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| 2005 Dec 3 12 min IFOCE units: pounds | Tropicana World Meatball eating championship
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Carmine's at the Tropicana www.tropicana.net Atlantic City, NJ |
| 1st | 10.3 | $2,500.00 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas | Alexandria, VA | |
| 2nd | 8.3 | $1,000.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | Westfield, IN | |
| 3rd | 7.6 | $750.00 | Bob "The Notorious B.O.B." Shoudt | Royersford, PA | |
| 4th | 7 | $500.00 | Tim "Eater X" Janus | New York City, NY | |
| 5th | 6.8 | $250.00 | Rich "The Locust" LeFevre | Henderson, NV | |
| 6th | 6 | Chip "The Phenom" Simpson | Fort Myers, FL | ||
| 7th | 5.3 | Loren "Bubba" Yarbrough | Newnan, GA | ||
| 8th | 5.1 | Larry "The Legend" McNeil | Atlanta, GA | ||
| 9th | 5 | Allen "Shredder" Goldstein | Plainview, NY | ||
| 10th | 4 | Ken "Mongo" Federighi | Ocean City, MD | ||
| 11th | 3.3 | "Beautiful" Brian Seiken | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| 12th | 3.1 | "Krazy" Kevin Lipsitz | Staten Island, NY | ||
| 13th | 1.9 | Adam "da Bomb" Leffler | North Brunswick, NJ | retired after contest | |
| 14th | ? | Crazy Legs Conti | New York City, NY |