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The Whaler on justice and retribution
The Whaler has returned to shore after three weeks away and he has expressed his ethical philosphospy in poetic form:
If you were to steal my milk and
Use it in your cereal because you had none,
I would steal your cat and
Lock it in my refrigerator.
Go to eaterx.blogspot.com to read the remainder
Competitive eaters invade the Rockford Corner Bar
(Thanks Bob Shoudt) The Rockford Squire has an article about recent attempts to break the Rockford Corner Bar’s chili dog record. The majority of the article is devoted to the endeavors of three AICE members on March 9 ; Tim Janus’ earlier record breaking attempt is mentioned only in passing. The Rockford Corner Bar website has yet to be updated with Janus’ new record.
Updated March 18, 12:30 am – an article about Tim Janus can be found further down the page. Eater X also did a malt challenge and another pizza challenge earlier this month.
Hunt, Chestnut, Bertoletti & Janus complete 29 inch pizza challenge
On March 3, the Masticators, (Joey Chestnut & Hall Hunt) and the Space Dockers (Pat Bertoletti & Tim Janus) both finished Schiappa’s 29 inch pizza challenge for two person teams in O’Fallon, Illinois (greater East Saint Louis). This article mentions their feat and says both duos took under six minutes (the limit is 30) to finish the pizzas. In addition to being placed on the Wall of Fame, the teams won a gift certificate for another 29 inch pizza and are entered in a drawing for a trip to Cancun that will be held after two other teams have finished the challenge. (Is the Whaler’s boat equipped for tropical latitudes?) 😉
Speedeat reports that Tim Janus breaks Corner Bar chili dog record
speedeat.com reports that Tim Janus broke the Rockford (Michigan) Corner Bar chili dog record by consuming 43.5 chili dogs in 4 hours. If correct, this is the first time in almost a quarter century that a male eater has been the chili dog champion (Sharon Scholten ate 42.5 hot dogs in 1982 and Baldina Gould consumed 43 last December). The $500 bounty for breaking that record is no longer offered.
Eater X officially makes the Doodle Burger Hall of Fame
The Doodle Burger online Hall of Fame has now been updated with Tim “Eater X” Janus’ result of 33 burgers in 2.5 hours. The page has set Eater X’s home page as badlandsbooker.com
Eater X gains an admirer
The Whaler apparently has a rival for the title of biggest Eater X fan on the internet. After watching MTV’s True Life documentary, Amanda because smitten with the stock trader and learned he was a Presidential Scholar. Amanda is also the only female Rush (the band, not the talk show host) fan that I am aware of.
MTV True Life video captures
The page for MTV’s True Life: I am a Competitive Eater has a summary and video gallery (images 84-95) with screen captures of Takeru Koabayashi, Tim “Eater X” Janus and Ian “The Invader” Hickman (Carlene LeFevre also appears in the background in one of the pictures) Flash player required to view images.
BB on the Doodle Burger record
“Beautiful” Brian Seiken has a new article about Tim Janus’ new Doodle Burger record and Eric “Badlands” Booker’s previous record. Seiken was an eyewitness to Booker’s record and has some pictures and a video clip of that endeavor.
New Poll: comment civility level
The new poll question is inspired by The Whaler’s Eater X fan blog like the previous question. In his recent blog entry, The Whaler states that he finds the general tone of comments on this board obsequious and treacly. I am curious to see if that opinion is shared.
Eater X reportedly sets Doodle Burger record
Both Brian Seiken and speedeat.com report that Tim “Eater X” Janus has set the record at The Doodle by eating 33 hamburgers in about two hours. The Doodle’s Wall of Fame has yet to be updated to contain Tim’s feat.
MTV True Life: I am a Competitive Eater Summary
The first Tim Janus segment of MTV’s True Life: I am a Competitive Eater begins with footage from the TripRewards birthday cake eating contest at Grand Central Station. The next location is Eater X’s workplace where he works as a day trader. Childhood pictures of Tim are displayed. Janus then goes to Nathan’s to train with Crazy Legs Conti (wearing an outfit inspired by Angus Young of AC/DC) for Nathan’s French Fry contest. Brian Seiken, Charles Hardy, Allen Goldstein, Cookie Jarvis, Badlands Booker make cameo appearances. Cookie Jarvis wins the contest.
We are then transported to Ian Hickman’s apartment in Lexington, KY. Hickman does not consider himself a “metrosexual”, he views himself as a “straight man with good taste.” Then a montage of childhood pictures of Hickman eating is displayed. Hickman will appear in his first contest after some impressive performances in restaurant challenges. “The Invader” prepares for the contest by eating massive amounts of lettuce (3 to 5 pounds) to stretch his stomach.
