WEBVTT - Mister Competitive Eating

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<v Speaker 1>Misspelling with Tori Spelling and iHeartRadio Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi James, how are you guys?

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<v Speaker 3>Nice to meet you great, how's it going good?

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you?

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<v Speaker 3>How are you doing great? We're such big fans. We're

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<v Speaker 3>really excited about this. We we love your work and

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<v Speaker 3>I have so many questions.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and we love hot dogs, but we love food.

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<v Speaker 2>In general, so we can be friends.

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<v Speaker 1>It's looking like it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, first of all, congratulations third place at the Nathan's

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<v Speaker 3>Hot Dog Championship. I mean that's that's the thing an

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<v Speaker 3>amateur eater like me dreams of. So congratulations that is massive.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, yes, like you want to do professional eating?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, that is living the dream. Yes, I want to

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<v Speaker 3>do this so badly.

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<v Speaker 1>How did you get into this? How did it all start?

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<v Speaker 2>It's kind of my wife's fault, to be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm not a drinker, personal choice. But my wife

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to go visit a winery, a famous vineyard and winery,

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<v Speaker 2>like three hours from where we live in Australia. So

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<v Speaker 2>to bribe me to go, because she knows I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to sit in a car for three hours to

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<v Speaker 2>go like do some bougie wine tasting thing, she planned

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<v Speaker 2>like your day trip of beating. Anyway, So fudge factory,

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<v Speaker 2>cheese factory, you know, pub for lunch. Whatever. Turns out

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<v Speaker 2>the pub had a food challenge, and I had no

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<v Speaker 2>idea about food challenges. I didn't know the caliber of

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<v Speaker 2>food challenge or the levels. But the owner of the

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<v Speaker 2>pub was a little bit maybe one too many beers

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<v Speaker 2>for morning brunch and you know, a bit mouthy. When

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<v Speaker 2>I went to order my lunch and he was bragging

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<v Speaker 2>about this burger challenge, I'm like, I'll try it, okay, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>Like what's the worst that can happen? You know. He's like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to cost you eighty bucks. I'm like, okay, anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>So did this burger challenge unbeknownst to me, Like every

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<v Speaker 2>time someone fails, the owner puts like ten bucks in

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<v Speaker 2>the piggybank. Fifty five people had failed, so the piggybank

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<v Speaker 2>was aut five hundred and fifty bucks, right, going to

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<v Speaker 2>what do you give this a go? Pretty much it's

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<v Speaker 2>five kilos, so that's like ten pounds a big burger

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<v Speaker 2>and I ate it in twenty three minutes, and not

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<v Speaker 2>understanding what I had just kind of done, I'm like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I won five hundred bucks. Like cool, let's get on

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<v Speaker 2>with our day, you know. But the video that the

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<v Speaker 2>owner made kind of went crazy, like mainstream media, the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest news outlets in Australia, and like within twenty four hours,

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<v Speaker 2>I had all these messages from like competitive eaters messaging

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<v Speaker 2>me saying you're really good at this. I'm like, what

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<v Speaker 2>the hell is this? And honestly, like they invited me

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<v Speaker 2>to like a contest, and I went to the contest

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<v Speaker 2>like three days later. I won the contest and it

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<v Speaker 2>kind of just started this competitive eating thing.

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<v Speaker 1>What was the first contest? Would you have to eat?

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<v Speaker 2>It was a cheeseburger and fries, so like two pounds.

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<v Speaker 2>I did it in like one minute twenty and I

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<v Speaker 2>beat like all the competitive eaters in Australia without even

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<v Speaker 2>realizing who these people were. Like these guys were like

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<v Speaker 2>big time like four years ago, like half a million

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<v Speaker 2>followers doing exactly what I'm doing now, but like in Australia,

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<v Speaker 2>and I beat them all without knowing who these people are.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't on social media. I just kind of did it.

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<v Speaker 2>Never seen a tripody in my life or a microphone,

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<v Speaker 2>and I kind of did it. And to be honest

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<v Speaker 2>to this day, the record still stands, and it just

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<v Speaker 2>it just kicked off everything.

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<v Speaker 1>So you went into it with no strategy, nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly, for the contest, I actually left work early and

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<v Speaker 2>stopped at subway on the way to get some lunch.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, because I didn't I didn't know, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of just like I love burgers, like I'll go

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<v Speaker 2>down and do it, meet these people like whatever. At

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<v Speaker 2>the time I was, I was pretty introverted, believe it

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<v Speaker 2>or so, like I'm like, oh, yeah, these guys wan like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>go down whatever. So like I got somewhere on the way,

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<v Speaker 2>I had some lunch, went to this burgs test and like, honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>like that like three or four day period, it really

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<v Speaker 2>changed everything for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, the burger and fries. Did you eat the fries

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<v Speaker 1>first or the burger first?

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<v Speaker 2>The burger first? Okay, it just choice because the burger

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<v Speaker 2>was like a tower, so I had to hold it.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm like, eh, if I get the burger out

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<v Speaker 2>of the way, I'm pretty clumsy, so I'm like, knowing me,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to drop everywhere and make a mess. So

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<v Speaker 2>I just didn't want to be embarrassing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm so curious, Like, so, I mean speed is

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<v Speaker 3>like that first one, the very first one you did

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<v Speaker 3>that like ten pound burger, that that was just a

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<v Speaker 3>can you finish it?

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 3>That wasn't like a you weren't you were timed, but

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<v Speaker 3>like you didn't have to do an underserard amount of time.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, so you get thirty minutes.

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<v Speaker 3>Thirty minutes okay, and then after that's just like how

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<v Speaker 3>fast can you do it? Are you doing like are

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<v Speaker 3>you trying to shove the entire thing in your mouth?

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<v Speaker 3>That I'm curious what's the strategy there?

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<v Speaker 2>To be honest, right, So I really had no idea

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<v Speaker 2>what I had signed up for, like, to be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>all they did they make you sign this waiver, so

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<v Speaker 2>if you like choke, you know, it's not on them

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<v Speaker 2>that they make you sit at this table like in

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<v Speaker 2>the courtyard, like in the middle of the courtyard, so

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<v Speaker 2>like you can't get up off the table. The whole

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<v Speaker 2>place is watching you say you know, you can't cheat

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever, So I'm like, okay, whatever. Cool. I literally

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<v Speaker 2>like got my knife and fork and started cutting it

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<v Speaker 2>up because it was too big to hold. Actually, during

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<v Speaker 2>that challenge, my mom actually called and I'm like, hey, mom,

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<v Speaker 2>like my hands are actually full like putty back soon.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't really understand what I was doing. I just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of ate it, like you know the video. It's

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<v Speaker 2>funny now watching back that video because from time to

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<v Speaker 2>time it still circulates. I was like getting all the

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<v Speaker 2>like the rest of the vegetables and stuff, like with

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<v Speaker 2>my knife and fork and like shoveling it in and stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I honestly didn't know what I was doing. I just

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<v Speaker 2>ate it like as neatly as possible. And I did

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<v Speaker 2>it in twenty three minutes without even understanding any strategy,

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<v Speaker 2>any technique. You know. I've been back since then to

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<v Speaker 2>redo it. I've done it in twelve minutes, so like

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<v Speaker 2>almost half the time, and now I know what I know. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>This is why it's so it's so interesting. Okay, this

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<v Speaker 3>may sound like a damn question, but like does it

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<v Speaker 3>does it even taste good when you're when you're like

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<v Speaker 3>doing it competitively, Like are you like, oh wow, this

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<v Speaker 3>this is good? Or is it just like I need

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<v Speaker 3>to get this inside of me as fast as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a bit of both, to be honest. Take it forward.

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<v Speaker 2>It is in a lot of contests the food isn't great, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, like like, for for example, I have

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<v Speaker 2>a rib contest this weekend. There's going to be twelve competitors.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to try and eat ten pounds of ribs,

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<v Speaker 2>so they're probably cooking like one hundred pounds of ribs.

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<v Speaker 2>So inherently it's not going to be great, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>But like when it comes to like a food challenge

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<v Speaker 2>or when I do my social media content, you know

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<v Speaker 2>by the second bite if it's going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>good or bad time. And honestly, for the most part,

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<v Speaker 2>like it's it's a blessing because like if it's good,

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<v Speaker 2>you get to you get to the best part faster,

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<v Speaker 2>but if it's bad, you kind of get her of

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<v Speaker 2>and done with, Like.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, interesting, get across the board.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, of course.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. What is your favorite food to eat in a competition?

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<v Speaker 2>The easiest way to answer that is it's all dependent

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<v Speaker 2>on what you like. So I love pizza. I love sweets,

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<v Speaker 2>so I have two doughnut World records. I love chicken wings,

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<v Speaker 2>so I've got two chicken wing World records as well. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>like contest food, it's always about like you always do

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<v Speaker 2>better in the contest where you enjoy the food, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what I mean? So for me, I'll always opt

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<v Speaker 2>for the chicken wings, donut or pizza contests.

