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| 2014 Sep 1 10 min units: tacos | Gringo Bandito Taco Eating Challenge
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Chronic Tacos http://eatchronictacos.com/ Redondo Beach, CA http://instagram.com/p/rxARQ1yeh2/ http://thehundreds.com/kobayashi-tacos-and-me/ http://eatfeats.com/kobayashi-eats-130-tacos-in-gringo-bandito-contest.html results #4-#10 are from 12:12 of Naader Reda video |
| 1st | 130 | $8,000.00 | Takeru Kobayashi | Nagano, Japan | 140 pre deductions, bllled as world record |
| 2nd | 122 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti | Chicago, IL | 141 pre deductions | |
| 3rd | 78 | Jamie "Bear" McDonald | Granby, CT | ||
| 4th | 68 | Jimmy "The Spicialist" Lin | Anaheim, CA | ||
| 5th | 65 | Edward Chin | Palo Alto, CA | ||
| 6th | 56 | Kevin Ross | Temecula, CA | ||
| 7th | 52 | Naader "Freak8r" Reda | |||
| 8th | 50 | Aaron "Froyo" Ybarra | Mission Viejo, CA | ||
| 9th | 32 | Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen | Maryville, TN | ||
| 10th | 30 | Frank "The Tank" Paulin | Santa Ana, CA |