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Your support makes all the difference.Mayonnaise: Four 907g bowls in 8 minutes - Oleg Zhornitskiy
Mince pies: 6 pies at the Wookey Hole Big Eat in Somerset in 10 minutes - Sonya Thomas, 29 November 2006
Nigiri sushi: 141 pieces in six minutes - Timothy Janus, 11 April 2008
Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches: 42 sandwiches in 10 minutes - Patrick Bertoletti, 8 August 2007
Spam: 2.72kg of Spam in 12 minutes - Richard LeFevre, 3 April 2004
Pork ribs: 3.81kg in 12 minutes - Joey Chestnut, 16 July 2006
Pigs' trotters: 1.31kg of pigs' trotters in 10 minutes- Arturo Rios Jr, 23 June 2007
Peas: 4.31kg in 12 minutes - Eric Booker
Shrimps: 2.26kg of spot shrimps in 12 minutes - Erik Denmark, 22 September 2006
Jalapeños: 177 pickled jalapeño peppers in 15 minutes - Patrick Bertoletti
Waffles: 29 waffles in 10 minutes - Patrick Bertoletti, 7 October 2007
Lobster: 44 Maine lobsters (5.13kg of meat) from the shell in 12 minutes - Sonya Thomas, 13 August 2005
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