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  • #1

    Competitive Eating

    As reported on CNN today...
    Black Widow' is Buffalo's newest wing-eating champ
    Sonya Thomas consumes 5.17 pounds of chicken wings.

    The 105-pound competitive eater who goes by "The Black Widow" bested a dozen beefy rivals Saturday night, scarfing 173 wings in 12 minutes to win the wing-eating contest at the National Buffalo Wing Festival.

    "That's 5.17 pounds of wings," said Brian Kahle, spokesman for the annual Labor Day weekend event in the city where Buffalo wings were born.
    You've probably seen her at Nathan's Annual Hot Dog Eating Competitions, among other "scarfing" events, joining the likes of another lighweight asian who dominates in mind-over-matter and breaking titles by the name of Takeru Kobayashi of Japan. Amazing.

    Competitive Eating has become so popular, that they even have an organization called the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Wow!

    Sonya Thomas, We hereby salute you for eating that many Buffalo Wings. You go, girl!
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    Re: Competitive Eating

    Originally posted by Pomai View Post
    Competitive Eating has become so popular, that they even have an organization called the International Federation of Competitive Eating.
    Be careful about confusing cause with effect. The IFCE doesn't exist because competitive eating is popular; it exists for the purpose of making it so. I can't back that up, but I've paid enough attention to the website, to its competitors, and to what people have written about the activity to get the sense that the IFCE's job is to hype the sport more than to regulate it.
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    • #3
      Re: Competitive Eating

      Originally posted by Pomai View Post
      [...]Competitive Eating [...]
      Also known as "scarf 'n barf"!!!

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      • #4
        Re: Competitive Eating

        I watched a special on competitive eating a few months ago. Amazing how, for some of them, their digestive systems work differently from an average human's. Allows them to eat mass quantities of food and mostly pass it through without gleaning so many calories and storing excess as bodyfat.
        "If it's brown, it's cooked. If it's black, it's f***ed" - G. Ramsey

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        • #5
          Re: Competitive Eating

          Originally posted by scrivener View Post
          Be careful about confusing cause with effect. The IFCE doesn't exist because competitive eating is popular; it exists for the purpose of making it so. I can't back that up, but I've paid enough attention to the website, to its competitors, and to what people have written about the activity to get the sense that the IFCE's job is to hype the sport more than to regulate it.
          On the IFOCE website, in About Us, it says..

          The International Federation of Competitive Eating, Inc. supervises and regulates eating contests in their various forms throughout the world. The IFOCE helps to ensure that the sport remains safe, while also seeking to achieve objectives consistent with the public interest -- namely, creating an environment in which fans may enjoy the display of competitive eating skill.
          So are contests supposedly only "official" if they're sanctioned by IFOCE?

          Get a load of their Seal... Two winged Lions facing each other with a Hot Dog in their mouths, a Ketchup & Mustard squirt bottle, and an ice cream cone on the bottom as a "torch". Too funny. That might offend the burger and Buffalo Wing contest folks. lol Heresy!

          Also interesting are the FAQs at Sonya Thomas' website. Come to find out she's originally from South Korea. Almost as a spoof, they should feature her in one of those Korean Soaps, getting all dramatic over losing a Hot Dog eating competition.
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          • #6
            Re: Competitive Eating

            We actually have a thread with this exact same title here. Sonya's a cutie, but I hate her nickname.
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            • #7
              Re: Competitive Eating

              I remember seeing an advertisement for a Ramen Eating Contest by Ezogiku when they first opened at Don Quijote (then known as Daiei). My thoughts were: How would that work? Any real ramen aficionado would agree that it should be served steaming hot. That's why you lift the noodles with the chopsticks: to cool it, then blow on it, then slurp it down. Then what about drinking all the soup as a finishing touch, like in the movie Tampopo? How many ramen(s) do you think you could down in say ... ten minutes ... 12 minutes ... half an hour? The winner would be one bloated, sweating dude!

              Maybe that's why I've never seen any more advertisements for that contest.

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              • #8
                Re: Competitive Eating

                Originally posted by scrivener View Post
                We actually have a thread with this exact same title here. Sonya's a cutie, but I hate her nickname.
                Ay'yah. Sorry 'bout that. Shoulda' searched for it first.

                Yeah, I think's Sonya's pretty cute too. This must make it that much more upsetting to those massive trucker-looking' guys who compete against her. Not only is she small, but she's a hottie! That's a one-two punch.

                I see you did a thorough write-up on Sonya and her "Black Widow" nickname. You made a good point. Now Jeanette Lee the Billiards Pro.. she is HO-O-O-T!!!

                Sonya "Blackberry" Thomas huh? That could work. I guess that's an easy transition from "Black Widow", while going more towards the food theme. Who knows, maybe she could even get sponsored by the BlackBerry smartphone company.

                You think they could have a Prune eating contest? I don't think anyone can hold that down without running to the restroom. You think prunes could be done?
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                • #9
                  Re: Competitive Eating

                  Actually, in the time since I wrote that (was it really two years ago?), I've thought of a much better nickname: Piko. Or the Korean equivalent, which I've been unable to track down. Something cute-sounding and tummy-related.
                  But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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                  • #10
                    Re: Competitive Eating

                    How about Sonya "Kim Chee" Thomas? Nah... too cliché.

                    Sonya "Seoul Food" Thomas? That's kinda' cool. It flows phonetically.

                    Post Edit: Hah! There's a video of the last 2 minutes at that Buffalo Wing Competition that she won here at www.buffalowing.com.

                    Click on "2007 Festival Winners & Recap" and scroll down a bit. The audio is horrible, but the amateur video (decent) mostly focuses on Sonya. I guess they already anticipated she was the one to win it. Of all the songs to play, they have "Teenage Wasteland" by the Who. At least play something inspiring like the Rocky theme or "Eat It" by Weird Al. lol
                    Last edited by Pomai; September 3, 2007, 07:44 PM. Reason: BaffaloWing.com
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                    • #11
                      Re: Competitive Eating

                      Takeru Kobayashi downed 69 hot dogs in 10 minutes to set the world record yesterday..... but it wasn't at Coney Island.

                      Joey Chestnut was able to win Nathan's hot dog eating contest with 62. However, Kobayashi wasn't permitted to compete in that competition, as he refuses to sign an exclusive deal with Major League Eating. MLE president George Shea called Kobayashi's performance "a farce." But look at this video and judge for yourself. Who is the real hot dog champion now?

                      And yes, those are none other than Nathan's brand hot dogs that Kobayashi is devouring.

                      I don't know all the details re: this dispute. But until the matter is settled, I would have to say that this jeopardizes the long-held perception of Nathan's contest winner being the world champ.
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                      • #12
                        Re: Competitive Eating

                        Man, these people are pros. Last time I won an eating contest was in high school--inhaling some Komoda's donuts. I think I cheated and cheeked some, though; if only we had a regulatory official around to keep me honest!

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                        • #13
                          Re: Competitive Eating

                          I can't watch people throwing up in their mouths.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Competitive Eating

                            Kobayashi does it again. Not only setting, but smashing a previous record. This time, it's chicken wings.

                            Kobayashi downs 337 wings in 30 minutes at Wing Bowl XX

                            Just recently, I've seen Hooters airing TV commercial spots featuring Joey Chestnut devouring plate after plate of chicken wings being delivered to his table by a long line of Hooters girls. But that commercial's footage was "speeded-up." That special effect would not have been necessary with Kobayashi.

                            Yet another devastating reminder that Major League Eating is the organization that's a farce if they continue to ignore Kobayashi's feats as one of the greatest competitive eaters in the world.
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