Matt Stonie entered the world of competitive eating to make a name for himself, and he's
ingested some pretty crazy stuff in massive amounts, and mostly just for fun.
Here's what takes the cake when it comes to the craziest things he's ever eaten.
It's one thing having a voracious appetite, but it's another mustering up the guts to
stuff your face with so much food you know full-well that you'll be paying for it for
at least the next 48 hours.
Well, eating 125 cupcakes in one sitting will have you familiarizing yourself with that
porcelain god pretty quickly.
Matt Stonie knows this all too well.
Even though the tray of vibrantly colored frosted cupcake tops looked like a party ready
to explode, the resulting bloated stomach Stonie showed the camera is cause for anything
but a celebration.
He managed to take down all 125 in under 10 minutes, one by one, and just washing them
down with a quick gulp of water.
To make the whole process as efficient as possible, Stonie removed all the wrappers
before the timer began so it was simply a pop-and-go cupcake feast…a feast that only
sounds like it would be a dream come true.
The reality?
Maybe…not so much.
A lot of honey
Whenever you're discussing a previous night's meal with a friend, you never want to describe
your food intake in pounds, that's way too much.
But, for Stonie, adding a few temporary notches to his belt is a weekly activity, and when
he discusses his meals, "pound" is a word he throws around regularly.
Case in point: the honey challenge.
Stonie found himself in a sticky predicament, staring at two pound-and-a-half bottles of
honey on his kitchen counter, but he knew full-well the only way out was chugging that
thick syrupy nectar until it's gone.
And man, did he go for it once that clock started.
Slugging it like an energy drink, you could see the pain.
But, in typical Stonie fashion, the champion came out on top and polished off both of those
golden plastic bear-bottles.
Competitive eating goes hand-in-hand with both volume and speed.
Sure, taking down seven dozen hot dogs is quite the feat, but how fast can someone make
it happen?
Stonie knows time is of the essence during his challenges, and he only gave himself one
single minute during his 80-marshmallow-eating extravaganza.
What a chaotic 60 seconds it was.
Giving yourself one minute to do anything means you have no time to dilly-dally, so
when that timer started racing, Stonie began shoving fistfuls of those puffy white morsels
into his face with some serious aggression.
He had his trusty water right there with him to wash everything down, and once that clock
finally hit 60 seconds, our boy was stuffing the last of those 80 marshmallows into his
mouth.
Will s'mores be next?
You never can tell what the fans are going to ask for next…and what he's going to deliver.
"First, you take the graham.
You stick the chocolate on the graham.
Then you roast the mallow."
Not only is the Super Bowl a great day to gather with friends and watch an intense football
bout while shelling out a healthy dose of smack-talking, but it's also a perfectly acceptable
time to put aside the diet and indulge in those cheat foods you're always thinking about.
The Super Bowl brings out the glory and the gluttony in us, and when you have an appetite
like Stonie, there's a whole lot more gluttony going on.
Welcome to the Super Bowl challenge.
Who knows if Stonie is actually a football fan, but he made sure to eat enough Super
Bowl food for an entire room of gridiron fanatics.
He laid out an entire pizza full of toppings, a massive bowl of Doritos, three bowls of
refried beans, three burgers, and a tub of everyone's favorite Super Bowl staple: buffalo
wings, 75 of them.
It was enough food to feed a neighborhood, but that didn't stop Stonie from demolishing
it.
One hour and 20,000 calories later, he was so full he couldn't even move.
But, he was victorious, and at the end of the day, that's what really matters, isn't
it?
Waffles make mornings better, plain and simple.
Who can resist drizzling that sweet syrup into those square pools and letting it soak
into the bread, making for a delicious way to start the day?
Well, while enjoying a waffle or two puts a smile on your face, staring at 100 Eggo
discs is a totally different situation.
In fact, it might turn you off of waffles for good.
Well, luckily for us, Stonie stepped up to the challenge so we don't have to.
This was actually the second time he attempted this challenge.
The first time, back in 2013, it took him a little over a half hour to complete, and
he wanted to step his hustle up in preparation for the 2019 San Jose Barracudas' World Waffle
Eating Championship.
After pouring a healthy amount of Aunt Jemima's on each 50-waffle pile, he took down almost
eight pounds of Eggos in just over 15 minutes!
That's some serious breakfast-time dedication that makes everyone else look like an amateur.
"You have to pay for those!
Stop right there!
Thief!
Thief!"
No one liked hearing the words "eat your vegetables" at the dinner table growing up.
Who has time for greens when dessert is sitting on the counter just waiting for hungry mouths
to devour it?
Well, if Stonie's broccoli challenge proves anything, it's that his parents probably didn't
have to tell this guy to eat his veggies, he did it on his own in great quantities.
But, even those of us who absolutely loved adding roughage to our diets would find it
tough to stomach 500 grams, or in other terms, about a pound, of completely raw broccoli.
One pound might not sound like a lot in the world of competitive eating, and it's not,
but when you're choking down dry raw broccoli, that pound is a struggle to get through, even
with several glasses of water.
Yet, six minutes into the challenge, however, the broccoli was gone, and Stonie walked away
a victor yet again.
Imagine eating over 1,000 pieces of anything.
You virtually can't.
It's an absurd amount of substance to put into your body.
Well, competitive eaters, as we know, turn those "I can'ts" into "I'll trys."
But, it isn't always pretty, and victory isn't always achievable.
