Iguana's... Home of the Burritozilla right here in San Jose, California.
As the days are counting away from the recent 2008 Nathan's hot dog contest, my closer friends and I started talking about competitive eating evens sanctioned by the I.F.O.C.E./Major League Eating versus eating challenges around the country. Now, we found that not many events are held near San Jose or even Northern California alone, so we start pondering about challenges instead. With the rising costs of gas per gallon, not everyone having a reliable source of transportation, or even a good source of income (broke college students!) our travels are limited. Collectively we all have been fans of competitive eating, this unique spectacle, for roughly over 2 years now. My friend J was happy to compete in the Stockton Asparagus festival this year against many of the elite eaters as a sort of last minute entry into the contest. After that, we had talking back and forth about training for mass consumptions of food (as amateurs), whether it be for another eating competition or challenge itself. Quite a few of us are from San Jose and have eaten at La Victoria aka La Vic's (home of the famed orange sauce) and Iguana's (home of the Burritozilla, 5 lbs. worth of 'ish!). Yes, the infamous Burritozilla, where I believe Mr. Joey Chestnut himself got his competitive eating start (it was either that or the lobster contest in I think Reno?).
Now, my friends and I know that the average stomach can't quite possibly consume that gigantic burrito on an everyday basis, so we thought as a fun little friendly thing that we would try eating this Burritozilla. I, myself, can barely finish a 2 1/2 pound burrito, let alone double that size! We've debated back and forth how we would "train" for this attempt, and at no point do we recommend that people try this at home without realizing the possible short term risks involved (reversal of fortunes, altered metabolisms and diets, etc) I know the record overall is under 5 minutes, and I began to wonder, what's the female record and have there been many girls/women that have attempted it? I haven't quite looked into it yet, and I am back and forth on whether or not to try it. I know my friend J will be attempting the Burritozilla sometime in late August and if i choose to participate it'll be at the same time as well. Well, if any one of us decide to "train" for the Burritozilla, it'll kind of be like an experiment (only leading up to the day we actually eat it) and we would return to our normal diets right after. We'll probably do a mini-report on what it's like to prepare ourselves (or just my friend himself) in expanding stomach capacity and whatever other elements are involved. 'Til then yardbarkers!
As the days are counting away from the recent 2008 Nathan's hot dog contest, my closer friends and I started talking about competitive eating evens sanctioned by the I.F.O.C.E./Major League Eating versus eating challenges around the country. Now, we found that not many events are held near San Jose or even Northern California alone, so we start pondering about challenges instead. With the rising costs of gas per gallon, not everyone having a reliable source of transportation, or even a good source of income (broke college students!) our travels are limited. Collectively we all have been fans of competitive eating, this unique spectacle, for roughly over 2 years now. My friend J was happy to compete in the Stockton Asparagus festival this year against many of the elite eaters as a sort of last minute entry into the contest. After that, we had talking back and forth about training for mass consumptions of food (as amateurs), whether it be for another eating competition or challenge itself. Quite a few of us are from San Jose and have eaten at La Victoria aka La Vic's (home of the famed orange sauce) and Iguana's (home of the Burritozilla, 5 lbs. worth of 'ish!). Yes, the infamous Burritozilla, where I believe Mr. Joey Chestnut himself got his competitive eating start (it was either that or the lobster contest in I think Reno?).
Now, my friends and I know that the average stomach can't quite possibly consume that gigantic burrito on an everyday basis, so we thought as a fun little friendly thing that we would try eating this Burritozilla. I, myself, can barely finish a 2 1/2 pound burrito, let alone double that size! We've debated back and forth how we would "train" for this attempt, and at no point do we recommend that people try this at home without realizing the possible short term risks involved (reversal of fortunes, altered metabolisms and diets, etc) I know the record overall is under 5 minutes, and I began to wonder, what's the female record and have there been many girls/women that have attempted it? I haven't quite looked into it yet, and I am back and forth on whether or not to try it. I know my friend J will be attempting the Burritozilla sometime in late August and if i choose to participate it'll be at the same time as well. Well, if any one of us decide to "train" for the Burritozilla, it'll kind of be like an experiment (only leading up to the day we actually eat it) and we would return to our normal diets right after. We'll probably do a mini-report on what it's like to prepare ourselves (or just my friend himself) in expanding stomach capacity and whatever other elements are involved. 'Til then yardbarkers!
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