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<\/td>\nIn the last few years competitive eating has been transformed
\n into a national circuit complete with television coverage,
\n prize money and its own governing body, the International Federation
\n of Competitive Eating.<\/p>\n
The federation oversees 150 events and counts 3,000 eaters in its register.
\n Its competitions boast strict rules and regulations — vomiting leads to
\n automatic disqualification; any food in the mouth at the buzzer counts
\n if swallowed thereafter.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Its competitors include superstars like the 144-pound Japanese
\n professional speed-eater Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi, a 25-year-old who
\n holds the world record of 50 1\/2 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. Kobayashi
\n is said to make more than $150,000 a year between the American and Japanese
\n circuits.<\/p>\n
from the New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the last few years competitive eating has been transformed into a national circuit complete with television coverage, prize money and its own governing body, the International Federation of Competitive Eating. The federation oversees 150 events and counts 3,000 eaters … Continue reading