Spike TV is hoping to capitalize on the Super Bowl’s huge TV audience by airing what’s it’s billing as “Major League Eating’s Chowdown Championships” during halftime.
The 30-minute show will feature some of the “sport’s” top competitive eaters, including Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Eater X.
To whet fan’s appetite for the show, the contestants are offering these top 10 tips for Super Bowl snackers:
10. Limit alcohol intake: Beer and wine take up valuable space that could be used for food and excessive drinking could cause you to lose focus on the matter at hand – eating.
9. Dunk your food: All champion eaters use the dunking technique. Whether it be pizza, pretzels, chips or deviled eggs, food goes down easier when it’s wet.
8. Remain standing: Sitting compresses the stomach and reduces its ability to expand. An erect torso facilitates speedy swallowing.
7. Get to the party early, eat fast and get down as much as you can as soon as you can: This way your stomach doesn’t have the chance to tell your mind it’s full, and by halftime you’ll be well ahead of your fellow revelers.
6. Create a distraction: If the women are crowding the buffet, yell: “Hey, Brady is taking off his shirt!” If men are crowding the food yell: “Wardrobe malfunction, Giants cheerleader!”
5. Help out in the kitchen: Hang out where the food prep goes down. You can always DVR the game and watch it later.
4. Suggest the food is spoiled: Start gagging immediately after tasting the cheese dip and pretend to empty the content of your mouth into a napkin. Guests will avoid the item after this move, leaving it all for you.
3. Pick up the take out: Offer to run to the restaurant to pick up the food. Eat as much as you can on the drive back and blame the restaurant for messing up the order.
2. Place the chips and dip on your lap: Manners will prevent the women from reaching onto your lap (men will not even consider it), allowing you to hoard food for later in the event.
1. Sneeze on the wings: Enough said.
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