The whole story and History behind Ketchup, the Superstition and Bills Tradition.

[JP51]

I am not sure if anyone cares or is interested in knowing... but I will write it and if no one cares we can delete it... but it is such a fun niche in Bills tradition...

 

It was 2 days before Christmas in 1990, the Bills were playing a huge home game against the hated Dolphins... So, all traditions and superstitions were on full display... no one willing to break any one of them. Kenny J (Pinto Ron) had a tradition of eating a Hamburger cooked on a shovel with ketchup before every game... only... this game... Kenny forgot his ketchup... he came to me in a panic... "JP51!! you have to find me some ketchup!!! " so I went to the tailgate next to us and told them and they went into the Mobile home and produced a 12 oz bottle of Heinz ketchup...  I came back to Ken with the ketchup and said... how about I get on the hood of the Pinto and squirt the ketchup on your burger that way... Kenny said Brilliant... so, to no fan fare or anything I got on the hood of the Pinto and squirted ketchup towards the burger... well. 20mph winds had different ideas as none of the ketchup was going on the burger... but all over Kenny .... and the cheering started...  I literally had to get down off of the Pinto and shake the last vestiges of Ketchup on the burger to keep with tradition...  We won...

 

Next week Kenny comes with a 36 oz bottle of ketchup and says we have to do this again... so up I went... and used the "Blind and Blast" technique... nail his glasses so he couldnt see... then blast him with Ketchup.... and a tradition was born... as time went on we moved to a 64oz bottle, and crowds of people chanting Ketchup Ketchup Ketchup... news crews coming to film etc... then one day (me being about 235lbs at the time the roof of the 80 Pinto dented.... worried about the sustainability of the roof and wanting to continue the tradition... in the offseason Kenny tore the underside of the Top out and reenforced it with steal... (true Story lol) 

 

as time went on, Mustard and relish and other condiments were brought in and you have the ceremony in its present form... 

 

And that my friends is the rest of the story....  

Edited December 30, 2024 by JP51

[L Ron Burgundy]

10 minutes ago, JP51 said:

I am not sure if anyone cares or is interested in knowing... but I will write it and if no one cares we can delete it... but it is such a fun niche in Bills tradition...

 

It was 2 days before Christmas in 1990, the Bills were playing a huge home game against the hated Dolphins... So, all traditions and superstitions were on full display... no one willing to break any one of them. Kenny J (Pinto Ron) had a tradition of eating a Hamburger cooked on a shovel with ketchup before every game... only... this game... Kenny forgot his ketchup... he came to me in a panic... "JP51!! you have to find me some ketchup!!! " so I went to the tailgate next to us and told them and they went into the Mobile home and produced a 12 oz bottle of Heinz ketchup...  I came back to Ken with the ketchup and said... how about I get on the hood of the Pinto and squirt the ketchup on your burger that way... Kenny said Brilliant... so, to no fan fare or anything I got on the hood of the Pinto and squirted ketchup towards the burger... well. 20mph winds had different ideas as none of the ketchup was going on the burger... but all over Kenny .... and the cheering started...  I literally had to get down off of the Pinto and shake the last vestiges of Ketchup on the burger to keep with tradition...  We won...

 

Next week Kenny comes with a 36 oz bottle of ketchup and says we have to do this again... so up I went... and used the "Blind and Blast" technique... nail his glasses so he couldnt see... then blast him with Ketchup.... and a tradition was born... as time went on we moved to a 64oz bottle, and crowds of people chanting Ketchup Ketchup Ketchup... news crews coming to film etc... then one day (me being about 235lbs at the time the roof of the 80 Pinto dented.... worried about the sustainability of the roof and wanting to continue the tradition... in the offseason Kenny tore the underside of the Top out and reenforced it with steal... (true Story lol) 

 

as time went on, Mustard and relish and other condiments were brought in and you have the ceremony in its present form... 

 

And that my friends is the rest of the story....  

Thanks for sharing!

[JP51]

1 minute ago, L Ron Burgundy said:

Thanks for sharing!

Your welcome, I have been meaning too... this seems like an appropriate time with Kenny's 500th game.

[SoMAn]

1 hour ago, JP51 said:

I am not sure if anyone cares or is interested in knowing... but I will write it and if no one cares we can delete it... but it is such a fun niche in Bills tradition...

