How I started my Professional Eatin’ Career (Continued)
I arrived at Righteous Pig BBQ in Belleville Illinois were I was to eat a 4LB Cuban sandwich, a pint of baked beans and a pint of potato salad. I was so tense and adrenaline was pumpin’ I could not tell you what was goin’ on around me that day but that I was starin’ at a large amount of food in front of me and we had 45 minutes to eat it.
I do remember there were about 10 contestants ready to beat me because they were all the fastest in their minds. I began to eat and all I could remember is I was done with the sandwich and I heard someone yell “He is drinkin’ the beans!!”. I had grabbed the pint container and just started to chug them. I was no professional at this point because this was my very first contest/challenge, I just have a thang for efficiency and productivity from bein’ on a construction site.
I finished in a lil over 7 minutes then I had gotten up to walk off my adrenaline. I was walkin’ around pickin’ my teeth with a straw for 5 or so minutes while the rest kept eatin’ to see who would get 2nd and 3rd. I thought to myself “what is wrong with them, they can’t finish this?” It was not but 2 or 3 seconds later I thought to myself again “Maybe somethin’ is wrong with me.”
Well 45 minutes went by and nobody finished but me. I then signed up for a chicken wing contest someone told me about at that event afterwards down the street a week later at 618 Big Daddy’s and beat a professional eater. I went home and googled [The top 5 food challenges in St Louis] Like on Man Vs Food but I just wanted to finish 5 for my bucket list. To this day i have over 320 wins as of 09-18-2020.
I have to tell you that I went back the next year for that Righteous Pig BBQ Cuban sandwich contest and nobody showed up but me. I finished in 2 minutes less of a time than the followin’ year and I ate a crispy delicious bbq pig snoot right after the challenge. (If you do not know what a bbq pig snoot is you are not from the St. Louis area. We also have a Gooey Butter Cake that most are not aware of either. I highly recommend you try them if in town). I have to note that Righteous Pig BBQ is no longer in business (and no it isn’t because I ate them out of business lol)
I actually turned professional because I was getttin’ kicked out of events because I ate too fast so why not be one if they was goin’ to accuse me of it?
