Crazy Legs Conti

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Crazy Legs Conti is a competitive eater from New York City and a top-ranked member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating (home page). Conti started as one of the sport's biggest fans. It was in 2002, when he visited New Orleans to watch Super Bowl XXXVI, that he began competing in the sport he loved. Unable to secure a ticket, he opted to watch the game in the venerable Acme Oyster House, where he downed 34 dozen oysters in just over three hours, setting a new Acme endurance record. Conti returned to New Orleans in April for the 2002 Big Easy Eat-Off, choosing a major for his first official IFOCE contest. Flanked by such veterans as Moe Ribs Molesky and Crawfish Nick Stipelkovich, he downed 168 oysters on the half shell, hands free, for a decisive win. The rookie eater next consumed 18.5 hot dogs and buns in Coney Island on July 4th and secured the IFOCE pancake eating title when he downed 3.5 pounds of sourdough pancakes and six pieces of bacon as part of the Hibernation Cup.

Conti struggled in 2005 to maintain the momentum he showed in his early years. However, his perseverance has earned him a greater knowledge of self and a deeper understanding of the game. In addition, he has shown himself to have an affinity for lobster eating, twice placing in the money in this difficult discipline.

Legs lives in the East Village of New York City. He is a bachelor and a window washer. Oyster Productions recently produced a documentary on his eating career that is airing on A&E titled Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating.