Someone decided to introduce dogs to the depraved human pastime of competitive eating, and naturally, they're very good at it. (Have you met dogs? They've been practicing for this their whole lives.)
Chugging an entire gallon of honey is tough enough under optimal circumstances—that's about 2 weeks worth of calories—but it's absolutely terrifying when you have 2,000 bees hanging out all over your face.
Molly Schuyler weighs a paltry 120 pounds, but last Friday she set a world record by finishing an entire 72 oz. steak as big as her whole head in under three minutes.
When you think "binge eating," caviar is probably one of the last foods that comes to mind. But hey, competitive eating doesn't just have to be about pies and hot dogs.
PHILADELPHIA— The Wing Bowl ended for me at 9 a.m., three hours after the early morning competitive-eating contest began. But Takeru Kobayashi would not be finished with the event for three more days.
Wing Bowl XX was held at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, a stadium that seats 20,000.
Kevin Strahle is a self-proclaimed rich person, "meathead," "YouTube inspirational public figure," and resident of New Jersey. He is an amateur competitive eater, with a handful of meat-eating victories in the suburbs.
Nathan's annual Hot Dog Eating Contest takes place on July 4th. With all the speculation about the contestants, let's get one thing clear: Competitive eating is not a sport. Here are some other activities that should stop pretending they're athletics.
Takeru Kobayashi's reign as the world's most celebrated eater of hot dogs has ended. "The Tsunami" lost his world record three years ago, and now he has purposefully undermined his competitive eating contract negotiations. An excuse to eat no more?
["Crazy Legs" Conti poses with cannolis after winning the eighth annual Little Italy Cannoli Eating Competition on September 10, 2009 in New York City. Image via Getty.]
