What technique do you use during competitive eating?

What technique do you use during competitive eating?

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...

I have a very special patented technique and it's called the wood chipper technique, but it involves putting in two pickles simultaneously. You put them in right by your molars in your teeth so you begin immediately to crunch and break down the pickle which allows for much easier swallowing. It's very important with pickles that you break them down and crunch them so that you can swallow them. People run into problems, they don't break them down and they're trying to figure out how to swallow it. What you've got to do is break it down right away, break it down hard, so when it goes into your mouth, you're good to go and you can swallow it.