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Donning the coveted Mustard Yellow International Belt, Katie Couric gives an intimate shoulder massage to Kazutoyo “The Rabbit” Arai before the 2001 Nathan’s Famous competition, while Rosie O’Donnell looks on enviously.Eric “Badlands” Booker shows who’s boss after a historic interview at the Carnegie Deli in midtown Manhattan, where he is posted on the Wall of Fame for completing the restaurant’s famous eating challenge.“Beautiful” Brian Seiken, known for his top-flight analysis of the competitive eating circuit at www.beautifulbrian.com, shows off his top-flight cheek capacity at the 2004 Freirich Corned Beef & Cabbage Eating Competition in New York City. The masked man to his left is Tim “Eater X” Janus, who was then competing in one of his first major competitions, but has now become one of the circuit’s top gurgitators.
Ryan Nerz (center, funny hat) watches closely as Rich “The Locust” LeFevre (left) and Pat Bertoletti (right) engage in a pizza eat-off at the 2004 Bacci Pizza Eating Contest. Though LeFevre won the showdown, it marked the arrival on the circuit of Bertoletti, a former lone wolf eater who has since ascended to the top of the circuit.Wing Bowl XIII. Yet another disturbing scene in the bowels of the Wachovia Center prior to Wing Bowl. An anonymous Eagles fan walks unfazed before a giant float piled high with bloodied sausage.Takeru Kobayashi (left to right), the greatest living speed-eater, with Ryan Nerz and Eric Badlands Booker, gurgitator extraordinaire and hip hop artist, after all three competed in the Jacksonville qualifier for the 2004 Krystal Square-off World Hamburger Eating Championships.
Enemies of Chicken-kind. George Shea, chairman of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, controls the crowd at the 2004 United States Chicken Wing Eating Championship in Buffalo, New York. In the foreground, champion gurgitators Donovan Busta “Nut” and “Big” Brian Subich, aka “Yellowcake,” go cheek-to-cheek, jowl-to-jowl, rifling down the wings.A massive crowd stands transfixed at Dunn Tire Park while witnessing the 2004 Chicken Wing Eating Championship in Buffalo. Notice: the three men in light blue at the bottom left of the picture are members of the infamous Wingy Dingy clan, a rabid band of nomadic competitive eating groupies.The passing of the torch. George Shea of the IFOCE passes the mic to Ryan Nerz. Some speculated that the moment was a symbolic gesture, while others noted that George simply had to use the bathroom.
Ryan Nerz, Ed “Cookie” Jarvis, and Allen “Shredder” Goldstein (left to right) strike a victorious pose at the 2004 Nathan’s Famous pre-party at the ESPN Zone restaurant in Times Square. Notice Jarvis’ famous coat, in which an airbrushed Cookie holds the trademark Cookie spoon in the left hand, and an entire home in the right.From left, Matt Lauer, George Shea, two unknown gurgitators, “Hungry” Charles Hardy, Rosie O’Donnell, and Katie Couric revel in pre-game “Today” show antics prior to the 2000 Nathan’s Famous competition.Crazy Legs Conti attempts to wash a window and eat a dozen glazed doughnuts in five minutes while dressed in flaming Speedos. The feat was a publicity stunt to promote the premiere of the documentary, “Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating” on the A&E network.

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