WORLD EATING CONTESTS
Added on: 19th Dec 2015
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 JalapeƱo 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.
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