craziest eating contests from around the world

Held in the Czech Republic where plum dumplings are a popular dish, the plum dumplings eating contest is an eating competition in which the participants eat as many plum dumplings as they can in one hour. The current Czech record is 191 pieces of this delicious dessert.

In 2004, Brian Duffield from UK managed to scoff a large 212 g (0.47 pound) onion in just 1 minute and 32 seconds.

Held during the Hester Street Fair in the East Village, New York City, the

Held annually in Stockton, California, the World Deep Fried Asparagus Eating Competition is one of the contests that Joey Chestnut has left a significant mark on. As a manytimes winner of this competition, he managed to eat almost 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of fried asparagus in 10 minutes in 2011.

As crazy as this may sound, there is a competition in which participants eat entire sticks of butter. In 2001, Don Lerman ate seven quarterpound (113 g) sticks of salted butter in 5 minutes, setting the world record for this discipline at the Glutton Bowl.