Actually, thanks for posting this. I was coming back here to say something like this because I had a pang of guilt. Here’s this guy (poor, defenseless** Figaro**) lookin for a good crabbing (and he knows his crabs, dammit), and he gets a plate full of…well, they ARE crabs, but they’re not king crabs or anything ultra sweet.
Yeah, lower expectations, kind sir. (If we go to Joe’s Crab Shack, raise them up a little more, though).
Edited to add: Hey! Alaska gives me good crab, dammit! Don’t you pick on Alaska, or I will be forced to deal with you by…um…force!
Actually, you’d be surprised at how good-looking his body is. He works out as part of his training. Yes, he works out to eat competitively. I didn’t know that either, until MTV’s True Life.
Hooter’s has cheap crab. Not all you can eat, but something like a pound for a few bucks. Hooter’s should think about having an all you can eat crab deal, they’d make a killing.
Mr. K and I were discussing this very subject the other day. I think they have to hold it down for X minutes afterward.
I find competitive eating to be both repulsive and offensive. I keep thinking of the 42 people who could be having a much-needed meal with all those hot dogs…and it’s twice as bad if indeed they do puke them up.
Not according to the piece I saw on the Little Japanese Chick who is the current champ. She eats like that all the time to stretch her stomach. They followed her into a buffet-style joint and she ate six overflowing plates of food. She does it regularly, and then fasts the day before the event.
So while she does consume large volumes, a lot of is its water to stretch the stomach.
Not sure if she’s the person you saw on TV, Sonya was born in Korea and is now an American citizen, but apparently there’s a Japanese woman named Gal Sone who has done some TV shows where she ate vast amounts over the day.