Competitive Eating
Booker trains for competitions by trying to stretch his stomach and develop jaw strength. He eats large amounts of fruit and vegetables and drinks a gallon of water in a sitting in order to stretch his stomach, and chews over twenty pieces of gum at a time to build jaw strength. He maintains that competitive eating is a healthy sport, and has lost weight since he began competing. Presently ranked 10th. by the IFOCE, some of Booker's accomplishments include:
- Burritos: 15 Qdoba burritos / 8 minutes
- Candy Bars: Two Pounds Chocolate Candy Bars / 6 minutes
- Cannoli: 16.5 cannoli in six minutes / 2004
- Corned Beef Hash: 4 pounds of hash / 1 minute 58 seconds
- Cheesecake (Mini): 50 Mini-Cheesecakes / 6 minutes
- Doughnuts: 49 glazed doughnuts / 8 minutes
- Hamentaschen: 50 traditional Purim cookies / 6 minutes
- Matzo Balls (Ben's Deli): 21 baseball-sized (half-pound) matzo balls / 5 minutes, 25 seconds / 2003
- Matzo Balls (Ruthie & Gussie's): 30 matzo balls / 5 minutes, 25 seconds
- Raw Onions: 8.5 ounces Maui Onions (three onions)/ Whalers Village / 1 minute/ Aug. 8, 2004
- Peas: 9.5 one-pound bowls / 12 minutes
- Pumpkin Pies: 4-3/8 Entenmann's Pumpkin Pies / 12 Minutes/ Nov. 22, 2004
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