 

It was 2 days before Christmas in 1990, the Bills were playing a huge home game against the hated Dolphins... So, all traditions and superstitions were on full display... no one willing to break any one of them. Kenny J (Pinto Ron) had a tradition of eating a Hamburger cooked on a shovel with ketchup before every game... only... this game... Kenny forgot his ketchup... he came to me in a panic... "JP51!! you have to find me some ketchup!!! " so I went to the tailgate next to us and told them and they went into the Mobile home and produced a 12 oz bottle of Heinz ketchup...  I came back to Ken with the ketchup and said... how about I get on the hood of the Pinto and squirt the ketchup on your burger that way... Kenny said Brilliant... so, to no fan fare or anything I got on the hood of the Pinto and squirted ketchup towards the burger... well. 20mph winds had different ideas as none of the ketchup was going on the burger... but all over Kenny .... and the cheering started...  I literally had to get down off of the Pinto and shake the last vestiges of Ketchup on the burger to keep with tradition...  We won...

 

Next week Kenny comes with a 36 oz bottle of ketchup and says we have to do this again... so up I went... and used the "Blind and Blast" technique... nail his glasses so he couldnt see... then blast him with Ketchup.... and a tradition was born... as time went on we moved to a 64oz bottle, and crowds of people chanting Ketchup Ketchup Ketchup... news crews coming to film etc... then one day (me being about 235lbs at the time the roof of the 80 Pinto dented.... worried about the sustainability of the roof and wanting to continue the tradition... in the offseason Kenny tore the underside of the Top out and reenforced it with steal... (true Story lol) 

 

as time went on, Mustard and relish and other condiments were brought in and you have the ceremony in its present form... 

 

And that my friends is the rest of the story....  

it’s disgusting. 

[Simon]

4 minutes ago, SoMAn said:

it’s disgusting. 

 

Agreed.

Mustard and mayo are the only acceptable condiments on a burger.

[RichStadiumGuy]

3 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

Agreed.

Mustard and mayo are the only acceptable condiments on a burger.

And pickles!

[JP51]

36 minutes ago, SoMAn said:

it’s disgusting. 

It is what it is lol 

31 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

Agreed.

Mustard and mayo are the only acceptable condiments on a burger.

Who is to mess with superstition lol

[stevewin]

2 hours ago, JP51 said:

I am not sure if anyone cares or is interested in knowing... but I will write it and if no one cares we can delete it... but it is such a fun niche in Bills tradition...

 

It was 2 days before Christmas in 1990, the Bills were playing a huge home game against the hated Dolphins... So, all traditions and superstitions were on full display... no one willing to break any one of them. Kenny J (Pinto Ron) had a tradition of eating a Hamburger cooked on a shovel with ketchup before every game... only... this game... Kenny forgot his ketchup... he came to me in a panic... "JP51!! you have to find me some ketchup!!! " so I went to the tailgate next to us and told them and they went into the Mobile home and produced a 12 oz bottle of Heinz ketchup...  I came back to Ken with the ketchup and said... how about I get on the hood of the Pinto and squirt the ketchup on your burger that way... Kenny said Brilliant... so, to no fan fare or anything I got on the hood of the Pinto and squirted ketchup towards the burger... well. 20mph winds had different ideas as none of the ketchup was going on the burger... but all over Kenny .... and the cheering started...  I literally had to get down off of the Pinto and shake the last vestiges of Ketchup on the burger to keep with tradition...  We won...

 

Next week Kenny comes with a 36 oz bottle of ketchup and says we have to do this again... so up I went... and used the "Blind and Blast" technique... nail his glasses so he couldnt see... then blast him with Ketchup.... and a tradition was born... as time went on we moved to a 64oz bottle, and crowds of people chanting Ketchup Ketchup Ketchup... news crews coming to film etc... then one day (me being about 235lbs at the time the roof of the 80 Pinto dented.... worried about the sustainability of the roof and wanting to continue the tradition... in the offseason Kenny tore the underside of the Top out and reenforced it with steal... (true Story lol) 

 

as time went on, Mustard and relish and other condiments were brought in and you have the ceremony in its present form... 

 

And that my friends is the rest of the story....  

Thanks for sharing!  So all these years Kenny gets the limelight and you are the true mastermind behind it all!

