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La Costena "Feel the Heat" Jalapeno Eating Challenge

Location: San Antonio, TX
Date: 05-02-2010
Winner: Pat Bertoletti

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the world's greatest speed eaters recently battled in the Alamo City to claim victory in the La Costena Feel the Heat Jalapeño Eating Championship Challenge. After ten fiery minutes, including a double overtime one-on-one challenge with the reigning champion, Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti emerged victorious by consuming 275 whole pickled jalapeños. The fourth annual challenge was a highly anticipated rematch between the reigning champ – five-foot-tall, 105-pound Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas – and Bertoletti, the mohawked, two-time title winner from Chicago. With a vengeance not seen since the Battle of the Alamo, Bertoletti regained the coveted title from Thomas. Both Bertoletti and Thomas set a new record for the number of jalapeños eaten at this annual competition.

Thomas placed second with 274 jalapeños and coming in third and fourth were Seattle’s Eric “The Red” Denmark who ate 92 and Gary Klucken, of Waco, Texas, who ate 73, respectively. Now in its fourth year, the La Costeña Feel the Heat Jalapeño Eating Championship Challenge is respected as one of the most grueling and entertaining events on the Major League Eating circuit and awards a prize purse of $6,100.

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