In high school, one of my buddies, Dozer (that wasn’t his real name, we just called him that behind his back), took an all-you-can-eat buffet joint at their word, and ate 43 pieces of fried chicken for lunch. He was a notorious eater and a big boy too, hence the nickname Dozer (short for bulldozer). He went on to play college ball at Auburn, where I’m told he ate 30 MoonPies out of a concession stand in 20 minutes during a Charlie Daniels concert.
Times have changed. Dozer couldn’t hold a candle to the competitive eaters at the 2011 MoonPie Eating World Championship at the Lady Luck Casino in Caruthersville, Missouri. These guys take it to a whole new level. Last October, a competitive eater named Pat Bertoletti put down 60 MoonPies in 8 minutes to win the World Championship and take home $1,500. He beat out Tim Janus who only ate 41. Come on, Tim. Just 41?
Just joking, Tim. Forty-one MoonPies is pretty impressive, until you see ol’ Pat over there chewing up 19 more. Sounds like it would be a dangerous place between a box of MoonPies and either Pat or Tim. I’m a lightweight. Best I can do is about three in one sitting. And that’s only if I can chase them with a cold beer.
As you can see in the video up there (uploaded to YouTube by DeepFriedDiva, love that name), speedeating can be a little messy, and loud, with weird music. And in this case, it also requires the services of a MoonPie mascot. That’s serious.
Just keep in mind the people you see up there are probably professional competitive eaters. Or I hope so. You’d have to be to eat that many MoonPies, right? But now I’m wondering.
Dozer wasn’t a pro that I know of. He was just flat out hungry – or maybe not.
I decided to look him up. Been 25 years. We talked about football and how he ate all those MoonPies and fried chicken. And then he laid it on me:
“Awe, Mike, I don’t eat like that no more,” he said. “My wife got me on one of them diets where you can eat all you want of nothing you like. I still eat a MoonPie when the mood hits me and she ain’t around. But I’m down to 135 pounds. And I just want to let you know, I always knew y’all called me Dozer.”
Not anymore.
I wonder if the 2nd guy in knew he was in a contest LOL
This is so interesting. I’ve heard of mionpoes before but I guess I always assumed they were more like whoopie pies. How interesting to see that they look quite different.I just wanted to pop by and say how nice it was to stumble upon your blog. We were both finalists in the ile de france cheese contest and it’s always nice to meet a fellow blogger.