What is going through your mind during a competitive eating contest?
How much the chicks must really dig me. No, no, what is going through my mind in a competitive eating contest really is keeping my rhythm and going through the food in a methodical way and focusing on the task at hand. However, I do love to do silly things. Even though I am keeping my rhythm I am keeping my approach going, I do want to stimulate the crowd. I do this thing called “The Chowhound Chomp” or I sometimes go into a dance, a little bit of rhythm and dance as I'm eating, and that also helps me get through it too. Like if I am eating and it gets a little bit tough I can do something a little bit silly to get the people laughing, jump up and stuff like that, I mean that is great. And so even when I'm sitting there and focusing on my food, I am still kind of trying to feel for the crowd vibe as well. Again as an entertainer or as a person, I see the competitive eating event as something more than the fact that someone is eating a lot of food. I want to feel the crowd and I really want people to enjoy what they are doing, and it's important that we do enjoy what we're doing also.
