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Eat a 30-Pound Burrito and Earn a Stake in a Mexican Restaurant
NBC News ^ | 10/14/2015 | Katie Little

Posted on 10/19/2015 8:10:51 AM PDT by simpson96

A 30-pound burrito and one margarita are the only things standing between you and owning part of a restaurant.

That's the pitch one Mexican restaurant in Brooklyn has for the brave at heart (and stomach). For $150, Don Chingon patrons can take a stab at eating the toddler-size burrito made with steak, chicken, pork, rice, beans, salsa and drinking a ghost pepper margarita. Upon successful completion, the challenge's winner will get 10 percent ownership of the restaurant.(snip)

Robey expects only the best competitive eaters to be able to handle such a challenge by themselves. Small groups can win prizes such as cash and t-shirts but not a stake in the restaurant, he said.

The 30 pound burrito at Don Chingon's in Brooklyn, New York.

"While we don't just want to give away the restaurant, we do want someone with that kind of eating credibility to come in and give it their best shot," he said.(snip)

Complicating matters, contestants must complete the challenge in under an hour without any bathroom breaks or discharge of bodily fluids. The restaurant also will not accept responsibility for illness or death incurred while participating in the challenge.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Humor; Weird Stuff
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"That burrito was a good appetizer. Now were's my entree?"

1 posted on 10/19/2015 8:10:51 AM PDT by simpson96
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2 posted on 10/19/2015 8:13:40 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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3 posted on 10/19/2015 8:16:19 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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To: simpson96
A few years back there was this trend where anyone who wanted to could submit a paragraph or two of why they would be the best owner of a new restaurant, home, boat, whatever. They also had to submit $100.

There was a restaurant that did this in Colorado that seemed like a great deal. However, when I looked into it it turned out they had a bunch of debt from fines for hiring illegal aliens. So even if I had somehow gotten a restaurant for $100, I would have been on the hook for thousands from the get go.

I'm thinking something similar is going on here.

4 posted on 10/19/2015 8:17:50 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: simpson96

MM probably owns a chain of these restaurants already.


5 posted on 10/19/2015 8:18:26 AM PDT by samtheman (2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))
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"BRING. IT. ON."

6 posted on 10/19/2015 8:19:03 AM PDT by simpson96
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It’s kind of sad that we used to have innocent and fun pie eating contests and such at local festivals and county fairs. Now we have ‘competitive eaters’ that take all the fun out of it.

The contests get bigger and bigger, I wonder when someone will finally rupture their gut and die a horrible death during one of these things. It seems that 6 pounds of food in a sitting is the upper limit. Not sure how they will tackle 30 pounds....


7 posted on 10/19/2015 8:19:57 AM PDT by bigtoona (Lose on amnesty, socialism cemented in place forever. Trump is the only hope.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping...or not.


8 posted on 10/19/2015 8:20:14 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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9 posted on 10/19/2015 8:22:04 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: bigtoona

its impossible and the owner opens the business to a huge liability in challenging someone to do it.


10 posted on 10/19/2015 8:23:29 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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"Where's my buttito?! Where's my burrito?!"

11 posted on 10/19/2015 8:30:21 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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Sounds to me like a heart attack waiting to happen………..


12 posted on 10/19/2015 8:30:41 AM PDT by basil ( God bless the USA!)
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Smart that they have that disclaimer in there. In 2007, a woman competing in a ‘Hold your wee for a Wii’ contest died of severe water intoxication after the contest. Why would anyone ever do this sort of thing to their body??

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16614865/ns/us_news-life/t/woman-dies-after-water-drinking-contest/#.ViUMeCtQCJQ


13 posted on 10/19/2015 8:30:43 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: bigtoona

Nothing like enticing people to commit one the Seven Deadly Sins.


14 posted on 10/19/2015 8:31:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ichabod1

I’ll have the lot.


15 posted on 10/19/2015 8:32:19 AM PDT by skeeter
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It’s not the burrito that’s tough to eat. It’s the wafer thin after dinner mint that gets you every time.


16 posted on 10/19/2015 8:33:28 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: simpson96

” Now were’s my entree?” “

A dozen Bowel Burgers Au Jus


17 posted on 10/19/2015 8:35:21 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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...toddler-size burrito

LMAO

18 posted on 10/19/2015 8:37:13 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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"While we don't just want to give away the restaurant, we do want someone with that kind of eating credibility to come in and give it their best shot"

Such impeccable logic./s Like making the person with the most credit card debt the president of a bank.
19 posted on 10/19/2015 8:37:41 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: simpson96
Aside from being a stupid undertaking, I don't think there's a serious medical risk here. Stomachs don't just "burst." Your body's gag reflex will force you to throw up when the stomach reaches its capacity - which for most people, is about the volume of food you can fit into a gallon jug of milk. Obviously the "professional" binge eaters have conditioned their stomachs to fit more.

I'm going out on a limb and saying 30 pounds of food in one sitting is an impossibility. I assume the owner of this restaurant will have barf bags ready for anybody who tries, as this will be the end result.

20 posted on 10/19/2015 8:38:29 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (A businessman gets things done with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
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