Win an Eating Contest
From Wired How-To Wiki
With good technique, you, too, can be a gustatory champion. We consulted with chowhound Crazy Legs Conti, who holds four world records in competitive eating, and Gerard Mullin, associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, to find a safe and speedy method of gold-medal gluttony. The only question now is, have you got the guts?
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Pick the right food.
Rookies should cut their teeth on soft, single-component items like meatballs, funnel cakes, and grits. Gradually work your way up to multitextured, bread-and-meat combos like hot dogs and hamburgers.
Eat strategically.
You can't just shovel it in and hope for the best. With pizza, for instance, try the reverse-fold: The cheese on the outside acts as a lubricant and protects the roof of your mouth from the abrasive crust.
Breathe through your nose.
An eating contest is no time to be a mouth-breather: You'll risk choking and waste precious seconds stopping to gasp for air. For unimpeded consumption, breathe carefully through your nose while you gorge.
Divide to conquer.
"Reversing" food means instant disqualification. Suppress your gag reflex by dividing the chow mentally into smaller, more manageable portions. Drink water to push vittles to the small intestine and free up your gut.
Contributed by Jen Trolio
This page was last modified 20:25, 15 January 2010 by amyatwired. Based on work by pstatz.
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