[Simon]

4 minutes ago, JP51 said:

Who is to mess with superstition lol

 

I would make the sacrifice without hesitation for you guys 🤙

[Punch]

Not niche at all, this is sacred lore. Thanks for sharing!

[Bills fan since 87]

Always kinda wondered, thanks for sharing 

[Jauronimo]

2 hours ago, JP51 said:

I am not sure if anyone cares or is interested in knowing... but I will write it and if no one cares we can delete it... but it is such a fun niche in Bills tradition...

 

It was 2 days before Christmas in 1990, the Bills were playing a huge home game against the hated Dolphins... So, all traditions and superstitions were on full display... no one willing to break any one of them. Kenny J (Pinto Ron) had a tradition of eating a Hamburger cooked on a shovel with ketchup before every game... only... this game... Kenny forgot his ketchup... he came to me in a panic... "JP51!! you have to find me some ketchup!!! " so I went to the tailgate next to us and told them and they went into the Mobile home and produced a 12 oz bottle of Heinz ketchup...  I came back to Ken with the ketchup and said... how about I get on the hood of the Pinto and squirt the ketchup on your burger that way... Kenny said Brilliant... so, to no fan fare or anything I got on the hood of the Pinto and squirted ketchup towards the burger... well. 20mph winds had different ideas as none of the ketchup was going on the burger... but all over Kenny .... and the cheering started...  I literally had to get down off of the Pinto and shake the last vestiges of Ketchup on the burger to keep with tradition...  We won...

 

Next week Kenny comes with a 36 oz bottle of ketchup and says we have to do this again... so up I went... and used the "Blind and Blast" technique... nail his glasses so he couldnt see... then blast him with Ketchup.... and a tradition was born... as time went on we moved to a 64oz bottle, and crowds of people chanting Ketchup Ketchup Ketchup... news crews coming to film etc... then one day (me being about 235lbs at the time the roof of the 80 Pinto dented.... worried about the sustainability of the roof and wanting to continue the tradition... in the offseason Kenny tore the underside of the Top out and reenforced it with steal... (true Story lol) 

 

as time went on, Mustard and relish and other condiments were brought in and you have the ceremony in its present form... 

 

And that my friends is the rest of the story....  

You had not considered just handing him the bottle of ketchup?

[US Egg]

The 500 games is noteworthy. 

[GolfandBills]

The 500 games is really cool.  The whole squirting the guy with condiments is a bit stupid imo

[Irv]

12 minutes ago, GolfandBills said:

The 500 games is really cool.  The whole squirting the guy with condiments is a bit stupid imo

I agree 100%

 

Sincerely,

Jumping Through Burning Tables

[JP51]

45 minutes ago, stevewin said:

Thanks for sharing!  So all these years Kenny gets the limelight and you are the true mastermind behind it all!

Well if you know Kenny you know that he takes crazy challenges from all who propose them the crazier the better... thus it's really Kenny who deserves the limelight lol I was just a prop with an idea lol 😆 

16 minutes ago, GolfandBills said:

The 500 games is really cool.  The whole squirting the guy with condiments is a bit stupid imo

You have obviously never done a bowling ball shot, crushed chips with the Cornell state marching band playing Louie Louie, crushed grapes with your feet and made wine destroyed old TV sets in a new way each game etc... some of the traditions Kenny has are far more insane than that 

 

 

 

28 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

You had not considered just handing him the bottle of ketchup?

Didn't have the same joyeux de vive lol 

[stevewin]

16 minutes ago, JP51 said:

Well if you know Kenny you know that he takes crazy challenges from all who propose them the crazier the better... thus it's really Kenny who deserves the limelight lol I was just a prop with an idea lol 😆 

Don't sell yourself short - "how about I get on the hood of the Pinto and squirt the ketchup on your burger that way" is not a thing most mere mortals dream up on the spot

[Rubes]

I must have missed it over the years but I never did hear the story of how Kenny came to be known as Ron.

 

[BillsPride12]

I don't care what anybody says....It's an awesome tradition

 

Congrats to Pinto Ron on 500!

[Gugny]

56 minutes ago, Irv said:

I agree 100%

 

Sincerely,

Jumping Through Burning Tables

Who are YOU to say what disgusting???

 

With love,

Drinking Rum From a Girl’s Ass Crack