pounder. Takes me about 20-22 seconds to eat one dry – 8 seconds (from my perspective) is really fast to put it down. Not that I would expect to even be in the same realm speedwise as Pat Bertoletti – it still just seems really fast because there is a lot of bread.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
August 26, 2009 @ 9:15 am
Thanks Nutrition and RJ. That answers all my related questions too. No wonder eaters are maxing out on the Angus Burgers.
I was there said
August 26, 2009 @ 11:05 am
The angus, like any competition food, was a lot drier in the actual competition. Most guys said they expected to eat more, but the dryness really surprized them. then, as they got used to it, the pace picked up. Look at the video, SP looks like he’s gonna die on the first one, same with the weather guy and others on the top row. Except Bertoleeti, who moves like lightning no matter what.
Nun on a Bun said
August 26, 2009 @ 1:56 pm
where is the video?
I was there said
August 26, 2009 @ 2:37 pm
http://www.krystalsquareoff.com look for article on Pat’s victory
Anonymous said
August 26, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
I watched it yesterday at http://krystalsquareoff.com/blog. You just scroll down the page. However, I went there just now and the video is mentioned, but it’s not there.
The Fridge Raider said (Registered April 13, 2008)
August 26, 2009 @ 3:46 pm
The Angus was dry and was not what I was expecting. I was used to getting them loaded with everything. It was a shock to the system eating the Angus, but could that be because the bun was the main wall to get by?
As for the Angus being 5 points, I think it’s great. In reality the Angus weight wise is the same as 3 Krystal’s, so more points for less weight. Of course more guys expected to eat more, but not everyone one underestimated the no dunking rule. I know that as soon as Pat got off the plane he was at a Krystal, but hey who could blame him, I mean I live in Noog so I eat them quite often so I know what I was expecting.
Photo Phanatic said
August 26, 2009 @ 4:12 pm
where’s the huge gallery of pictures they usually have? All I see is the media event – grill run stuff, and last year’s qualifier photos.
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
August 26, 2009 @ 4:21 pm
There’s a gallery on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krystalsquareoff/sets/72157622026487839/
Anonymous said
August 26, 2009 @ 4:36 pm
Video of opening ceremony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbVDXjqQCUc
Contest video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0EUKR0d6KQ