Extreme Brunch Eating Contest Official Rules

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EXTREME BRUNCH EATING CONTEST

Official Rules

September 21, 2013

1 Eligibility of Contestants

Any member of the Rensselaer community (students, staff, faculty, family, etc.) are eligible

to compete. The event will run from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Eastern time). Contestantsmust register at the event table in the Commons dining hall in order to be eligible to compete.Registration will open shortly before the start of the event and close at the conclusion of theevent.

2 Eligible Foods

Any food served at the Commons dining hall during the event is allowed. Outside food(including Simply To Go meals) may be consumed but will not count towards the final score.Only food counts towards a contestants score; beverages are not counted towards the total

score. Condiments do not count toward the total score.

3 Scoring

Each food is assigned a score according to a mathematical formula based on the caloriecontent of the food with a scaled correction for the caloric density of the food. Scores havebeen calculated in advance for each item listed under Saturday Lunch on the online menu[1].

In the event that a food without an assigned score is eaten, a judge will first confirmthat the food originated in the Commons dining hall. Once this is confirmed, the judge

will attempt to find a portion size and calorie count for the food. A nutritional facts signwithin the dining hall is the preferred source for this information, but if this is not found,the judge should refer to the Sodexo Nutrition Calculator [2]. If the nutritional informationstill cannot be found, the judge is to use his or her best judgment in assigning a point valueas a multiple of 10. This decision is final and cannot be changed.

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4 Serving Sizes and Point Values

Food Serving Size Point Value

Vegetable Soup 6 oz 10Herb Breadsticks 1 breadstick 10

Deli Sandwich 1 sandwich 50Omelet 1 omelet 40Scrambled Eggs 4 oz 30Waffle 1 waffle 90Pancakes 1 pancake 20Hard Cooked Egg 1 egg 10Hash Browns 4 oz/1 pattie 20Sausage Links 1 link 20Broccoli 4 oz 10Sloppy Joe 1 sandwich 40Salad Plate 1 plate 30

Cheese Pizza 1 slice 30Pepperoni Pizza 1 slice 40Tandoori Chicken Flatbread Pizza 1 slice 30Hamburger 1 burger 80Cheeseburger 1 burger 80Chicken Sandwich 1 sandwich 50Chicken Sandwich w/ Cheese 1 sandwich 50Grilled Cheese 1 sandwich 50Cookies 1 cookie 20Ice Cream 2 scoops or equiv 40

French Fries 4 oz 40Table 1. Point values and serving sizes of foods

5 Items Excluded as Condiments

The following is a list of items considered to be condiments and thus excluded from having apoint value. A judge may, at his or her discretion, identify other items as condiments. Whenthere is a question of point value, Table 1 will take precedence over this list.

Ketchup

Mustard

Mayonnaise

Pickles

Onions

Lettuce

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Tomato

Sour Cream

Special Sauce

Barbeque Sauce

Hot Sauce

Chili Sauce

Sriracha Sauce

Duck Sauce

Soy Sauce

Salad Dressing Butter

Cream Cheese

Peanut Butter

Jelly

Chocolate Syrup

Whipped Cream

Strawberry Topping

Pancake Syrup

Sundae Bar Toppings

Salsa

Milk (when poured on cereal)

Honey

Sugar

Salt

Pepper

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6 Calculation of Point Values

Point values are calculated using the equation

P = 10nint[

30

(C+ )

log10

C

]

where P is the point value, C is the number of calories per serving, is the pointwise scalingparameter, and is the caloric scaling parameter. The two scaling parameters are to be setat the discretion of the judges; they were set to 1 and 0, respectively, for the point valuescalculated in Table 1.

References

[1] https://rpi.sodexomyway.com/Menu/Commons2.htm

[2] https://rpi.sodexomyway.com/health/calculator.xhtml

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