Competitive Eating Pros Face-Off At Press Conference Friday
The top three ranked eaters in the world, Chestnut, Bertoletti and Kobayshi will reunite for this year's KSO VI Press Conference set to take place on Friday, Sept. 25 at Ross' Landing.
Before the biggest names in Major League Eating go bite-for-bite Sunday, Sept. 27 at the Krystal Square Off VI World Hamburger Eating Championship, they‘ll meet face-to-face on Friday, Sept. 25 at the official Krystal Square Off VI Press Conference. Set to take place at 2:30 p.m. at Ross’ Landing in downtown Chattanooga, the conference will feature gurgitating giants Joey Chestnut, Takuru Kobayashi, Patrick Bertoletti and Humble Bob Shoudt as they dish about training and eating strategies before their reunion at Sunday’s table.
Having both received automatic seats at this year’s final table, neither defending champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut nor three-time Krystal Square Off winner Takeru Kobayashi have had the chance to eat the new Big Angus Burger or compete in a timed Krystal Square Off Qualifier with the No-Dunking rule. As you can imagine, it will be interesting to hear what the eaters have to say about contending with the new rules for the first time.
On the contrary, current Qualifying-circuit leader Patrick Bertoletti and Atlanta Qualifying winner Humble Bob Shoudt both have first hand experience of Krystal’s rule changes and will be able to shed some light on how the Big Angus Burger Points and No-Dunking policy have in fact drastically altered the face of the competition.
George Shea of Major League Eating will host the press conference, providing an expert’s perspective on what is being hailed the biggest event in the history of Major League Eating, which – as you might expect – also awards the largest cash purse in competitive eating, a whopping $50,000.
Be sure to catch all the competitive-eating drama and more this weekend on Friday, Sept. 25 and Sunday, Sept. 27 at Ross’ Landing along the banks of the Tennessee River.
