I wolf food down like you've never seen. For some reason, I have no self-control when it comes to the pace of eating.
There's nothing pretty about competitive eating. It might be uncouth, but it is fun, and it is lighthearted.
It takes around 30 minutes for your body to realize you're full, so if you're hungry when you sit down to eat, and you eat as quickly as most Americans do, you're just going to keep throwing down food before that feeling kicks in.
Pretty much all I'm doing during an eating contest is being uncomfortable and not forgetting to breathe.
Every one tells me that I'm a pretty fast eater. I'll sit down to a dinner, and I'll finish in two minutes while everyone else will take 30 minutes.
I eat way too fast.
It was hard for me to take competitive eating serious at first. When I made people happy, I became addicted to that. It's been a fun, fun ride.
Once I get a rhythm going, I can jump those hot dogs down.
I'm pretty great at eating. Mostly popcorn. I'm serious: I can finish a whole bag of popcorn in under 5 minutes, give or take.
It wasn't like I grew up wanting to be a competitive eater at all. Not like a lot of people, like football players, famous people - they knew that that's what they wanted to do when they were young.
