Eric Booker
Eric Booker (born June 21, 1969), known professionally as Badlands Booker, is an American competitive eater, rapper and YouTube personality.
Booker at the 2010 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | ||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||
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Birth name | Eric Booker | |||||||||
Full name | Eric "Badlands" Booker | |||||||||
Nickname(s) | BadlandsChugs, Badlands Booker | |||||||||
Born | Jamaica, Queens, New York | June 21, 1969|||||||||
Occupation | Competitive eater | |||||||||
Years active | 1997-present | |||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | |||||||||
Weight | 400 lb (181 kg) lb[1] | |||||||||
Spouse(s) | Regina Booker | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
Channel | ||||||||||
Years active | 2012 – present | |||||||||
Subscribers | 2.7M subscribers (February 2021) | |||||||||
Total views | 238,616,815 views (January 2021) | |||||||||
Catchphrase(s) | "Chugging the world, one bottle at a time. BadlandsChugs is back." "Enough talk, lets get to the chug." "Dont touch that mouse" | |||||||||
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Competitive eating career
Booker trains for competitions by trying to stretch his stomach and develop jaw strength. He eats large amounts of fruit and vegetables and drinks a gallon of water in a sitting in order to stretch his stomach and chews over twenty pieces of gum at a time to build jaw strength.[2] He maintains that competitive eating is a healthy sport and has lost weight since he began competing.[3] He is presently ranked 21st by the IFOCE.[4] Booker is also known for his YouTube channel, BadlandsChugs, in which he primarily performs various chugging challenges.[5] In 2019, over the span of a year, his YouTube channel amassed over 2 million subscribers.
Accomplishments
Some of Booker's accomplishments include:
- Burritos: 15 Qdoba burritos/ 8 minutes[6]
- Candy bars: Two Pounds Chocolate Candy Bars / 6 minutes[6]
- Cannoli: 16.5 cannoli in six minutes / 2004[7]
- Corned Beef Hash: 4 pounds of hash / 1 minute 58 seconds[6]
- Cheesecake (Mini): 50 Mini-Cheesecakes / 6 minutes[7]
- Doughnuts: 49 glazed doughnuts / 8 minutes[6]
- Hamentaschen: 50 Hamentaschen / 6 minutes[6]
- Matzo Ball (Ben's Deli): 21 baseball-sized (half-pound) matzo balls / 5 minutes, 25 seconds / 2003[6][8]
- Matzo Balls (Ruthie & Gussie's): 30 matzo balls / 5 minutes, 25 seconds
- Raw Onions: 8.5 ounces Maui Onions (three onions)/ Whalers Village / 1 minute/ August 8, 2004[6]
- Peas: 9.5 one-pound bowls / 12 minutes [6]
- Pumpkin pies: 4⅜ Entenmann's Pumpkin Pies / 12 Minutes/ November 22, 2004[6]
Music career
Since 2004, Booker has performed and recorded competitive eating themed hip-hop as Badlands Booker, and he frequently performs selections from his albums at competitions.[9][10][11] Besides his own nine albums, Booker has also made guest appearances on albums by Jendor and Loser's Lounge.[12] Much of the music used on his youtube channel is created by himself.
Title | Year |
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Hungry & Focused | 2004 |
Hungry & Focused II: The Ingestion Engine | 2005 |
Hungry & Focused III: The Reframing | 2006 |
Hungry & Focused IV: Fork, Knife & Mic | 2007 |
Extended Play | 2009 |
Surf & Stillwell | 2010 |
Big Man Mentality | 2011 |
Surf & Stillwell 2 | 2017 |
Surf & Stillwell 3 | 2018 |
Big Man Mentality 2 | 2019 |
See also
References
- https://majorleagueeating.com/eaters/14
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Eating champs to chow down at Everett wingding by Brian Alexander
- http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/08/04/features/story2.html The Totally Earnest Eater by Pat Gee
- https://majorleagueeating.com/eaters/
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIvMEZips_QKqajfXGY_C5Q
- International Federation of Competitive Eating, Eater Profiles: Eric Booker. Copyright 2004. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Amy's Robot (blog) Robot-on-the-Spot: The World Cheesecake Eating Championship. http://amysrobot.com/archives/2004/09/robotonthespot_the_world_chees.php
- The Jewish Advocate; April 2005: by Nogg, Ozzie. Matzah ball-eating contest proves mother was right; Eric Booker cleans his plate, eats 21 matzah balls in five minutes. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5090/is_/ai_n18506795
- https://store.cdbaby.com/artist/BadlandsBooker
- https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/selden-man-goes-to-the-dogs-and-buns-1.2067973
- https://majorleagueeating.com/eaters/14
- "Badlands Booker". Spotify. November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
External links
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