Rib Eating Contest

There was a guy who lived near a shoe. He ate so many ribs and kept them down too!

My husband has a competitive side to him. In 2009 his chili won second place at the NJ State Fair. We were so proud of him even though we really thought he should have won first place! When he saw that a local BBQ restaurant was having a rib eating contest he thought it might be fun to enter. He thought and thought and thought. I kept him abreast of the number of contestants who had signed up according to my Facebook news feed and when there were two spots left, the day before the contest, we raced over to the restaurant to sign him up.

The Ribinator in action

Nine out of ten of the contestants showed up. It was a mixed crowd - tattoos and no tattoos, muscular and couch potatoes and young and old. During the seven minute competition, my husband was able to down 29 ribs! A noteworthy feat! But, alas, the winner was able to consume 45 ribs during that time! We were still very proud of my husband for his noble attempt and the fact that he still wanted to go out for ice cream afterwards (I won't even mention the Slurpee he consumed after that!). Needless to say, he does not feel like eating BBQ anytime in the near future. I don't blame him!

After the competition.