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<v Speaker 1>So on the chicken wing, what defines how much you're eating?

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<v Speaker 2>Like do you have to eat the gristle to so

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<v Speaker 2>you start with everyone starts with a twenty pound bowl

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<v Speaker 2>and it's weighed, and basically like, look, you're not so

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<v Speaker 2>you can't eat the bones obviously because you're freaking you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll end you But like, honestly, you pick up a wing,

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<v Speaker 2>you get as much of the meat and gristle whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you can get your mouth on at the time, and

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<v Speaker 2>you put it back in the bowl. Because the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the contest, they weigh the bowl so as bowl wins.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you just take one chunk out of a

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<v Speaker 2>wing and chuck it back in, you can do that.

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<v Speaker 2>But at the end of the contest, obviously whoever's eating

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<v Speaker 2>the most meat wins, you know, So it's all that

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<v Speaker 2>technique actually, like how quick you can strip the meat

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<v Speaker 2>off the bone and get onto your next wing, like

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<v Speaker 2>as soon as possible.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, when you said you had a rib contest, I

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<v Speaker 3>was wondering if it was like like when you watch

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<v Speaker 3>like Heath Cliff eat a fish like you just like

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<v Speaker 3>putt and pull off the bone.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So it's a lot of technique, right yeah, because

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<v Speaker 2>again it's all weighed, right, so the lightest bowl will win. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>You start with like a tray. I think they do

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<v Speaker 2>trays of ten pounds, So you start with like a

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<v Speaker 2>tray and basically, like the quicker, you can strip the

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<v Speaker 2>meat off the bone and get the bone back in.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. That's obviously the more meat you eat. Sorry

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<v Speaker 2>that didn't mean to didn't mean to rhyme, but the

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<v Speaker 2>more meat you can get in a lot of time.

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<v Speaker 1>Like you're gonna you're gonna win, right, Yeah, yeah, Well

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<v Speaker 1>do you still like like going out for dinner?

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<v Speaker 2>To be honest, I love food. I've always loved food.

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<v Speaker 2>If anything, I enjoy food a lot more now because, like,

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<v Speaker 2>for example, like my wife super indecisive, So when we

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<v Speaker 2>go out to eat, she can't decide do I want beef,

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<v Speaker 2>do I want chicken? Do I want pasta? I'm like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>get it all and we'll just share everything. Right, So

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<v Speaker 2>going out actually is super fun because like I just

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<v Speaker 2>create like a buffet on the table and like you

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<v Speaker 2>can choose whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have to pace yourself when you're at dinner,

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<v Speaker 1>are you like wo wait, wait.

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<v Speaker 2>Slow noodnest The funniest part, honestly, the funniest part is Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So when you're in a contest, right, your only tool

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<v Speaker 2>is your drink, So you're programmed never let go of

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<v Speaker 2>your cup, right, because that's your only thing if you're

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<v Speaker 2>choking or you need to get it down faster. You

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<v Speaker 2>got this cup of drink. You got to get it

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<v Speaker 2>down right. But obviously when you're eating fast, you make

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<v Speaker 2>mess whatever. Your hands get greasy, so if you drop

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<v Speaker 2>the cup and you have to pick it up again,

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<v Speaker 2>like it's hard. So you're programmed to grip your cup

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<v Speaker 2>and never let go of it right. I go to

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<v Speaker 2>a restaurant with my wife and I don't even know

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on. My hand's on my cup, like on

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<v Speaker 2>the table, and she's like, idiot, it's not a competition.

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<v Speaker 2>You can like let go of your cup, and I

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<v Speaker 2>look down my forearm is like pulsating, like gripping the cup. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's one of the worst habits that I've had

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<v Speaker 2>to like be conscious about in like a social setting

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm just programmed to hold onto my Cup for

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<v Speaker 2>dear life.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow. Competitive eating is so interesting because it's like most

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<v Speaker 3>of the competitions, like if you're playing baseball, you're playing again.

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<v Speaker 3>But everyone has to eat ideally multiple times a day,

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<v Speaker 3>and so like having to compartment analize that part of

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<v Speaker 3>your brain is so fascinating, it's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a lot like anything, right, if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to be good at something, you have to train, you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to practice, and you've got to like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, like like you said, eat multiple times a day,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm programmed now to eat once a day. Eat wants

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<v Speaker 2>to me like a maniac, and like leave it at that.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, So that's when you're in training.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, so like normally, yeah, but the contest season is

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<v Speaker 2>so long.

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<v Speaker 1>So like are you eating ribs right now? Leaving up

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<v Speaker 1>to the competition.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm actually got my See I want to win,

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<v Speaker 2>so I've got to practice, right, So I've actually got

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<v Speaker 2>my first practice run tomorrow. So yeah, tomorrow, well I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to eat his ribs. But honestly, depending on the

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<v Speaker 2>contest and like, look, we all have things we're better

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<v Speaker 2>at and whatever else, but we have to practice. So like,

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<v Speaker 2>for example, to the chicken wing contest in September. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>be eating nothing but chicken wings for the week leading

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<v Speaker 2>into it contest, all of us. But like the last

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<v Speaker 2>four or five weeks, all you're doing is eating hot

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<v Speaker 2>dogs every second day, right, because you want to practice,

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<v Speaker 2>like you got to perform on the day, so you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to get your speed and technique.

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<v Speaker 3>Like ready, well we're talking to James Web. James can

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<v Speaker 3>eat the competitive eater from down Under. Have you seen

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<v Speaker 3>a food competition that doesn't work? Like I'm trying to think,

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<v Speaker 3>like is there a fing that you can't compete with?

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<v Speaker 3>Like saltine crackers? Like isn't there scientifically you can only

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<v Speaker 3>eat like six of them at a time? Or yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's like a whole Have you done a saltine challenge?

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<v Speaker 3>Have you done that before?

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<v Speaker 2>I am not, But to be honest, right, like whatever

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<v Speaker 2>whatever is out there as information recommendations, when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to competitive eating, that goes out the window. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>you've seen we've chugged lemonade. You know, we've done McDonald's,

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<v Speaker 2>We've done foods you probably should not eat in abundance,

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<v Speaker 2>Like my world record is thirteen point five pounds of

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<v Speaker 2>fudge in eight minutes like that. That's a little crazy, right,

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<v Speaker 2>like that, that's a lot of fudge, you know what

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<v Speaker 2>I mean.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so jealous of you that you have these stats,

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<v Speaker 3>like you know exactly how much fudge you can eat

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<v Speaker 3>in a certain amount of time. I'm so jealous of

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<v Speaker 3>that information. I want to know that about me.

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly, Like you Americans, you find a way to turn

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<v Speaker 2>everything into a sport. It's honest, it's so cool. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why I'm here, right Like you guys found eating a

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<v Speaker 2>normal day to day thing and you weaponize it and

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<v Speaker 2>turns it into a sport. And I'm like, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just here to be the best man. I just want

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<v Speaker 2>to compete USA.

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<v Speaker 3>Seriously, Yes, we're very proud of our eating here.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever done food?

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<v Speaker 2>I did food competition?

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<v Speaker 3>I did, and actually, James, I'm curious what you think

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<v Speaker 3>of this. I did a a competition at a restaurant

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<v Speaker 3>in my hometown and it was like it was a

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<v Speaker 3>chocolate thing. It was like six chocolate pancakes, four flowerless

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<v Speaker 3>chocolate cookies, like six groups of chocolate ice cream, and

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<v Speaker 3>then chocolate milk that you had to finish. And I

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<v Speaker 3>was like, oh easy, Oh my god. I got. I

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<v Speaker 3>did not finish it. I got like halfway through it

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<v Speaker 3>almost threw up. It was so bad, And I had

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<v Speaker 3>such a newfound respect for people of your discipline.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, for sure, chocolate's hard, man, that's rough, like the dessert.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I could do that. I did.

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<v Speaker 1>I did one in Texas where it was like eat

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest steak. It was like a giant steak, but you.

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<v Speaker 2>Had to have the second fastest time, the one in Amarilla, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, and you have to eat like the side

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<v Speaker 1>salad and like the baked potato, like you have to

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<v Speaker 1>eat all the.

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<v Speaker 2>Like yeah yeah, with all the second fastest time ever.

