Subject: Competitive Eating

• The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 10/2

  October 2, 2007

• The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 10/31

  October 31, 2007

• The Morning Brew: Thursday, 12/13

  December 13, 2007

• The Morning Brew: Friday, 12/14

  December 14, 2007

• Gut Check Thing of the Year Nominee: Charlie, the Pie-Eating Bichon Frese

  December 20, 2007

• The Morning Brew: Friday, 2.8

  February 8, 2008

• Competitive Eating as an Olympic Sport?

  April 29, 2008

• The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 6.24

  June 24, 2008

• The Obligatory Post in Which Gut Check Expresses Its Disdain for the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

  July 3, 2008

• The Morning Brew: Monday, 7.7

  July 7, 2008

• The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 8.19

  August 19, 2008

• The Morning Brew: Monday, 10.27

  October 27, 2008

• Is St. Louis the New Brussels?

  July 16, 2008

• Wilkommen auf der Soulard

  October 3, 2007

• Eating Contest: Kobayashi vs. a Kodiak Bear (Really)

  Though Gut Check has a general distaste for competitive eating, the breathless commentary on this YouTube clip is too entertaining to ignore.

  May 4, 2009

• The Morning Brew: Monday, 6.15

  The woman in the mobility scooter vs. the White Castle drive-thru. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)How could the Aussies make Vegemite even more disgusting? How about introducing a version with cream cheese blended into the protein spread? (BBC News)Gut Check lifts its ban on eating contests to note the world stinging nettle eating championship. (Telegraph)

  June 15, 2009