How in the world do these people stay skinny!??! Is the body not able to digest all those calories or something???

I find these practices insulting. What a waste of food!

Lobsters from the shell? I'm guessing that was claws & tail only and not the good stuff inside the body.

I agree with LaurenG22, I can't stand eating contests. There are way too many people in the world who don't have enough to eat on a day to day basis.

How is this a "sport"??? Ridiculous!

I gained ten pounds just reading this article....

I have a feeling that this would become an olympic sport.

i watched a special on MTV i think (true life maybe) about training for a competition in competitive eating, and it's just insane what people go through. i think that there's definitely a growing audience for it, but i'm not sure why exactly. it makes me physically ill just to watch it on tv - but i guess i'm not everyone right?

I find competitive eating a nauseating sport. I gag when I see a still photo of those hot dog contests. I agree, too, that it's a waste of precious food when so many people are hungry in our own cities.

All of you who think it's such a travesty to be chowing down on competitive eating while people are hungry - the same could be said of energy prices to light ballparks at night when some of our neighbors can't pay their electric bill, or NASCAR burning oil when gas is so expensive. Your collective outrage is better spent elsewhere.

I find it insulting as well. There are too many hungry people in the world. That food would be better donated to the poor in this country

shoneyjoe, people will die more immediately if they dont have food, I think it's the most important place to spend my "collective outrage"