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<v Speaker 2>I did it in I think it was just over

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes, but I know not.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, wait what does that mean? Like use your hand?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? So like okay, so I look, we could like

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<v Speaker 2>to be fair. Molly who has the record, she literally

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<v Speaker 2>picked up the stake like a slice of pizza and

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<v Speaker 2>just smashed it. Right. But actually, when I went to

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<v Speaker 2>go do the challenge, it was on a Friday, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'd never been to Amarilla before. I didn't realize that

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<v Speaker 2>the big text is so iconic. Right. I went down

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<v Speaker 2>on a Friday night and it was so busy and

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of people recognized me. There was like kids, families,

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<v Speaker 2>like grandparents, and I'm like, this is not the scene

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<v Speaker 2>to like go ham and do some crazy stuff. So

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<v Speaker 2>I tried to be as sensible as I could. But

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<v Speaker 2>it actually worked out because I didn't realize I got

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<v Speaker 2>the second fastest time ever. But I made the news

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<v Speaker 2>for like eating it with a knife quickly. It was

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<v Speaker 2>just funny. It actually made the bullst video ever because

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<v Speaker 2>you watch videos of the big text and everyone's picking

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<v Speaker 2>it up like a slice and trying to fold it

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<v Speaker 2>like a sandwich, and I'm here like doing this. It

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<v Speaker 2>actually worked out. It was just a bunch of fun.

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<v Speaker 3>So let's get to methodology. So we're before we hopped on,

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<v Speaker 3>we were talking about it's it's fairly standard in a

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<v Speaker 3>hot dog contest, like would dunk it in the glass

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<v Speaker 3>of water right to like soften up the buns so

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<v Speaker 3>you can swallow it like a fish. Is that so?

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<v Speaker 3>Is that how you do it too?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? So obviously dunking is not a good time, but

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<v Speaker 2>in some contests it's absolutely necessary if you want to

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<v Speaker 2>be competitive. Yeah, in contests, you're allowed to most contests

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<v Speaker 2>you're allowed to select whatever drink you want as long

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<v Speaker 2>as it's non alcoholic. So I'm a cranberry juice fan.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really like water plus chalky buns and waters

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<v Speaker 2>and it doesn't do it for me, So I dunked

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<v Speaker 2>my bunny in cranberry juice.

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<v Speaker 3>What a flavor profile that must.

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<v Speaker 1>Be, like doctor Pepper like coke that would be good though, Yeah, but.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have so you can't. Like if you use

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<v Speaker 2>carbonated drinks, you risk burping, So burping you waste time.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I've lost the contest by like a small burp,

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<v Speaker 2>Like thinking when you lose by like a mouthful of food,

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<v Speaker 2>like a quarter sized chunk of food, it's because you

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<v Speaker 2>took too much breath, like you burped or had a

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<v Speaker 2>hard swallow, Like it all kind of comes into account,

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<v Speaker 2>like at the top end for the most part, it's

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<v Speaker 2>super competitive, and like you've got to really like we

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<v Speaker 2>trained to not burp or to swallow and burp at

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<v Speaker 2>the same time, Like you have to practice all this stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you just like sitting in your house, like eating

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<v Speaker 3>hot dogs, steering at a picture of Joey chest and

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<v Speaker 3>I just going home.

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<v Speaker 2>One day To be honest, I line up a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of hot dogs in the backyard, and I play the

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<v Speaker 2>last test of the TV super loud, and yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the Joey chest night. It gets your roof up when

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<v Speaker 2>you just go right. It's truthfully what we all do.

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<v Speaker 3>I love it. It's like pumping iron. It's great, all that

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<v Speaker 3>competitive energy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's exactly like that.

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<v Speaker 1>What happens following a contest?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>In as much details you can just so like like

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<v Speaker 1>getting rid of it all, like breaking down for us,

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<v Speaker 1>what is your pup like after a composition.

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<v Speaker 2>Like a volcanic eruption?

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<v Speaker 1>Really, it.

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<v Speaker 2>Can be rough, like to be honest, usually like maybe

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<v Speaker 2>thirty or forty minutes after the contest, your body is

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<v Speaker 2>like what the hell have you done? And like you

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<v Speaker 2>break out in like a wicked sweat, and when you

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<v Speaker 2>go to the bathroom, it's a combination of like hot sweats,

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<v Speaker 2>cold sweats, water pouring out of you know, everywhere, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it gets violent, man. Like, Honestly, I never live

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<v Speaker 2>baby wipes because like you just never know smart.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever pooped yourself? I do? I mean you

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<v Speaker 1>said yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Was that a kind of when you say poop yourself?

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<v Speaker 2>Like I've never rushed out of my barm if that's

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<v Speaker 2>what you mean. But like you know, sometimes there's a

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<v Speaker 2>small like you know, skid mark left behind by accident.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, it's the angels of the trade. You know, we

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<v Speaker 3>all know what we signed up for it.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty much.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever been in a pickle eating contest? We

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<v Speaker 1>like pickles.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never done a pickle eating contest, but I've done

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<v Speaker 2>food challenges where like you get those like big ass

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<v Speaker 2>pickles and it's a part of the challenge and there's

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<v Speaker 2>like ten of them on the plate along with the

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<v Speaker 2>burger or whatever it may be. Yeah, pickles are rough. Man.

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<v Speaker 3>Is there a food item that when you see it

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<v Speaker 3>as part of the challenge you go, oh, man, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>in for it this time, Like a spicy pepper or

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<v Speaker 3>something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the spicy ones, they are like they're never a

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<v Speaker 2>good time, Like especially now, like all the whippers and

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<v Speaker 2>all these different kind of concoctions they put on like

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<v Speaker 2>they call it like reaper chili or whatever on like

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<v Speaker 2>a burger or also you always know like the ramens.

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<v Speaker 2>The spicy ramens are probably the worst. They're the roughest

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<v Speaker 2>because it just hurts the whole time. Right, I've done

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<v Speaker 2>a few, like super spicy chicken wings and it just

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<v Speaker 2>tastes like you're eating battery acid.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh god, yeah I am. I didn't do the contest,

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<v Speaker 3>but there was a place in San Jose, California where

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<v Speaker 3>I tried. I just got the the wings that they

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<v Speaker 3>do like for the contest, just so like I did

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<v Speaker 3>like a dry run and I took a bite and

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<v Speaker 3>inhaling hurt after that, like it burned when I took

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<v Speaker 3>a breath, and I was like, oh god, I can't

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<v Speaker 3>do this. This is this is terrible. This is for

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<v Speaker 3>guys like James Webb.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what about sour candy?

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, So I've got a sweet tooth. I've got

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<v Speaker 2>a massive sweet tooth. So I've done. I've done pounds

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<v Speaker 2>of candy. Like I love candy. It's hard, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 1>But like the sour candy, if you ate too much,

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<v Speaker 1>it starts to like your tongue starts to go now

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<v Speaker 1>like burn.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Oh, I've done. Like I've done. Like I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to think the craziest one I've probably done. So. In Australia,

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<v Speaker 2>we have like we call them warheads. Yeah, and you

0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:12.120
<v Speaker 2>have something similar, yes, but yeah, right, so I did.

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<v Speaker 2>I did something like one hundred and fifty of the

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<v Speaker 2>little warheads. I think it was like two pounds or

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<v Speaker 2>three pounds of warheads, and the enamel off my teeth

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<v Speaker 2>came off, and I couldn't brush my teeth for a

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<v Speaker 2>week because it hurts so much. And like the skin on,

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<v Speaker 2>like the inside of my mouth was like I could

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<v Speaker 2>take like chunks of skin, Like my mouth was just

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<v Speaker 2>finished for like a week.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you truly suffer for this. You have such

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<v Speaker 3>a passion for it. Is do you want to be

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<v Speaker 3>the best in the world? Is that what we're going

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<v Speaker 3>for here? I mean, weather option is there of course?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Look, competitive eating. Competitive eating changed my life, right like,

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<v Speaker 2>it changed the trajectory of my life, my family's life.

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<v Speaker 2>It's given us this unbelievable opportunity, this crazy platform. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm super competitive. I want to be the best.

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<v Speaker 2>That's no disrespect to the other competitives, competitors. Joey's the goat.

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<v Speaker 2>We all know that I've beating Joey before in contests.

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<v Speaker 2>He's better me, you know, But that's what we do.

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<v Speaker 2>We want to compete to be the best, and we

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<v Speaker 2>all kind of have this mutual respect, but we all

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<v Speaker 2>know it's like all bets are off in that like

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<v Speaker 2>ten minutes.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, do you guys hang out with each other like socially?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a bunch of us do. Like any kind of community,

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<v Speaker 2>let's call it, there's always like little quicks, right, people

0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:31.720
<v Speaker 2>don't like each other. Some people really do. A few

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<v Speaker 2>of us are super closed and we hang out. A

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<v Speaker 2>few of us keep our distance, and then a few

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<v Speaker 2>people just kind of keep to themselves, kind of just

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<v Speaker 2>roll with it.

