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contest Thanks for 100 Throwdowns!

The Hot Pepper

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100!
 
What 100 really? We did 98 consecutive months since 4/2009, and in 2012 the Burger Royale was 3 individual weekends, that's +2 = 100 TDs!
 
Like Seinfeld, I want to end on a high! Also, I was able to compete in the last one, which was epic... and I won a crown! (I really enjoyed getting in on one again, and am glad I was challenged or I would not have.) That was a nice capper for me, I hadn't entered since 2011 (I won food-on-a-stick twice, '09 and '11--perhaps that's my calling?!).
 
Thanks to all who entered over the years. Was there drama? Of course! Was there passion? Indeed! And we saw a lot of the best food on the net, and we know it. The bar was repeatedly raised and we found ourselves searching for a word greater than epic!

Why are they ending? They ran their course. Simple. We do a few big ones a year, which the last one was, and 100 is a fitting mile marker, and marker of achievement.
 
For those that will miss them, I have plans for something that will let you show your chops and win something, but let's just all take a break, reflect, and congratulate each other on 100 awesome Throwdowns! And they were!
 
Cheers!
 
Dang it!  If I'd of known they were ending I'd of gotten in on the last couple to try and get #9.  It's been TONS of fun, trying new things, expanding our culinary horizons, gobs of epic food from everyone....Wow!  What a run! 
 
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