# What weighs 100lb and can eat 10% of its body weight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902 "2005-01-21T12:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/1 "2005-01-21T12:36:57Z")
[Kate Stelnick](http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2005/01/100lb_woman_eat.html), apparently. OK, she might be more like 115 pounds, but still! Six pounds of meaty goodness? Plus 5lb of trimmings? In less than three hours? How is this even possible? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/2 "2005-01-21T12:58:18Z")
I’m in love. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/3 "2005-01-21T13:06:53Z")
I’m gonna hurl! ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/4 "2005-01-21T13:29:35Z")
There’s way too much lettuce on that thing. I could never finish it. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/5 "2005-01-21T13:41:51Z")
Judging by the [picture](http://xo.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/dennyburger.jpg) of her, red meat is not her friend. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/6 "2005-01-21T14:47:42Z")
I’ve seen that burger before, on shows on the Food Network. I was always suprised no one could finish it, but I guess people have, just not under 3 hours. But holy crap! I assume that she doesn’t eat like that often, cause she’s not overweight at all (although I suppose she could be bulemic, but let’s hope she’s not.) And she’s even cute! Talk about a package! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/7 "2005-01-21T14:48:23Z")
She should be proud, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/8 "2005-01-21T15:01:45Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I’ve seen that burger before, on shows on the Food Network. I was always suprised no one could finish it, but I guess people have, just not under 3 hours. But holy crap! I assume that she doesn’t eat like that often, cause she’s not overweight at all (although I suppose she could be bulemic, but let’s hope she’s not.) > > And she’s even cute! Talk about a package! I hear that her tapeworm poked it’s head out the other end and asked, “You have any fries with that?” ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/9 "2005-01-21T15:06:52Z")
> [@](#): > > The burger takes 45 minutes to cook, and those who try to meet the three-hour limit must use no utensils and eat all of these fixins: one large onion, two whole tomatoes, one half head of lettuce, 1 1/4 pounds of cheese, top and bottom buns, and **a cup each of mayonnaise** , ketchup, mustard, relish, banana peppers and some pickles. JChrist, that’s a lot of mayo. Just the thought of that much mayo make me want to yak. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/10 "2005-01-21T15:11:15Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Judging by the [picture](http://xo.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/dennyburger.jpg) of her, red meat is not her friend. Bad lighting. Her better side is shown [here](http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2005/01/images_of_the_c.html). Apparently, she didn’t even visit the “restroom” (I love that term - “'scuse me - I really gotta take a _rest_!”) during her feat of gluttony. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/11 "2005-01-21T15:11:38Z")
How awesome! What a little hottie, and she’s got an appetite! I’d love to see Kate stand up against the Japanese in the Nathan’s Hot Dog-Eating Contest next July 4th, and maybe win back the belt for the U.S.A.! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/12 "2005-01-21T15:16:43Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > What a little hottie Betcha you wouldn’t be saying that if you had to share a bathroom with her the next day 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/13 "2005-01-21T15:24:08Z")
> [@A Welsh View](#): > > Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s monster 6lb burger The best part is gonna be the Welsh tourists coming into [Denny’s](http://dennys.com/en/) (the chain) and asking “Where the fook’s the 6lb burger then?” Now me, I’m an Iowa boy. I eat meat the way most people eat potato chips. The [Big Texan](http://www.bigtexan.com/72oz.html) would hit the spot. And 6lb of burger 'n bun might not be outside the realm of possibility. But NEVER - burger or no - could I choke down 1/2 a head of head lettuce, 2 tomatoes, an onion, a _freaking QUART_ of ketchupmustardrelishmayo…Wasn’t there some scandal at West Point when cadets were obliged to snarf mass quantities of condiments? Anybody else think: “cute girl + waaaay too much food = binge and purge”? :rolleyes: Og forbid, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/14 "2005-01-21T15:35:11Z")
