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| 2013 Sep 28 10 min IFOCE units: tamales |
Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship
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Western Days Festival http://www.lewisvillewesterndays.com/ Lewisville, TX http://ifoce.com/contests.php?action=detail&eventID=568 http://twitter.com/eatingcontest/status/384032882831802368 http://eatfeats.com/2013-lewisville-tamales.html contest truncated from 12 minutes |
| 1st | 91 | $1,500.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | Westfield, IN | announced as record after adjusting to 12 minutes |
| 2nd | 78 | $1,000.00 | Tim "Eater X" Janus | New York City, NY | |
| 3rd | 76 | $500.00 | Miki Sudo | Tampa, FL | |
| 4th | 54 | $250.00 | Jeff "The Beast Man" Butler | Scottsdale, AZ | |
| 5th | 47 | $150.00 | Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco | Tucson, AZ | |
| 6th | 42 | $100.00 | Josh Miller | Aurora, CO | |
| 7th | 36 | "Nasty" Nathan Biller | Keller, TX | first MLE contest after being dropped from rankings | |
| 8th | 29 | Tony "Bam" Martinez | Dallas, TX | ||
| 8th | 29 | Wade Pack | Lewsiville, TX | ||
| 10th | 21 | John Harding | Lewisville, TX | ||
| 11th | 18 | Tony Chacon | Dallas, TX | ||
| 11th | 18 | Alex "Moose" Perez | Dallas, TX | ||
| 13th | 14 | Ray Hernandez | Lewisville, TX | ||
| 14th | 9 | Mark Poland | Sherman, TX |