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting. Yeah, So I'm seeing here that you ate nearly

0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:51.160
<v Speaker 3>sixty donuts while recovering from a near paralyzing illness. I mean,

0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:53.680
<v Speaker 3>that's more than I can do at a peak health.

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<v Speaker 3>Tell us more about that. What was the story there?

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<v Speaker 2>So Gian Barre syndrome. I was diagnosed in October twenty seventeen.

0:22:05.760 --> 0:22:08.800
<v Speaker 2>Basically I went to sleep, pro soccer player, I work

0:22:08.880 --> 0:22:10.840
<v Speaker 2>up paralyzed. That's the long I'm short of it. I

0:22:10.880 --> 0:22:14.000
<v Speaker 2>spent the next two years in hospital. They obviously Gainbarr

0:22:14.040 --> 0:22:17.639
<v Speaker 2>syndromes are super rare autoimmune disease. Basically, my body, my

0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:20.199
<v Speaker 2>immune system attacked my body and I went through I

0:22:20.200 --> 0:22:22.200
<v Speaker 2>went through it. I was paralyzed. I was on a ventilator.

0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:25.960
<v Speaker 2>I was like crazy crazy, But actually I went through

0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:28.320
<v Speaker 2>a stage where I was paralyzed. I only had one arm,

0:22:28.600 --> 0:22:30.320
<v Speaker 2>Like I literally had one arm from my elbow down

0:22:30.320 --> 0:22:32.760
<v Speaker 2>on my left side. That's all I could move. So

0:22:33.400 --> 0:22:38.800
<v Speaker 2>I could only eat things, and being fed is so demoralizing, right,

0:22:39.840 --> 0:22:42.760
<v Speaker 2>So I could only eat things that required one hand.

0:22:43.760 --> 0:22:46.080
<v Speaker 2>So all my friends and everyone bought me boxes of

0:22:46.080 --> 0:22:49.719
<v Speaker 2>like Krispy Kreme donuts, so like that was just there

0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:51.280
<v Speaker 2>all the time. I could just get a donut bang

0:22:51.280 --> 0:22:54.680
<v Speaker 2>and eat it, and like, you know, there is that

0:22:54.800 --> 0:22:58.040
<v Speaker 2>you're you know, serg in pain or going through whatever

0:22:58.080 --> 0:23:01.439
<v Speaker 2>you don't actually eat. But I hate wasting food, so like,

0:23:01.480 --> 0:23:03.280
<v Speaker 2>you know, there was a time where the boxes of

0:23:03.320 --> 0:23:06.040
<v Speaker 2>donuts just kind of built up, and I'm like, it's

0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:07.720
<v Speaker 2>going to eat them, you know. It's I could have moved.

0:23:07.720 --> 0:23:09.240
<v Speaker 2>I was suck in bed, so I was just like

0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:13.360
<v Speaker 2>eating donuts with like my one workable arm.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, it's I mean, again, what an incredible story. And

0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:22.399
<v Speaker 3>you have this documentary that's come in in August, James

0:23:22.440 --> 0:23:25.400
<v Speaker 3>can he What can people expect to see in that film?

0:23:26.119 --> 0:23:27.840
<v Speaker 2>And I just want to say it is a. It

0:23:27.920 --> 0:23:29.280
<v Speaker 2>is a true honor to be a part of the

0:23:29.320 --> 0:23:32.439
<v Speaker 2>whole Generation Iron organization, like to be involved with them.

0:23:32.480 --> 0:23:35.359
<v Speaker 2>I've been watching Generation I since I was a teenager. Crazy,

0:23:35.600 --> 0:23:40.320
<v Speaker 2>but I'm obviously Amazon Amazon Prime August twenty second, so

0:23:40.880 --> 0:23:43.639
<v Speaker 2>equally excited and nervous. I'm not sure what to expect,

0:23:43.640 --> 0:23:43.960
<v Speaker 2>to be.

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<v Speaker 1>Honest, Well, you've seen it obviously.

0:23:49.200 --> 0:23:52.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, But when you watch it back, each time, you

0:23:52.160 --> 0:23:55.000
<v Speaker 2>notice something different, you know, because it's me, I'm paying

0:23:55.000 --> 0:23:57.359
<v Speaker 2>super attention. I'm like, I really said that or did that? Really?

0:23:57.600 --> 0:24:00.760
<v Speaker 2>Like you when you when you look at the whole story,

0:24:00.960 --> 0:24:04.320
<v Speaker 2>it's actually kind of crazy. I'm living it. So sometimes

0:24:04.720 --> 0:24:07.199
<v Speaker 2>like when you look back, you're like, oh, yeah, that

0:24:07.280 --> 0:24:09.440
<v Speaker 2>really happened. That's me up there, you know what i mean,

0:24:09.520 --> 0:24:12.760
<v Speaker 2>Like it's super shocking, Like you know, I know for you,

0:24:12.800 --> 0:24:15.640
<v Speaker 2>like you kind of had this crazy you know, you've

0:24:15.680 --> 0:24:17.840
<v Speaker 2>done some crazy cool stuff. You know, I'll watch you

0:24:17.880 --> 0:24:19.240
<v Speaker 2>on TV as a kid, you know what I mean,

0:24:19.359 --> 0:24:22.359
<v Speaker 2>Like nothing else you've done. Now as a regular dude

0:24:23.200 --> 0:24:25.600
<v Speaker 2>that's done all this crazy stuff. Now I'm like, whoa,

0:24:25.800 --> 0:24:28.199
<v Speaker 2>Like that's actually me up there. And it's like you

0:24:28.320 --> 0:24:30.960
<v Speaker 2>notice you fixate on certain things and to be honest,

0:24:31.040 --> 0:24:34.600
<v Speaker 2>Like my friends are, like, I haven't let anyone watch

0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:37.000
<v Speaker 2>it yet, friends or family, because I just want everyone

0:24:37.040 --> 0:24:39.680
<v Speaker 2>to watch it when it comes out, and I don't

0:24:39.680 --> 0:24:42.720
<v Speaker 2>know be inundated with the crazy feedback. I guess I

0:24:42.720 --> 0:24:43.880
<v Speaker 2>don't even know what to expect.

0:24:44.640 --> 0:24:54.920
<v Speaker 1>Well, we're excited to see it, So what is next

0:24:54.920 --> 0:24:57.040
<v Speaker 1>for you? Like what's on your bucket list?

0:24:57.640 --> 0:24:59.840
<v Speaker 2>Look? Well, firstly, what's next is I've got to get

0:24:59.840 --> 0:25:02.720
<v Speaker 2>through the next two and a half months. It's a

0:25:02.760 --> 0:25:05.000
<v Speaker 2>contest season starting up again. We have a small break

0:25:05.000 --> 0:25:08.200
<v Speaker 2>after the fourth of July contest. I've got a few

0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:11.000
<v Speaker 2>titles to defend in September, so I'm super excited. I

0:25:11.080 --> 0:25:14.080
<v Speaker 2>got my RIB title to defend this weekend in Minnesota.

0:25:14.600 --> 0:25:16.400
<v Speaker 2>So the next two and a half months is going

0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:20.520
<v Speaker 2>to be I'll be in a different city every week, traveling, competing,

0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:24.720
<v Speaker 2>doing my thing. But in terms of competitive eating obviously,

0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:27.320
<v Speaker 2>besides the Nathan's Contest, like that's massive, right always, I

0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:29.840
<v Speaker 2>got to qualify for that. That's like the Grail. But

0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:33.160
<v Speaker 2>there's also a kind of cool event in Singapore at

0:25:33.160 --> 0:25:35.600
<v Speaker 2>Comic Con. I want to I want to try to

0:25:35.600 --> 0:25:37.159
<v Speaker 2>get it get an invite to that, so I've got

0:25:37.200 --> 0:25:39.520
<v Speaker 2>to get some cool performances and some cool videos ready

0:25:39.560 --> 0:25:42.040
<v Speaker 2>to send it off to them, so hopefully get a

0:25:42.040 --> 0:25:45.920
<v Speaker 2>spot at the Comic Coon contest. This this Decembi in Singapore.

0:25:46.880 --> 0:25:49.040
<v Speaker 3>I mean, what, yeah, what's the food there?

0:25:49.520 --> 0:25:53.600
<v Speaker 2>So every year, every year it changes, but it's so

0:25:54.160 --> 0:25:57.400
<v Speaker 2>Asia is massive for competitive eating. Like they're crazy. They

0:25:57.440 --> 0:25:59.720
<v Speaker 2>do like forty five minute contests. Now I'm about a

0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:02.360
<v Speaker 2>ten hot dog contest. They're eating for like forty five

0:26:02.359 --> 0:26:05.960
<v Speaker 2>minutes to an hour, right, so bang right, but they

0:26:06.000 --> 0:26:09.159
<v Speaker 2>turned muck bang into like competition, right, So I just

0:26:09.160 --> 0:26:11.119
<v Speaker 2>want to go and experience that and just see how

0:26:11.160 --> 0:26:14.280
<v Speaker 2>I kind of match up against the Asian eaters because

0:26:14.320 --> 0:26:17.119
<v Speaker 2>you watch on YouTube they're wild, man. So I just

0:26:17.119 --> 0:26:19.480
<v Speaker 2>want to go and compete. So that's definitely a bucket

0:26:19.480 --> 0:26:23.440
<v Speaker 2>list for me because like not many, not many Westerners

0:26:23.520 --> 0:26:26.920
<v Speaker 2>have had the opportunity to be a part of that contest.

