What is your favorite competitive eating contest?

What is your favorite competitive eating contest?

Arnie "Chowhound" Chapman (Competitive Eater) gives expert video advice on: What do you love about the competitive eating contest?; What is your favorite competitive eating contest?; How do you get ready for a competitive eating contest? and more...

My favorite eating contest would be a contest , whether I'm involved in it or not, that two guys, or three guys or gals, are coming down to the end and they're battling bite for bite, and the crowd's really getting into it, and maybe a couple guys that are eating, they're not even in the contest anymore, but maybe they get up and do something silly. Some guy pulls his shirt up and hits his stomach, somebody pours water on top of their head. So to me, if you ask me, what's the best competitive eating event, it's not just some guy sitting around eating 40 pounds of elephant s**t, it's also the fun they're having, how they're interfacing with each other, the sportsmanship is an important part of it. Whether you have a good day or a bad day, there's a fellowship here so you have to respect the other eater for what they're doing. I'll say it again, the best competitive eating event is when you have all those elements coming in at the same time.