The Science Behind Competitive Eating | Sport Science | ESPN Archives

(July 4, 2014) Take a look back as John Brenkus and the "Sport Science" team examine how competitive eaters can consume such massive quantities.
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[@kirai7597]

Bruh my stomach isnt a condom

[@mix5951]

Lol

[@nerptheepic]

Thanks fbi

[@jingleballs2107]

FAKE FBI OPEN THE DOOR!.?

[@zacarywallace6947]

I thought i fired you ex fbi

[@ilivethetea3704]

Lol

[@nishadnishu3134]

0-9 months pregnant in 10 minutes 😂

[@mikeylopez9625]

The food is not chewed

[@gtamike_TSGK]

And yet they don't look pregnant 🤨

[@gbat2479]

Except IN YOUR STOMACH!!!

[@rfpramitgamer9819]

lagta to aisai hai

[@chou6009]

@@mikeylopez9625 yeah true

[@thelocalnoob9613]

imagine if someone punched you in the stomach while carrying 69 hotdogs

[@perfectgematriadecodesabc4259]

throw up all over their face

[@kartavyakumar6194]

@@perfectgematriadecodesabc4259 big brain 😳👉👈

[@asianpersuasion4901]

hotdog vomit machine gun xD

[@Thefackerofannuses]

He’d feel amazing after tho

[@nickmilo932]

Or a baby

[@ASMRconKiki]

I have always wondered whether competitive eaters vomited their food afterwards or not. Then I saw a hot dog eating championship and noticed they barely even chewed their food and realized it is physically impossible to vomit chunks of unchewed food. It would feel like throwing up rock and could tear your esophagus apart. I just don’t know how they are all alive and some of then even skinnier than most!!!😅

[@chikkenbonz]

I've wondered that too...that CAN'T be good for them! One other thing I've wondered... I've watched quite a few eating "challenge" videos, and most (if not all), get a small prize (small trophy, T-shirt, etc.) , their name and pic on a wall, and the food for free if completed. Ok, cool! Not a bad gig...travel the country and if you're good enough, eat for free! BUT...can you do it again? Is there a rule that says one can only complete a challenge one time? I mean...if a competitive eater can consistently put away 10lbs. of food and down the road is a steak house that has a 72oz. (6lbs.) steak challenge, could that person go like once a week to take on the challenge and eat for free once a week? There's got to be a rule against that. Or what about all-you-can-eat buffets??

[@rebbedoes]

@@chikkenbonz it's a one time thing

[@chikkenbonz]

@@rebbedoes Kinda figured that was the case. Thanks robin.

[@extraterestrial]

@@chikkenbonz I'm sure it depends on the restaurant

[@shessupersalty]

As someone who has Gastroparesis and pukes often, it comes up like butter sometimes, our bodies are designed to break food down and have it pass very quickly so I'm not to sure about the whole hot dogs but I know chunks most of the time don't actually hurt, it just feels really gross 🤢

[@vagelis9453]

Matt Stonie is the GOAT !!!

[@trevorstaub385]

Vagelis94 hey lost to Joey Chestnut last year tho

[@vagelis9453]

I think they are equal in terms of food challenges but matt stonie is far more popular because of his youtube videos

[@Ssin1235]

The way Joey eats is like half of the food is on the ground. Many times he won just because he dropped so much and he always put some potion into his mouth in the last second. IMO Matt is a better eater than Joey.

[@thepowerofgodandanime4215]

But he lost

[@frankdelange6002]

Thats correct. A goat has 4 stomachs

[@MeetYourArchitect]

Still waiting for anything scientific.....

[@roodtube6201]

Karan Vito fr hahaha

[@heinzblod3193]

yeah very scientic to demonstrate how it looks like when you put 69 hot dogs in a ballon wow, i wasn't able to imagine that. i really don't get the consequences of this decadent and stupid food practice.

[@nateitscake88]

Science of Anatomy smart ass. Generations from the 90s and up are a bunch of smart ass know it alls

[@assu4967]

So he 69 Ing hotdogs

[@Lion-O-Richie2040]

@@heinzblod3193 become a scientist then and stfu

[@rotez5813]

I can't imagine the toilet after this

[@NightmareZzK]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

[@sayli5706]

😂😂😂

[@sa_arat]

Orribile

[@mrrob8263]

😂😂😂

[@NoNo-gn6ct]

Toilet on life support

[@jonathan-zo9nh]

Oh my god. Being a competitive eater is so hard, my respects for them

[@pumppupappi]

they wont earn my respects tho :D

[@porutamin9386]

@@pumppupappi ohh boo hoo!

