Food eating competitions are considered one of the most controversial competitions in the world. While many people and medical associations find these competitions absolutely disgusting and dangerous to human health, there are many who enjoy not only contemplating them, but also participating in them. Despite the existence of a huge number of legendary competitions, such as Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, which have been running for several decades, new disciplines appear every day. From gourmet eating contests (like the World Ice Cream Eating Championship) to the weirdest competitions like the donkey penis eating contest, here are the craziest food eating contests in the world.
25th Oyster Eating World Championship
The World Oyster Eating Championship, held every June in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a speed eating, in which contestants compete for money ($1,000 to the winner). In 2011, Pat Bertoletti set a Louisiana state record by eating 468 oysters in 8 minutes.
24. World Garlic Eating Competition
The World Garlic Eating Championship is held in the village of Chidock, Dorset County, Southwestern England. In 2014, David Greenman won this competition by eating 33 heads of raw garlic in 60 seconds.
23. World Nettle Eating Championship
The World Nettle Eating Championship is another crazy festival that takes place in Dorset. This is a competition in which participants chew nettle leaves. The winner is the participant who plucked and ate the most leaves from 60-centimeter branches.
22. International Kimchi Eating Championship Chowdown
If you like kimchi (the national Korean dish), then you might like the idea of participating in the International Kimchi Eating Championship held in Koreatown, Chicago, Illinois. To break the current record, you will have to eat more than 3.86 kilograms of this delicacy in 6 minutes.
21. World Slugburger Eating Championship
In order to take part in this incredible competition, you will have to travel to Corinth, Mississippi. There you will have to eat unique burgers, which include beef patties fried in vegetable oil, as well as soy, onion, pickles and mustard. In order to break the current record, you have to eat at least 44 hamburgers in 10 minutes.
20th Jalapeno chili peppers eating contest
There are several competitions where contestants compete to eat the most super juicy peppers, one of the most famous being the World Jalapeno Eating Championship at the Texas State Fair. In 2006, a 62-year-old Nevada former accountant swallowed 247 peppers in 8 minutes, setting a new world record in the process.
19. Crocodile egg eating competition 
The Crocodile Egg Eating Competition, held at Pattaya Crocodile Farm in Thailand, is an annual speed eating competition. It consists of eating 10 crocodile eggs at speed. The main purpose of this strange is to promote local tourism.
18. Broccoli eating contest
Even broccoli, the symbol of healthy food, can be the subject of a speed eating contest. Tom "Broccoli" Landers holds the world record for eating broccoli, swallowing 450 grams of raw broccoli in just 92 seconds.
17. National Fried Mushroom Eating Championship
Mushroom lovers can compete against each other at the National Fried Mushroom Eating Championship held annually in Pennsylvania. If you can ingest over 4 kilos of fried mushrooms in 8 minutes, you have a good chance of setting a world record.
16. Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches Eating World Championship
Elvis Presley fans gather in Biloxi, Mississippi to honor the King by partaking in eating his favorite banana and peanut butter sandwiches. In 2011, Pat Bertoletti won the World Banana Peanut Butter Sandwich Eating Championship by eating 28 in 10 minutes.
15. Sushi eating contest
In April 2008, professional eater Tim ‘Eater X’ Janus set a world record for eating sushi by eating 141 pieces in 6 minutes.
14. Mayonnaise eating competition
The Mayonnaise Eating Contest, hosted as part of the Glutton Bowl, is a two-hour contest that also happens to be the most unhealthy on this list. The winner of this competition, Oleg Zornitsky, ate 4 bowls of mayonnaise, which is the equivalent of 3.6 kilograms of this product.
13. Curry eating contest
Every year in Edinburgh, Scotland, there is a curry eating contest. Before the competition begins, the organizers check the physical health of the participants and make them sign a waiver of liability before participating in the competition, as some participants then usually require medical attention. Therefore, the British Red Cross is on high alert for the duration of this competition.
12. Live roach eating contest
The record for eating live cockroaches is held by Ken Edwards of Derbyshire, England. In 2001, he ate 36 hissing Madagascar cockroaches in one minute. In 2012, a man died after eating a dozen live cockroaches as part of a similar competition in Florida.
11. Donkey penis eating contest
To enter the craziest and most incredible contest on this list, you have to travel to Beijing, China. In this competition, each participant is provided with three buckets. One of them is stuffed with fried donkey penises, the second with sauce, and the third is empty, for spitting out half-digested pieces of penises so as not to choke.
