MASON, Ohio, Sept. 2, 2008

Man Chows Down 11 Pounds Of Chili

Competitive Eater "Humble Bob" Pulls Upset At Cincinnati Eating Contest

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    Bob "Humble Bob" Shoudt won $2,500 at the inaugural Skyline Chili Spaghetti eat-off Monday at Kings Island amusement park.  (www.humblebob.com)

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(AP)  A man nicknamed "Humble Bob" stuffed himself with 11.5 pounds of a local specialty called chili-spaghetti in only about 10 minutes to claim victory in a holiday eating contest.

Bob Shoudt won $2,500 at the inaugural Skyline Chili Spaghetti eat-off Monday at Kings Island amusement park.

"Humble Bob" dashed to an early lead, sucking down more than two pounds in less than a minute.

Shoudt, of Philadelphia, is ranked No. 5 by the International Federation of Competitive Eating.

He did so well at vacuuming up the pasta mixture Monday that he narrowly beat the federation's top-ranked competitive eater, Joey Chestnut. Chestnut won this year's July 4 hot dog-eating contest at New York's Coney Island with 59 dogs in 10 minutes.


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by rational_1 September 2, 2008 11:04 AM PDT
And who won the prize for being able to stay in an enclosed space with him the longest after he ate all that chili? Now that would have been a contest worth watching!
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by rillifane September 2, 2008 1:53 PM PDT
The winner announced that he would compete in the World Flatulence Cup contest which followed immediately afterwards.
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by sly_64 September 2, 2008 2:37 PM PDT
I couldn''t eat one pound of any food at one sitting. Pigs.
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by keithle1 September 2, 2008 9:12 PM PDT
Only in America do we celebrate this kid of insanity.
BARF.
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by barbaram99 September 3, 2008 12:50 AM PDT
Yep Keithle..I could not do it. That is crazy..They do all kinds of stuff like that.. One bowl is all I can eat maybe 2 if I am really hugrey..
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by slim1h2o September 3, 2008 7:28 AM PDT
Yup, What a waste of food.

Maybe they could send some of that chilly and hot dogs to Appalachia, and other areas of the U.S. that are known to have hungry people.
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by deacon20081 September 3, 2008 2:34 PM PDT
The winner announced that he would compete in the World Flatulence Cup contest which followed immediately afterwards.

Posted by Rillifane

And who won the prize for being able to stay in an enclosed space with him the longest after he ate all that chili? Now that would have been a contest worth watching!
Posted by rational_1

Geeze Louise! That is what is causing those Green House Gases! Bet the Ride Home was Splat Tacular!
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by mdean05 September 3, 2008 3:15 PM PDT
I agree with Keithle1''s post! Only in America!!! Nation of lard *****. And to make it worse, I will be paying for HIS healthcare...
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by slim1h2o September 3, 2008 3:37 PM PDT
And to make it worse, I will be paying for HIS healthcare...

Posted by mdean05 at 03:15 PM : Sep 03, 2008

Oh? How do you figure that?

Where in the article does it say he''s on public asst?

Or are you talking about when he retires? How about we take you out, and drown you in a bucket of water, so that YOU don''t affect somebody elses taxes when you retire, or get old?

How''d that be? I think this competetive eating contests are a waste of food, but it has nothing to do with any future medical costs.

And for the people that thinks that way, well,, you people are listening to much to ignorant doctors.
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by gld2slvr September 4, 2008 9:53 AM PDT
"Yup, What a waste of food.

Maybe they could send some of that chilly and hot dogs to Appalachia, and other areas of the U.S. that are known to have hungry people. Posted by slim1h2o at 07:28 AM : Sep 03, 2008"

If YOU are so concerned about the hungry people in Appalachia, why don''t YOU quit posting here and send YOUR food to them?
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by sfden September 4, 2008 12:20 PM PDT
There''s so much hunger in the country, and many people don''t realize it. It bothers me that gluttony should be considered a sport.
REPULSIVE.
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by libsluv2spit September 4, 2008 4:48 PM PDT
If YOU are so concerned about the hungry people in Appalachia, why don''''t YOU quit posting here and send YOUR food to them?


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Posted by gld2slvr at 09:53 AM : Sep 04, 2008
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when the day i start celebrating and promoting excess is the day i quit and send food to wherever..till thenI say i just have to be verbally against this.
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