The next segment is filmed in Takeru Kobayashi’s hometown of Nagoya, Japan. Kobayashi is eating massive amounts of food in a restaurant which has a conveyor belt to deliver food. He cleans at least 100 small plates and claims he is not near his maximum. He is notably bloated after his meal. His apartment appears to be about the same size as an American walk-in closet. Some footage of Japanese eating contests is displayed. Kobayashi then goes to the gym and shows off his stomach which he claims sits lower than the normal person so it has less impediments to expansion. He builds his muscle to increase his metabolism and calorie consumption. The Tsunami watches a tape of last year’s contest and tries to see how he can improve. He has a goal of 55 hot dogs, one more than the previous year.
Tim Janus then prepares for Nathan’s by eating 11 pounds of food and drinking 2 pounds of water. He eats a variety of foods but no hot dogs.
Hickman trains for the Spicefest chicken wing contest by going to Hooters and is served by a Britney Spears lookalike. He eats 135 wings. Driving back from the restaurant, Ian suffers a “reversal of fortune.”
Kobayashi goes to the supermarket with a white umbrella. He says that competitive eating is healthy if you pay attention to your health. The Japanese equivalents of hot dogs does not look like Nathan’s offerings.
Tim travels to the Nathan’s qualifier in Hartford, CT and stands next to Brian Seiken at the contest. A mark of 22.5 hot dogs gives Eater X victory and a trip to Nathan’s finals.
Kobayashi goes to a restaurant called Mountain because of its large portions. In Japan, chefs challenge great eaters to consume huge amounts of food. The chef of Mountain gives Kobayashi a huge plate of pasta and an iceberg of shaved ice flavored with chili peppers. The Tsunami receives two more giant plates of pasta. Kobayashi says that it is possible to die eating competively, but “to be professional, you don’t die.” The chef congratulates Kobayashi and says he consumed 22 pounds.
Ian Hickman travels to the Spicefest hot wing eating contest. He sits next to a large heavily tatooed man. He says the wings are hard to eat because they are so dry. Chowhound Chapman emcees the contest (no mention is made of IFOCE vs. AICE issues) and announces that Hickman came in third place.
Kobayashi goes to a pizzeria after arriving in New York. He describes his precontest eating plan. The eaters assemble in Central Park for the weigh in. Janus is impressed with Kobayashi’s muscularity. George Shea says that the goal of Nathan’s is glory and the mustard belt and not money. Pat Philbin, Sonya Thomas, Rich and Carlene LeFevre appear briefly. Gersh Kuntzman of the New York Post interviews Tim Janus who says that the only way he can win the contest is by Kobayashi vomiting or dying. Tim Janus does a hot dog sprint with a goal of 6 hot dogs in 75 seconds (He takes 110 seconds) He then tries to eat 13 pounds in 30 minutes to stretch his stomach. He is disappointed in the practice with both his speed and his perceived stomach capacity.
Hickman then attends the spoonbread contest where his major competition will be senior citizen Margaret Rappart. Hickman eats with hands while Rappart uses a spoon. Hickman wins, but Margaret (who is the only female competitive eater quoted) says she could have given Ian a stronger challenge if she were younger.
Janus wakes up at 7:15 the day of Nathan’s contest. His goal is 27 hot dogs. The competitors take the bus to Coney Island. The contest begins. Tim finishes with 22.5 hot dogs which puts him at 9th place. Kobayashi finishes with 49 hot dogs and fails to break his record which he blames on his jaw getting tired. He says it takes 12 hours for his stomach to digest whatever is inside it. Tim Janus signs autographs and poses for photographs after the contest despite being disappointed in his performance.
MTV True Life summary available
MTV now has a full description of its True Life episode about Tim Janus, Ian Hickman and Kobayashi on its website. There will be some footage of Rich LeFevre as well if the show commercial represents the actual episode accurately.
Eater X fights an abstract monkey to the death
Things did not work out very well for the last person to equate a monkey with a diminutive professional athlete from Washington, DC. After that analogy was made, the 1983-84 Redskins were destroyed in the Super Bowl. Is this an omen for Sonya in the Grilled Cheese Bowl tomorrow? 😉
Eater X’s open letter to himself
The Whaler’s most recent blog entry contains an open letter from Tim “Eater X” Janus in which he describes his hopes and fears for the goldenpalace.com grilled cheese finals a week from today.
“The Whaler” submerges
The Whaler’s Tim Janus / Eater X fan blog located at http://eaterx.blogspot.com/ has apparently been deleted. It is too bad if its removal is permanent, as I found it one of the more humorous sites on the internet.
