Jalapeno Results - Dallas, TX 10/8/06

Click Here to listen to my interview and 1 minute jalapeno eating exhibition on Dallas news station 1080 KRLD

Reults from Jalapeno Contest (IFOCE rank in paranthesis)

8 Minute Contest:

1st - Rich the Locust LeFevre(8) - 247 peppers, $2000
2nd - Sonya the Black Widow Thomas(3) - 239 peppers, $1000
3rd - Pat Deep Dish Bertoletti(4) - 226 peppers, $700
4th - Erik the Red Denmark(12) - 108 peppers, $300
5th - Allen Earl Jones(NR) - 90 peppers

First off, let me say congratulations to Rich LeFevre, he deserved a big victory and he definitley earned it against a strong field. Many people want to say that maybe the contest wasn't fair in some way but it definitely was fair and Rich won outright. The peppers that were used were La Costena out of the jar, the same as the ones they use at the Laredo jalapeno contest. The number of jalapenos consumed seems like a huge number considering that the 12-minute record set by Pat Bertoletti in NM was 177 but let me describe why I think the numbers were so high:

The jalapenos were varied in size, some small, some medium, and very few were large. Also, the peppers had been left uncovered in the sun for at least 20-30 minutes which caused them to absorb the vinegar, get softer, and evaprate some of the heat that is inherent in a fresh jalapeno. Regardless of these factors, I think Rich would have set a record anyway, he was literally and figuratively on fire that day.

As for my performance, it wasn't the best, but considering I could have eaten 117 more and still placed 4th, maybe it wasn't such a bad choice to stop at 108.

Click Here to read The Star-Telegram article about the contest
Click Here to Read the Dallas Morning News article about the contest
Click Here to read the AP newswire article about the contest