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OT - Eating Contests

Botch
Botch Posts: 16,205
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Seeing the new Nathan's hot dog eating champion down 62 dogs reminds me of my only eating contest, in which I took 2nd place. Eat as many softshell tacos as you can in 10 minutes, $2 entry fee. I had no intention of winning anything, just getting a filling meal for $2 (this was during college). 
A large room full of screaming spectators changes things. One in five of the tacos had Taco Johns' extra-hot "green" sauce (which is nothing to me today but extremely hot to us Norwegian/Germans back then), and they weren't marked; you bit into a HOT taco and you had to finish it before grabbing another. I didn't hit a hot one until my last. I put away 8 (1st place downed 9) and got a free t-shirt on top of it! I still have the shirt but it has shrunk over the years.
Anyone else stuff themselves for fun, fame and profit? 
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  • maso
    maso Posts: 240
    I Do it for God and Country, at least when steak is involved! That's a great story! Thanks for sharing. 
    Large BGE in Moore, OK
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,879
    @Botch-most eggcellent-never participated in an eating contest.  Only really big score for low end $$ was a place in Bezerkley, CA (misspelling on purpose) in the early 70's where they had "all you can eat pizza on Tues night" for $2.25.  26 slices later I quit.  (it was 6 slices/pie).  And the younger participants-stay away from any slice with peppers.  There were four of us and our goal was 100 slices-one guy failed to hold his weight.  I was cured of pizza for several years!
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • TigerTony
    TigerTony Posts: 1,078
     I think eating contest are disgusting.  I predict a causality will occur to someone in one of these events.
    "I'm stupidest when I try to be funny" 
    New Orleans

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  • Grillin_beers
    Grillin_beers Posts: 1,345
    I've done some local hott wing challenges.  Not so much seeing how much you can eat but seeing if you can handle eating 6 of their hottest wings.  I've never thought about trying to eat 62 hotdogs in a week let alone 10 minutes! 
    1 large BGE, Spartanburg SC

    My dog thinks I'm a grilling god. 
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,882
    Botch said:
    Anyone else stuff themselves for fun, fame and profit? 
    Hell yeah, I do it all the time. Why do I do it? Plain and simple, I like to eat and eat large. I always have. I honestly have a almost endless hunger. As far as eating contest, I can't win the ones that are timed. I'm not a super fast eater due to severe acid reflux.  But I can sit and eat all day at a steady pace. As far as eating very large amounts, I can more than hold my own. Only a select few can put down more than me. And they usually out weigh me by 100 pounds or more. I'm going to a crab fest tomorrow in Long Beach. When I get back I will post some pics of the crabs that I put down. You will be pleasantly suprised my friend. I may not can cook worth a flip, but I can eat with the very best of them. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,882
    @Botch
    And for the record, I respect fellow heavyweights and men of large appetite. I have no tolerance for nibblers and weight watchers at my table. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • BYS1981
    BYS1981 Posts: 2,533
    @lousubcap la vals?
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    Botch said:
    I still have the shirt but it has shrunk over the years.

    I hate it when that happens!  =)
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,879
    @BYS1981-I'm sure you are too young to remember the place-"Magnolia's Thunderpussy".  The name is the only reason I recall the event
    :peace: 
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    lousubcap said:
    @BYS1981-I'm sure you are too young to remember the place-"Magnolia's Thunderpussy".  The name is the only reason I recall the event
    :peace: 
    What sort of eating contest did the Thunderpussy hold?
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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  • BYS1981
    BYS1981 Posts: 2,533
    Lmao you're right, that pizza place I'm not sure still exists.
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