Kobayashi Eats 97 Hamburgers In 8 Minutes

[matcom]

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CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee --Japanese eating champion Takeru Kobayashi won his third straight Krystal hamburger-eating contest, setting a new world record in the process. Kobayashi ate 97 of the small, square hamburgers in eight minutes on Saturday.

That beat the previous record of 69 burgers, which he set at the first Krystal contest in 2004.

Joey Chestnut of San Jose, California, came in second place Saturday by eating 91 hamburgers, and Pat Bertoletti of Chicago ate 76.

Kobayashi, who is from Nagano, also holds the title of hot dog-eating champion, after eating 49 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest at Coney Island, New York. Despite his capacity to eat, he weighs 172 pounds.

Krystal, the oldest fast-food chain in the South, holds two-minute qualifying rounds in eight Southern cities in the months leading up to the championship.

The Krystal finals are governed by the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Founded by brothers Richard and George Shea in 1997, it regulates events for safety and keeps records on everything from meatballs to green chiles.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/10/30/japanese_champ_eats_97_burgers_in_8_min?mode=PF

[HughBeaumont]

1. I used to want to do this sort of thing.

When I first started reading Guinness Books in 1975, I always looked at the eating records and wanted to be those guys. Way back when, I could put food away and never gain an ounce. I used to eat like 12 plates of an all-you-can-eat in one sitting without batting an eyelash.

Then I learned that over-consumption can be harmful to your body, and my metabolism caught up to me, so I eat a little more sensibly now.

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. Kobayashi is just gonna explode one day.

:yoiks: He wins just about every eating contest he enters. All the other contestants should just give it up. :rofl: I predict he's gonna eat that 98th hamburger one day and just explode like Mr. Creosote.

[peekaloo]

4. Perhaps he would like a wafer thin mint.

:rofl:

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. But he'd tell you to bugger off...

:rofl: :hi:

[rug]

3. He has a very happy girlfriend.