Here are his other tips:
1. Overcome the mental battle: Believe you can do better and never settle for less when your mind hits a mental barrier. Always know the stomach isn't done, your mind is just telling you so.
2. Stamina may be the most important aspect of competitive eating; it's what sets apart your uncle who loves pizza from our hero, Bertoletti, who can eat 19 16-inch slices in about 10 minutes. The ability to maintain the same hyper speed throughout the competition is what makes people like Bertoletti a champion.
3. Ask any coach in any sport and they'll tell you the same thing, "You just can't teach speed." In football or basketball, the same goes with competitive eating: You either got it, or you don't.
4. Jaw strength is as important as anything else. Most people can go half-way or three-quarters the way through a competition without slowing down, but it's the stretch run that throws most competitors out of the prize money. The more conditioned your jaw is to sustain itself for the longest amount of time at the fastest speed, is what will get you into the top 10 rankings worldwide.
5. You may have the strongest jaw, the ability to eat 40 hot dogs and buns in good time, but you need the place to put all of that. You don't need a fat stomach, but you do need to have the ability to store it all. As you watch competitive eating, most, if not all, competitors will stretch and stand up and move around as need be. If there's room, they'll find it--but sometimes, enough is enough.
Here's a look at each record, the food he ate, how much he consumed and the date he did it.
1. Pizza (16''): 22 slices in 10 minutes on Aug. 18, 2007
2. Blueberry Pie (Hands-free): 9.17 lbs. in eight minutes on July 28, 2007
3. Chocolate (Chocolate hearts): 1 lb. 15.5 oz. in seven minutes on Feb. 13, 2006
4. Corned Beef and Cabbage: 10.63 lbs. in 10 minutes on March 16, 2007
5. Date Nut Bread and Cream Cheese Sandwiches: 29.5 in eight minutes on Dec. 20, 2006
6. Doughnuts (Cream-Filled and Glazed): 47 in five minutes on March 17
7. Grits: 21 lbs. in 10 minutes on Sept. 29
8. Icre Cream (Short Form): 1.75 gallons in eight minutes on May 26, 2006
9. Jalapenos (Pickled): 177 in 15 minutes on Aug. 26, 2006
10. Key Lime Pie: 10.8 pounds in eight minutes on March 21, 2006
11. Kolaches (Cherry): 44 in eight minutes on Sept. 2, 2006
12. Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches: 42 in 10 minutes on Aug. 8, 2007
13. Posole: 9 lbs. 3 oz. in 12 minutes on Nov. 18, 2006
14. Shoo-Fly Pie: 11.1 lbs in eight minutes on June 23, 2007
15. Strawberry Shortcake: 15.25 lbs in eight minutes on June 17, 2007
16. Strawberry Rhubarb Pie: 7.9 lbs in eight minutes on July 29, 2006
17. Whole Turkey: 4 lbs and 12.8 oz in 12 minutes on Nov. 22, 2006
18. Chicken Wings: 4.05 lbs. in eight minutes on Wednesday
19. Corned Beef Sandwiches: 11 8-ounce sandwiches in 10 minutes on Jan. 11, 2006
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