0:26:28.040 --> 0:26:31.920
<v Speaker 3>Is like summertime. The I know you have different seasons

0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:34.280
<v Speaker 3>down under, but like it is like summertime like the

0:26:34.920 --> 0:26:37.280
<v Speaker 3>peak season for these competitions.

0:26:38.280 --> 0:26:42.440
<v Speaker 2>Yes, so yeah, so definitely the warmer months. So usually

0:26:42.640 --> 0:26:44.719
<v Speaker 2>normally we have one so we have one or two

0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:47.360
<v Speaker 2>contests at either end. So for example Vegas in January

0:26:47.359 --> 0:26:50.560
<v Speaker 2>it's freezing, but there's a very popular contest there and

0:26:50.640 --> 0:26:54.040
<v Speaker 2>usually descend by in Indiana again freezing, but there's usually

0:26:54.080 --> 0:26:58.240
<v Speaker 2>a contest either end, but the core contest is from

0:26:58.280 --> 0:27:00.919
<v Speaker 2>May all the way through to July fourth. Then we

0:27:00.960 --> 0:27:03.560
<v Speaker 2>get a small break and then usually it's the end

0:27:03.560 --> 0:27:07.960
<v Speaker 2>of July through to like mid October, so we get breakes.

0:27:08.000 --> 0:27:10.760
<v Speaker 2>But definitely the hotter months is the more popular months.

0:27:11.040 --> 0:27:13.600
<v Speaker 2>And especially like back home in Australia, right it's actually

0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:17.000
<v Speaker 2>winter right now in Australia, so freezing cold. The contest

0:27:17.040 --> 0:27:20.479
<v Speaker 2>in Australia start like end of August when it does

0:27:20.520 --> 0:27:23.800
<v Speaker 2>start getting a little warmer in Australia, I think as well,

0:27:23.800 --> 0:27:25.520
<v Speaker 2>like when it's good weather, people are going to turn

0:27:25.560 --> 0:27:28.560
<v Speaker 2>out to watch. Where it's raining and cold, no one's

0:27:28.560 --> 0:27:31.600
<v Speaker 2>really gonna watch a bunch of maniacs on stage smashing

0:27:31.640 --> 0:27:32.600
<v Speaker 2>a bunch of food, right.

0:27:34.080 --> 0:27:37.119
<v Speaker 3>You never know, it's a hell of a draw. Sorry,

0:27:37.560 --> 0:27:39.960
<v Speaker 3>And when you're like if you go out of town

0:27:40.080 --> 0:27:42.760
<v Speaker 3>on like a vacation or something, and you go into

0:27:42.840 --> 0:27:45.080
<v Speaker 3>a restaurant and you just just by a chance you

0:27:45.119 --> 0:27:48.520
<v Speaker 3>see on the menu like oh, finish the finish the

0:27:48.560 --> 0:27:50.600
<v Speaker 3>burger and you'll get your picture on the wall. Do

0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:52.440
<v Speaker 3>you ever just do like I mean, that's gotta be

0:27:52.520 --> 0:27:54.240
<v Speaker 3>child's played for someone like you. Is your picture on

0:27:54.280 --> 0:27:56.439
<v Speaker 3>the wall and like a million restaurants across the world.

0:27:56.920 --> 0:27:59.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's pretty crazy how many challenges I've done, how

0:27:59.040 --> 0:28:01.560
<v Speaker 2>many records I've got. To be honest, it really depends

0:28:01.600 --> 0:28:04.480
<v Speaker 2>on how I feel or what i'm doing, Like when

0:28:04.480 --> 0:28:07.639
<v Speaker 2>I'm so for example, I've been with my family for

0:28:07.720 --> 0:28:09.879
<v Speaker 2>the past three weeks. After that, they came over for

0:28:09.960 --> 0:28:12.240
<v Speaker 2>Nathan's and we kind of stayed together, went to Disney World,

0:28:12.320 --> 0:28:15.480
<v Speaker 2>had the family downtime vacation. So I consciously made the

0:28:15.520 --> 0:28:17.600
<v Speaker 2>decision to not do any stupid stuff. I just want

0:28:17.600 --> 0:28:19.199
<v Speaker 2>to spend time with my wife and little one and

0:28:19.600 --> 0:28:21.600
<v Speaker 2>catch up because I haven't seen them in five months. Right,

0:28:22.160 --> 0:28:23.960
<v Speaker 2>So for the last three weeks, I've been taking it

0:28:24.040 --> 0:28:27.320
<v Speaker 2>super easy. But like, for example, I'm in Minnesota now.

0:28:27.320 --> 0:28:28.840
<v Speaker 2>So if I go if I'm going out for dinner

0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:31.520
<v Speaker 2>tonight and there's a burger challenge on the menu, hell yeah,

0:28:31.520 --> 0:28:32.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to smash it.

0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:35.080
<v Speaker 3>I love it.

0:28:35.520 --> 0:28:37.679
<v Speaker 1>That is awesome. Wait, do you get trophies?

0:28:39.320 --> 0:28:41.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? To be honest a lot of a good contest.

0:28:41.560 --> 0:28:44.360
<v Speaker 2>They have the wrestling belts. So I've got a bunch

0:28:44.400 --> 0:28:45.880
<v Speaker 2>of I've got a bunch of belts. I've got a

0:28:45.920 --> 0:28:49.200
<v Speaker 2>bunch of trophies. It's actually super cool. You're Americans clause,

0:28:49.240 --> 0:28:51.400
<v Speaker 2>you guys take it seriously, like you guys love memorabilia

0:28:51.400 --> 0:28:54.640
<v Speaker 2>and stuff, right, So I've got some super cool wrestling belts.

0:28:54.640 --> 0:28:58.240
<v Speaker 2>I've got some massive trophies. Honestly, competing winning stuff in

0:28:58.240 --> 0:28:59.200
<v Speaker 2>this country is awesome.

0:29:00.160 --> 0:29:01.440
<v Speaker 1>O Hey, where do you put it all? Do you

0:29:01.480 --> 0:29:02.719
<v Speaker 1>have a room for it?

0:29:02.840 --> 0:29:05.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Yeah, So I've got at home in Australia, I've

0:29:05.680 --> 0:29:08.760
<v Speaker 2>got like this big shelf, but it's now gone to

0:29:08.800 --> 0:29:11.480
<v Speaker 2>three shelves and it's taken up like a big chunk

0:29:11.520 --> 0:29:15.240
<v Speaker 2>of our living room wall. So I've just recently, because

0:29:15.280 --> 0:29:17.880
<v Speaker 2>I've launched my clothing line, I've built a gym and

0:29:17.920 --> 0:29:21.000
<v Speaker 2>a warehouse and for the clothing I'm going to make

0:29:21.080 --> 0:29:24.760
<v Speaker 2>like a section for all my memorabilia because my wife's

0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:27.520
<v Speaker 2>got some. I've got some super sentimental stuff. My wife

0:29:27.520 --> 0:29:29.239
<v Speaker 2>got it all framed up and stuff. So I'm going

0:29:29.240 --> 0:29:30.800
<v Speaker 2>to on the wall of the gym in the warehouse,

0:29:30.800 --> 0:29:32.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to chuck it all on the wall, and

0:29:32.640 --> 0:29:34.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to have a corner for my trophies and

0:29:35.000 --> 0:29:38.080
<v Speaker 2>my belts and stuff because it's taken up so much

0:29:38.080 --> 0:29:38.800
<v Speaker 2>of our apartment.

0:29:39.760 --> 0:29:42.320
<v Speaker 1>So cool. Wait, tell us about your clothing line.

0:29:43.200 --> 0:29:46.920
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, so the can syndicate basically. Obviously, my handle

0:29:46.920 --> 0:29:49.560
<v Speaker 2>on social media is Jweb you can eat, But I

0:29:49.560 --> 0:29:51.400
<v Speaker 2>guess the backstory along and the short of it. When

0:29:51.440 --> 0:29:53.440
<v Speaker 2>I started doing this, everyone's like, you're a maniac, Like,

0:29:53.480 --> 0:29:55.200
<v Speaker 2>don't do this, Like you can't make a living from

0:29:55.200 --> 0:29:58.360
<v Speaker 2>eating and blah blah blah or social media. I'm like, no,

0:29:58.400 --> 0:30:01.920
<v Speaker 2>I can and I will, right, So you can do

0:30:02.000 --> 0:30:06.080
<v Speaker 2>anything right. I dress a certain way, I have a

0:30:06.080 --> 0:30:09.480
<v Speaker 2>certain style about me, and everyone's like, you shouldn't wear that.

