Location: Pueblo, CO
ESPER SETS NEW SLOPPER WORLD RECORD!
History! Geoffrey Esper, the #2-ranked eater in the world, ate 37.5 9oz sloppers at the 2nd Annual World Slopper Eating Championship to set a new world record in the discipline. In doing so, he bested the previous mark—28.25, set by Darron Breeden in 2019—by, what, 37.5 minus 28.25, carry the one, and that's a lot. Esper also notched his first win over world #1 Joey Chestnut at the event. Chestnut could not match Esper's rhythmic, zen-like takedown of slopper after slopper.
When in Pueblo, CO, the slopper is not to be missed. This local delicacy features an open-faced cheeseburger lovingly smothered—slopped, really—in delicious green chili. They are delicious and best enjoyed at a recreational pace and in appropriate civilian quanitities. Don't try to Esper at home.
Full results below.
FULL RESULTS ! 1. Geoff Esper 37.5 9oz sloppers in 8 mins 2. Joey Chestnut 32 3. Nick Wehry 28 4. Gideon Oji 23.5 5. Darron Breeden 21.5 6. Big Sexy Beard 12 7. Moose Perez 6
This contest took place at 1PM local time, Pueblo time, CO time, on Saturday, September 5th, 2020, at the PB&T Bank Pavilion at the Colorado State Fair, 1001 Beulah Ave, Pueblo, CO 81004!
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