Eric Booker
Eric “Badlands” Booker (born June 21, 1969), known professionally as Badlands Booker or BadlandsChugs, is an American competitive eater, rapper and YouTube personality.
 Booker at the 2010 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | ||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | BadlandsChugs, Badlands Booker | |||||||||
| Born | June 21, 1969 Jamaica, Queens, New York | |||||||||
| Occupation | Competitive eater | |||||||||
| Years active | 1997–present | |||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | |||||||||
| Weight | 400 lb (181 kg)[1] | |||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Regina Booker | |||||||||
| YouTube information | ||||||||||
| Channel | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2012 – present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 3M subscribers[2] (June 2021) | |||||||||
| Total views | 283,039,421 views[2] (June 2021) | |||||||||
| Network | Fox/FS1 | |||||||||
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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 6 ft 5+1⁄4 in (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: 4+3⁄8 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).
| 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
- "Eric "Badlands" Booker". majorleagueeating.com. Major League Eating. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- "About BadlandsChugs". YouTube.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
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- "Rankings". majorleagueeating.com.
- "BadlandsChugs - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
- "Eric 'Badlands' Booker wins inaugural Nathan's chug contest". espn.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Amy's Robot (blog) Robot-on-the-Spot: The World Cheesecake Eating Championship.
- 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.
- "Eric 'Badlands' Booker wins inaugural Nathan's chug contest | Watch ESPN".
- "YouTuber BadlandsChugs dominates Nathan's lemonade chug for 4th of July". July 4, 2021.
- "Fastest time to drink two litres of soda".
- "CD Baby Music Store". store.cdbaby.com.
- "Selden's 'Badlands' aims for Nathan's title". Newsday.
- "Badlands Booker". Spotify. November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
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