Eric Booker facts for kids

Booker at the 2010 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest
Quick facts for kids Personal information
Nickname(s)	BadlandsChugs, Badlands Booker
Born	Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Competitive eater
Years active	1997–present
Height	6 feet 5 inches
Weight	400 pounds
Spouse(s)	Regina Booker
YouTube information
Years active	2012–present
Subscribers	3.6 million
Total views	413 million
Network	Fox/FS1
Subscriber and view counts updated as of March 12, 2024.

Eric James "Badlands" Booker is a famous American competitive eater, rapper, and YouTuber. He is also known by his online name, BadlandsChugs. Eric holds many world records for eating and drinking fast. He has won the Nathan's Lemonade Chugging Contest four times. He also competed in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for many years, from 1997 to 2018.

About Eric Booker

Eric Booker started training to be a competitive eater when he was 20 years old. He lives on Long Island in New York. Eric is very tall, standing at about 6 feet 5 inches. He weighs around 400 pounds.

Competitive Eating Career

Competitive eating is a sport where people eat large amounts of food very quickly. Eric Booker trains hard for these contests. He tries to stretch his stomach by eating lots of fruits and vegetables. He also drinks gallons of water while sitting down. To make his jaw strong, he chews more than twenty pieces of gum at once! Eric says that competitive eating is a healthy sport for him. He has even lost weight since he started competing.

As of 2022, Eric is ranked 27th by the IFOCE, which is a big organization for competitive eating.

BadlandsChugs YouTube Channel

Eric Booker is also very popular on YouTube with his channel called "BadlandsChugs." On this channel, he mostly shows himself chugging (drinking very fast) different kinds of soda. In just one year, his YouTube channel gained over 3 million subscribers!

Nathan's Lemonade Chugging Contest

Eric has had great success in the Nathan's Lemonade Chugging Contest.

• In 2021, he won the contest by drinking a gallon of lemonade in under 40 seconds.
• He won again in 2022.
• In 2023, he set a new record, drinking a gallon in just 23.08 seconds.
• He kept his winning streak going in 2024, breaking his own record with a time of 21 seconds!

Amazing Eating Records

Eric Booker holds many impressive records. Here are some of his accomplishments:

• Burritos: 15 BurritoVille burritos in 8 minutes.
• Candy Bars: Two pounds of chocolate candy bars in 6 minutes.
• Cannoli: 16.5 cannoli in six minutes (in 2004).
• Corned Beef Hash: 4 pounds of hash in 1 minute 58 seconds.
• Doughnuts: 49 glazed doughnuts in 8 minutes.
• Lemonade: 1 gallon of lemonade in 21 seconds (Nathan's Famous contest, July 4, 2024).
• Soda: In May 2021, he set a Guinness World Record for drinking two liters of soda in 18.45 seconds.
• More Soda: In June 2022, he set another Guinness World Record for drinking 1 liter of soda in 6.8 seconds.
• Tomato Sauce: Also in June 2022, he set a Guinness World Record for drinking 1 liter of tomato sauce in 1 minute and 18 seconds.

Music Career

Since 2004, Eric Booker has also been a rapper. He performs hip-hop music about competitive eating under the name Badlands Booker. He often performs songs from his albums at eating competitions. Eric has released nine of his own albums. He has also appeared on albums by other artists like Jendor and Loser's Lounge. Much of the music you hear on his YouTube channel is made by him and his son, Brandon Booker (OKHIPHOP).

See also

• List of competitive eaters