0:30:09.520 --> 0:30:10.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, I can wear it. I can do what

0:30:10.840 --> 0:30:13.600
<v Speaker 2>I want, right. So the whole image of the brand

0:30:13.720 --> 0:30:16.720
<v Speaker 2>is you could do what you want, right, And so

0:30:16.760 --> 0:30:20.080
<v Speaker 2>I made this brand. Can for example, like I like

0:30:20.120 --> 0:30:22.600
<v Speaker 2>oversized T shirts, so I made oversized T shirts. I

0:30:22.640 --> 0:30:24.520
<v Speaker 2>like mid length shorts and crew socks. So I kind

0:30:24.520 --> 0:30:27.200
<v Speaker 2>of just made clothes that I like to wear. But

0:30:27.320 --> 0:30:29.480
<v Speaker 2>it kind of it started off as just I want

0:30:29.520 --> 0:30:33.000
<v Speaker 2>clothes for me. That's it. Then it started, it escalated.

0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:34.480
<v Speaker 2>Now I've got half a warehouse full of clothes that

0:30:34.520 --> 0:30:38.360
<v Speaker 2>people seemingly want to buy. It's pretty wild. It's a

0:30:38.400 --> 0:30:41.320
<v Speaker 2>cool story. But yeah, it honestly started because like I

0:30:41.360 --> 0:30:42.680
<v Speaker 2>just want to stick it to the man, and you

0:30:42.720 --> 0:30:44.880
<v Speaker 2>can do what you want. And I'm moving through for

0:30:45.040 --> 0:30:47.480
<v Speaker 2>if you try hard enough, you can make it happen.

0:30:48.520 --> 0:30:50.920
<v Speaker 3>I love that so much. That's awesome, that's so inspiring.

0:30:51.400 --> 0:30:53.720
<v Speaker 1>Well do you have to worry like medically about like

0:30:53.840 --> 0:30:56.240
<v Speaker 1>cholesterol and yeah, things like that.

0:30:56.720 --> 0:30:58.440
<v Speaker 2>So obviously health, I've been through it with my health.

0:30:58.440 --> 0:31:01.440
<v Speaker 2>Health is everything I understand. With health, you've literally got nothing.

0:31:02.040 --> 0:31:03.959
<v Speaker 2>So I get checked up every time I go back

0:31:03.960 --> 0:31:06.320
<v Speaker 2>to Australia. The routine. My wife picked up from the airport.

0:31:06.800 --> 0:31:08.320
<v Speaker 2>So I'm my mama's boy. I have to go home

0:31:08.400 --> 0:31:10.880
<v Speaker 2>for coffee and cake with my mama. But first things first,

0:31:10.880 --> 0:31:12.960
<v Speaker 2>I have to go to the doctor, get my bloods done.

0:31:13.360 --> 0:31:15.400
<v Speaker 2>Then I can go see my mom. So I always

0:31:15.440 --> 0:31:17.120
<v Speaker 2>every time I come back to Australia, I get my

0:31:17.120 --> 0:31:22.160
<v Speaker 2>blood work done, calcium score, cholesterol, blood sugar, all that

0:31:22.240 --> 0:31:27.120
<v Speaker 2>kind of stuff. To be honest, last blood test, I

0:31:27.160 --> 0:31:29.680
<v Speaker 2>actually was fine, Like everything was in mid range. Everything

0:31:29.800 --> 0:31:32.760
<v Speaker 2>was okay for the most part. Like I had a few,

0:31:32.800 --> 0:31:36.240
<v Speaker 2>like you know, you know, a few like deficiencies, but

0:31:36.320 --> 0:31:39.240
<v Speaker 2>not crazy crazy, you know, taking a month off when

0:31:39.240 --> 0:31:41.520
<v Speaker 2>I go home. It kind of fixed everything. But my

0:31:41.640 --> 0:31:47.200
<v Speaker 2>dentist hates me. My dentist absolutely hates me because I'm

0:31:47.200 --> 0:31:50.080
<v Speaker 2>a left hander, so I chew across my mouth, so

0:31:50.120 --> 0:31:52.960
<v Speaker 2>I always chew on my right side. I'm starting to

0:31:53.000 --> 0:31:55.400
<v Speaker 2>get a receding gum on one of my teeth and

0:31:55.480 --> 0:31:57.600
<v Speaker 2>my dentist is like, chew on the other side. I'm like, no, no,

0:31:57.640 --> 0:32:00.120
<v Speaker 2>I can't because I need to win. And she's like,

0:32:00.360 --> 0:32:01.760
<v Speaker 2>you know, she's trying to explain it to me, like

0:32:01.800 --> 0:32:03.080
<v Speaker 2>you know, habits, if you have to have a gum

0:32:03.160 --> 0:32:05.240
<v Speaker 2>graft and whatever. I'm like, yeah, I'll just go to

0:32:05.360 --> 0:32:07.360
<v Speaker 2>Turkey and get some veneers. Don't worry about it.

0:32:10.560 --> 0:32:14.480
<v Speaker 1>Wait, when you're like in the height of competition, what

0:32:14.600 --> 0:32:19.440
<v Speaker 1>is your libido? Like does it affect Like after competition,

0:32:19.520 --> 0:32:21.640
<v Speaker 1>do you want sexy time? Or now.

0:32:23.080 --> 0:32:24.920
<v Speaker 2>You need to ask my wife. But to be honest,

0:32:25.480 --> 0:32:28.880
<v Speaker 2>it does you get affected? Like you're so lethargic, And

0:32:29.000 --> 0:32:31.680
<v Speaker 2>to be honest, even preparing for a contest because you're

0:32:31.680 --> 0:32:34.360
<v Speaker 2>depleting your body, trying to like make maximum space in

0:32:34.400 --> 0:32:36.480
<v Speaker 2>your body. You know, Like, let's be honest, for the

0:32:36.520 --> 0:32:38.880
<v Speaker 2>month of June, every second day I was eating hot dogs.

0:32:39.160 --> 0:32:42.520
<v Speaker 2>That is not nutritious at all, Right, So, like, yeah,

0:32:42.560 --> 0:32:45.160
<v Speaker 2>you go through like periods of like lethargy and like

0:32:45.200 --> 0:32:47.520
<v Speaker 2>you don't want to like you know, you're just existing,

0:32:48.080 --> 0:32:49.920
<v Speaker 2>like oh, you think you're so and that's I guess

0:32:49.920 --> 0:32:52.280
<v Speaker 2>that's the weird part with what we do. You obsess

0:32:52.360 --> 0:32:55.720
<v Speaker 2>over things like your technique or whatever, right, and it's

0:32:55.720 --> 0:32:58.280
<v Speaker 2>all you think about. So yeah, honestly, I do know

0:32:58.320 --> 0:33:01.240
<v Speaker 2>that like libido goes down, anything goes down. That's why

0:33:01.240 --> 0:33:03.120
<v Speaker 2>my wife is such a geek. She's just my supporter.

0:33:03.200 --> 0:33:05.920
<v Speaker 2>She just knows, like I need to help. Like, for example,

0:33:05.960 --> 0:33:07.560
<v Speaker 2>when they came over in June, we've got to go

0:33:07.640 --> 0:33:09.520
<v Speaker 2>to Walmart, We've got to get to hot dogs, we've

0:33:09.520 --> 0:33:11.040
<v Speaker 2>got to cut the hot dogs, we've got to plate

0:33:11.120 --> 0:33:13.680
<v Speaker 2>up the plates. And she just knows, like for this month,

0:33:14.080 --> 0:33:18.200
<v Speaker 2>it's game time, right, So she helps me thing. And honestly,

0:33:18.240 --> 0:33:21.040
<v Speaker 2>without my wife, I'll be so screwed. Man. I'm just boy,

0:33:21.080 --> 0:33:24.040
<v Speaker 2>I'm a man, Like I can only do so much, right,

0:33:24.120 --> 0:33:25.720
<v Speaker 2>my wife is the brains of the operation.

0:33:26.600 --> 0:33:27.360
<v Speaker 3>Ain't that the truth?

0:33:27.360 --> 0:33:27.520
<v Speaker 2>Man?

0:33:27.880 --> 0:33:33.800
<v Speaker 3>That's how it is. Yeah. What, And I know you

0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:35.960
<v Speaker 3>probably have an allegiance to Nathan's a little bit, but like,

0:33:36.040 --> 0:33:37.840
<v Speaker 3>is there a brand of hot dog that you that

0:33:37.920 --> 0:33:40.160
<v Speaker 3>you like that you prefer when you're training?

