Seafood is one of the easiest things to digest - a bratwurst is really hard on the body.
You need to stay calm the day of the contest. Not let the weather bother me and just relax.
I think my body was built to eat 68 hot dogs. It's natural.
I like going to the doctor, being vigilant, being told that I'm healthy so I can push myself.
My birthday is always around Thanksgiving, and I always had to have turkey on my birthday. My mom was always, 'Let's celebrate your birthday on Thanksgiving.' My other siblings got to have special dinners they liked. I resented turkey. For a long time, I hated turkey. I've kind of gotten over it.
I love king crab a lot. I love good Mexican food, good tacos, and chile rellenos.
I have the greatest job in the world, and my life revolves around my love for food - particularly devouring hot dogs.
I love Italian food, such as pasta or lasagna.
I have the craziest dreams when I'm digesting a massive amount. It feels so real, it's psychedelic.
I'm lucky. My parents are, like, super hippies. They were just happy I was going to school and I wasn't getting in trouble.
It's pretty rare for them to not be in our fridge, I have usually a good supply of all-beef hot dogs.
I usually stay away from sweets.
I've learned how to gnarl the food down. It's not pretty.
There have been times when things get stuck in my throat, but you just work it up or down. Like how a swimmer probably can't imagine drowning - their bodies are so used to being in the water. I'm so used to shoving things down my throat.
Kobayashi won't talk to me. He hates me.
It was hard for me to take competitive eating serious at first. When I made people happy, I became addicted to that. It's been a fun, fun ride.
I love to eat internationally and do eating contests everywhere. Traveling around, meeting people, and doing different things.
It's pretty rare for me to be someplace that serves hot dogs and not eat one.
My weight does fluctuate, and there are extreme highs and lows in my blood sugar, so there is some worry about diabetes.
The hardest is foods I am not familiar with. Gyros, I lost that one; I don't like tzatziki sauce very much. I did kimchi in Korea, which was rough: fermented cabbage and spicy.
