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Competitive Eating & Drinking: A Sport For Debased Times?

kamalktk said:
These competitive eaters, do they just go around to the places offering "eat x amount in some time and its free" and live on the free food. Do they just eat once a week or what?
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Most competitive eaters purge after eating competitions and challenges, so i dont think they get much nutrients from the food.
 
Mythopoeika said:
I've seen Molly Schuyler before. She's thin and eats like a savage.
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I remember many years ago they used to show 'Glutton Bowl' the olympics of competitive eating, on 'Bravo' or some other channel, the winner on numerous occasions was i rake thin little Japanese guy.
 
In case you've wondered about the Guinness world record for chugging a 2-liter bottle of carbonated soda, it's 18.45 seconds. Whether the inevitable belch following the feat was itself a Guinness record wasn't determined.
YouTuber drinks 2 liters of soda in 18.45 seconds for Guinness World Record

A New York man earned a Guinness World Record when he polished off a 2-liter bottle of soda in 18.45 seconds.

Eric "Badlands" Booker, a competitive eater who shares his speed-drinking videos on YouTube channel BadlandsChugs, said trying his skills with multiple carbonated beverages led him to attempt a Guinness World Record. ...

Booker selected a 2-liter bottle of sugar-free cola for his record attempt in Selden, N.Y. ...

Booker downed the beverage in 18.45 seconds, setting the Guinness World Record, and celebrated with a massive belch. ...
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FULL STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/0...time-drink-2-liter-bottle-soda/7081628613075/
 
Nosmo King said:
I remember many years ago they used to show 'Glutton Bowl' the olympics of competitive eating, on 'Bravo' or some other channel, the winner on numerous occasions was i rake thin little Japanese guy.
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Takeru Kobayashi?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi

He holds the world record for eating Tacos.

"159 tacos in 10 minutes at the Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Challenge on April 8, 2017"
 
Yithian said:
A 100-egg omelette in one sitting? 11,000 calories?

She fails but gets a damned sight closer than I would.

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Assumed Japanese but it's wisest not to assume. Wouldn't this work out like a variation on a theme of Cool Hand Luke and the boiled eggs?
 
Eating that many eggs in one sitting could lead to a toxic overload.
Unless... I'm guessing that it all gets puked up at some point?
 
I ate about four boiled eggs one day, i spent most of the night puking, it was not pleasant day. I was a pillock for doing it.
 
Or Green Face Luke, as he was latterly known.
 
Paul Newman did not eat 50 eggs. He’s not even sure if he ate eight before throwing up.
As heroic as such an endeavor is on the silver screen, performing such a feat in the real world is far from simple. In fact, it's even been known to be deadly. According to Vice, in 2019, "Cool Hand Luke"'s egg-eating challenge cost the life of Subhash Yadav in India after he ate 41 eggs for a 2,000-rupee (approximately $28) bet. Newsweek reports that doctors concluded Yadav's death was caused by overeating, triggered by the overwhelming volume of eggs he had eaten in a short space of time.
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https://www.mashed.com/481421/this-movie-food-challenge-has-killed-multiple-people/
 
A competitive eater set two Guinness records for fastest chugging of a liter of soda and a liter of tomato juice.
YouTuber breaks world records for chugging Mountain Dew, tomato juice

A New York YouTuber added two more Guinness World Records titles to his name by downing liters of Mountain Dew and tomato sauce. ...

Booker drank his liter of Mountain Dew in 6.8 seconds and finished off his liter of tomato juice in 1 minute and 18 seconds.

Booker, a competitive eater ranked 23rd by Major League Eating, previously set the Guinness World Record for fastest time to drink two liters of soda when he downed the beverage in 18.45 seconds.
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FULL STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/0...rds-drinking-soda-tomato-juice/9331656088125/
 
The couple that gorges together forges togetherness ...
Married speed eaters break world records for hot dogs, burrito

A Florida couple who are both competitive eaters broke Guinness World Records for speed eating hot dogs and a burrito.

The record-keeping organization announced Miki Sudo ate an entire burrito in 31.47 seconds, breaking the previous record by 0.88 seconds. In the same day, she broke the record for most hot dogs eaten in 1 minute, downing six to double the previous record. ...

Sudo's husband, Nicholas Wehry ate 12 hot dogs in 3 minutes, beating the previous record of 9.

The pair, known as The Hungry Couple, met four years ago while preparing for a competitive eating event. ...
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FULL STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/1...astest-eating-burrito-hot-dogs/5991669231095/
 
In a similar vein to Enola's post above, I recently stumbled across the following YouTube channel 'Katina Eats Kilos', Katina being one half of a competitive eating couple.
She's only small in size but literally puts away kilos of food in one sitting. I don't know how it's physically possible.
Take a look at her page and select any video at random. There's a few from her time in the U.K where she eats meals large enough to feed a very hungry (large) family. Astounding.

https://www.youtube.com/@KatinaEatsKilos

Here she is eating the 'Godfather's Full Irish Breakfast Challenge'

 
Making news today...

