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Video: Potato Latke Eating Competition Won By Furious Pete Czerwinski

Jonathan Sacks — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:40:00 +0000

Hanukkah 2008 has kicked off, and what better way to celebrate the Festival of Lights than by having a latke eating contest?

Sunday was the 4th Annual National Potato Latke Eating Competition, held in at Zan’s Deli on Long Island, New York, where fortunately nobody was trampled or bitten.

This year’s potato pancake eating champion? “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, a 22-year-old Canadian student.

Czerwinski is a rising star in the world of competitive eating, having won several competitions and owning several world records, including having eaten 18 bananas in 2 minutes. Rather than make an easy joke, this would be a good time to point out that he’s also a body builder and would easily kick your ass in between bites.

Not only did Czerwinski win the latke eating competion, he did so in style, packing away 46 potato pancakes in 8 minutes, which works out to about 7 pounds of potatoes and grease. It can be safely assumed that the name “furious” comes from his experiences in the bathroom after such an event.

Canadian wins Lake Grove latke-eating contest [Newsday]

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Crazy Legs Conti Eats The Michael Phelps Olympic Breakfast In 5 Minutes

Jonathan Sacks — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:54:00 +0000

During the Olympics, much ado was made about Michael Phelps’ typical breakfast of fried egg sandwiches, grits, french toast, an omelette and pancakes. The consensus, of course, is that it is far more food than any normal human being should consume in one sitting.

Competitive eater Crazy Legs Conti is not a normal human being, so it’s only natural that he would attempt to eat the entire Michael Phelps breakfast in just 5 minutes. Watch and be amazed. By amazed, I of course mean completely disgusted.

HT: [NESWSports]

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Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest Chestnut vs. Kobayashi Preview & Live Thread

Jonathan Sacks — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:34:00 +0000

Following the colossal success of last year’s Nathan’s hot dog eating contest live thread, we’re back to do it again. Face it, there’s nothing better you could be doing right now. Watching grown men and women try eat as much highly-processed meat as possible is much more entertaining than your family and friends.

Last year, Joey Chestnut, American Hero, took back the mustard belt from Takeru Kobayashi of Japan by eating 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes? Will Chestnut repeat as champion? Will Kobayashi regain the title he held for so many years prior? Will someone choke to death on a hot dog? The drama will unfold at high noon Eastern on ESPN.

While many people have been talking about how technology is making swimming world records obsolete, nobody is talking about how hot dog eating world records are becoming obsolete. In 1991, Frank Dellarosa at 21.5 hot dogs to set a new world record. Kazutoyo “The Rabbit” Arai ate just over 25 in 2000. Just 7 years later, Joey Chestnut set the latest bar at 66. Imagine if someone had followed up Roger Bannister’s 4 minute mile just a few years later by running a 2 minute mile, and you have some idea of just how this record has fallen.

Bodog has the following odds listed for the event:

Joey Chestnut 5/7
Takeru Kobayashi 11/10
Field 13/4

For those curious about who they get with those 13/4 odds, here is the complete field, courtesy of the International Federation of Competitive Eating:

Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
Tim “Eater X” Janus
Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
“Humble” Bob Shoudt
Hall “Hoover” Hunt
Tim “Gravy” Brown
Rich “The Locust” LeFevre
“Patrick “Vandam” Vandam
“The Lovely” Juliet Lee
Juris “Dr. Bigtime” Shibayama
Eric “Badlands” Booker
Erik “The Red” Denmark
Arturo Rios “Grande”
Pat “From Moonachie” Philbin
Allen “Shredder” Goldstein
Crazy Legs Conti
“Nasty” Nate Biller
“Pretty Boy” Pete Davekos
“Double-0″ Kevin Ross

As for me, my hypothetical money is on Chestnut. Any other pick on this day would be un-American.

The lineup is set. The hot dogs are cooked. You’ve got nothing better to do. Let’s get this live thread started!

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Video: Joey Chestnut breaks Kobayashi’s World Hot Dog Eating Record

Jonathan Sacks — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:52:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen! We have a new World Hot Dog Eating Record! The record is back in American hands!

Joey Chestnut shattered Takeru Kobayashi’s record. Kobayashi had eaten 53.25 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Chestnut ate 59 at a qualifying event at Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe, Arizona.

Chestnut will once again face Kobayashi this July 4th in New York. Last year Kobayashi edged Chestnut in a close competition.

Source: (AZ Central)

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