WORLD EATING CONTESTS

OYSTER EATING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Held every June in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Oyster Eating World

Championship is a speed eating contest in which participants compete

for a cash price (1.000 dollars for the winner). In 2011, Pat Bertoletti

set a Louisiana state record by eating 468 oysters in 8 minutes.

WORLD GARLIC EATING COMPETITION

The World Garlic Eating Competition is held in Chideock, Dorset County,

Southwestern England. In 2014, David Greenman won the contest by

chomping 33 raw cloves of Iberian garlic in 60 seconds.

WORLD NETTLE EATING CHAMPIONSHIP

Another crazy eating contest held in Dorset, the World Nettle Eating

Championship is a competition in which participants chew their way

through nettle leaves. The winner is the contestant who has stripped

and eaten the leaves from the greatest number of the 2ft (60 cm) stalks.

INTERNATIONAL KIMCHI EATING CHAMPIONSHIP

CHOWDOWN

If you like kimchi (Korean national dish), you may consider participating

at the International Kimchi Eating Championship Chowdown held in

Koreatown, Chicago, Illinois. To break the current record, you will have

to eat more than 8.5 pounds (3.86 kg) of this delicacy in 6 minutes.

THE WORLD SLUGBURGER EATING CHAMPIONSHIP

To join this crazy sounding contest, you have to set out to

Corinth, Mississippi. But don’t worry, you will not be eating slugs.

Slugburger is a unique burger based on a deep-fried beef and soy

meal patty dressed with onions, pickles and mustard. To break the

current world record, you will have to eat at least 44 slugburgers

in 10 minutes.

JALAPENO CHILI PEPPERS EATING CONTEST

There are several contests in which participants compete in attempt to

eat the most super-spicy peppers and the Jalapeño Eating World

Championship at the State Fair of Texas is among the most famous ones.

In 2006, a 62-year-old retired accountant from Nevada swallowed 247

peppers in 8 minutes, setting the new world record in the process.

CROCODILE EGG EATING COMPETITION

Held at the Pattaya Crocodile Farm in Thailand, the crocodile egg

eating competition is an annual eating race that consists of eating

10 crocodile eggs in the shortest time possible. The main purpose of

this bizarre contest is to promote local tourism.

BROCCOLI EATING CONTEST

Even broccoli, the symbol of healthy food, can become the subject of

an eating contest. Tom “Broccoli” Landers is the world record holder

for broccoli eating, having gulped down a pound of raw broccoli in

just 92 seconds.

NATIONAL FRIED MUSHROOM EATING CHAMPIONSHIP

Mushrooms fans can pit their strengths against each other at the

National Fried Mushroom Eating Championship held annually in

Pennsylvania. If you can devour more than 9 pounds (4 kg) of breaded

and fried mushrooms in 8 minutes, you have a good chance of

setting the new world record.