Man Eats 247 Jalapenos to Win Contest

[almaty 19]

A 62-year-old retired accountant from Nevada swallowed 247 peppers in eight minutes to win the Jalapeno Eating World Championship at the State Fair of Texas.

Richard LeFevre won $2,000 for prevailing in Sunday's contest, which was sponsored by the International Federation of Competitive Eating.

"I love to eat, and I love to compete, so the two go pretty well together," said LeFevre, the world's eighth-ranked eater according to the federation.

LeFevre, who has also won the fair's World Corny Dog Eating Contest three times, said his winning strategy was to mix three or four peppers in his mouth with a swig of milk before swallowing.

LeFevre was one of four professional eaters who took the top four places in the competition.

Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas said she had never eaten a jalapeno before the contest. Ranked third in the world by the federation, she downed 239 peppers to take second place and $1,000 in prize money.

Christopher Huang, of Arlington, entered the competition even though he doesn't normally eat spicy foods.

"I eat mild salsa," Huang said. "But there's nothing like putting yourself through a lot of pain for no reason."

The 26-year-old required several minutes of recovery time after eating 53 jalapenos.

"I cant feel my face," he said when he was able to speak again.

Dr. Daniel DeMarco, a gastroenterologist and director of endoscopy at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, said the amount of jalapenos consumed in an eating contest is more harmful than the burn.

"It's really pretty stupid," DeMarco said. "Like any sort of abuse of your body, it doesn't make any sense."

He said long-term complications are unlikely, but there are some risks.

"If they get sick, they're going to be vomiting it up, and that can cause esophageal tears," he said.

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[Fandango 1,439]

and he'll pay $6k for the hospital bill when his azz is a ring of fire

[CarolineM 0]

My interpretive smiley montage

[ieldanth 0]

He'll regret that in a few hours...

...so will anyone else in the house.

[Marc and Olga 0]

Yummy!

OH MY tummy!

OW! MY BURNING BUMMY!

[almaty 19]

he be like the terrence and philip movie (south park)..azzes on fire

[Jenn! 918]

Jalapenos are nuthin. Let's see him eat 247 habaneros, THEN I'll be impressed...

[rclouse 0]

Were they the merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenango, grown deep in the jungle primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum?

[sercontigo 1]

There is nothing folks won't do for either money, shock value, or 15 SECONDS of fame!

[Vipul and Jamie 0]

He sure did, and Vipul and I stood there and watched him do it too. We were at the State Fair of Texas on Sunday and had a blast. It was so hot and there were tons and tons of people.

-Jamie

[ieldanth 0]

Jalapenos are nuthin. Let's see him eat 247 habaneros, THEN I'll be impressed...

He would be hollow afterwards, but yeah. Never have to worry about tasting anything else for the rest of his life...

...all 15 seconds of it.

[Sharon 1]

He sure did, and Vipul and I stood there and watched him do it too. We were at the State Fair of Texas on Sunday and had a blast. It was so hot and there were tons and tons of people.

-Jamie

Hi Jamie!

[AnaAndDaniel 0]

they better hope they don't have any problems 'down there' .

Daniel

:energetic:

[babybunny 2]

and he'll pay $6k for the hospital bill when his azz is a ring of fire