Last year, we reviewed the competitive eater Adam Moran, the man behind BeardMeatsFood.
Turns out, there’s more than one eater making waves on YouTube.
His name is Matt Stonie (and his YouTube channel goes by the same name, too). He made a name for himself when he ended Joey Chestnut’s eight-year winning streak in the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2015.
Whereas Moran’s videos focus primarily on eating challenges offered at restaurants around the globe, Stonie prefers to make his own challenges—ones that include eating every item offered at Chick-fil-A in one sitting or consuming 20,000 calories in about an hour.
I hope you’ve got your bib, because things may get messy.
Stonie occasionally does tier lists of various types of food. However, as a competitive eater, he eats everything he’s purchased, rather than only taking a bite or two before making his decision. Say what you will about competitive eating, but at least Stonie makes sure none of the food goes to waste.
And to ensure the food also doesn’t go to waist, in an interview with GQ, Stonie revealed that he spends a lot of time at the gym and makes sure to watch what he eats outside of competitions in order to maintain a healthy weight.
Just like for BeardMeatsFood, we have to note that the channel is, at its core, just about eating an exorbitant amount of food. Things get messy, and while Stonie eats far less on most days, many will see the behavior spotlighted in these videos as gluttonous.
The f-word is censored when used. However, the s-word, “a–” and “h—” are not, and we heard a few instances of each. God’s name is occasionally used in vain, including some pairings with “d–n.”
Competitive eating is a category of video that just doesn’t appeal to me. But it obviously appeals to lots of other viewers. Stonie’s channel has, as of posting, more than 16 million subscribers, all there to see just how much food the skinny man can eat—and how fast he can do it.
Fortunately, we never saw any food making surprise reappearances out of Stonie’s mouth. But we did hear some crude language, so those who are fans of this kind of content will be forced to swallow that content issue if they watch this channel.
Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”
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