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PAT BERTOLETTI WINS KRYSTAL SQUARE-OFF AT LENOX: They’d never allow this sort of thing at Phipps.

Though it lacks the prestige of competitive hot dog eating (record: 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes), the implied anal torture of competitive jalepeño eating (record: 247 in eight minutes), or the incredulity of competitive cow brain eating (record: 17.7 pounds in 15 minutes), competitive hamburger eating is the pro-eating’s hot new sport.

Witness Saturday’s Atlanta Krystal Square Off qualifier at Lenox, where a crowd gathered to watch pro-eaters Krystal’s signature miniature burgers. The easy winner was Pat Bertoletti. The second-ranked eater in the world, Bertoletti consumed 66 Krystals in just eight minutes, earning him a spot at September 27’s $50,000 world championship in Chattanooga.

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(Photo by Alan Friedman)

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CHAMPION EATER DALE BOONE AT ZOO ATLANTA: Hot dog, we have a wiener.

Dale Boone won his fourth Southeast regional hot-dog eating title since 2002 at Zoo Atlanta Saturday afternoon. The metro area’s top competitive eater downed 21 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. Second-place finisher Bubba Yarbrough ate 22 hot dogs, but judges hit him with a two-dog penalty after chunks of bun were found floating in the Kool-Aid he used to wash down the dogs. Boone will represent Atlanta in Nathan’s Famous July Fourth International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in New York City.

(Photo by Joeff Davis)

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