Case in point: the Pocky challenge, when Stonie sat in front of a pile of 1,620 Pocky sticks
and pondered his existence before diving in.
He went in with his head held high but left with his pride hanging out to dry.
At one point in the video, Stonie's camera battery dies, leaving the viewers in suspense
as to whether or not he completes the daunting task during the blackout.
However, when the video picks back up, the Pocky sticks stand undefeated, and his stomach
suffers some serious battle wounds.
Still, he ate more Pocky than most people will in a lifetime, and you've got to give
him credit for trying.
For those who love their meat, stripping some succulent barbecue off of a rib is one of
the greatest joys in life.
And, a beast like Stonie loves a good rib as much as the next guy.
Or, even more.
In an attempt to put every carnivore to shame, he stacked 100 pork ribs on a serving tray,
and attempted to finish the whole thing.
What exactly does the calorie count look like for a heaping pile of 100 sauce-drenched ribs?
Stonie was faced with about 15,000 calories worth of meat, but he went into battle with
an almost astounding amount of optimism.
During the challenge he explained the ribs were St. Louis style, which means the meat
stuck to the bones as opposed to tenderly falling right off.
This made things a bit more challenging, but you can tell Stonie thoroughly enjoys the
flavor.
And, the empty plate in front of him 50 minutes later proves it.
The colorful jiggly experience Jello-O offers makes it a huge hit with kids everywhere.
Plus, you can mold it into awesome shapes to make dessert time even better.
But, Stonie only needs one shape for his gelatin, and that shape is a massive gallon-sized bowl.
That's right.
He made a gallon of lime-flavored Jello-O, grabbed himself a spoon, and dug in like a
fiend.
The first dozen or so bites went great, how could they not?
It's Jell-O!
But, all good things eventually come to an end, and not long into the lime-favored journey
the excitement in each bite went away.
Soon, it became a mind-over-Jell-O situation.
"Judge is in session now, what's the problem?"
"He put my stuff in Jell-O again!"
However, all it took is 18 minutes for the contents of the bowl to land in Stonie's stomach.
Even though he reigned supreme, he did admit the jiggly texture took a lot to overcome
at one point, and he had to fight back gagging.
That iconic McDonald's burger is named "Big Mac" for a reason.
It's big, it's filling, and people shouldn't eat more than one of them during a single
meal, or even a single day.
One is usually enough to satisfy anyone's appetite.
Except, of course, for people like Stonie.
This guy doesn't settle for one measly Big Mac.
In Stonie's world, he takes them down by the dozens.
Two dozen plus one to be exact.
Big Macs should never come in orders of 25, but Stonie isn't your average patron.
Those golden arches indicated a Mac challenge, and he stepped up to the plate with a cast-iron
appetite ready to conquer 25 big burgers.
The sheer insanity it takes to attempt this is unfathomable, but Stonie reached the finish
line in only 22 minutes.
That's less than one minute per Big Mac!
It's safe to say he might hold off on his next McDonald's excursion for a few years.
Maybe.
Why settle for a boring old chocolate bar when you can experience candy?
Pop Rocks offers fructose fanatics a physical experience as they eat, and Stonie figured
out just how many Pop Rocks would lead to a crackling mouth-rave coming to an early
close.
Usually Pop Rocks are consumed by the packet, not by the bowl.
But, this is Stonie we're talking about, and he doesn't know the meaning of a standard
serving size.
Apparently, a serving of Pop Rocks to Stonie is 350 packets, and that's exactly what he
poured into a massive clear bowl in an attempt to shovel the 14,000 calories into his face,
all while popping and fizzing his heart out.
Well, things didn't exactly work out the way he thought.
Completely underestimating how terrible the crystal sugar intake would taste, he bailed
out long before the pile was finished.
But, he definitely put a bigger dent in it than the average human could even fathom.
Next time, Stonie.
Next time.
No Easter basket is complete without those neon-colored rows of marshmallow Peeps poking
out the top.
They only really pop up around Easter time, and a few other holidays in limited amounts,
and Stonie decided to make a festive feast out of the gooey treats.
In typical Stonie style, he loaded up on boxes of Peeps and dumped 200 of them into a big
serving bowl, ready to dive head-first into the sugar-laden bushel.
The entire bowl held over 1,300 grams of sugar, but Stonie attacked it with the force of 1,000
stomachs.
One after another, he forced down the fluffy chicks.
He didn't exactly look like he enjoyed it, but he maintained a solid pace throughout
all 14 minutes of the mission and came out ahead, toppling the epic bowl of Easter goodies
and setting a world record.
The next year, in 2017, Stonie ate 255 Peeps in an eating competition and broke the record
he'd already set himself.
Garlic mashed potatoes are one of those side dishes you're always happy to see passed around
the table during dinner.
They're fluffy, tasty, and the ultimate comfort food.
But, potatoes are also quite filling, that starch is no joke when you indulge in too
much.
Stonie, however, doesn't know the meaning of "too much," so he made himself a monstrous
15-pound bowl doused in gravy and gave his stomach the test of a lifetime.
One saving grace when it comes to mashed potatoes is the fact no chewing is involved.
This saves energy to keep swallowing bite after bite, but it's still far from easy to
handle 15 pounds of anything.
For a few moments, viewers were unsure if our man would actually make it to the end,
but sure enough, he's eventually scraping the last spoonful out of the bowl and finishing
with pride.
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