Hot dog-eating champ Kobayashi eats 83 dumplings in 8 minutes

[UrbScotty]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2005-08-13-dumpling-contest_x.htm

A Japanese champion eater fended off 30 challengers to win a dumpling eating contest in Hong Kong Saturday, downing 83 steamed dumplings in eight minutes.

In his first contest in Hong Kong, Takeru Kobayashi, 27, picked up the vegetarian dumplings with chopsticks and swallowed many of them almost effortlessly. The professional competitive eater even flaunted his abdominal muscle after he finished eating.

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As the winner of a famous hot dog eating contest in New York for the past five years, Kobayashi holds the world record of sucking down 53 1/2 frankfurters in 12 minutes. A native of the Japanese city of Nagoya, Kobayashi weighs just 144 pounds.

He said dumplings are easier to eat since they are smaller and softer than hot dogs, but that he expects a harder time swallowing roast pork buns on Sunday.

[sakabatou]

1. Urgh....

[liberalnurse]

2. My step-son is Mark Lyle......

" The Human Vacuum"

He is getting up there in the top 5 in the Nation.


http://www.competitiveeaters.com/SpiceFestchickenwingspage3.htm


The table has been set: Gentlman Joe is seated at the head of the table with Mark Lyle-The Human Vaccum and Chris "The American" seated by his side.


6/27/05- Lyle Captures Wing Title & Coondog sets Corn on the Cob World Record:

The "Vacuum" nailed down another Chicken Wing title at the Third Annual Spicefest in Ft. Wayne Indiana by consuming 2.91lbs of meat off the bone. The "Vacuum" again proves that he is among the best Wing Eaters in the United States by defeating a group of fine athletes. In addition, Lyle battled temperatures in the mid nineties and dry wings (however delicious). In a very close 2nd was Chris "The Juggernaut" Patton, also referred to as the "General of Chicken Wings" because he is a distant relative of General George Patton, finished with 2.85 lbs.