What is your competitive eating strategy?

What is your competitive eating strategy?

Arnie "Chowhound" Chapman (Competitive Eater) gives expert video advice on: What is your competitive eating strategy?; Why does your competitive eating strategy work best?; What technique do you use during competitive eating? and more...

My strategy with pickles, I do have a technique that I patented, copyrighted... not really, but it is where you put two in a time. Obviously there are some types of pickles that don't lend itself to that, the long cucumber-type pickles you can not do two at a time and it is absolutely, I mean it is impossible. But basically, most competitions which would you either have delta-type pickles or the hard, sour-type pickles you can put two in at a time. And then, I put them in through my back teeth and I chomp them and then I do strong swallows. And I'm very methodical, I take them and put them in. You see, pickles you don't want them to just blast out in the beginning. You have got to get your rhythm. Rhythm is extremely important in pickles. And what is more important than getting off to an incredibly fast start is your technique taking the pickles and putting them in, chomping them, hard swallows and boom! Then go into the next one and not losing much time in between that. That is the technique I use and I am telling you if you want to be a champion pickle eater, after I give up the title, listen to how I am telling you to eat pickles, because I am on to something here.