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. Many tour professionals state that this is the premier eating event on the tour.[citation needed]
The Krystal Square Off consists of a qualifying tour and a world championship. In the qualifying tour, amateur eaters compete 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 39 Krystals eaten by "Humble" Bob Shoudt in Nashville, 2007.
[edit] List of winners
| Date | Name | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | November 13, 2004 |  Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi |
69 | 46 | 41 | 38 | World Record |
| II | November 19, 2005 | Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi |
67 | 62 | 56 | 51 | |
| III | October 28, 2006 | Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi |
97 | 91 | 76 | 65 | World Record |
| IV | October 28, 2007 |  Joey "Jaws" Chestnut |
103 | 95 | 94 | 74 | 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 both topped the event's 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]
- 2007: Joey Chestnut devoured 103 Krystal hamburgers in eight minutes to win the Krystal Square Off IV World Hamburger Eating Championship. The battle for second between 22-year-old Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti and "Humble" Bob Shoudt, 41, ended in an upset. Shoudt, ranked seventh in the world, consumed 95 Krystals to edge out Bertoletti, the number two ranked eater in the world. Chestnut won $10,000 and a Krystal Square Off champion's belt and trophy made out of crystal. Shoudt's runner-up finish earned $7,500, while Bertoletti third-place finish earned $3,500.
[edit] A list of contestants
[edit] 100 burgers or more
- Joey "Jaws" Chestnut (San Jose, CA) - 103 (#1 2007)
[edit] 90 burgers or more ("The Triple Tre")
- Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi (Nagano, Japan) - 97 (#1 2006)
- "Humble" Bob Shoudt (home page) (Royersford, PA) - 95 (#2 2007)
- Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (Chicago, IL) - 94 (#3 2007)
[edit] 80 burgers or more ("The Double Tre and a Deuce")
[edit] 70 burgers or more ("The Double Tre and a Half Deuce")
- Tim Janus (New York, NY) - 73 (#1 Memphis qualifier, 2007)
[edit] 60 burgers or more ("The Double Tre")
- Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas (Alexandria, VA) - 62 (#1 Chattanooga qualifier 2006)
[edit] 50 burgers or more ("The Deuce Tre")
- Chip Simpson (USA) - 55 (#5 (tie) 2006)
- Rich "The Locust" LeFevre (Henderson, NV) - 53 (#6 2007)
- Hall Hunt (Jacksonville, FL ) - 52 (#7 2007)
[edit] 40 burgers or more ("The Double Deuce")
- Crazy Legs Conti (New York NY,) - 45 (#9 2007)
- Erik "The Red" Denmark (Seattle, WA ) - 45 (#9 2007)[2]
- Eric "Badlands" Booker (Copiague, NY) - 44 (#1 Nashville qualifier 2005)
- Juliet Lee (MD) - 44 (#11 2007)
- Arturo "The Natural" Rios (NJ) - 44 (#9 2006)
- Tim "Gravy" Brown (Chicago, IL) - 43 (2nd Birminham, AL qualifier 2007)
- Allen "The Shredder" Goldstein - 42 (2nd Atlanta, GA qualifier 2007)
- Seaver "The Achiever" Miller (Ashburn, VA) - 41 (#2 Memphis qualifier 2006)
- Jim "Buffalo" Reeves (Buffalo, NY) - 40 (2nd Jackson, Miss qualifier 2007)[citation needed]
[edit] 30 burgers or more ("The Tre")
- Juris Shibayama (Nashville, TN) - 39 (2nd Nashville, TN qualifier 2007)
- Dale Boone (Atlanta, GA) - 38 (#12 2006)
- Elizabeth Canady (USA) - 38 (2nd Jacksonville, FL 2007)
- Ron Koch (Las Vegas, NV,) - 37 (#8 2005 finals)
- Justin Mih (Boston, MA,) - 36 (#13 2006)
- Sam Vise (TN,) - 35 (#10 2005 finals)
- Charles "The Godfather" Hardy (Brooklyn, NY) - 33 (6th 2004 finals)
- Ed "Cookie" Jarvis (Nesconsett, NY) - 33 (6th 2004 finals)
- Lynn Curley (Nashville, TN ) - 33 (#2 Nashville, TN qualifier 2004)
- Chris Abatsas (TN) - 32 (Chattanooga, TN qualifier 2006)
- Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston (Philadelphia, PA) - 31 (2nd Perry GA qualifier 2007)
- Russ Keeler (PA, USA) - 31 (2nd Perry GA qualifier 2007)
- Cade Hardin (Huntsville, AL) - 30 (#3 Nashville, TN qualifier 2004)
- Loren "Bubba" Yarbrough (Newnan, GA) - 30 (13th 2005 finals)
- Kevin Ross (USA) - 30 (3rd Nashville, TN)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Breaking News: Kobayashi remains Krystal king, Chattanooga Times Free Press, October 28, 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
- ^ Full Jackson Results (2006-10-18). Retrieved on 2007-07-05.
