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The RP Funding World Chili Eating Challenge

Location: Orlando, FL
Date: 02-08-2014
Winner: Joey Chestnut, with a World Record 2.125 gallons of chili in 6 min

CHESTNUT SETS NEW WORLD CHILI-EATING RECORD! BROWN CEILING SMASHED!

Those who attended the second installment of the RP Funding World Chili Eating Challenge at the 5th Annual Orlando Chili Cookoff witnessed history. Those who did not, did not. This is the way of life as it always has been. To see history, one must leave the house, even though there's a sweet House Hunters International marathon currently airing on HGTV. History favors the brave. The couch-leavers. The doers.

And Joey Jaws Chestnut. On February 8th, 2014, he ate 2.125 gallons (8.5 32oz bowls) of chili to set a new world record. It was not pretty but it was beautiful. This feat was the first time in recorded history that any man or woman has eaten over two gallons of chili in the regulation six minutes. That previous mark—called The Brown Ceiling in competitive eating circles—was equalled numerous times, but never bested. Until now. A new number stands.

Now that MLE eaters have seen with their own eyes that eating more than two gallons is possible, nothing can stop them. (Indeed, dare we whisper the magic two words? Three. Gallons.) The yolk of fear is over. Anything is possible. It is a new day in America.

Full results below.

FULL RESULTS, in 32oz Bowls! 1st - Joey Chestnut, 8.5, $1,750 2nd - Bob Shoudt 7.75, $900 3rd - Eater X 7.25, $500 4th - Matthew Stonie 7, $250 5th - Ms Sonya Thomas 3.5, $100 6th - Yasir Salem 3 7th - Ronnie Hartman 2.5 8th - The Man They Call Tuddle 0.75 9th - Mr Robert Palmer of RP Funding 0.5 10th - Badlands Booker, DQ

This contest** took place place at 3pm Eastern on Saturday February 8, 2014 at the Orlando Chili Cookoff, Orlando Festival Park, 2911 East Robinson St., Orlando, FL 32803

The Orlando Chili Cook-off event is produced by Events for Change, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that operates under a “good times for a great cause” philosophy. Tickets can be purchased at the pre-sale price of $7 ($5 off the door price) at www.orlandochilicookoff.com.

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  • It's a metaphor. We'd advise eating the chili, not looking blankly at it. But each to their own.

**All applicants must be 18 years of age or older and fully acknowledge and understand the inherent dangers and risks associated with participating in an eating contest. The applicant further acknowledges and understands that the MLE/IFOCE coordinates with event sponsor(s) to select and approve eligible participants, and that the MLE/IFOCE shall decide, at its sole discretion, whether an applicant is eligible to participate in any eating event, and/or related activities. The MLE/IFOCE may revoke an applicant's eligibility to participate in the eating contest, or related activities, at any time, for any reason, at its sole discretion. The MLE/IFOCE and the event sponsors reserve the right, at any time, to change any and all details concerning the event, including, e.g., time, duration, location and prize structure.

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