One Johnsonville Bratwurst weighs about 85 grams (3-oz. or 0.2-lbs.). We already know that Takeru Kobayashi set a new world record by eating 58 brats, sans buns, last weekend, but how does this compare to what a real person - i.e. a non-competitive eater - can eat? The St. Paul Pioneer wondered the same thing. Instead of taking the boring route and surveying people around the office, they tracked down some big eaters and asked the Minnesota Vikings' offensive line how much they thought they could eat. Even with an average weight of 245.8-lbs, compared to Kobayashi's 160-lbs., and the appetites to match the amount of energy they use on the field, most of the players said that they could eat fewer than a half-dozen of the sausages. The tackle, Mike Rosenthal, joked that he could eat 60, but every player said that there was no way they could do it in that time limit of 10 minutes.
Say what you will about competitive eating as a sport, but it clearly takes a specific set of skills to do it.

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