The Glutton Bowl was a two-hour Fox Network eating special in 2002 sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating

International Federation of Competitive Eating

The International Federation of Competitive Eating, Inc. is an organization that supervises and regulates eating contests across the globe, acting as a central resource for the sport. Top events include the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, La Costena "Feel the Heat" Jalapeno Eating Challenge, and...

. The special, which was co-executive produced by Nash Entertainment and IFOCE co-founder Richard Shea, featured Mark Thompson and IFOCE co-founder George Shea as hosts/color commentators. The 32-eater tournament was won by Takeru Kobayashi

Takeru Kobayashi

is a Japanese competitive eater. He held the world record for hot dog eating for nearly six years, and holds several other eating records, including four Guinness Records for hot dogs, meatballs, hamburgers, and pasta....

 of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The event also included such noteworthy world record eaters as Eric "Badlands" Booker

Eric Booker

Eric "Badlands" Booker is an American hip hop artist and record-holding competitive eater.-Competitive Eating:Booker trains for competitions by trying to stretch his stomach and develop jaw strength...

, Dominic "The Doginator" Cardo

Dominic "The Doginator" Cardo

Dominic “The Doginator” Cardo is a competitive eater and a member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating . In 2001, he was featured on Glutton Bowl where he took first place in pickled cow tongue...

, Don "Moses" Lerman, Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, and Bill "El Wingador" Simmons.

Contest Set Up

The competition was set up to have 3 rounds - the qualifiers, the wild card round, and the finals. In each round competitors were to eat the most of one specified food in a set amount of time. The winner of each qualifying competition was automatically in the finals. The runner up in each qualifier competed in the wild card round and the winner of that was the last person put in the final.

Round-by-Round

The list of foods eaten in each round and the winning amount eaten are as follows (each competition was 12 minutes long):

Qualifying Rounds

• Hard-boiled eggs
  • the winner, Eric "Badlands" Booker
    Eric Booker
    Eric "Badlands" Booker is an American hip hop artist and record-holding competitive eater.-Competitive Eating:Booker trains for competitions by trying to stretch his stomach and develop jaw strength...
    
    , ate 38 eggs

• Quarter-pound sticks of butter
  • the winner, Don "Moses" Lerman, ate 10 sticks

• Whole beef tongue
  • 3 lb (1.4 kg) to each tongue
  • the winner, Dominic "The Doginator" Cardo
    Dominic "The Doginator" Cardo
    Dominic “The Doginator” Cardo is a competitive eater and a member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating . In 2001, he was featured on Glutton Bowl where he took first place in pickled cow tongue...
    
    , ate 1 tongue plus a few bites of another

• Hot Dogs
  • the winner, Takeru Kobayashi
    Takeru Kobayashi
    is a Japanese competitive eater. He held the world record for hot dog eating for nearly six years, and holds several other eating records, including four Guinness Records for hot dogs, meatballs, hamburgers, and pasta....
    
    , ate 31 hot dogs - bun and all

• Mayonnaise
  • 32 oz. per bowl.
  • winner, Oleg Zhornitskiy  ate 4 bowls which is equivalent to 8 pounds (3.6 kg) of mayo

• Hamburgers
  • 3 oz. meat patties plus the bun (fast food type burgers)
  • winner, Jed "The Jalapeno King" Donahue, ate 11

, 12 pounds (5.4 kg). sushi roll, including two 1 foot (0.3048 m) pieces of Wasabi
Jeff Robb and Donny Hansen ate a collective round of 78 pounds (35.4 kg) of wiener in 23 minutes

• • the winner, Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, consumed 3.8 feet (1.2 m)

Wild Card Round

• Cooked (but not fried) Rocky Mountain Oysters
  Rocky Mountain oysters
  Rocky Mountain oysters are bull calf testicles used as food.They are often deep-fried after being peeled, coated in flour, pepper and salt, and sometimes pounded flat...
  
  
  • 3 lb (1.4 kg)

Finals

• Cow brain (1/3 pound each)
  • one plate and on to second (10 lb per platter and 5 lb (2.3 kg) for additional platter)
  • won by Takeru Kobayashi
    Takeru Kobayashi
    is a Japanese competitive eater. He held the world record for hot dog eating for nearly six years, and holds several other eating records, including four Guinness Records for hot dogs, meatballs, hamburgers, and pasta....