While millions of Americans will sit down Thursday to enjoy a traditional turkey roast, eight self-confessed gluttons instead set out to reduce the festivities to a bite-sized 12 minutes, and without skimping on the portions. The rules state that competitors should eat as much as they can in the time allocated, unless one of the entrants is judged to have finished all the meat on the 5.5 kilogram (12-pound) bird, at which point the clock is stopped. Pat Bertoletti, a 21-year-old student of culinary arts from Chicago, claimed victory after getting through almost 2.2 kilos (4.8 pounds) of lightly seasoned and slowly roast turkey, smashing last year's record.
A relative newcomer to the sport, Bertoletti -- who chose cranberry juice to wash down his ample mouthfuls -- said he realized as a child he could eat too much and had got into competitive eating within the last two years.
He said he'd be taking a day off from turkey on Thursday, and would instead be cooking Venison wrapped in bacon.
He only has a couple of weeks to rest before his next contest, this time hoping to scoff down between three and five kilos of meatballs in a 12 minute slot. "It's a great sport," he enthused.
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