Entries tagged with 'competitive eating'
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If you missed it on Friday, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon invented a new dubious sport—noncompetitive eating: It's time to do away with competition and selfishness. It's time to stop competing with our fellow eaters and start feeding them instead. That's why tonight we're proud to introduce a brand new sport, the sport of noncompetitive eating. We've got some great gurgitators here tonight. Let's welcome our first two competitors, ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Crazy Legs Conti and the great Tim "Eater X" Janus. How does noncompetitive eating work? Eaters have to feed each other. In the first bit, Conti and Janus go at it with hot dogs. In a second bit, it becomes a three-way, with...
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Kobayashi just couldn't take the cake. On Friday, he came up six ounces short of the competitive fruitcake-eating record, at four pounds and eight ounces. He cited the density as a hindrance. Watch video footage from Fox News here....
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I've been trying to get my boyfriend to dress up as champion eater Takeru Kobayashi for Halloween for a while now, but now that Kobayashi has his own line of t-shirts, maybe he'll actually consider it. (Think about it: just a t-shirt with some strategically placed ketchup stains, shorts and a hot dog. So easy.) Kobayashi admits he didn't have a hand in designing the shirts, but they're still pretty funny. They say things like: "Kobayashi Eats Chestnuts for Breakfasts," "Kobayashi Ate My Homework" and of course "Kobayashi Banzai." Thrillist caught up with the competitive eating star today and got a little insight into his own personal hot dog habits. Do you ever casually enjoy a hot dog? Yes,...
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Trying to eat like Michael Phelps without doing the rigorous exercise to burn it off is not a pretty sight. But that doesn't stop people from trying. Competitive eater Crazy Legs Conti doesn't just try to eat Phelps' breakfast of three pancakes, three french toasts, three fried egg sandwiches, a bowl of grits, an omelet, and two cups of coffee without retching, but tries to do it in under five minutes. Although shirtless and clad in a swim cap and goggles, Conti doesn't look anything like Phelps, but he does eat his breakfast. And even though Conti doesn't puke, I just might. Watch the video after the jump. I swear this is the last Michael Phelpsian Gorge-A-Thon Challenge I'll...
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Today in Coney Island, after ten minutes of regulation time, America's defending champion Joey Chestnut and rival Takeru Kobayashi were tied at 59 hotdogs. A five dog eat-off ensued, and Chestnut won! The Mustard Belt remains in America's hands, and Chestnut set a new 10-minute record. Go USA! When asked why he put his body through this year after year, Chestnut replied, "I love to eat, I love the competition. It's the Fourth of July, and you can get away with it on this day, push your body this hard, for something silly like this." As ESPN commentators said, "The passions were raw, but the hot dogs were cooked." Video after the jump....
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Will another light-green bar, signaling a new world record, make its way onto this chart tomorrow? Will Joey Chestnut, the only American since 1999 to win the Mustard Belt, hold onto his title? He would make 1916 champ James Mullen proud. [via Waxy.org] Related: Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Shortened to Ten Minutes Photo of the Day: Patriotic Hot Dog from Nathan's...
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Says his hairdresser's blog (Google-translated from the Japanese): ★ 7 / 4, the international hot dog eating championship, NEISANZU 小林タケルくん、応援しています！ Kobayashi TAKERU Swallow, rooting for you! 今日は髪を、マスタード＆ケチャップ色にしちゃったりして、やるきグ〜！ Today's hair, color of mustard and ketchup and so on the ground YARUKI! これで優勝まちがいなし！ This MACHIGAINASHI win! Kobayashi is, of course, the longtime Japanese hot dog eating champ who was unseated last year at the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Championship by American Joey Chestnut. [via Eat Feats]...
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The famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest at Nathan's in Coney Island will be shortened this year from 12 minutes to 10. Major League Eating, the organization that runs the event, says it discovered random notes and scribblings in a "trove of numerous old items and ephemera" at the original Nathan's stand in Coney Island that implied that the contest's traditional length was actually 10 minutes. "The issue is history, and the preponderance of the event suggests that the contest was always 10 minutes," said George Shea, chairman of the MLE, in the Brooklyn Paper. All qualifying rounds of the 2008 circuit tour will follow suit and become 10-minute competitions, and the change will most likely be permanent....
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Editor's note: In early March we first told you about the release of Major League Eating, the videogame. Last week, we asked our friend Ben Brown, the internet rockstar, if he'd attend the press event for us in San Francisco to check out the game. —Adam K. Tim Janus is a world champion competitive eater. His professional name is "Eater X," and he paints his face like a super hero when he appears at public "gurgitation events." You may also know him as the man who spearheaded the "alternative beverage movement" within the competitive eating community (using lemonade instead of water as a hot dog chaser). And now, thanks to a new videogame coming out in May for the Nintendo...
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Want to become a hot dog eating champion? Then read wikiHow's How to Win a Hot Dog Eating Contest tutorial. Just follow these four easy steps: stretch out your stomach, develop a hot dog-eating technique, learn to suppress your gag reflex, and time yourself. You'll be snarfing down those processed meat logs in no time! Previously 'Major League Eating: The Game' Coming Soon for the Nintendo Wii 59 and a Half! The Best Hot Dogs Roadfood Roundup: Hot Dogs...
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