I am attempting to enter my first contest.
The 4th Annual Pastrami Joe’s Rueben Eating Championship, in Marshall, MI. I will basically have to eat as many 1lb Reuben sandwiches as possible in 8 minutes. The winner of professional’s contest last year ate 5.7 sandwiches, which clearly makes him an amateur. Couldn’t finish that last .3 of a Reuben sandwich? I am coming for victory.
Until then, the plan goes as follows..
First I will take out the Bomber breakfast, which has haunted me for the last few months. It called me last night and accused me of ducking it. I am in no way trying to duck this breakfast, and I will destroy it in a few short days. Just you wait.
From there, in no particular order..
- The Bomb Burger at Burdick’s in Kalamazoo. This burger has a pound of ground steak stopped with extra pickles, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, mayo and Mustard served with one pound of fries, a side of coleslaw, and a pickle. If I can finish that, I get a free t-shirt.
- Pizza Eating Contest at the Manchester Fair. Not until July, still trying to find more information.
- Definitely going to make the trip to Tony’s I-75 in Birch Run to tear through some food.
There aren’t many things within reasonable driving distance so I’m still working on all of this.
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4 responses to “Competitive Eating Update”
Good luck!You might want to check out my CE blog:GAVONNEWS
Those “samiches” taste great but are tough to get through. You will realize that about .3 into your first one. No insult intended bro….it’s just that the world of CE (competitive eating) is WAY tougher than people think. If you can’t finish the bomber I will try to make it up there to show you how it’s done. I have a full gamut of challenges planned through the remainder of the year and a couple are near Toledo, OH. I will try to do a back to back challenge (back to back days) if you care to witness some food carnage.
Mark Lyle “the human vacuum”
competitiveeaters.com
Just got a packet in the mail about the Amateur Contest. Unfortunately you need people to donate $150 to be able to enter. It goes to charity, so it’s for a good cause, but with the economy how it is now I doubt I’d have an easy time raising the money. I’ll probably go and watch just because I’m always looking for excuses to head to Marshall and visit Dark Horse Brewing and Bell’s isn’t too far.
I’d be interested in meeting you in the Toledo area for challenge Mark.
You’ve hit the ball out the park! Icrnedilbe!