Burrito Eating Contest RESULTS!!!

A few weeks ago (well, like we've said before, dogs can't keep track of time, so we really don't know how long ago it was) we posted information regarding the upcoming burrito eating contest pitting Rocky "The Fat Man" against Desi "The Pig" in a no holds barred food consumption marathon. After making our initial post, our owners decided that maybe Chipotle burritos were not the best thing in the world for us to be eating due to the amount of spices/seasonings that some of the ingredients include. Did these mean the competition was cancelled? Of course not! Our owners are pretty smart people (they picked us out, didn't they?!?!), so they brainstormed for alternatives that would better suit our tummies.

After considering a few options, our owners decided on a homemade burrito-type meal to use for our contest. The homemade meal consisted of rice, mixed veggies (carrots/peas/beans), grilled steak, and a small amount of our regular chow (we run with one of our owners, so we need those vitamins). After making up the ingredients, our owners filled the bowls and then weighed each bowl to compare. Rocky's dish weighed in at 2.2 pounds of food and Desi's dish weighed in at 2.0 pounds of food. That would be around 8-9 McDonald's quarter pounder patties in each bowl!

Once we were in our crates, our owners each had a stopwatch and they simultaneously put the bowls in our crates and started the timers. The race was on!

Not to anyone's surprise, Rocky took a quick lead as he started scarfing down the steak pieces (Rocky is obsessed with any type of steak/chicken/pork) as Desi slowly munched away. After a couple of minutes, Rocky seemed to be shooting himself in the paw as he basically buzz sawed his way through his bowl, shooting bits of rice/meat/veggies all over his crate, which would make the clean up process take some time. Desi, in the other crate, was deliberately and consistently eliminating the contents of her bowl with a much cleaner and conservative approach.

At the 5 minute mark, the contest was anyone's to lose. In the next minute, Rocky started to clean up around his bowl and the majority of the food inside of the dish was gone. Meanwhile, Desi chomped away (laying down of course, like she does every time she eats). Rocky seemed to be losing valuable time as he messed around with cleaning up the food that he had thrown all over his crate.

At the 7 minute mark, we had a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In an official time of 7 minutes and 1 second, Desi "D-Wiggy" had defeated Rocky "Rock Star" in a major upset of competitive eating. Not since Desi's early days (ages 4-9 months, when she was nicknamed "Pig") had Desi beaten Rocky in finishing a bowl of food. As Desi licked her chops, Rocky finished his bowl (enough to the satisfaction of the judges) in a time of 7 minutes and 50 seconds. Desi's owners were shocked that she beat The Fat Man, but nonetheless, they were proud of their little girl.

Desi then celebrated with her grand prize (a "Beggin' Strip") while Rocky wasted no time in accepting his consolation prize (also a "Beggin' Strip"). No one told Desi that Rocky and her both received the same prize even though she just smoked him in the competitive eating competition, but with a full belly of steak and a mouthful of Beggin Strip, I really don't think Desi minded that much.

Rocky handled his defeat as his owners expected, which meant he just walked into the bedroom, climbed up onto the bed, and took a nap as he laid in the sunlight coming from the back window.

These dogs really do lead a tough life....