Ross vs. SUB

Ross and his team at work, try to break things up a bit from time to time and come up with food challenges. They have done a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts, the hottest wings at Buffalo Wild Wings, TWO burritoes from Chipotle... you get the idea. Well, a local sub shop was having their annual contest, official rules and all, and they decided to join in. The shop's rules was to eat this 16 inch triple meat cheesesteak sub with everything on it in 16 minutes or less. If you do that, you get the sub for free and a T-shirt. BUT, they also have a leaderboard, and if you come in the top ten times for the store, you get to come back and compete in further competitions. I actually was their to witness this undertaking!


Here's the waiver they had to sign... no fear, apparently...


Here's the sub. The 16 minutes wasn't a huge challenge, as everyone made it in time. The bigger challenge was to make the top ten leaderboard. Most people just wanted a free sub. Ross set his sights a little higher.





(i had a 4 inch sub, if you are wondering. it was tasty)

the clock didn't start until they had it in their hands and took the first bite. The waitresses were so sweet. I am sure they didn't enjoy watching people do this all the time, but they gave tips of what others do (stand up, pour water on bread)


Ross just ate it...



They actually all stopped to comment about how tasty the sub was! funny...

Here's Dan, enjoying his sub.


Ross with the serious face, having doubts?


No way...


Almost done...


All clear!


and he had to stay there to be watched for five minutes after!
Victory t-shirt!



and he made it on the board! He actually got called back to compete for the store winner, but we had our movers at the time, so he couldn't go. And although the time of 5:03 is impressive... the winners in years past are in the 2-minute range... which borders on crazy and gross and all that considering the measures needed to get it down that fast...



i'm such a proud wifey...


Success! Two others were also successful, but I had to leave before they got a shirt.



here's a big recap...