Krystal Square Off


The Krystal Square Off was the official World Hamburger Eating Championship from 2004 to 2009, taking place in Chattanooga, Tennessee and sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating. In this event, contestants ate as many Krystal hamburgers as possible in eight minutes.
The sole difference between the hamburgers consumed for the Square Off and the hamburgers purchased from Krystal restaurants is that pickles were removed from hamburgers consumed for the event to minimize the risk of choking.
The Krystal Square Off consisted of a qualifying tour and a world championship. In the qualifying tour, amateur eaters competed with professional eaters for a spot at the world championship. In 2004, the first year of the event, local amateurs Sam Vise and Jeff Hicks defeated professionals to earn a position at the world championship.
The two-minute qualifier record stands at 39 Krystals eaten by "Humble" Bob Shoudt in Nashville, 2007.
Citing "significant" demands on company resources, the company cancelled the event in 2010, looking to shift its "marketing focus and efforts" to new products and new store locations.

List of winners

DateNameFirstSecondThirdFourthNotes
INovember 13, 2004 Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi69464138World Record
IINovember 19, 2005 Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi67625651
IIIOctober 28, 2006 Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi97917665World Record
IVOctober 28, 2007 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut103959474Current World Record
VSeptember 28, 2008 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut93858476Kobayashi finished 3rd
VISeptember 27, 2009 Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi93817671No Dunking World Record

History

100 burgers or more ("The Double Tre Double Deuce")

70 burgers or more ("The Double Tre and a Half Deuce")