Wednesday, May 16, 2007

IFOCE EATER'S POLL TOP 25 (May edition)

IFOCE EATER'S POLL TOP 25

Rank. Eater's Name (First-place votes) (Points) [Previous Rank]

1. Takeru Kobayashi (8) (270) [1]

2. Joey Chestnut (2) (258) [2]

3. Patrick Bertoletti (255) [3]

4. Chip Simpson (1) (235) [4]

5. Bob Shoudt (215) [8]

6. Sonya Thomas (205) [6]

7. Rich LeFevre (196) [7]

8. Tim Janus (181) [5]

9. Crazy Legs Conti (164) [11]

10. (tie) Erik Denmark (153) [10]

10. (tie) Juliet Lee (153) [12]

12. Seaver Miller (148) [9]

13. Joe LaRue (130) [18]

14. Hall Hoover Hunt (119) [14]

15. Arturo Rios (112) [13]

16. Jed Donahue (89) [15]

17. Dale Boone (70) [17]

18. Patrick Philbin (63) [19]

19. Justin Mih (61) [16]

20. Larry McNeil (43) [21]

21. Eric Livingston (37) [24]

22. Micah Collins (37) [NR]

23. Bubba Yarbrough (27) [22]

24. Mongo Marquez (26) [NR]

25. Kevin Ross (25) [NR]

Also receiving votes: Todd Yeates (24), Brian Subich (20), Allen Goldstein (19), Jason Erb (18), Jim Reeves (18), Bruce Pobanz (16), Sam Vise (16), Jim Hamrick (14), Badlands Booker (13), Helen Hagarty (12), El Toro (11), Pat Bruss (11), Andrew Lane (11), Bill Myers (10), Frank Wach (7), Brian Seiken (6), Brickhouse Braunstein (6), Don Lerman (6), Mega Munch (5), Juris Shibyama (3), Kevin Lipsitz (3), Ron Koch (3), Russ Keeler (2), Tim Brown (2), Pete Davekos (1)

The Eater's Poll Board of Voters is made up of competitive eaters and media that cover the sport. All are involved in participating or following IFOCE/MLE contests. The board for the April edition of the Eater's Poll: Hall "Hoover" Hunt, Tim "Eater-X" Janus, Don "Moses" Lerman, Todd "The Butler" Yeates, ojrifkin, Erik "The Red" Denmark, Liz Kellermeyer, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston, Dave "Mega Munch" Shoffner, Eric "Badlands" Booker, "Humble" Bob Shoudt, Bruce "Hangman" Pobanz.