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| 2008 Aug 23 10 min IFOCE units: dumplings |
Gyoza Eating Championship
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Nisei Week Japanese Festival niseiweek.org Los Angeles, CA http://www.niseiweek.org/calendar.html |
| 1st | 231 | $700.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | Westfield, IN | new record |
| 2nd | 201 | $400.00 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti | Chicago, IL | |
| 3rd | 175 | $250.00 | Rich "The Locust" LeFevre | Henderson, NV | |
| 4th | 135 | Tim "Gravy" Brown | Chicago, IL | ||
| 5th | 107 | $50.00 | Kevin Ross | Temecula, CA | |
| ? | 75 | "LA Assassin" | |||
| ? | 69 | Ray Hashizume | |||
| ? | 67 | Jason Tagle | Escondido, CA | ||
| ? | 59 | Daniel "The Spaniel" Jaranilla | |||
| ? | 56 | Shawn "The Vacuum" Kirby | Huntington Beach, Ca | ||
| ? | 53 | Cory Hayashi | |||
| ? | 50 | Miki Mia | Actress from 40 Year Old Virgin | ||
| ? | 48 | 2007 Nisei Week Court | 6 Eaters, 1:40 Each, for charity | ||
| ? | 47 | Franklin Teng | Alhambra, CA | ||
| ? | 37 | Mitsu Murayama | |||
| ? | 35 | Masaaki Nakamoto |