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| 2006 Feb 11 10 min IFOCE units: pounds |
Queen Mary World Chili Cheese Fries Eating Championship
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Queen Mary queenmary.com Long Beach, CA |
| 1st | 8.125 | $4,000.00 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas | Alexandria, VA | |
| 2nd | 8.0625 | $2,000.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | San Jose, CA | |
| 3rd | 5.969 | $1,500.00 | Tim "Eater X" Janus | New York City, NY | |
| 4th | 5.703 | $1,000.00 | "Jalapeno" Jed Donahue | Huntington Beach, CA | |
| 5th | 5.625 | $750.00 | Rich "The Locust" LeFevre | Henderson, NV | |
| 6th | 4.875 | $500.00 | Chip "The Phenom" Simpson | Fort Myers, FL | |
| 7th | 4.844 | $250.00 | Ron Koch | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 8th | 3.906 | Ken "Mongo" Federighi | Ocean City, MD | ||
| 9th | 3.469 | Erik "The Red" Denmark | Seattle, WA | ||
| 10th | 2.8125 | Paul Chestnut | stopped eating to cheer Joey | ||
| 11th | 2.781 | Larry "The Legend" McNeil | Atlanta, GA | ||
| 12th | 2.125 | "El Toro" Jimenez | Las Vegas, NV | ||
| 13th | 1.9375 | "Dog" Davis | |||
| 14th | ? | Unknown |