10 unbelievable photos that show what it's like to be a competitive eater
Stubbs' journey began with the Giant Schnitzel Challenge. He entered the eating competition for fun and happened to win.
After the Giant Schnitzel Challenge, he started looking for other food competitions in Melbourne, Australia — and all over the world.
He now takes photos of his insane meals before devouring them. The pictures are shared on his Instagram account, @hulksmashfood.
The account has over 65,000 followers and features mainly photographs of burgers. Stubbs says, "Burgers are massive in Australia and they are a fantastic food base and you can throw just about anything inside a Burger."
He's developed an expert "burger grip," allowing him to fully grasp his meals in one hand.
He and his team train with water. This stretches the stomach, passes through the body quickly and contains no fat. On a good day, he can down up to 3.2 liters in a minute or two.
His toughest challenge was the Australian Record 4.5kg BlackJack Stacker Burger. He came close to finishing it, but fell a few patties short.
But he recently became the only person to finish a Custom 4kg Sally's Big Ass Burger.
"I just love competition, I played all types of sport when I was younger and love the challenge of doing things people believe can't be done," Stubbs said.
It's all in the mind, the human body can be trained to do truly amazing things, but what separates the greatest eaters is the ability to push through and keep going when everything is telling you to stop. That's a rare quality and what separates the good from the great.
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