10. World Ice Cream Eating Championship
Ice cream eating competitions are held in many countries, but a new world record was set at the World Ice Cream Eating Championship in Florida in 2014. Joey Chestnut, holder of several other eating records, swallowed 7.1 liters of ice cream in 6 minutes.
9. Shrimp Wonton Eating Contest
Another one, the winner of which was Joey Chestnut. Wonton World Shrimp Eating Championship takes place in Singapore. In May 2010, Chestnut set a world record in this crazy contest by eating 380 shrimp in 8 minutes.
8. Animal testicles eating competition
This competition, part of the Animal Eating Festival, is held in some small towns in several US states such as Illinois, Montana or Michigan. As a rule, fried testicles of bulls are served to competing people. Participants must eat as many testicles as possible in 10 minutes.
7. World Crawfish Eating Championship
Chris Hendrix, who holds the world record for this competition held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, ate 331 crabs in 12 minutes.
6. World Pickle Eating Championship
During the 2010 World Pickle Eating Championship at the Isle Casino Pompano Park in Florida, Pat Bertoletti ate 2.6 kilograms of pickles in 6 minutes, setting a world record. A year later, Bertoletti also ate 274 salted jalapenos in 8 minutes.
5. Plum dumplings eating contest
The plum dumpling eating contest, held in the Czech Republic, where plum dumplings are a popular dish, is a speed eating contest in which participants eat as many dumplings as possible in an hour. At the moment, the record is 191 dumplings eaten in an hour.
4. Raw onion speed eating contest
In 2004, Brian Duffield from the UK managed to eat a huge onion weighing 212 grams in just 1 minute and 32 seconds.
3. Duck embryo eating contest
The Balut Eating Contest, held during the Hester Street Fair in East Village, New York, is one of the least appetizing contests on this list. Participants have 5 minutes to swallow as many boiled fertilized eggs as possible. The current champion is Wayne Algenio, who ate 18 baluts on his first try and 37 on his second.
2. World Deep Fried Asparagus Eating Competition
The World Roasted Asparagus Eating Championship, held annually in Stockton, California, is one of those competitions in which Joey Chestnut has made a significant mark. Being a multiple champion of this competition, in 2011 he was able to eat almost 4.5 kilograms of fried asparagus in 10 minutes.
1. Butter eating competition
As crazy as it may seem, there is nevertheless a competition in which participants eat whole packs of butter. In 2001, Don Lerman ate a 113-gram pack of salted butter in 5 minutes, setting a world record in the Gluttony Cup.
The world has been gripped by a mania for setting Guinness records.
Of course, it was not without frank nonsense, but there were also very interesting personalities
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The record in eating three lemons for a while - 28.5 seconds was set by Jim Lingvild (Jim Lyngvild) 
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In Iran and the United States set records for eating mega-sandwiches: 1 minute and 5 hours
In Tehran, the action to set a new record for the Guinness Book turned into embarrassment. Hungry residents of the Iranian capital literally ate a giant one and a half kilometer sandwich in just a minute, without waiting for the experts to measure the dimensions of the gastronomic miracle.
The production of the Iranian monster sandwich, which was officially supposed to be the largest in the world, took 700 kilograms of ostrich meat and the same amount of chicken meat. At the same time, the hero sandwich was imprudently put on public display in a Tehran park. 
3)
Poltava resident set a Guinness record for eating dumplings
The competition took place on one of the central streets of Poltava. On May 18, 19-year-old third-year student of the Poltava Cooperative University of Consumer Cooperatives Gennady Chipko set a Guinness record for the speed of eating Poltava dumplings.
He ate his portion of 12 dumplings in 52.3 seconds. According to the representative of the Guinness Book of Records Igor Pidchibiy, Chipko's record will be officially entered in the Guinness Book as a record of the First Speed Dumpling Eating Championship. 
4)
A resident of India set a record for eating hot peppers
A resident of the Indian state of Assam, Anandita Dutta Tamuli, has set a world record for eating hot peppers, reports AFP. A 29-year-old woman ate 51 pods of Bhut Jolokia (“spirit pepper”).
The famous British cooking show host Gordon Ramsey and his crew were present at the eating of the peppers. The video recording, made in Assam, will be sent to the organizing committee of the Guinness Book of Records.
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The Russian set a world record for eating pancakes at speed
A 33-year-old Russian in the village of Lakhta near St. Petersburg installed new record Guinness book on eating pancakes for speed: ate 73 pancakes in 60 minutes, Interfax reports.
