Randy "Atlas" Santel is a bodybuilder who tours the world participating in food challenges — you know, the kind of deal some restaurants have where if you eat a 72 ounce steak and 24 ounces of side dishes in thirty minutes, you get the meal free plus a t-shirt and your name on a wall. I'm not sure I could eat 72 ounces of steak in thirty days so I would never attempt something like this. Also in too many of these things, the side dishes include cole slaw and that's an appetite-killer right there.
There are a few hundred videos of Randy on YouTube taking on and almost always succeeding in these challenges. He also has fitness videos in which he demonstrates how it is he can eat thirty hot dogs at one time and not be the size of a Home Depot.
Here's one time he was competing for more than a t-shirt, a free meal and bragging rights. A restaurant in Ridgeland, Mississippi offers a big cash prize for anyone who can down one of their Whammy Burgers — three pounds of meat, a pound of fries plus loads of toppings and a milkshake — in fifteen minutes. The jackpot was up to $1500 the night "Atlas" tried to scarf one down. Can he do it? You still have time to get down a small wager before you click on the video and find out…