The burger eating championship triumphed in Vilnius

A total of 10 hungry participants competed in the tournament on the outdoor terrace of the White Bridge, which had a four -stage challenge. At each stage, eaters tried to beat one burger as soon as possible: the huge NBA basketball player Jonas Valančiūnas’ champion burger or a completely closed burger with matured Wagyu Beef.

The first phase was overcome by the seven fastest eaters, with two other people eliminated in the second phase, and after the third burger, the great finals were revealed to fight for the title of this year’s burger eating champion. The tournament was won by V. Žukovskis, who participated in the eating championship for the first time in his life, celebrates the 45th birthday next week.

« I’ve never participated in eating competitions, but I know my eating quantities – 500-700 g lunch or dinner – I thought I needed to try my hand.

Photo by S. Čirba

« The closed -hamburger was unusual compared to the standard, juicy. Although I am more classic amateur like Valančiūnas burger.

It got not bad at all, I really didn’t think I would take first place.

The championship of the biker season was first organized in 2023 and won it was spontaneously to try the 18-year-old named Gžegož. Last year, girls participated in the tournament for the first time, but the tournament gold went to the boxer and Olympic champion Evald Petrauskas, who demonstrated their eating skills.

The growing eating tournaments in Lithuania are still in the way, at which time the US has been in the US for one and a half hundred years. Participants compete there for both time and food, and the best eaters often belong to professional competitive eating organizations, and everything is supervised by the International Competitive Eating Federation (IFOCE).