[@gardensofthegods]

@@pumppupappi pumpmonk ... I agree with you man it is just so gross and seems rather pointless when there's so many other types of competition out there .

[@Miister00]

respect for what? overeating? wow sheesh respect dawg frfrfr aha

[@smallsmallful]

Hard what? It’s their passion, that’s y u dun understand

[@Manargavrila]

A guy eating 69 hotdogs in 10 minutes Everyone: " *N I C E* "

[@followlokii]

Nice

[@AstroGodzilla23]

Your comment have 69 likes.

[@sabing7000]

Every one: matt stonie is the best🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jazzymade9261]

He could have eaten it in 4:20 minutes tho🤔😏

[@cultz4889]

Nice

[@420subscriberswithnovideos6]

1:39 that should be a meme

[@thischanneliscancelled3477]

Like also 69 in your comments

[@vena7429]

And 69 likes as well as of now

[@grenade_guy]

A guy from Nowhere I liked it and thought maybe people thought about it so checked comment and unliked immediately haha

[@comradecat1870]

roblox gaming 5321 i put 70 likes

[@enbybunny6827]

420 subscribers with no videos xD

[@gizmoknow-how2022]

1:03 Stonie be beat boxing😂😂😂

[@soursweet8154]

Last year he broke his own record by eating 71 hotdogs in 10 mins

[@XUIW]

And this year 75

[@Zxlxya]

The glizzy gladiator

[@LokeSenpai]

76

[@MikeyDano69]

1:39 When bae asks what we’re doing later.

[@GLJ3838]

Haha I see what you did there

[@michaeldesanta2500]

@@GLJ3838 haha i did not

[@michaeldesanta2500]

@@GLJ3838 ohhh the thing in the bed ohh

[@kirabagheera1665]

Hahaha

[@rachelleo1262]

Michael Danovich 😂😂

[@ibrahimkhan-ce6oh]

it so painfull to watch i already feel pain in my stomach

[@chokitamukherjee6960]

Seriously it's making me sick 🤢

[@belle369]

I felt nauseous..

[@juangokuz0578]

U mean in your tail

[@SanDex-V-Felix]

😂🤦

[@neo_doeswartycoon]

What if I’ll grab a knife or a needle and poke that stomach full of hotdogs

[@susanna8612]

I usually eat only small amount of food at time but went to eat restaurant and the lunch (plate of food) was huge, I literally felt heavines all the way In my lungs and heart. Maybe the stomach streched and caused pressure to other organs. It lasted only 30 minutes to one hour but it was very weird. Competive eaters eat 10 times more In one go, In long run it cannot be healthy.

[@drkrishnap]

They only train a few weeks a year.

[@hastensavoir7782]

@@drkrishnap here you are trying to justify what they consume

[@drkrishnap]

@@hastensavoir7782 or you are ignorant af

[@Maxtor-ve5nu]

imagine all that salt tho, especially hot dogs, that's just stacked up into your stomach doing damage and dehydrating your insides.

[@susanna8612]

@@Maxtor-ve5nu yup! All the salt and sugar and fat. Its not healthy.

[@Victoria-ku8dq]

Man that is crazy, and with so many mukbhangers and competitive eaters eating insane portions of food. Man it’s disturbing to think about

[@boardrfolif3]

There's not really much science here, just a guy feeding hot dogs to a balloon...

[@mikehunt3688]

Januar Tambunan hotdogology. I took some courses abroad in it.