Two of the greatest competitive eaters in the world, Kobyoshi (spelling??) and Sonya Thomas are down near 100 lbs. Both routinely destroy 300-500 lb men. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/15 "2005-01-21T15:37:35Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Two of the greatest competitive eaters in the world, Kobyoshi (spelling??) and Sonya Thomas are down near 100 lbs. > > Both routinely destroy 300-500 lb men. Kobayashi and “Rabbit” Arai are two of the Japanese competitive eaters who have won the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in the past. Both are tiny little guys. Never heard of Sonya Thomas, though. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/16 "2005-01-21T15:37:52Z")
See them here…a must visit if you are fascinated with this story: [http://www.ifoce.com/eaters.php](http://www.ifoce.com/eaters.php) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/17 "2005-01-21T15:42:53Z")
Sonya’s number 2…her resume: **Look at the poundage in the short time frames.** Asparagus: 5.75 pounds Tempura Deep Fried Aspargus Spears / 10 minutes Baked Beans, Long Course: 8.4 Pounds Baked Beans/84 Lumber / 2 minutes 47 seconds Cheesecake: 11 pounds Downtown Atlantic cheesecake / 9 minutes Chicken Nuggets: 80 Chicken Nuggets / 5 Minutes Chicken Wings: 167 chicken wings / 32 minutes Chicken Wings, Nat’s Buffalo Wing Festival: 161 chicken wings, 5.09 lbs / 12 minutes Eggs: 65 Hard Boiled Eggs / 6 minutes, 40 seconds Fruitcake: 4 pounds, 14 1/4 ounces Wegman’s Fruitcake / 10 minutes Hamburgers: 7 Burgers (3/4 pound) “Thickburgers” / 10 minutes Jambalaya: 9 Pounds Crawfish Jambalaya / 10 Minutes Maine Lobster: 38 Maine Lobsters (9.76 Pounds of meat) from the shell / 12 minutes Oysters: 36 Dozen Acme Oysters / 10 Minutes Pizza: 6 Extra Large Baci Pizza Slices / 15 Minutes Pulled Pork: 23 pulled pork sandwiches / 10 minutes Quesadilla: 31.5 4-inch Cheese Quesadilla / 5 minutes Sweet Potato Caserole: 8.62 pounds / 11 minutes Tacos: 48 soft chicekn tacos / 11 minutes Toasted Ravioli: 4 pounds toasted ravioli by Charlie Gitto’s at Harrah’s St. Louis / 12 Minutes Turducken: 7 3/4 pounds [Turducken.com](http://Turducken.com) Thanksgiving Dinner / 12 minutes There is an century-old prophesy within the competitive eating community, dismissed by most, that foretells the rise of the One Eater, a woman who will electrify America.s gurgitators and lead them to international victory once again. Like Joan of Arc before her, this eater will be slender of stature, but mighty in strength. In recent months, the prophesy has been mentioned more and more frequently as the eaters have watched Sonya Thomas excel in nearly every contest she enters. This amazing newcomer was named IFOCE 2003 Rookie of the Year and is nearly unbeaten in competition in 2004, except for one highly controversial loss to Dale Boone in a baked bean eating contest in which the beans were said to be far too hot. (Boone somehow got hold of a jug of water that he used to cool his beans.) Sonya has quickly mastered the sport and the rest of the eaters appear to be watching, dumfounded, seemingly waiting for her to assume her rightful position at the top of the game. Sonya is single and lives in Alexandria, VA. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/18 "2005-01-21T15:48:19Z")
Damn! Sonya is cute, too! > [@](#): > > Sonya is single and lives in Alexandria, VA. Looks like I’m moving to Virginia! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/19 "2005-01-21T15:57:31Z")
I knew a girl that could have done that. She and a friend of mine once went to IHOP, where she had two breakfasts (with extra pancakes), dessert and on the way home we bought some pies. Three pies, one of which she ate on the train home. She maybe broke 100 pounds on a good day. She commented “somewhere there’s a fat girl named Rachel who diets and diets and can never lose weight” (implying that all that food had to go somewhere so it must be afflicting some counterpart of hers) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902/20 "2005-01-21T16:28:16Z")
11 pounds… Ye Gads, that’s 5 kilograms of cheese cake. In NINE minutes?? I dunno, but wouldn’t that kill an average person or something? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weighs-100lb-and-can-eat-10-of-its-body-weight/285902.md?page=2)