Please use caution when making an attempt. From the most Big Macs eaten to the largest scoop of ice cream, discover the top food-fuelled records guaranteed to make your mouth water. Kobayashi may have left with a bit of gas, but he also left with a lot of cash -- first prize was $10,000. Joey Chestnut, the 12-time champion at the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, devoured 32 Big Mac sandwiches on Thursday for a new world record. Strangely, food eating contests are nothing new. Takeru Kobayashi ate 13 grilled cheese sandwiches in one minute, a RecordSetter world record. The record was set at the GroupMe Grill during the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. On September 23, 2006, Takeru Kobayashi set the world record at the Phantom Food Festival in Boston, for eating 41 Summer Shack lobster rolls in 10 minutes, replacing the previous record of 22 rolls. Joey Chestnut is hoping to continue his glory at the Nathan's competition on Sunday. Food and drink. By. On March 23, 2012, Ashrita Furman took down six, with an average of 10 seconds to peel and eat each boiled egg. In July 2015, Schuyler won the corndog eating contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento, CA by eating 33 corndogs in eight minutes. Dan Myers. This isn't the first time that Schuyler, who holds world records for several eating contests, has bested her male counterparts in the meat-eating department either. Legend has it the contest began when four immigrants had an eating contest to prove who was more patriotic. She also set a new record in Austin, Minnesota for the "Tendermaid Challenge" for consuming 30 burgers, 80 ounces of water, a … One of the top competitive eaters in the world, Kobayashi held the world record for hot dog eating until 2007, and he won the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island six years in … Joey Chestnut, the God king of competitive eating himself is one again aiming to shatter his own record at the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. If you thought eating an extra burger at that one party was a big deal, get ready to take a look at a burger that weighs more than some fully grown people do. According to Time, one of the earliest mentions goes back to Norse mythology, where Loki faced off against one of his servants in an eating contest.The servant won, only by eating the plate — and no one ever suggests you should follow in the footsteps of any Norse myth. iStockPhoto/ Thinkstock. NOTE: Speed eating can be dangerous. 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