25th anniversary of Sharon Scholten’s chili dog mark
On March 13, 1982, Sharon Scholten (now Sharon VanDuinen), a petite 5’3″ and 110 pound 25 year old, broke the chili dog record at the Rockford Corner Bar by eating 42.5 chili dogs in four hours. That record would last for almost 24 years and only Tim Janus and Balinda Gould have been able to better that performance.
The archived article about Ms. Scholten provides some interesting background information about her feat:
Saturday looked to be a normal day until her brother-in-law Jimmy Scholten suggested that she try for the record
That was after she had eaten lunch – a Mexican pizza for two, a half order of nachos, four baskets of chips and an enchilada.
But she thought she’d give it a try. After all, she met the woman’s mark two years ago by swallowing 20 franks. And there wasn’t much else to do that night.
“We were just talking about it that afternoon,” she said, “It wasn’t something I planned. I didn’t think I could do it. But Jimmy told me he had bet $600 that I could do it so I thought I’d better try.”
It turns out Jimmy had no money riding on her meal, but his white lie was enough to get Sharon to break the record.
“I was upset,” she said. “I thought I had all this money coming. He told me I’d get 75% of the profit.”
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Rhonda Evans said
March 13, 2007 @ 9:22 am
That is an amazing feat, even today. I’m sure Tim had no easy task in breaking the record.
Mad Stork said
March 13, 2007 @ 10:41 am
that writing is great thanks for finding that oj.