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How Many Sliders Can You Eat in 5 minutes?

24 sliders in 5 minutes

Four brave souls stepped up to the plate (literally) for The Burger Bowl -  a gut busting slider eating competition - held at The Burger Bistro in Bay Ridge.  

Hosted by the League of Amateur Competitive Eaters (LACE), this event catered to amateurs and first timers only.  

Each competitor stared down a platter of 24 two oz. sliders with buns. Crucial competitive eating lubricants on hand included large bottles of tap water with bowls of ketchup and BBQ sauce on the side.

Judge and semi-pro eater, Will “The Champ” Millender, schooled the amateur eaters on the finer points of competitive eating. Will’s recommendation – lots of chewing. Avoid swallowing whole chunks.

After the enthusiastic crowd countdown, the iPad timer started and feasting began. Three minutes in, the men grimaced in pain while chewing and swallowing.

Johnny Bilancini (left) and Rob Blatt (right) chow down 

L to R: Rob Blatt, Will True, and Matt Robicelli 

Nearing the finish

Matt Robicelli (center) won the contest

Matt Robicelli, of Robicelli’s Cupcakes fame, won the competition by inhaling 13 sliders and Rob Blatt (Commissioner of LACE) took second place with 10. The two skinny guys - Will True and Johnny Bilancini - both downed 8 sliders forcing a tie for third place. Gift certificates and prizes were handed to the competitors and the festive crowd gobbled down the leftover untouched sliders.

Despite this being a smaller food event, blogger coverage was extensive on site as were the number of high end digital SLR’s endlessly flashing. Cheers to LACE and The Burger Bistro for drumming up good publicity.