Eric Booker

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Eric Booker
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Booker at the 2010 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest
Personal information
Nickname(s)BadlandsChugs, Badlands Booker
Born (1969-06-21) June 21, 1969 (age 52)
Jamaica, Queens, New York
OccupationCompetitive eater
Years active1997–present
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight400 lb (181 kg)[1]
Spouse(s)Regina Booker
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012 – present
Subscribers3M subscribers[2]
(June 2021)
Total views283,039,421 views[2]
(June 2021)
NetworkFox/FS1
Catchphrase(s)"Chugging the world, one bottle at a time. BadlandsChugs is back." "Enough talk, lets get to the chug." "Dont touch that mouse" “Big ups to the UK” “EPIC chug alert” “That’s what I'm talking about”
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Eric “Badlands” Booker (born June 21, 1969), known professionally as Badlands Booker or BadlandsChugs, is an American competitive eater, rapper and YouTube personality.

Biography[]

Eric Booker was born on June 21, 1969 in Jamaica, a borough of Queens, New York. By 20, he began training his chug skills and training to compete in food championships. Booker lives on Long Island. He is married to Regina Booker.

Booker is 1.96 m tall and weighs 400 lb (180 kg).[1]

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.[3] He maintains that competitive eating is a healthy sport and has lost weight since he began competing.[4] He is presently ranked 21st by the IFOCE.[5] Booker is also known for his YouTube channel, BadlandsChugs, in which he primarily performs various chugging challenges.[6] In 2019, over the span of a year, his YouTube channel amassed over 3 million subscribers.

At the 2021 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Booker won a lemonade drinking contest, drinking a gallon of lemonade in under 40 seconds.[7]

Accomplishments[]

Some of Booker's accomplishments include:

  • Burritos: 15 Qdoba burritos/ 8 minutes[8]
  • Candy bars: Two Pounds Chocolate Candy Bars / 6 minutes[8]
  • Cannoli: 16.5 cannoli in six minutes / 2004[9]
  • Corned Beef Hash: 4 pounds of hash / 1 minute 58 seconds[8]
  • Cheesecake (Mini): 50 Mini-Cheesecakes / 6 minutes[9]
  • Doughnuts: 49 glazed doughnuts / 8 minutes[8]
  • Hamentaschen: 50 Hamentaschen / 6 minutes[8]
  • Matzo Ball (Ben's Deli): 21 baseball-sized (half-pound) matzo balls / 5 minutes, 25 seconds / 2003[8][10]
  • 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[8]
  • Peas: 9.5 one-pound bowls / 12 minutes [8]
  • Pumpkin pies: 4⅜ Entenmann's Pumpkin Pies / 12 Minutes/ November 22, 2004[8]
  • Lemonade: Inaugural Nathan's Famous chug contest / 1 gallon lemonade / 37 seconds / July 4, 2021 [11][12]
  • In May 2021, he set the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to drink two litres of soda (18.45 seconds).[13]

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.[14][15][1] Besides his own nine albums, Booker has also made guest appearances on albums by Jendor and Loser's Lounge.[16] Much of the music used on his youtube channel is created by himself and his son Brandon Booker (OKHIPHOP).

Discography[16]
Title Year
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[]

  1. ^ a b c "Eric "Badlands" Booker". majorleagueeating.com. Major League Eating. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "About BadlandsChugs". YouTube.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ [1] The Totally Earnest Eater by Pat Gee
  5. ^ "Rankings". majorleagueeating.com.
  6. ^ "BadlandsChugs - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  7. ^ "Eric 'Badlands' Booker wins inaugural Nathan's chug contest". espn.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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)
  9. ^ a b Amy's Robot (blog) Robot-on-the-Spot: The World Cheesecake Eating Championship. [2]
  10. ^ 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. [3]
  11. ^ "Eric 'Badlands' Booker wins inaugural Nathan's chug contest | Watch ESPN".
  12. ^ "YouTuber BadlandsChugs dominates Nathan's lemonade chug for 4th of July". July 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "Fastest time to drink two litres of soda".
  14. ^ "CD Baby Music Store". store.cdbaby.com.
  15. ^ "Selden's 'Badlands' aims for Nathan's title". Newsday.
  16. ^ a b "Badlands Booker". Spotify. November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.

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