Contestants faced off in a Washington, D.C. eating contest on Wednesday — to see who could gobble the most burgers in 10 minutes.
The winner, Molly Schuyler, of California, ate a whopping 32 burgers in 10 minutes and took home the grand prize of $1,500 for the fifth year in a row.
Schuyler, a ‘dainty’ mother of four, is ‘taking the competitive eating world by storm,’ the host told the audience.
Molly Schuyler, of California, ate a whopping 32 burgers in 10 minutes and took home the grand prize of $1,500 at Z-Burger’s burger eating championship for the fifth year in a row
Schuyler proudly patted her visibly rotund belly after gobbling up more than 30 burgers. She ate eight more than the second-placed contestant
Schuyler chowed down while standing up — a ‘little trick’ the host said she has for winning.
She stuffed the food into her mouth and washed it down with slugs of water, seemingly without chewing.
When the time was up, contestants had to ‘hold it down’ for two minutes to avoid disqualification while the judges checked their scores.
Contestants ate their way through a mountain of hamburgers and win a cash prize of $1,500 in Tenleytown on Wednesday
Competitors had 10 minutes to eat the burgers in front of them. After 10 minutes, they had to wait two minutes without throwing up to avoid disqualification
Schuyler managed eight more burgers than the second-placed contestant, and beat her score from last year, when she consumed 27
Schuyler proudly patted her visibly rotund belly.
‘You gotta be hungry!,’ she told Fox 5.
As the judge’s pre-made score sheets only went up to 30, they had to scrawl hand-written ones when Schuyler exceeded this number.
A competitive eater’s stomach can be trained to become ‘an enormous flaccid sac capable of accommodating huge amounts of food’
Z-Burger’s Tenth Annual Independence Burger Eating Championship kicked off the Fourth of July festivities in Tenleytown
Schuyler broke the Z-Burger’s Annual Independence Burger Eating Championship record with her 32 burgers
She managed eight more burgers than the second-placed contestant.
It’s no surprise that she beat the competition, as her Facebook page states that she is ranked the number one female independent competitive eater in the world.
Schuyler beat her score from last year, when she consumed 27 burgers.
The voracious victor took home the $1.5k cash prize for the fifth time in a row after eating 27 burgers at last year’s contest
As the judge’s pre-made score sheets only went up to 30, they had to scrawl hand-written ones when Schuyler exceeded this number
It’s no surprise that Schuyler beat the competition, as her Facebook page states that she is ranked the number one female independent competitive eater in the world
‘If you are ever out there and you are eating too much on Thanksgiving or you go to the buffet and you eat too much, I’m doing the exact same thing as you, only I’m getting paid,’ Shuyler told WJLA at the time.
Competitive eaters can often stretch their stomach beyond its typical 1-liter capacity — which is five times the organ’s resting size.
A competitive eater’s stomach can be trained to become ‘an enormous flaccid sac capable of accommodating huge amounts of food,’ according to a 2007 study.
Z-Burger’s Tenth Annual Independence Burger Eating Championship kicked off the Fourth of July festivities in Tenleytown.
Its founder, Peter Tabibian, believes it is ‘the biggest hamburger eating contest in the world’.