Major League Eaters Ingest Major Amounts of Corned Beef

Earlier today at Gallagher’s Steakhouse on West 52nd Street, some of the top Major League Eaters gathered around an obscene amount of corned beef sandwiches to see who could eat the most. Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (sporting the mohawk) took the $10,000 prize home after a ingesting an impressive 8 lbs of meat (16 3/4 sandwiches), beating out Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, the reigning Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Champ, who "only" ate 15 1/2 sandwiches. The numbers alone are enough to induce meat sweats! Anyone up for Katz's?

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on March 16, 2009 5:30 PM

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Clarice City

My Cholesterol jumped about 60 points just looking at that.

whitecastlerock

Why not let some folks who could actually use a meal enter these gorge fests?

NannyState

How much did the scrawny chick eat?

...just wondering...

mocanlagunas

This sheer display of disgusting gluttony makes me sick. They should be all shot...

wait, wrong post. Thought this was the AIG post...

Felix Hoenikker

Well played, sir.

Spirit of 76

I love good corned beef, but 8 pounds? Plus bread??? I couldn't finish that in a whole day.

Snoopy

I'm sure you could. It would only require a little effort on your part. That and a good laxative afterwards.

Qraymond

My heart just exploded.

Rocknrope

Thay rye bread'll kill ya.

ides_of_march

Was health food nut-in-chief Bloomberg consulted about this?

Corned beef tatses great but you can keep the boiled cabbage, it smells like sweaty socks. Slainte.