Takeru Kobayashi repeats as Gringo Bandito taco champion

Takeru Kobayashi repeated as champion of the Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce taco eating contest with a total of 87 tacos in 10 minutes at the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA today.

Kevin Ross (comments) & Matt Cohen have more results

1) Takeru Kobayashi 87 Tacos
2) Furious Pete Czerwinski 45
3) Kevin Ross 43
4_ Damon Wells 42
5) Jimmy Lin 29
6T) Matt Cohen 25
6T) Aaron Ybarra 25

update July 22 OCWeekly has a gallery

update July 23 Kobayashi has a gallery

Comments (5)

5 Comments »

  1. Anonymous said

    July 21, 2013 @ 11:59 pm

    dang wish someone would post the rest of the results it was an awesome line up I know Damon Wells was there, David Brunelli, Furious Pete anyone know the rest of the results?

  2. Kevin Ross said

    July 22, 2013 @ 2:48 am

    I think these are the right numbers, someone correct me if I’m off a bit:
    Kobayashi – 87
    Furious Pete – 45
    Kevin Ross – 43
    Damon Wells – 42
    Jimmy Lin – 29
    Matt Cohen / Aaron Ybarra – 25

  3. Anonymous said

    July 22, 2013 @ 11:01 am

    how did brunelli do?

  4. Kevin Ross said

    July 22, 2013 @ 12:42 pm

    Brunelli wasn’t there

  5. Anonymous said

    July 22, 2013 @ 10:05 pm

    were there any prizes for 2nd 3rd etc?

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