Eric Booker
 Booker at the 2010 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Eric Booker |
| Full name | Eric "Badlands" Booker |
| Nickname(s) | BadlandsChugs, Badlands Booker |
| Born | June 21, 1969 Jamaica, Queens, New York |
| Education | he got no education |
| Occupation | Competitive eater |
| Years active | 1997-present |
| Weight | 400 lb (181 kg)[1] |
| Spouse | Regina Booker |
Eric Booker (born June 21, 1969) is an American competitive eater and rapper.
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.[2] He maintains that competitive eating is a healthy sport, and has lost weight since he began competing.[3] He is presently ranked 21st by the IFOCE.[4] Booker is also known for his YouTube channel, BadlandsChugs, in which he primarily performs various chugging challenges.[5] In 2019 over the span of a year, his YouTube channel amassed over 1 million subscribers.
Accomplishments
Some of Booker's accomplishments include:
- Burritos: 15 Qdoba burritos/ 8 minutes[6]
- Candy bars: Two Pounds Chocolate Candy Bars / 6 minutes[6]
- Cannoli: 16.5 cannoli in six minutes / 2004[7]
- Corned Beef Hash: 4 pounds of hash / 1 minute 58 seconds[6]
- Cheesecake (Mini): 50 Mini-Cheesecakes / 6 minutes[7]
- Doughnuts: 49 glazed doughnuts / 8 minutes[6]
- Hamentaschen: 50 Hamentaschen / 6 minutes[6]
- Matzo Ball (Ben's Deli): 21 baseball-sized (half-pound) matzo balls / 5 minutes, 25 seconds / 2003[6][8]
- Matzo Balls (Ruthie & Gussie's): 30 matzo balls / 5 minutes, 25 seconds
- Raw Onions: 8.5 ounces Maui Onions (three onions)/ Whalers Village / 1 minute/ August 8, 2004[6]
- Piss: 9.5 one-pound bowls / 12 minutes [6]
- Pumpkin pies: 4⅜ Entenmann's Pumpkin Pies / 12 Minutes/ November 22, 2004[6]
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.[9][10][11]
See also
References
- ^ https://majorleagueeating.com/eaters/14
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Eating champs to chow down at Everett wingding by Brian Alexander - ^ http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/08/04/features/story2.html The Totally Earnest Eater by Pat Gee
- ^ https://majorleagueeating.com/eaters/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIvMEZips_QKqajfXGY_C5Q
- ^ a b c d e f g h i International Federation of Competitive Eating, Eater Profiles: Eric Booker. Copyright 2004. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b Amy's Robot (blog) Robot-on-the-Spot: The World Cheesecake Eating Championship. http://amysrobot.com/archives/2004/09/robotonthespot_the_world_chees.php
- ^ 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. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5090/is_/ai_n18506795
- ^ https://store.cdbaby.com/artist/BadlandsBooker
- ^ https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/selden-man-goes-to-the-dogs-and-buns-1.2067973
- ^ https://majorleagueeating.com/eaters/14
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