This could be the worst thread ever here. It could float majestically into the sunset, or it could float like a sack of hammers.
So, the time is upon us for the super bowl of eating. Kobayashi, whose only lose is to a grizzly bear, will be out this year due to arthritis of the jaw. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is now the favorite, and an American (if that matters to ya).
Anyone else fired up for the Four Horsemen of the Esophagus?
Well, I was more psyched up before Kobayashi withdrew. (has he officially withdrawn?)
Jaws will win this going away. Until a time that he beats Kobayashi head-to-head, I’m still hungry. I can’t believe they can’t give Kobayashi an appearance fee that makes it worth his while.
Well, you’ve gotta believe that if Jaws or The Black Widow break the record, Kobayashi is going to get in touch with his inner bear and eat 436554376548765212 hot dogs in the first 15 seconds*.
**slight * hyperbole
I always think of the pie eating contest scene from *Stand By Me * when this thing rolls around every year…
Kobayashi is the only charm for me…that little guy sure can eat.
He’s flippin’ amazing. It makes me want to go to the all-you-can-eat crab place down the street from me and eat 10 pounds of crab legs again.
Actually, I may do that next week. Mmmmmm. Crab legs…drool
Anyone know what time the contest starts? I’m thinking of going to watch.
There’s a number to call for more information on this website.
I wish to know more about this all-you-can-eat crab place…(says the displaced Marylander who still thinks all food can be eaten with a hammer…)
Durrrr. I like to repeat myself.
It’s a NASCAR bar that’s by my bank. It’s not high class, but on Wednesdays, they have all-you-can-eat crab.
Joe’s Crab Shack (only one in the area is out by you on Ann Arbor Saline Road off of 94) sometimes has all-you-can-eat.
Are you kidding? Kobyashi is out? Chestnut just broke his record and we would be headed towards the ultimate battle at Nathans if not for the arthirits?
Come on. This sucks.
You know, I never understood this part of the competitive eating…do they all throw up afterwards? At some point, they must retain some calories. Why isn’t that black widow girl huge? I thought contestants weren’t allowed to vomit.
Throwing up isn’t allowed, at least until quite some time after the contest.
They aren’t huge because they rarely eat in those quantities except during competitions.
I just read an article on Fox Sports that says Kobayahsi is in New York, and looks to be a “game-time decision”.
Do these guys actually eat anything in these contests? I’m no expert, but their version of eating to me looks a lot like the way Cookie Monster ate. That is, a lot of sound and fury and broken up crumbs and no actual food consumption. Cookie Monster, being a felt puppet with no throat and no internal organs, had an excuse. Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest contest looks to me like guys taking bites of many hot dogs but actually consuming very few, once you sift through the wreckage of the bun crumbs and dog remains. YMMV.
Nope, they actually eat them pretty much all. I doubt there are any “dog remains” at all.
Maybe if this arthritis thing doesn’t clear up, he can go over next door to the Slurpee-drinking contest.
Throwing up, in the competitive eating world is called a “reversal of fortunes”.
His next life won’t be as a male escort, I can guess that much.
Wee Bairn, that’s gotta mean that he’s going to do it. I can’t imagine him being there and not doing it. What would he be part of Joey Chestnut’s entourage?
NO, you really don’t. As a former Chesapeake Bayer, in Detroit or the Midwest, the “all-you-can-eat” something called “crab legs” is in no way what you are thinking of. They probably come from the West Coast or Alaska or somewhere alien. This “food” bears NO resemblance to CB Blue Crabs.