Video Blog: Humble Bob Shoudt On His Krystal Square Off V Qualifier Win

Pro eater Humble Bob Shoudt was disappointed but not defeated after winning the Chattanooga Krystal Square Off V Qualifier.

As we mentioned yesterday, competitive eating pro “Humble” Bob Shoudt wasn’t exactly pleased with his 58-Krystals performance in Chattanooga yesterday at the first Qualifier for this year’s Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship. The mark was far off his best of 95 Krystals in eight minutes and was only seven Krystals better than the amount he gobbled when he set the two-minute world record last September.

So was it the buns sticking to the boxes? The Beijing-like, humidity and 90-plus degree heat? Or is this all part of Humble Bob’s master plan — to dog the qualifier, safely win it without threat of a reversal and come back on Sept. 28 to take down competitive eating’s biggest cash prize?

We caught up with Shoudt immediately afterwards to see what he had to say. Hear his thoughts in the video blog below:

For more coverage from yesterday’s Qualifier in Chattanooga, check out the below links:

- Humble Bob Wins Krystal Square Off V Chattanooga Qualifier - Krystal Square Off Blog

- Full video of Krystal Square Off V Chattanooga Qualifier - YouTube.com

- 58 Krystals Gets Shoudt in Finals - Chattanooga Times Free Press

- Krystal Square off V, Humble Bob Wins - WDEF-TV

- Live Twitter coverage from Chattanooga Qualifier - Twitter.com/ksquareoff

- Eatfeats.com coverage and comments from Chattanooga Qualifier - EatFeats.com

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