0:33:40.680 --> 0:33:42.640
<v Speaker 2>To be honest, I'm not sorry if I should say this,

0:33:42.680 --> 0:33:45.320
<v Speaker 2>but I actually don't like hot dogs. Wow. But for

0:33:45.520 --> 0:33:48.160
<v Speaker 2>the life of me, I don't know how you Americans

0:33:48.320 --> 0:33:50.600
<v Speaker 2>spend money on hot dogs. Like, I get it. It's

0:33:50.600 --> 0:33:52.520
<v Speaker 2>it's an American It's a delicacy. It's a thing. Right.

0:33:52.560 --> 0:33:55.520
<v Speaker 2>In Australia we do meat pies. Again, not the greatest food,

0:33:55.560 --> 0:33:57.920
<v Speaker 2>but it's kind of iconic, right. I'm the biggest fan

0:33:57.960 --> 0:34:00.200
<v Speaker 2>of hot dogs, so, to be honest, I think I've

0:34:00.200 --> 0:34:02.920
<v Speaker 2>only ever eaten Nathan's hot dogs because of the event.

0:34:03.360 --> 0:34:06.959
<v Speaker 2>Like I've never actually bought the other brands, because I

0:34:07.000 --> 0:34:08.960
<v Speaker 2>actually don't want to eat hot dogs in my spare time.

0:34:10.640 --> 0:34:14.200
<v Speaker 3>I get it. I completely understand. Really, yeah, I mean,

0:34:14.239 --> 0:34:18.799
<v Speaker 3>if you're doing it that hard and that competitively, I mean,

0:34:18.800 --> 0:34:20.640
<v Speaker 3>I probably the other thing is we don't have.

0:34:20.600 --> 0:34:22.480
<v Speaker 2>Hot dogs in Australia, like what you guys call a

0:34:22.520 --> 0:34:25.120
<v Speaker 2>hot dog, we don't really have in Australia, So I no,

0:34:25.200 --> 0:34:26.879
<v Speaker 2>So like I didn't grow up eating the hot dogs

0:34:26.880 --> 0:34:28.520
<v Speaker 2>that you guys call a hot dog, right, Like, so

0:34:28.560 --> 0:34:30.920
<v Speaker 2>we we do like a thing called a sausage sizzle.

0:34:31.160 --> 0:34:33.759
<v Speaker 2>It's like a beef sausage in a bread like a

0:34:33.800 --> 0:34:36.319
<v Speaker 2>slice of bread, right, or our hot dogs. If you

0:34:36.320 --> 0:34:37.759
<v Speaker 2>go to Australia and buy a hot dog from like

0:34:37.840 --> 0:34:41.040
<v Speaker 2>a restaurant or whatever, it's like a Frankfurt. But like

0:34:41.120 --> 0:34:43.839
<v Speaker 2>what you guys physically call a hot dog, we don't

0:34:43.840 --> 0:34:46.480
<v Speaker 2>have that in Australia. We have a beef sausage or

0:34:46.520 --> 0:34:49.160
<v Speaker 2>like a Frankfurt, right. But this hot dog thing you

0:34:49.200 --> 0:34:51.080
<v Speaker 2>guys have is like a hybrid of both.

0:34:52.960 --> 0:34:55.480
<v Speaker 1>Cocktail winnies like pigs in a blanket.

0:34:56.200 --> 0:34:58.160
<v Speaker 2>So we don't really so pigs in a blanket aren't

0:34:58.160 --> 0:35:00.880
<v Speaker 2>really a thing in Australia. We have like cocktail frankfurts,

0:35:01.520 --> 0:35:03.799
<v Speaker 2>and again you put it in like a bread roll.

0:35:03.960 --> 0:35:07.040
<v Speaker 2>But like I was trending in Australia, I think, yeah, yeah, yeah,

0:35:07.040 --> 0:35:09.000
<v Speaker 2>like I know what a hot dog is. I got

0:35:09.040 --> 0:35:11.040
<v Speaker 2>here and I had no idea what I was doing.

0:35:11.200 --> 0:35:13.520
<v Speaker 2>I had no idea what I was looking at like, honestly,

0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:16.319
<v Speaker 2>what you guys call hot dog is is not what

0:35:16.320 --> 0:35:18.400
<v Speaker 2>we call a hot dog, and I it sounds really crazy,

0:35:18.840 --> 0:35:20.000
<v Speaker 2>but it's different. Wow.

0:35:20.239 --> 0:35:21.600
<v Speaker 3>I mean that makes what you do is all the

0:35:21.680 --> 0:35:23.000
<v Speaker 3>more impressive.

0:35:23.000 --> 0:35:23.359
<v Speaker 2>I think.

0:35:24.000 --> 0:35:24.920
<v Speaker 1>Do you eat sushi?

0:35:26.360 --> 0:35:27.240
<v Speaker 2>I love sushi.

0:35:27.560 --> 0:35:29.320
<v Speaker 1>You've been in a sushi competition?

0:35:29.680 --> 0:35:32.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Australian record is one hundred and two pieces of

0:35:32.400 --> 0:35:34.320
<v Speaker 2>sushi in two minutes and twenty three secs.

0:35:37.719 --> 0:35:41.399
<v Speaker 3>One hundred pieces and two minutes. Oh my god, Oh

0:35:41.520 --> 0:35:42.200
<v Speaker 3>I just got.

0:35:42.040 --> 0:35:44.640
<v Speaker 2>Not Yeah, that's Australia and hopefully never be beat in.

0:35:47.080 --> 0:35:51.200
<v Speaker 1>That doesn't even sound okay for your body, like your

0:35:51.280 --> 0:35:52.120
<v Speaker 1>mercury level.

0:35:52.400 --> 0:35:56.040
<v Speaker 2>Look, the best way I can describe what I do

0:35:56.200 --> 0:35:58.839
<v Speaker 2>or what we do, it's kind of like a boxer, right,

0:36:00.400 --> 0:36:02.560
<v Speaker 2>or any kind of combat sport. They put their body

0:36:02.600 --> 0:36:05.439
<v Speaker 2>through hell in preparation for the fight or the game day. Right,

0:36:06.160 --> 0:36:08.040
<v Speaker 2>for game day, you're going to get punch in the face.

0:36:08.640 --> 0:36:13.680
<v Speaker 2>Now we all know face is not necessarily good for you, right,

0:36:14.120 --> 0:36:17.239
<v Speaker 2>and they recover and go again. Competitive eating is the same.

0:36:17.840 --> 0:36:21.120
<v Speaker 2>You put your body through hell in preparation or game

0:36:21.200 --> 0:36:22.919
<v Speaker 2>day to be punched in the face by a bunch

0:36:22.960 --> 0:36:26.160
<v Speaker 2>of hot dogs or a massive tray of sushi and

0:36:26.200 --> 0:36:28.360
<v Speaker 2>then you recover and then you go again like a

0:36:28.360 --> 0:36:28.879
<v Speaker 2>week later.

0:36:30.800 --> 0:36:36.800
<v Speaker 3>I mean it's a sport, it's an athletic athletic feet wow,

0:36:36.880 --> 0:36:39.680
<v Speaker 3>and it hurts. Yeah, yeah, I mean you're yeah, you're

0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:43.319
<v Speaker 3>putting your body through hell. James, this is so fascinating.

0:36:43.400 --> 0:36:46.880
<v Speaker 3>We have enjoyed talking to you so much. Again. J

0:36:47.040 --> 0:36:51.480
<v Speaker 3>Webb Kenny on Instagram. The documentary James Kenney that is

0:36:51.520 --> 0:36:54.640
<v Speaker 3>on Prime Video August twenty second.

0:36:54.800 --> 0:36:55.759
<v Speaker 1>I am sake to watch it.

0:36:55.840 --> 0:36:56.680
<v Speaker 3>We're so pumped.

0:36:57.880 --> 0:37:01.600
<v Speaker 1>Last question for you, when I excited after we talked

0:37:01.600 --> 0:37:03.800
<v Speaker 1>to you that we would do a little competition between

0:37:03.800 --> 0:37:06.120
<v Speaker 1>the two of us eating hot dogs, do you have

0:37:06.160 --> 0:37:08.440
<v Speaker 1>any tips for us?

0:37:11.120 --> 0:37:13.800
<v Speaker 2>If it's just one hot dog, I would not recommend

0:37:13.880 --> 0:37:16.560
<v Speaker 2>dunking it. I would just try eating it.

0:37:17.640 --> 0:37:21.680
<v Speaker 1>The dunking. I can't do the dunking, but.

