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Takeru Kobayashi has done it again. He has defied physics (though maybe not gastrophysics) by chowing down 53.5 hot dogs in twelve minutes to a new new world record in hot dog eating, breaking his 2002 record of 50.5 hot dogs. Kobayashi told the crowd, "I feel wonderful." American challenger (and a conductor for the 7 train) Eric Booker tied for 5th place with 27 hot dogs, explaining his digestion, "I was at the point where I was jumping up on stage trying to get this burp out and it wouldn't come out." That actually reminded Gothamist of a Freaks and Geeks episode where Bill reminds Sam about his "fart that came out a poop" during science class. Anyway, Booker is 420 pounds, whereas Kobayashi is less than a third of that weight at 132 pounds.
Slice takes a break from pizza coverage to witness the historic event and believes that Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, a petite woman from Virginia, will bring the belt back to the states, with her third place showing of eating 32 dogs. And there's going to be a movie set in the world of competitive eating. More on competitive eating at the International Federation of Competitive Eating.
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Ms. Thomas's effort netted her third place overall, but it's important to note that she took first place among the American entrants. The Black Widow has raised the bar for all Yanks in this, the Superbowl of competitive-eating events.
On another note, I think that Nathan's should also do away with the antiquated activity of scoring records by gender. It is offensive for the hot-dog purveyor to assume that women cannot compete at the same level as men in this sport. Clearly that is not the case. As George Shea of the IFOCE (which does not agree with Nathan's stance on this) says: "There is no Title IX in competitive-eating; we all eat at the same table."
Absolutely apropos for this article: PoopReport discusses the "aftermath" of competitive eating, interviewing Carson "Collard Green" Hughes, a member of the competitive eating circuit.
Perfectly safe for work, incidentally.
http://www.poopreport.com/Techniques/Content/Splat/splat.html
Gastrophysics! Ha!
"That actually reminded Gothamist of a Freaks and Geeks episode where Bill reminds Sam about his "fart that came out a poop" during science class."
I don't see the connection but still very funny, as at one point in all of our lives that has actually happened.
I think someone on one of these posts asked how the slender Kobayashi could defeat much larger competitors. To reply to that: I remember an interview on the discovery channel where Kobayashi said that he worked on increasing his stomach's ability to expand by drinking vast amounts of water.
More at Popular Science:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicine/article/0,12543,547051,00.html
i also read somewhere else that because he's pretty slim, his stomach can expand more readily because theres not copious amounts of fat (read: beer gut) around his stomach that would otherwise put pressure on the stomach expansion.
Halo | Veritech Pilot: I believe the IFOCE calls that the "Belt of Fat" theory.
I betcha if we had a cookie eating contest (with no water allowed) we have have a new group of winners!
Hot dogs are easier since they can easily slip down the gullet there.
Better still let's have a pizza eating contest. Does anyone want to speculate how that could turn out?
Oreka: Slice is planning an unsanctioned pizza-eating contest for mid-October, to coincide with our one-year anniversary. As much as we respect the IFOCE as a governing body for the sport, we're gonna go gonzo on this one.
I think a REAL test of "eating talent" is to have a multi-event contest: one section soups, another section salads or some other green, and a third section hot dogs or whatever. This could be over several hours.
How is this a sport?
Does no else just find this contest, and Kobayashis's "talent", unbelievably disgusting?
Doesn't this make anyone else PUKE??? It IS disgusting, & is NOT my idea of a "Sport", or of any real "Talent"...!!! It DOES make me want to Throw Up, though!!! Come on, tell me how these people don't Barf their brains out, while doing this, or right after??? The human stomach, just isn't meant to consume these barbaric quantities!!
This is more like "Gluttony" than sport, & II find it Gross & Disgusting!! I'd Puke on the ground, just watching them!!! I wanted to Throw Up--FOR them, just to help them Feel better, just watching on TV!!! I had to run to the bathroom!!!
A real American Eating Contest took place in Coney Island two hours after the Nathan's contest. The Peggy O'Neills first All American Hamburger Eating Contest. The contest rules do not allow for dunking, mashing, seperating or otherwise desecrating the American Icon known as the Hamburger. There were two Japenese entrants who could not keep up with the winners who were all from USA (Oceanside Long Island, Wallingford Ct, and Bensohurst Bklyn) By the way the first and second place finishers are better eaters than most of the clowns at the Nathan's contest but were not allowed to compete because of their unwillingness to sign a slave contract with the organization that runs the Nathan's contest, IFOCE. The IFOCE, International Federation of Competitive Eaters is a PR company that masquarades as an Eaters organization. It's owner, Rich and George Shea are some of the greediest con men you could find anywhere. Typically their eaters have yto pay their way to go to contests accross the country and get very little compensation or prize money unless the sponsors are offering the money. It's two big Giants (Booker & Jarvis) started competitive eating in 1996 and weigheed a mere 300lbs. Now they are both at 450(+) pounds. These guys are going to die trying to catch the superior Japaneese Eaters. Unfortunately, they have become meal tickets for the Shyster/Shea Brothers. If you want to see a true American Eating contest go to Competitiveeaters.com and click on to the Hamburger contest.By the way, Sonya Thomas has an eating disorder along with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and is killing herself making the Shea's/IFOCE a fortune. She live in USA but is not an American Citizen. Therefore, the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest was a total sweep.
