Krystal Square Off

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The Krystal Square Off is the official World Hamburger Eating Championship, taking place in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE). In this event, contestants eat as many Krystal hamburgers as possible in eight minutes. Krystals are fresh, small, 2.5 inch square hamburgers popular throughout the Southeastern United States. Many tour professionals state that this is the premier eating event on the tour.

The Krystal Square Off consists of a qualifying tour and a World Championship. In the qualifying tour, amateur eaters have the opportunity to compete head to head with professional eaters for a spot at the World Championship. In 2004, the first year of the event, local amateurs Sam Vise and Jeff Hicks defeated professionals to earn a position at the World Championship.

The two minute qualifier record stands at 28 Krystals and is owned by Joey Chestnut and "Humble" Bob Shoudt. They both accomplished this in 2006.

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[edit] List of winners

  Date Name First Second Third Fourth Notes
I November 13, 2004 Flag of Japan Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi 69 46 41 38 World Record
II November 19, 2005 Flag of Japan Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi 67 62 56 51  
III October 28, 2006 Flag of Japan Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi 97 91 76 65 Current World Record

[edit] History

  • 2004: Kobayashi consumed 69 Krystals in the 8-minute contest, pocketing $10,000 in prize money. Second place went to "The Black Widow" Sonya Thomas who ate 46, pocketing $5,000.
  • 2005: Kobayashi consumed 67 Krystal hamburgers in the 8-minute contest. Second Place went to Joey Chestnut (62) of San Jose, California. Sonya Thomas (56) took third. "Humble" Bob Shoudt (51) of Royersford, Pennsylvania took fourth place. Prize money was $10,000, $5,000, $2,500, $1,500 respectively, for the top four positions.
  • 2006: The event, taking place at the First Tennessee Pavilion, was televised live on ESPN 2 for the first time. Kobayashi and Chestnut smashed through the world record near the midpoint of the contest, with Kobayashi (97 Krystals) taking the victory. Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti, of Chicago also broke the previous world record, finishing third with 76. The winners split a $30,000 purse. An amateur event, dubbed the Krystal Sackful Challenge, was held prior to the main event. It featured two-person teams chosen from the audience, eating as many Krystals as possible in two minutes. The winners of the inaugural challenge were Matt Alling, 24, of Birmingham and Bruce Clements, 23, of Chattanooga.[1]

[edit] A list of contestants (and their personal bests in qualifiers and the event itself)

[edit] 90 burgers or more ("The Triple Tre")

[edit] 80 burgers or more ("The Double Tre and a Deuce")

[edit] 70 burgers or more ("The Double Tre and a Half Deuce")

  • Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (Chicago, IL USA) - 76 (#3 2006)

[edit] 60 burgers or more ("The Double Tre")

[edit] 50 burgers or more ("The Deuce Tre")

[edit] 40 burgers or more ("The Double Deuce")

  • Eric "Badlands" Booker (home page) (Copiague NY, USA) - 44 (#1 Nashville Qualifier 2005)
  • Arturo "The Natural" Rios (NJ USA) - 44 (#9 2006)
  • Crazy Legs Conti (home page) (New York NY, USA) - 42 (#10 2006)
  • Seaver "The Achiever" Miller (Ashburn, VA USA) - 41 (#2 Memphis Qualifier 2006)

[edit] 30 burgers or more ("The Tre")

  • Dale Boone (Atlanta, GA USA) - 38 (#12 2006)
  • Ron Koch (Las Vegas, NV, USA) - 37 (#8 2005 Finals)
  • Justin Mih (Boston, MA, USA) - 36 (#13 2006)
  • Sam Vise (TN, USA) - 35 (#10 2005 Finals)
  • Jim "Buffalo" Reeves (Buffalo, NY USA) - 34 (4th 2004 Finals)[citation needed]
  • Juris Shibayama (Nashville, TN USA) - 34 (Knoxville, TN Qualifier 2006)
  • Erik "The Red" Denmark (Seattle, WA USA) - 34 (Nashville, TN Qualifier 2006)
  • Charles "The Godfather" Hardy (Brooklyn, NY USA) - 33 (6th 2004 Finals)
  • Ed "Cookie" Jarvis (Nesconsett, NY USA) - 33 (6th 2004 Finals)
  • Lynn Curley (Nashville, TN USA) - 33 (#2 Nashville, TN Qaulifier 2004)
  • Hall Hunt (Jacksonville, FL USA) - 33 (Perry, GA Qualifier 2006)
  • Chris Abatsas (TN, USA) - 32 (Chattanooga, TN Qualifier 2006)
  • Cade Hardin (Huntsville, AL USA) - 30 (#3 Nashville, TN Qualifier 2004)
  • Loren "Bubba" Yarbrough (Newnan, GA USA) - 30 (13th 2005 Finals)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Breaking News: Kobayashi remains Krystal king, Chattanooga Times Free Press, October 28, 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-31.

[edit] External links

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