0:37:21.760 --> 0:37:25.560
<v Speaker 2>Drink in one hand, hot dog in another. Drink Bye

0:37:25.560 --> 0:37:26.160
<v Speaker 2>bye drink.

0:37:27.440 --> 0:37:30.560
<v Speaker 3>Okay, bite bite drink. That's a good rhythm.

0:37:30.800 --> 0:37:35.600
<v Speaker 1>Bite whoa yeah, bite.

0:37:35.719 --> 0:37:39.080
<v Speaker 2>Two small bites a sports of drink to like soften

0:37:39.160 --> 0:37:41.080
<v Speaker 2>it up right and then swallow it and then bye

0:37:41.120 --> 0:37:44.120
<v Speaker 2>bite drink, bite, bite drink. Hopefully you can do the

0:37:44.160 --> 0:37:46.520
<v Speaker 2>hot dog in like six bites, right, so like one

0:37:46.560 --> 0:37:50.600
<v Speaker 2>to drink one to drink one to seelander the champions.

0:37:50.640 --> 0:37:51.560
<v Speaker 1>What if I throw up?

0:37:53.920 --> 0:37:55.680
<v Speaker 2>Then you're just qualified? Any best?

0:37:57.000 --> 0:37:59.319
<v Speaker 3>What interesting?

0:38:00.080 --> 0:38:03.640
<v Speaker 2>Nothing can leave, nothing can leave your body. So I've

0:38:03.640 --> 0:38:05.520
<v Speaker 2>got a random story for you. I got to qualify

0:38:05.600 --> 0:38:09.800
<v Speaker 2>for my first contest last year in a Tamali's contest.

0:38:10.320 --> 0:38:12.720
<v Speaker 2>I managed to eat ninety seven Tomali's in ten minutes,

0:38:13.320 --> 0:38:15.600
<v Speaker 2>and I had so much Tamali in my body it

0:38:15.640 --> 0:38:21.840
<v Speaker 2>actually came through my nose. But but like chunks of tamali.

0:38:21.960 --> 0:38:24.920
<v Speaker 2>It looked like porn shot out of my nose. And

0:38:24.960 --> 0:38:25.680
<v Speaker 2>I got to qualify.

0:38:25.800 --> 0:38:27.560
<v Speaker 1>Do you say porn or corn?

0:38:28.320 --> 0:38:37.600
<v Speaker 3>Corn? Corn? That is insane? Oh my god, the visuals

0:38:37.680 --> 0:38:41.160
<v Speaker 3>are like horrifying. I can't believe you experienced that in

0:38:41.200 --> 0:38:42.480
<v Speaker 3>real life. That's crazy.

0:38:42.640 --> 0:38:45.040
<v Speaker 1>Wait, you give food porn a whole new name.

0:38:48.440 --> 0:38:50.360
<v Speaker 2>Wait, I think there should be I think there.

0:38:50.200 --> 0:38:54.160
<v Speaker 1>Should be a channel called only food instead of only

0:38:54.239 --> 0:38:58.239
<v Speaker 1>fans any people Like I don't know if.

0:38:58.120 --> 0:39:01.319
<v Speaker 2>I should say this or not say this or not,

0:39:01.400 --> 0:39:04.560
<v Speaker 2>but there's people out there that ask for bloat of

0:39:04.680 --> 0:39:06.440
<v Speaker 2>belly pictures and burd.

0:39:06.280 --> 0:39:08.800
<v Speaker 1>Videos and they are and what videos?

0:39:09.000 --> 0:39:10.319
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they offer cash and.

0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:13.680
<v Speaker 1>Oh, I can make a lot of money.

0:39:13.719 --> 0:39:15.120
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like you know when you drink some soda and

0:39:15.160 --> 0:39:17.360
<v Speaker 2>you but right, so I'm not joking. There's I know

0:39:17.400 --> 0:39:18.960
<v Speaker 2>some people that have been paid to do this kind

0:39:18.960 --> 0:39:21.640
<v Speaker 2>of crazy stuff. So it's kind of like it's kind

0:39:21.640 --> 0:39:25.320
<v Speaker 2>of like only food but like marketplace style.

0:39:27.000 --> 0:39:29.120
<v Speaker 3>Hey, we don't want to yuck anyone'sym. We're not here

0:39:29.120 --> 0:39:35.759
<v Speaker 3>to kink sheen. But that's uh. You know there's something.

0:39:36.680 --> 0:39:39.399
<v Speaker 1>We bloated videos. I would do really well with one

0:39:39.400 --> 0:39:42.239
<v Speaker 1>of those right now, really bloated. I don't know how

0:39:42.239 --> 0:39:45.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna eat these hot dogs. Deep breaths.

0:39:45.920 --> 0:39:47.520
<v Speaker 2>To be honest, you hold your breath a lot in

0:39:47.560 --> 0:39:49.440
<v Speaker 2>a contest, so you breathe when you drink.

0:39:50.080 --> 0:39:54.080
<v Speaker 1>Interesting hold your breath bye bite drinks so.

0:39:54.040 --> 0:39:58.520
<v Speaker 2>You says bye bite, take a small breath, drink, swallow,

0:39:59.520 --> 0:40:01.000
<v Speaker 2>breathe out, bye bye.

0:40:01.560 --> 0:40:04.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm not that coordinated to that rhythm.

0:40:04.120 --> 0:40:06.600
<v Speaker 2>That's what we that's what but see that that's what

0:40:06.600 --> 0:40:09.160
<v Speaker 2>we practice, honestly, Like, that's what goes into preparation of

0:40:09.160 --> 0:40:11.279
<v Speaker 2>a contest. Right, you got to pick your time because

0:40:11.280 --> 0:40:14.080
<v Speaker 2>you feel they're just the guy next to you is

0:40:14.080 --> 0:40:15.520
<v Speaker 2>going to be eating more food. Than you, right, so

0:40:15.560 --> 0:40:17.760
<v Speaker 2>you've got to kind of coordinate your breathing that doesn't

0:40:18.280 --> 0:40:21.520
<v Speaker 2>affect the rhythm.

0:40:21.640 --> 0:40:23.799
<v Speaker 1>Is there one food sorry before we go? Is there

0:40:23.800 --> 0:40:27.480
<v Speaker 1>one food you absolutely hate but you will have to

0:40:27.520 --> 0:40:30.399
<v Speaker 1>eat it one day to go through all these competitions?

0:40:33.280 --> 0:40:38.120
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? So I think the hardest contest for me is baloney.

0:40:38.320 --> 0:40:42.320
<v Speaker 2>So it is a very very pat and big baloney contest.

0:40:42.760 --> 0:40:46.279
<v Speaker 2>I did thirteen pounds in eight minutes. Joey beat me

0:40:46.960 --> 0:40:48.400
<v Speaker 2>by just one. I think it was one and a

0:40:48.440 --> 0:40:52.920
<v Speaker 2>half or two pounds, and I don't but bony is

0:40:53.400 --> 0:40:57.880
<v Speaker 2>next level harsh, like it's it's just like smoked baloney.

0:40:58.120 --> 0:41:00.600
<v Speaker 2>It's not even like bread or nothing. Right. I understand

0:41:00.600 --> 0:41:03.640
<v Speaker 2>a bloonney sandwich is a quite popular just autumn here

0:41:03.640 --> 0:41:08.360
<v Speaker 2>in America, But this is just juice and I was

0:41:08.400 --> 0:41:10.440
<v Speaker 2>just trying to get as fat as I could and

0:41:10.440 --> 0:41:12.720
<v Speaker 2>it's just the flight and all.

0:41:13.000 --> 0:41:20.080
<v Speaker 3>Super Oh god, well some hot talk. Yeah, Well, we

0:41:20.160 --> 0:41:23.000
<v Speaker 3>are such big fans of you, James again, James Webb

0:41:23.080 --> 0:41:26.359
<v Speaker 3>James can Eat. Watch the documentary foll him on Instagram.

0:41:26.600 --> 0:41:28.839
<v Speaker 3>He is he is the goat. If you ask me,

0:41:29.000 --> 0:41:31.319
<v Speaker 3>this guy is a hero. J Webby can Eat on

0:41:31.360 --> 0:41:34.319
<v Speaker 3>Instagram thank you so much for joining us today and

0:41:34.360 --> 0:41:36.040
<v Speaker 3>thank you for all the tips man, thanks for sharing

0:41:36.040 --> 0:41:36.920
<v Speaker 3>your secrets with us.

0:41:37.760 --> 0:41:39.399
<v Speaker 2>Thank you guys for having me. I honestly I really

0:41:39.440 --> 0:41:43.080
<v Speaker 2>appreciate the opportunity. Thank you so much, and good luck

0:41:43.080 --> 0:41:43.600
<v Speaker 2>with Thos.

0:41:44.600 --> 0:41:52.799
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, thank you, James. Bye.