[@anonasquamosa772]

boardrfolif3 stupid thats a demonstration of ur fcking stomach 😑 what do u expect dumbass

[@magu5127]

Actually it looks like a condom

[@axz647]

@@anonasquamosa772 it's not being stupid dumbass he is just putting a hot dog in a fucking balloon doesn't really explain much just competitive eaters ignore the nauseous reflexes and they can hold more food dumbass not 2:24 wasted

[@MrEbrilio]

me would eat those hot dogs from his balloons

[@carolinegerlach1644]

How does his stomach not rupture Science me that

[@fearinghealer6153]

Because that stomach was a condom

[@ak-cy9rn]

The stomach has acid

[@rickey7239]

Stomach has acids in it slowly breaking it down

[@kyriakosgeorgiou863]

Despite the fact that the stomach has acid and it slowly breaking the food down, your stomach won't rupture by forcing you to vomit eventually.

[@BingBangBrine]

It is stretchy

[@phapmang1891]

Very good and funny videos bring a great sense of entertainment!

[@newshound2521]

I now have no desire to ever attempt to eat that much food

[@TheDarkKnightRacist]

matt stonie has smaller body and beat chestnut in many competitions

[@eaproductions3474]

He digest faster

[@Kai.Lipsss]

he fcking legend

[@jrlomy2k]

He also pukes it up

[@lordboros2959]

One word.... black hole

[@dipaliraj1583]

Left and Right Troll 😂

[@yutoob6181]

Imagine the bathroom after that

[@JamesBond77]

Yu Toob Ewwwww !

[@TheIceManDan23]

Yu Toob 💩💀

[@NavJordaan]

😂

[@prtybrneyez18]

Imagine how many times we’ve seen bathroom comments

[@SistaLee1978]

I am worry there will be no chance for toilet

[@yokeshyoki5532]

Imagine if someone punches on stomach.😂

[@manuel1060]

dead

[@whitestararmada103]

idk how accurate that visual representation is. iv never seen a eater go from scrawny to a full term pregnancy in 1 session lol

[@RetroR0bbie]

ill never over eat again.

[@jasuu5462]

RetroR0bbie same (rage, body issues) lol...

[@EduardoFeitosa.]

RetroR0bbie Yes, you I'll

[@Medietos]

Retro R: Overeaters Anonymous is good advice if you happen to relapse again, like most of us did. (Go the 12 steps soon, don't wait and waste more life time). In today's world of extreme bodily and soul stress from Microwaves (cell phones), it is hardly even possible to quit or get healthy or stress free. We must gather and get it stopped, it is slowly weakening down humanity without us realizing because it is invisible and not warned much.

[@kaspervestergaard2383]

@@Medietos I mean just stop eating. It's not "hardly even possible to quit".

[@Medietos]

@@kaspervestergaard2383 Do you know what addiction is? And it depends on individual situation and personality, severity and duration of the eating disorder. those able to just stop as you say, won't even have to come here.

[@webechillin2348]

Wow great scientific explanation...you eat a ton of food & the stomach expands. Really put in the home work here. Maybe spend less time creating the visual & more on actual information of how this is possible?

[@MuMu124]

Webe Chillin He said in normal ppl they usually get nauseous after 1 liter of food is in the stomach..competitive eaters train themselves to ignore this reflex and are able to hold 4 liters in their stomachs

[@Jhelil]

MuMu124 thank you for repeating what the video said😒

[@nepalilyrics6464]

MuMu124 ,

[@axz647]

@@stevenrodriguez9371 homophobe

[@Sir.YeetusIII]

Exactly

[@daveyjoseph6058]

This isn’t what I was expecting to see, but it turned out to be what I wanted to see

[@amydsouza4013]

You know what's painful,the fact that they wasted 69 hotdogs:')

[@hellocoo6406]

hotdogs are a waste of food with literally no nutritional benefit

[@the_water_wizard952]

1:39 😂😂😂😂 I’ve never heard some sound so Happy while saying 69

[@ajak1849]

I bet some people have been

[@the_water_wizard952]

ghostlikemost lol You're still young yet aren’t you, I’m not going to tell you what is means unless you know how babies are made

[@kenopofficial7]

@@the_water_wizard952 ohhh roasted

[@the_water_wizard952]

KenPlayz 69 kids these days 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@royaltyk9824]

My bf did

[@snoozyporium3937]

Who else clicked on this vid because of Matt Stonie?

[@jessg5441]

Yessss

[@arsheenzahid1972]

Me 😵

[@godlesssociety7135]

NO!

[@lasersquid8196]

👆

[@GypsyHunter232UK]

I didnt. I was watching how long it would take a pig to eat a human.