The total weight eaten exceeded 2 kilograms. The achievement was recorded by the chief arbiter of the Russian Committee for the Registration of Records of the Planet. According to the organizers, they were driven to the world pancake record by "resentment for the state." 
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ice cream eating record
In 1986, in New York (USA), Tony Dowdeswell ate 1.53 kg of unmelted ice cream in 31.67 seconds. 
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Mike Hobbs, 28, a gardener from West Knighton, Dorset, has just become a world nettle-eating champion on his first try. He first tasted nettles on the eve of the competition, after which he was nicknamed the King of Nettles. He burned his face and hands so badly that they turned black. His lips turned green, and his throat burned so badly that he couldn't speak for two days. 
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Man ate 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes
San Jose resident Joe Chesnut won the hot dog speed eating championship by eating 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
The 33-year-old American won this competition for the tenth time, breaking his own record by 2 hot dogs. At the same time, the main rival of Chesnat ate only 60 buns with sausage.
The Hot Dog Eating Championship has been held every year since 1972 under the auspices of the famous New York fast food chain Nathan's. The winner receives 10 thousand dollars.
Joe Chesnut is one of the most famous "eaters" in the world. He holds records in speed eating chicken wings (188 in 10 minutes), Bavarian sausages (70 in 10 minutes), as well as victories in various speed eating contests.
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Sonia Thomas, nicknamed "The Black Widow", is a Korean American from Wisconsin, known for her achievements in fast eating.
Its weight is less than 50 kg.
* until 2000 - a record for eating hard-boiled eggs (65 eggs in six minutes 40 seconds);
* until 2000 - a record for eating chicken wings (167 wings in 32 minutes);
* August 6, 2000 - set a new world record in the sausage eating competition (35 sausages in 10 minutes);
* September 30, 2000 - set a new world record in the competition for high-speed lobster eating in the city of Kennebec (ate 44 lobsters with a total weight of 5.13 kilograms in 12 minutes);
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The Greatest Glutton
In 1963, Edward Miller ate 28 chickens at a time, each weighing 907 g. The meal took place at Trader Weeks in San Francisco (California, USA). 
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banana eating record
In 1973, at the University of California (Irvine, USA), Dr. Ronald Alkana ate 17 bananas in 2 minutes, and the weight of the edible part of each of them was at least 128 g.
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Smoked Herring Eating Record
In 1988, Englishman Reg Morris in Walsall (Great Britain) cut and ate 27 smoked herrings in 16 minutes 52.66 seconds. 
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spaghetti eating record
In 1986, Peter Dowdeswell in Halesone (West Midlands, UK) ate 91.44 m of spaghetti in 12.02 seconds. 
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In the Guinness Book of Records you can find very unusual and simply unimaginable world records.
Among the strange records, records for eating something should be noted. The most interesting among them are the following:
1. Jim Ligvild set the world record for eating three lemons at speed. He managed to eat three lemons within 28.5 seconds.
2. Residents of Iran and the United States set world records for eating huge sandwiches - one minute and five hours.
In the capital of Iran, there was embarrassment during the competition to establish a new world record. The hungry Iranians completely destroyed a huge sandwich, about 1.5 km long, in just one minute. Experts from the book of records did not even have time to take measurements of this gastronomic giant.
About 700 kg of ostrich meat and the same amount of chicken were spent on the preparation of this monster, which claimed the title of the world's largest sandwich. It was a mistake to expose this giant for public inspection in one of Tehran's parks.
3. In Ukraine, one of the residents of Poltava set a record for eating Poltava dumplings.
The competition was held in the city center. The winner was a third-year student of one of the higher educational institutions of the city.
A 19-year-old guy was able to swallow a portion of twelve dumplings within 52.3 seconds. The Guinness World Records Commissioner stated that this achievement will certainly be included in this edition without fail, as it was the world's first achievement in the fastest possible eating of dumplings.
4. One of the residents of India set a world record for eating hot peppers.
A young woman was able to consume 51 pods of one of the varieties of hot peppers. The achievement was captured on camera with the participation of Gordon Ramsey, a popular cooking show host in Britain, as well as his film crew. The entry will be sent to the organizing committee of the Guinness Book of Records.
5. In Russia, a record was set for the fastest pancake eating.
One of the residents (33-year-old man) of the Russian town of Lakhta, located near St. Petersburg, set a world record. Within one hour, he managed to eat 73 pancakes. The weight of all eaten pancakes was more than 2 kg. The record was recorded by the Russian Commissioner of the Guinness Book of Records. The organizers claim that they were motivated to hold the competition by “bitterness for the state”.
