{"id":523,"date":"2011-04-08T12:41:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T12:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=523"},"modified":"2017-06-08T12:41:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:41:46","slug":"second-slice-the-watermelon-eating-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/second-slice-the-watermelon-eating-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"SECOND SLICE: THE WATERMELON EATING WORLD RECORD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This was posted a while back here on What About Watermelon, but it\u2019s a fun story (and an amazing one), so I\u2019m posting it again. And despite how much you might love watermelon, I do not recommend attempting this record at home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I once ate an entire five-pound watermelon in one sitting. I\u2019m not ashamed to admit it either, unlike that time I ate a whole half of a chocolate cake just because my brother said I couldn\u2019t do it. I\u2019m no competitive eater, mind you, I\u2019m just not one to back down from a challenge, no matter how sick it might make me afterward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifoce.com\/rankings.php?action=detail&amp;sn=32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cBuffalo\u201d Jim Reeves<\/a> is a competitive eater, though. He\u2019s eaten 28.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes and 74 jalapeno peppers in 15 minutes. He also holds the world watermelon eating record with 13.22 pounds of watermelon consumed in 15 minutes at the \u201cSwellin\u2019 With Melon Watermelon Eating Championship\u201d at the Brookville, Ohio Community Picnic on July 30, 2005. I don\u2019t need to tell you, that\u2019s a lot of watermelon! I\u2019m suddenly feeling the urge to put my watermelon eating skills to the test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was posted a while back here on What About Watermelon, but it\u2019s a fun story (and an amazing one), so I\u2019m posting it again. 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