Yahoo search has the first two posts in its cache.
Updated 12/6 11:20 am – the Whaler’s blog is back up.
Humble Bob & Eater X conquer Pauliesaurus Pizza
“Humble” Bob Shoudt and “Eater X” Tim Janus were the first to conquer the “Pauliesaurus” megapizza from Paulie’s Pizza in New Brunswick, NJ, winning them a prize of $350. Beautiful Brian has a writeup of their evening on his website.
With the vanquishing of the Pauliesaurus, notable unconquered eating challenges include:
- Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 15 pound Belly Buster burger
- Clinton Station Diner’s 50 pound (4 person team) Mount Olympus burger and 12 pound Zeus burger
- The Rockford (MI) Corner bar’s 42.5 chili dogs in 4 hours. The current record has been held by Sharon Scholten, a 110 pound woman, for almost a quarter century. If this mark is bested, it is debatable if the victor should have an asterisk if he/she does not eat a giant Mexican lunch before like Sharon did. (As far as I know, Ms. Scholten’s mark is the most hot dogs ever eaten by a woman in a single session, but Sonya Thomas might change that on July 4, 2006)
Eater X fan blog
(from humblebob.com) “The Whaler” has set up a tribute blog to Tim “Eater X” Janus at eaterx.blogspot.com. It is one of the more humorous sites on the internet.
Other competitive eating fan sites
Sonya Thomas Fan Club rather minimal
“Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz Fan Club Yahoo group with a lot of articles not necessarily about Krazy Kevin
Maryland Gazette Verizon wings preview
gazette.net has a preview of Saturday’s Verizon voicewing qualifier which will be held in Bethesda on Saturday containing brief interviews of Sonya Thomas and Tim Janus. Sonya self-confidence does not seem to be affected by her recent struggles with Joey Chestnut.
Bethesda is also the home of the National Institute of Mental Health. Determining which, if any, of the entrants should check into the institute after the contest will be left as an exercise for the reader.
September 17-18 contest results
September 17 GoldenPalace.com grilled cheese qualifier, Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City
From newsok.com: (video available and registration required)
- Crazy Legs Conti, NYC, 17.5 sandwiches
- Ryan Delano, Oklahoma City,17 sandwiches
- Levi Oliver, Austin, TX 14 sandwiches
September 18 Krystal Square Off, Gwinnett County Fair, North Atlanta, GA
From ajc.com:
- Tim “Eater X” Janus, NYC, 39 Krystals
- Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough, 27 Krystals
- Shaun Kessler, 26 Krystals
September 18 GoldenPalace.com grilled cheese qualifier, Salt Lake City, UT
(updated 9/19 10:51 pm) (from ifoce.com and bigbrian.org) Ron Koch wins with 18.5 sandwiches. (No other finishers are listed) “Big” Brian Subich misses the contest due to a missed connecting flight in Phoenix.
I have been unable to find an article about the contest in the Salt Lake City papers, but I have found a polygamy news section
Nebraska Grilled Cheese Article
The Lincoln Journal Star has a full article on the grilled cheese contest at the Nebraska State Fair. It mentions that Tim Janus often ate two sandwiches at a time after soaking them in Key Lime flavored carbonated water.
Omahans Alicia Garcia and Nikki Sanders consumed 10 and 9 sandwiches respectively, totals close to the winning Sturgis result of 11.75 sandwiches. Hopefully their feeling sick after the contest will not prevent them from entering future competitions.
Tim Janus destroys grilled cheese record
At the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln, Tim “Eater X” Janus wins with a record smashing performance of 31 sandwiches. This destroys Sonya Thomas’ record of 25 set earlier this year and is the best mark so far on the Grilled Cheese circuit by almost 10. Sonya has already changed her number of records on sonyatheblackwidow.com to 25 from 26, a very classy move. Sonya might regret advising Tim Janus at the US Open that he needed to improve his stomach capacity.
From omaha.com (registration required so I will just quote the relevant part)
STATE FAIR PARK – How do you eat 31 grilled-cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes?
Dip them in water and wash them down with soda, which dissolves the bread, according to Tim “Eater X” Janus, a New York City stock broker and the No. 7-ranked speed eater in the world.
Janus, 26, established what is apparently a world record for downing grilled cheese at the fair Saturday. He qualified for the national championship in October.
About 250 people witnessed the spectacle.
Eater X, who donned face paint to psych out a dozen local rivals, said another trick is to eat big meals to stretch out your stomach.
Mike Nafziger, a chef from Fremont, placed a distant second with 14 sandwiches. Jason Smith of Bellevue finished third with 131/2 sandwiches.
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