SALT LAKE CITY -- One sandwich down, one more to go. It seemed like a simple enough challenge. What's a little sandwich to a 22-year-old college sophomore? If only the sandwich were truly little. The ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Participants compete in a zongzi-eating competition held at a shopping mall in Wuhan HONG KONG (Reuters) -China said ...
A high-stakes sandwich challenge has built a reputation for remaining undefeated despite numerous attempts. Featuring an enormous portion and strict time limits, the challenge tests both endurance and ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Joey Chestnut is in shape. Or, as he calls it, “a shape.” Either way, Chestnut has not shown ill (pun intended) effects from a competitive eating career that has begun its third ...
Competitive eaters stretch their stomachs beyond limits. Here’s what happens inside their bodies. Competitive eaters train to stretch their stomachs far beyond normal limits, allowing them to consume ...
The self-proclaimed “Spicy Runner” ate one jalapeño, a longhorn chili, three Thai chilies, two Scotch bonnets, three ghost ...
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 25, before Joey Chestnut announced his return to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest this Fourth of July. Chestnut also did, in fact, defeat ...
Though I wholeheartedly agree with letter writer Patrick R. Lynch about the stupefying food waste of eating competitions as children are dying of malnutrition in far-off third-world nations, let’s ...