[@dianajustice5682]

Great information . Thanks for sharing .

[@aakashmishra6153]

1:39 favourite part of this video😂😂

[@Jay_ish]

69 Hotdogs Everyone: ok Kids in 2019: noice

[@xhumidinzulfikari9523]

Nice

[@aurora4757]

im ur 69th like

[@blademaster-gamer1359]

Noice

[@joshualewis6765]

Nice

[@ophiolatreia93]

Noice? Learn to spell

[@Lagunero7199]

My boy Stonie the GOAT

[@jasuu5462]

Gorillajuice2009 xD

[@Uknowjusticemill]

@ssmajoris Joey is not better, most his food ends up on the floor and he dunks the food making it messy and cheating, stonie eats clean and is far faster than joey, kobayashi is good though

[@drfritz3517]

your boy going to die from a heart attack

[@julesmbc]

Molly Schuyler is intense, too

[@slxcelxfegaming]

Nobody asked

[@user-rv5bc2xh4n]

I'm so happy they did this. I've always wondered. Unreal. Thanks John

[@rarelyaccurate6252]

July 5th is his plumber's favorite day, he gets paid overtime.

[@fitzlledo8361]

1:50 that sounds meme worthy.

[@chipbro3172]

Bro this comment is from 9 months ago 🤯

[@nathancabiles796]

U pregnant bro?

[@synchrolord]

@@chipbro3172 I wonder how the baby is doing

[@_ayushmehta]

🤣🤣

[@Striker2X]

Well, i'll be damned 2 and im full.

[@sed2437]

1/2 and then i'm full lol

[@mikejameson7678]

But consistency wise, how come it doesn't appear like that on the competitive eaters? Do they digest faster than average?

[@savagetaestheticknight221]

I just ate 4 tacos and im full af. 😂😂

[@wever5077]

I missed the science behind competitive eating. I still don't know how they do it without suffering damage and whether or not they actually DO suffer any sort of damage. You can't possibly be okay to just jam all that into you.

[@BooksAndChocolate]

Of course they will suffer damage, even if they probably look healthy and fit now, they can't know the long-term effects of their actions.

[@louisakeen9316]

I think you might be asking for a ruptured stomach if you don't throw up. Fighting the urge to retch is dangerous, surely.

[@crappy_usename]

pov: stomach acid

[@brassbear3373]

They throw it all up later

[@Vic47]

@@brassbear3373 I wonder what feels worse - jamming it all in or pushing it all out later.

[@DiamondBones007]

I loved this video xp wow, more please?

[@aftab5240]

1:01 Matt stonnie❤️🔥

[@AlvaChris]

0:48 chestnut havin fun wit dem hotdugs

[@certifieddriller2517]

ceep 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😭

[@bigmacncheez1775]

Im surprised I haven't seen any 69 jokes or some gay hotdog jokes in the comment section yet

[@NEL0061]

Ghettollama Fire Just give it a second

[@Jay-kg7wk]

same

[@j3in725]

You didn't scroll far enough😂

[@dontaycox1472]

Because we're grown ups and that joke was 20 years ago a hot dog is just the leftovers pig parts it's just shaped like that get your mind right

[@akaony]

This kinda shit murders any form of libido whatsoever.

[@timothy6359]

Stefani be like: Pfft that is too easy.

[@MarcoMeerman]

What a sick phenomenon

[@bobbob5255]

1:37 someone has to make that a meme

[@garvvvmusic]

1:38

[@gian3732]

1:39

[@rohithjacob4699]

1:40

[@rohithjacob4699]

The stomach itself is a meme

[@Tatusiek_1]

1:41

[@ilovetoeatoff]

"A normal eater's stomach is buit to withstand 1 liter of food before nausea sets in." "A competitive eater's stomach is built to stretch and fit 4+ liters of food." Today I learned I'm a competitive eater.

[@thestatstories]

Stomach be like: there is no place left for the acid.

[@Chan.Is.Working.Out.]

Matt stonie is so small but he can fight with chestnut incredible!

