competitive eating

Why Do People Love Eating Dangerous Foods?

Going crazy for hot chilies, spoonfuls of cinnamon
Apr 24, 2013 11:01 am
Photos: ccwod, Domenico Licciardiello on Flickr

Hospitalization. Asphyxiation that can lead to death. These are the potential consequences of voluntarily eating some common and often popular foods. With these possible side effects widely documented, what is it exactly that causes people to not only include these foods in their diets but to go out of their ways to find them? Let’s take a look.

What Is The Best Way To Eat A Chicken Wing, Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti?

The competitive eating champ strips the bones
Feb 1, 2013 2:31 pm

Master Deep Dish's techniques for eating the wing and drum portions most efficiently — considering both speed and effectiveness — and come Sunday, you'll be ready to challenge anyone to a wing-off and take home the gold medal of bragging rights. His video tutorial, after the jump. 

Lunch Practice: How To Eat More Food This Thanksgiving

Stomach-stretching lunches for better results
Nov 20, 2012 12:31 pm

In accordance with the pre-game day tips I've pulled from those titans of gurgitation, the  great competitives eaters of this world, here are a few carb-heavy lunches intended to stretch your stomach so you don't pull a tummy-hammy this Thanksgiving and a useful instructional video. 

Video: Learn The Kobi Shake. Win Hot Dog Eating Contests.

Takeru Kobayashi teaches you his secret dog dance
Jul 3, 2012 5:31 pm

Planning on playing along with the Nathan's hot dog-eating competition this year? You and your foolish kin are in luck — we found this video of Kobayashi teaching a skeptical but giggly reporter his secret weapon against fullness: the "Kobi Shake."

Video: Man Eats 30 Peeps In 35 Seconds

Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti celebrates Easter
Apr 5, 2012 11:01 am
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You can microwave them until they explode, toast them over a campfire until they're palatable, and make them into an obscene little diorama while they're none the wiser. They're Peeps, those sugar-covered marshmallow devils that are easy to hate and hard to speed-eat. Unless of course you're packing a Master's in Gurgitation, like Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti.

The Man Who Ate a Million Slices

In search of perfection, I eat all of NYC's pizza
Oct 17, 2011 12:01 pm
patrick bertoletti goes to new york
Photo: Patrick Bertoletti

My one fear in life is that I’ll be tossed in a straitjacket and taken to food rehab. In the customary "Dear substance" letter, mine is addressed to pizza. There’s no doubt at some point I’ll sneak some in and freebase it in my padded cell.

The source of my obsession is unknown, but began six years ago when I started ranking every pizza I consumed (the...

Meet the Ultimate Wingman

His meaty mission? To eat 2,011 in a year
Sep 1, 2011 9:01 am
Ultimate Wingman

Ryan Hohman woke up on New Year’s Day this year with inspiration, not whiskey, coursing through his veins. While most of us were slamming Aleve and half-watching the Tournament of Roses parade, Hohman — a New York City web producer by trade — was plotting a Kobayashian eating challenge that many at the time predicted was impossible: to eat 2,011 chicken wings in...

Deep Dish Goes Deep-Down

Pat Bertoletti reflects on life, chips & dogfights
Aug 22, 2011 3:01 pm
Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti
Photo: Patrick Bertoletti

Editor's note: Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti set a world record last Saturday at Day-Lee Foods' World Gyoza-Eating Championship in LA's Little Tokyo. Pounding down 264 dumplings in 10 minutes, Bertoletti smashed friendly nemesis Joey Chestnut's previous...

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