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==Biography==
==Biography==
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==Competitive eating career==
==Competitive eating career==

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Booker at the 2010 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest
Personal information
Nickname(s)BadlandsChugs, Badlands Booker
Born (1969-06-21) June 21, 1969 (age 55)
Queens, New York, U.S.
OccupationCompetitive eater
Years active1997–present
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight400 lb (181 kg)[1]
SpouseRegina Booker
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Subscribers3.31 million[2]
Total views342 million[2]
NetworkFox/FS1
100,000 subscribers2018
1,000,000 subscribers2019

Last updated: January 8, 2023

Eric James Booker (born June 21, 1969), known professionally as Badlands Booker or BadlandsChugs, is an American competitive eater, rapper and YouTube personality. He holds seven Major League Eating recognized world records,[3] three Guinness World Records,[4] is a two-time Nathan's Lemonade Chugging Contest champion, and competed in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest every year from 1997 to 2018.[5][6]

Biography

By 3 months old, Booker began training his chug skills and training to compete in food championships. Booker lives on Long Island. He is married to Regina Booker. Booker is 6 ft 5+14 in (1.96 m) tall and weighs 400 lb (180 kg).[1]

Competitive eating career

Booker trains for competitions by trying to stretch his stomach and develop jaw strength. He eats large amounts of fruit and vegetables and drinks a gallon of water in a sitting in order to stretch his stomach and chews over twenty pieces of gum at a time to build jaw strength.[7] He maintains that competitive eating is a healthy sport and has lost weight since he began competing.[8] As of 2022, he is ranked 27th by the IFOCE.[9] Booker is also known for his YouTube channel, BadlandsChugs, in which he primarily performs soda chugging challenges.[10] In 2019, over the span of a year, his YouTube channel amassed over 3 million subscribers.

At the 2021 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Booker won a lemonade drinking contest, drinking a gallon of lemonade in under 40 seconds.[11] He captured his second lemonade chugging contest title in 2022.[12]

Accomplishments

Some of Booker's accomplishments include:

Music career

Since 2004, Booker has performed and recorded competitive eating themed hip-hop as Badlands Booker, and he frequently performs selections from his albums at competitions.[19][20][1] Besides his own nine albums, Booker has also made guest appearances on albums by Jendor and Loser's Lounge.[21] Much of the music used on his YouTube channel is created by himself and his son Brandon Booker (OKHIPHOP).

Discography[21]
Title Year
Hungry & Focused 2004
Hungry & Focused II: The Ingestion Engine 2005
Hungry & Focused III: The Reframing 2006
Hungry & Focused IV: Fork, Knife & Mic 2007
Extended Play 2009
Surf & Stillwell 2010
Big Man Mentality 2011
Surf & Stillwell 2 2017
Surf & Stillwell 3 2018
Big Man Mentality 2 2019

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Eric "Badlands" Booker". majorleagueeating.com. Major League Eating. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "About BadlandsChugs". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Eric "Badlands" Booker". majorleagueeating.com. International Federation of Competitive Eating, Inc. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "YouTuber chugs litre of Mountain Dew in 6.8 sec to break record".
  5. ^ Stein, Sam; Cherkis, Jason (July 2, 2015). "One Very Large Man's 18-Year Quest For Hot Dog Eating Glory". huffpost.netblogpro.com. BuzzFeed, Inc. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "Results from The 2018 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest". majorleagueeating.com. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Seattle Times: Food & wine: Eating champs to chow down at Everett wingding". Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010. Eating champs to chow down at Everett wingding by Brian Alexander
  8. ^ [1] The Totally Earnest Eater by Pat Gee
  9. ^ "Rankings". majorleagueeating.com.
  10. ^ "BadlandsChugs - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  11. ^ "Eric 'Badlands' Booker wins inaugural Nathan's chug contest". espn.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  12. ^ "Eric "Badlands" Booker won the Nathan's lemonade chug and celebrated with a massive burp". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i International Federation of Competitive Eating, Eater Profiles: Eric Booker. Copyright 2004. "International Federation of Competitive Eating - IFOCE". Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  14. ^ a b Amy's Robot (blog) Robot-on-the-Spot: The World Cheesecake Eating Championship. [2]
  15. ^ The Jewish Advocate; April 2005: by Nogg, Ozzie. Matzah ball-eating contest proves mother was right; Eric Booker cleans his plate, eats 21 matzah balls in five minutes. [3]
  16. ^ "Eric 'Badlands' Booker wins inaugural Nathan's chug contest | Watch ESPN".
  17. ^ "YouTuber BadlandsChugs dominates Nathan's lemonade chug for 4th of July". July 4, 2021.
  18. ^ "Fastest time to drink two litres of soda".
  19. ^ "CD Baby Music Store". store.cdbaby.com.
  20. ^ "Selden's 'Badlands' aims for Nathan's title". Newsday.
  21. ^ a b "Badlands Booker". Spotify. November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)