Aussie professional eater James Webb eats entire menu in 20 minutes​

Aussie James Webb has cleaned off the entire menu at Marrickville’s Slim’s Quality Burger — and the ravenous Sydney-sider is hungry for much more.

In just 20 minutes, Webb ate 15 burgers including some double and triples, a fries, a loaded fries, a thick shake and two cokes — a meal which weighed a remarkable 6.8kg.
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https://www.news.com.au/sport/more-...s/news-story/041843ba18cc99c94ad74136bfed1ba3

I can polish off a fair bit when I'm hungry, but 6.8 kilos?
 
No real dogs will be eaten or harmed harmed in this competition.

Competitive eaters from around the world are gathering in West Sussex to see who can put away the most hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Major League Eating (MLE) is hosting a UK qualifying event for the first time, ahead of its annual Fourth of July "world cup" in the United States. A dozen competitors, many from the UK, will compete at Seal Bay Resort's White Horse Complex in Selsey at 15:00 BST.

MLE president Richard Shea, 54, said he was "very excited".

The event, hosted by US fast food chain Nathan's Famous, will see contestants compete to qualify for the world championships in Coney Island, New York, on 4 July 2024.

Among the UK hopefuls is Max Stanford, who Mr Shea said was an "eater of note based in London".

Joey Chestnut, from Westfield, Indiana, currently holds the world record of 76 hot dogs and buns eaten in 10 minutes and earned his 16th title in July.

Miki Sudo, from Port Richey, Florida, is the nine-time female champion, with an all-time best of 48.5 hot dogs and buns eaten in 10 minutes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-66627071
 
ramonmercado said:
No real dogs will be eaten or harmed harmed in this competition.

Competitive eaters from around the world are gathering in West Sussex to see who can put away the most hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Major League Eating (MLE) is hosting a UK qualifying event for the first time, ahead of its annual Fourth of July "world cup" in the United States. A dozen competitors, many from the UK, will compete at Seal Bay Resort's White Horse Complex in Selsey at 15:00 BST.

MLE president Richard Shea, 54, said he was "very excited".

The event, hosted by US fast food chain Nathan's Famous, will see contestants compete to qualify for the world championships in Coney Island, New York, on 4 July 2024.

Among the UK hopefuls is Max Stanford, who Mr Shea said was an "eater of note based in London".

Joey Chestnut, from Westfield, Indiana, currently holds the world record of 76 hot dogs and buns eaten in 10 minutes and earned his 16th title in July.

Miki Sudo, from Port Richey, Florida, is the nine-time female champion, with an all-time best of 48.5 hot dogs and buns eaten in 10 minutes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-66627071
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Winners!

A speed eater in a qualifying event for a "world cup" of competitive hot dog eating polished off 34 in 10 minutes to claim victory, it has been announced.

Major League Eating and Nathan's Famous hosted the event on Saturday ahead of a Fourth of July world cup in 2024. A dozen competitors, many from the UK, faced off at Seal Bay Resort's White Horse Complex in Selsey, West Sussex.

Max Stanford took first place in the men's category, while Rhea Jarvis secured the top women's spot.

The winners were announced on social media by Major League Eating, which sanctions Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Circuit and ensures safety standards are in place at each event.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-66633068
 
Lord Lucan said:
I don't know how it's physically possible.
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I overate a couple of months back. Nothing truly substantial, not even an actual meal - including two salad baguettes; go me! :D - but I felt like death, and was actually worried about dying. That sounds far too dramatic, I know, but that's really how I felt at the time. To get to my point, finally, I too don't know how these people are attracted to this competitive eating thing.
 
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Min Bannister said:
That is horrific. 300kg is over 47 stone. Surely she couldn't even move at that weight.
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And she was only 24 and she did this professionally, including eating 10kg of food in one streaming session. 22lb. The equivalent of 88 1/4 pounders (just the burgers, no buns).
 
gordonrutter said:
And she was only 24 and she did this professionally, including eating 10kg of food in one streaming session. 22lb. The equivalent of 88 1/4 pounders (just the burgers, no buns).
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This kind of thing has got out of hand. How does anyone live like that?
 
Mythopoeika said:
This kind of thing has got out of hand. How does anyone live like that?
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There is a guy on YouTube called Nicocado Avocado who began doing this (Mukbang/overeating) as a regular sized young man some years ago. He now seems to take pride in his obesity, his gluttony and food binges, often filming himself needing an oxygen mask during filming.
I feel that somewhere along the way, more than just his weight changed.
If you have the morbid curiosity to want to look, here's his channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/nikocadoavocado
 
It must be noted, I feel, that while mukbang (as it developed in Korea) is illustrative of at least a couple of troubling social issues, gluttony and competitive eating are not directly among them.

These extreme binge eaters are simply morons, mentally ill or click farmers and not indicative of a much more interesting phenomenon.
 
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