Rich LeFevre (nickname "The Locust") is a

competitive eater Competitive eating, or speed eating, is an activity in which participants compete against each other to eat large quantities of food, usually in a short time period. Contests are typically eight to ten minutes long, although some competitions c ...

from

Henderson, Nevada Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about southeast of downtown Las Vegas. It is the second largest city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with an estimated population of 320,189 in 2019. The city is part of the Las Vegas Va ...

. Rich and his wife, Carlene LeFevre, are sometimes referred to as "the First Family of Competitive Eating", and are both top ranked members of the

International Federation of Competitive Eating Major League Eating (MLE) is an organization that organises professional competitive eating events and television specials. The stated mission of Major League Eating is to maintain a safe environment for all events, to create a dynamic and enjoy ...

. The couple has combined to take two of the top seven places in

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in 2003, 2004, and 2005. He competed at

Wing Bowl Wing Bowl was an annual eating contest founded in 1993 by Philadelphia talk-radio hosts Angelo Cataldi and Al Morganti. The contest was first broadcast on WIP. About 150 people attended Wing Bowl I (held in a hotel) in 1993 to see a competition ...

XIV in

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in which he placed second behind

Joey Chestnut Joseph Christian Chestnut (born November 25, 1983) is an American competitive eater. As of 2022, he is ranked first in the world by Major League Eating. He is a California native and resides in Westfield, Indiana. Chestnut's height is ; his wei ...

, another IFOCE champion.

World records

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: 1½ U.S. gallons

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in 10 minutes *

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s: 12 Fletcher's

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in 10 minutes at State Fair of Texas on September 28, 2003 *

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: 7½ extra large Bacci pizza slices in 15 minutes in Chicago on July 9, 2005 * Smoked pork: 7 pounds 1 ounce smoked pork in 10 minutes at Bluffs Run Casino on August 21, 2005 * Spam: 6 pounds of Spam from the can in 12 minutes on April 3, 2004 * Tex-Mex rolls: 30 rolls in 12 minutes at GameWorks at Great Lakes Crossing on March 12, 2005 *

Jalapeño The jalapeño ( , , ) is a medium-sized chili pepper pod type cultivar of the species ''Capsicum annuum''. A mature jalapeño chili is long and hangs down with a round, firm, smooth flesh of wide. It can have a range of pungency, with Scovi ...

s: 247 jalapeños in 8 minutes to set new world record on 10 August or 8 October 2006 * Completed 120 ounce steak challenge including 2 sides for 6 in 40 minutes on 10/17/08 at Brand Steakhouse in the Monte Carlo Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas

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External links

International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lefevre, Rich Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American competitive eaters People from Henderson, Nevada

World records

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