[@zxendarko]

*SPORTS SCIENCE WAS LIT WHAT HAPPENED*

[@jaccpot]

NOBODY GIVES A FUCK Be Gone Bitch still is

[@hbizzle8037]

can you show how an erection works

[@elrafomb]

H Bizzle when you think of something very sexual you get a boner, it also happens for no reason

[@ricky6151]

It also happens when you have high blood pressure (I could be wrong its something in your body that when it gets to a high lvl that happens to it) also why would you want to see that XD???

[@vicknelonis3094]

H Bizzle it’s kinda the same thing as this video only instead of hot dogs, it’s blood

[@G_yutt]

H Bizzle 😂😂

[@TheCavefire]

Rafael M Balbin it also happens when the teacher calls you up answer the question on the white board

[@pam6489]

Someone random:He ate how many hot dogs? Me: nice

[@constanfckingtine3773]

when he shout 69 got me dead

[@tash_views]

"0 to 9 months pregnant in 10 minutes"

[@cancelok2782]

"0 to 9 months pregnant in 10 minutes!" - John 2017

[@simplexcity]

Teacher: What is 54 + 15? Me, as a kid: 1:39

[@IronMan-pr2vv]

Le stomach : Am I a condom to you?😂😂

[@IronMan-un7sv]

😂

[@grantmatthai1979]

"Eating 69 hot dogs in ten minutes"

[@johnnylanglois4562]

Grant Matthai key word hot dogs

[@lucystauffer5852]

Grant Matthai well you know what that means

[@gagamd3240]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kai1742]

Grant Matthai thats what she said

[@kiyan2157]

"0 to 9 months pregnant in 10 minutes"

[@wildcats203]

That right there use to be Gucci mane stomach.

[@Mr.Murphy2]

LOL

[@richosthoff7212]

I don't think I've eaten 69 hot dogs total in 47 years!

[@brendonhonken7239]

Useful information

[@chetchelios7614]

0-9 month's pregnant in 10 minutes definitely sounds poetic and deep... should be a love song

[@NBAKMadden]

I will never eat hotdogs again

[@ocdsworld7977]

I saw Joey and Matt once and it was awesome asf

[@jackmorrison8269]

How can people actually eat this food for fun and a living when if i actually get to eat a steak, or ribs or anything that delicious it is like a special treat lol

[@fatmoed2212]

Matt stonie: "today I'll be eating 20,250 calories worth of McDonald's!". Japanese Asmr people: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."

[@Vanishess]

its not even japanese

[@fia5594]

most of them are korean, I think

[@mobinnibom]

@@fia5594 its so cringe like they all get geared up like a warrior to eat food :/

[@Nonexistentbystanderhere]

Matt stonie can literally eat more than them

[@starflowers1751]

@@Nonexistentbystanderhere he could eat them

[@ArmedTheAsians]

That 69 part is golden for meme

[@justh4ppy85]

0:12 nice

[@dillxter7355]

A hotdog stuffer, huh? I gotta get me one of those!

[@yoha4829]

You forget about how foods can lose it volume when it get chewing and meets water (saliva) . Hot dogs bread can lose many volume just only pressing it with your hand

[@goodmorningu.s.a3595]

Me at 3 in the morning: “Sure this is interesting....”

[@julianheng1298]

I wonder how many times they had to retake the scenes because the crew kept snickering at 69

[@heavi-armed-infadel]

Reminds me of the 'Gluttony' victim in the horror movie 'Seven' with Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt. One of the best physiological thrillers of all time.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

How about a medical discussion on what massive amounts of sodium-filled foods in one sitting is doing to their bodies and kidney function? For example Stonie demonstrated a Cup-A-Noodle challenge with 15 packages with 1070 mg of sodium each-- that is 16,050 mg of sodium into the body at once. Competitive eating is a young sport and how sick will these competitors be in older years?

[@MattNeufy]

Oh god the short term effects alone make me want to hurl. I guess they must throw it all up after to prevent damage from ingredients like sodium and whatnot. Humans are a strange species...

[@Vic47]

@@MattNeufy yeah, and meanwhile somewhere lots of people are dieing of starvation...

[@MattNeufy]

@@Vic47 you see and I hadn’t even considered that! So easy for these issues to be ‘out of sight - out of mind’ eh? Strange species....

[@jamesjones3371]

No long ter damage accept a few new toilets

[@gameslayer404]

Societies have long consumed diet heavy in sodium as a preservative. It should be fine as long as you drink enough water. Also competitive eaters don’t eat like this every day.

