Competitive eating upset

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Jan 21st 2006 @ 12:19PM

The outcome of last week's Hot Springs International Corned Beef Eating Championship have sent shockwaves through the competitive eating community, according to a recent release from the International Federation of Competitive Eating. The underdog victor of this Arkansas event was a young Chicago upstart named Patrick Bertoletti, who edged out veterans Sonya Thomas and Joey Chestnut by taking down 11 Oaklawn corned beef sandwiches in 10 minutes. Thomas and Chestnut, the second and third ranked competitive eaters in the world, tied with 10.75 sandwiches each and Chestnut eventually won second place in an overtime match. Bertolleti took home $3,000.

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Ingredients
Tags: arkansas, beef, competitive eating, CompetitiveEating, corned beef, oddities, patrick bertoletti, south asia

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3-08-2006 @3:31PM Jack said... Hey, im 17 and im into the whole competitive eating and i am looking for contests around madison wisconsin, can anyone help me find some? e-mail me at JackTheMack88@yahoo.com thanks!
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1-21-2006 @9:36PM Huffy said... Okay, I don't get it. I flat-out *don't* get it. WHAT is with this "sport" called competative eating??!? I pose the question in honest bafflement; the whole concept seems graphically pointless to me. Explain. Anybody??
Bad table manners aside, my mama called it "pigginess," and we all know that gluttony is one of the Seven Deadlies. Besides, think of the number of mendicants who could be fed with all that food. Really.
Huffy
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1-22-2006 @1:37PM Huffy said... What? Is no one going to enlighten me about the appeal of competitive eating?? I'm dead-serious here, folks.

Let me put it this way: would you attend such an event as a spectator (I'm not even going to ask if any of you would compete!)? If so, why?? Is food not to be respected??? Are you not appalled at the waste, much less the disgusting "manners" of the participants themselves??

Huffy, hopelessly old-fashione

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1-22-2006 @4:03PM Nick said... To be honest with you, I'm sort of baffled at the rise in popularity of competitive eating as a "sport." I guess it's a draw similar to the spectacle of a circus--seeing an otherwise average person do something unusual to/with their body. The IFOCE or some of the competitors could probably answer your questions better than I can.
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1-22-2006 @5:30PM Huffy said... Thanks for chiming in, Nick. It appears you're rather less bothered by competitive eating than I am, although you do admit to some bafflement. Ah, well; I'll save my appetite and taste buds for the pleasures of a well-savored meal.

Huffy
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