When it comes to competitive eating, Maurizio Capocchiano clearly has a fire in his belly – as you’d expect from the reigning champ of the Chilli Eaters’ Marathon. “I was weaned on chilli, my mom used ...

Competitive eater Crazy Legs Conti donned a Mickey Mouse hat when he won the cannoli-eating contest in 2009. Getty Images They left the cannoli. All the competitive eating contests — cannoli, zeppole, ...