Hey sports fans: Bored with watching the NFL on Turkey Day?
We have the sport for you: competitive eating, one of my guilty pleasures (watching it, not participating in it, mind you).
On Thanksgiving day (Nov. 22), Spike TV will air "MLE Chowdown: The Turkey Bowl" in which the world's top eaters attempt to down an entire 20-pound turkey in 8 minutes. Major League Eating’s top two stars, Joey Chestnut (the current Nathan’s Hot Dog-eating champ) and Kobayashi (the Barry Bonds of the overstuffed set), will battle it out with six top eaters, among them Plainview’s Allen Goldstein. It’ll air at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The record for whole turkey consumption — I thought you’d never ask — is held by Patrick Bertoletti, who ate 4.8 lbs of turkey in 12 minutes last November.
Burp!