[@davesnyder7488]

1:38 WOOO SIXTY-NINE ...kinda excited there huh, buddy?

[@cptairwolf]

What I'd really like to know is how these competition eaters get RID of 20 thousand calories worth of hotdogs. I mean it's safe to assume that the stomach cannot possibly break all this food down as it wouldn't have enough acid to do so. How do they digest all of this and does it come out as waste all at once? I can't imagine the stress this must cause the digestive system as a whole.

[@mattc825]

Puking

[@moz6388]

​@@mattc825a lot of them don't. Matt stonie once said that he never intentionally vomits and a lot of the time he never even vomits. He just lays down for the entire day and go workout in the gym and everything is back to normal.

[@charlesk4443]

It's crazy how much the stomach can stretch

[@Tracktracl]

STONIE 🐐

[@abbiewhite2174]

Matt stonie

[@Bidmartinlo]

Most sports: There to encourage good habits and getting the perfect body. This sport: FREE FOOD.

[@Vic47]

Rather "waste of food", because it's impossible to digest his amountof food at once, or even properlydigest anything if your stomach is stuffed and stretched like that.

[@bryangarcia327]

Her: My parents aren’t home what do you want to do ? Me: 1:37

[@julian-vr9mn]

thank u for this vidoe

[@sef5330]

There's problem: He's not chewing to food he's shouving it in

[@sledgetable172]

@fAiyaz _1199 nah the hotdogs don't...

[@sledgetable172]

Competitive eaters don't chew their food, so I think that's somewhat how the stomach looks like.

[@fordgalaxiefanclub7733]

LANDOOOOO

[@justclorao-o2744]

Ooh I hope honey be careful no one wants to have anything bad happened to him

[@leo_1304]

Ohhhhh uhhhhh 69!!!!

[@iktidaralam8982]

69 likes lol

[@abdourahmanediakhate3068]

69 this 69 that

[@hidereplies1425]

hahaha

[@Marc12394]

I was waiting to see how it comes out...

[@MsBebegurl0212]

His newest record is 71. Lets see how he does this year.

[@iambrowntown]

76!!!

[@yhxy_8]

wth i just searched up "matt stonie " to see if he uploaded a new video and this thing pop up.

[@TonyHemetona]

This man is not human!

[@chesscomsupport8689]

1:38 has strong meme potential

[@ezraeasley1865]

This guy needs his own spin off 😆🤦🏼‍♂️

[@lifethrownoutofthewindow]

Bae : What do you want after the awesome dinner you gave me? Me : Ofcourse, 1:39!

[@Brando5oh4]

The Human Body is Incredible

[@bond872]

Indeed

[@theonlythingihavetosayis9333]

Every animal body is

[@annnaj7181]

Competitive eaters often undergo a common and straightforward procedure to remove their stomachs. By doing so, food can pass through the digestive system more easily without the stomach slowing it down. As a side effect, they must take daily supplements to compensate for the vitamins and minerals that the stomach would normally absorb from food.

[@jesuswizard3924]

1:36 nice

[@jeremyraschle1584]

joey: set the world record with 69 hotdogs matt stonie: i‘m going to end this mens career

[@waffles9771]

Men is already plural

[@jeremyraschle1584]

ok

[@shalun3110]

Matt Stonie: Hold my beer

[@keemkorn]

1:38 me when I was a kid and saw the number 69 somewhere

[@benevolent9130]

And here am I not being able to finish half of my dish without getting anxious.. Just HOW???

[@Moodymongul]

Purging is a big thing in competitive eating, but is hidden ..like steroids and weightlifting :) Train by repeatedly stretching the stomach and purging. Also, doing this say a day or so before a contest is also a technique used. Sometimes its known as 'zen eating' :) A great figure from competitive eating history to look into is Peter Dowdeswell (a natural at the game, with a super fast metabolism). His drinking records, at his peak form, were truly scary. He never even 'felt' drunk in his life (due to his fast metabolism). The only way to get tipsy for him (just for a minute) was to down a bottle or two of strong spirit. His unofficial 'back room' bar records are a thing of legend too. ;-)

[@bmw1175]

Probably can’t touch Andre the giant.