Chowhound Chapman
A real American Eating Contest took place in Coney Island two hours after the Nathan's contest. The Peggy O'Neills first All American Hamburger Eating Contest. The contest rules do not allow for dunking, mashing, seperating or otherwise desecrating the American Icon known as the Hamburger. There were two Japenese entrants who could not keep up with the winners who were all from USA (Oceanside Long Island, Wallingford Ct, and Bensohurst Bklyn) By the way the first and second place finishers are better eaters than most of the clowns at the Nathan's contest but were not allowed to compete because of their unwillingness to sign a slave contract with the organization that runs the Nathan's contest, IFOCE. The IFOCE, International Federation of Competitive Eaters is a PR company that masquarades as an Eaters organization. It's owner, Rich and George Shea are some of the greediest con men you could find anywhere. Typically their eaters have yto pay their way to go to contests accross the country and get very little compensation or prize money unless the sponsors are offering the money. It's two big Giants (Booker & Jarvis) started competitive eating in 1996 and weigheed a mere 300lbs. Now they are both at 450(+) pounds. These guys are going to die trying to catch the superior Japaneese Eaters. Unfortunately, they have become meal tickets for the Shyster/Shea Brothers. If you want to see a true American Eating contest go to Competitiveeaters.com and click on to the Hamburger contest.By the way, Sonya Thomas has an eating disorder along with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and is killing herself making the Shea's/IFOCE a fortune. She live in USA but is not an American Citizen. Therefore, the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest was a total sweep.
Chowhound Chapman
A real American Eating Contest took place in Coney Island two hours after the Nathan's contest. The Peggy O'Neills first All American Hamburger Eating Contest. The contest rules do not allow for dunking, mashing, seperating or otherwise desecrating the American Icon known as the Hamburger. There were two Japenese entrants who could not keep up with the winners who were all from USA (Oceanside Long Island, Wallingford Ct, and Bensohurst Bklyn) By the way the first and second place finishers are better eaters than most of the clowns at the Nathan's contest but were not allowed to compete because of their unwillingness to sign a slave contract with the organization that runs the Nathan's contest, IFOCE. The IFOCE, International Federation of Competitive Eaters is a PR company that masquarades as an Eaters organization. It's owner, Rich and George Shea are some of the greediest con men you could find anywhere. Typically their eaters have yto pay their way to go to contests accross the country and get very little compensation or prize money unless the sponsors are offering the money. It's two big Giants (Booker & Jarvis) started competitive eating in 1996 and weigheed a mere 300lbs. Now they are both at 450(+) pounds. These guys are going to die trying to catch the superior Japaneese Eaters. Unfortunately, they have become meal tickets for the Shyster/Shea Brothers. If you want to see a true American Eating contest go to Competitiveeaters.com and click on to the Hamburger contest.By the way, Sonya Thomas has an eating disorder along with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and is killing herself making the Shea's/IFOCE a fortune. She live in USA but is not an American Citizen. Therefore, the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest was a total sweep.
Chowhound Chapman
A real American Eating Contest took place in Coney Island two hours after the Nathan's contest. The Peggy O'Neills first All American Hamburger Eating Contest. The contest rules do not allow for dunking, mashing, seperating or otherwise desecrating the American Icon known as the Hamburger. There were two Japenese entrants who could not keep up with the winners who were all from USA (Oceanside Long Island, Wallingford Ct, and Bensohurst Bklyn) By the way the first and second place finishers are better eaters than most of the clowns at the Nathan's contest but were not allowed to compete because of their unwillingness to sign a slave contract with the organization that runs the Nathan's contest, IFOCE. The IFOCE, International Federation of Competitive Eaters is a PR company that masquarades as an Eaters organization. It's owner, Rich and George Shea are some of the greediest con men you could find anywhere. Typically their eaters have yto pay their way to go to contests accross the country and get very little compensation or prize money unless the sponsors are offering the money. It's two big Giants (Booker & Jarvis) started competitive eating in 1996 and weigheed a mere 300lbs. Now they are both at 450(+) pounds. These guys are going to die trying to catch the superior Japaneese Eaters. Unfortunately, they have become meal tickets for the Shyster/Shea Brothers. If you want to see a true American Eating contest go to Competitiveeaters.com and click on to the Hamburger contest.By the way, Sonya Thomas has an eating disorder along with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and is killing herself making the Shea's/IFOCE a fortune. She live in USA but is not an American Citizen. Therefore, the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest was a total sweep.
Chowhound Chapman
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