Английская Википедия:Eric Booker
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox sportsperson Eric James "Badlands" Booker, also known by his online pseudonym BadlandsChugs, is an American competitive eater, rapper, and YouTuber. He holds seven Major League Eating recognized world records,[1] three Guinness World Records,[2] is a three-time Nathan's Lemonade Chugging Contest champion, and competed in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest every year from 1997 to 2018.[3][4]
Biography
By 20, Booker began training his chug skills and training to compete in food championships. Booker lives on Long Island. Booker is 6 ft Шаблон:Frac in (1.96 m) tall and weighs Шаблон:Convert.[5]
Competitive eating career
Booker trains for competitions by trying to stretch his stomach and develop jaw strength. He eats large amounts of fruit and vegetables and drinks gallons of water in a sitting position in order to stretch his stomach and chews over twenty pieces of gum at a time to build jaw strength.[6] He maintains that competitive eating is a healthy sport and has lost weight since he began competing.[7] As of 2022, he is ranked 27th by the IFOCE.[8] Booker is also known for his YouTube channel, BadlandsChugs, in which he primarily performs soda chugging challenges.[9] In 2019, over the span of a year, his YouTube channel amassed over 3 million subscribers.
At the 2021 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Booker won a lemonade drinking contest, drinking a gallon of lemonade in under 40 seconds.[10] He captured his second lemonade chugging contest title in 2022,[11] and repeated in 2023, setting a record of 23.08 seconds.[12]
Accomplishments
Some of Booker's accomplishments include:
- Burritos: 15 Qdoba burritos/ 8 minutes[13]
- Candy bars: Two Pounds Chocolate Candy Bars / 6 minutes[13]
- Cannoli: 16.5 cannoli in six minutes / 2004[14]
- Corned Beef Hash: 4 pounds of hash / 1 minute 58 seconds[13]
- Cheesecake (Mini): 50 Mini-Cheesecakes / 6 minutes[14]
- Doughnuts: 49 glazed doughnuts / 8 minutes[13]
- Hamentaschen: 50 Hamentaschen / 6 minutes[13]
- Matzo Ball (Ben's Deli): 21 baseball-sized (half-pound) matzo balls / 5 minutes, 25 seconds / 2003[13][15]
- Matzo Balls (Ruthie & Gussie's): 30 matzo balls / 5 minutes, 25 seconds[16]
- Raw Onions: 8.5 ounces Maui Onions (three onions)/ Whalers Village / 1 minute/ August 8, 2004[13]
- Peas: 9.5 one-pound bowls / 12 minutes [13]
- Pumpkin pies: Шаблон:Frac Entenmann's Pumpkin Pies / 12 Minutes/ November 22, 2004[13]
- Lemonade: Nathan's Famous chug contest / 1 gallon lemonade / 23.08 seconds / July 4, 2023[12]
- In May 2021, he set the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to drink two litres of soda (18.45 seconds).[17]
- In June 2022, he set two more Guinness World Records, drinking 1 liter of soda in 6.8 seconds and 1 liter of tomato juice in 1 minute and 18 seconds.[2]
Music career
Since 2004, Booker has performed and recorded competitive eating themed hip-hop as Badlands Booker, and he frequently performs selections from his albums at competitions.[18][19][5] Besides his own nine albums, Booker has also made guest appearances on albums by Jendor and Loser's Lounge.[20] Much of the music used on his YouTube channel is created by himself and his son Brandon Booker (OKHIPHOP).
Title | Year |
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Hungry & Focused | 2004 |
Hungry & Focused II: The Ingestion Engine | 2005 |
Hungry & Focused III: The Reframing | 2006 |
Hungry & Focused IV: Fork, Knife & Mic | 2007 |
Extended Play | 2009 |
Surf & Stillwell | 2010 |
Big Man Mentality | 2011 |
Surf & Stillwell 2 | 2017 |
Surf & Stillwell 3 | 2018 |
Big Man Mentality 2 | 2019 |
See also
References
External links
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- ↑ The Jewish Advocate; April 2005: by Nogg, Ozzie. Matzah ball-eating contest proves mother was right; Eric Booker cleans his plate, eats 21 matzah balls in five minutes. [3]
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