Hobbit Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Hellooooo everyone! Nerm Week will soon be upon us, and that means it’s time to celebrate in the way @Cory likes best… eating tacos! 🌮 😋 🌮 @TheDukeAnumber1 created and ran this contest last year. I’m only slightly modifying the rules, so 99% credit for this wonderful event goes to him. The rules and guidelines for the contest are below. - Because they are wide spread Taco Bell crunchy tacos will be the "standard" for acceptable tacos allowed. Other options and home mades will be allowed, but you must weigh your tacos and give them a Taco Equivalent Score (TES). The internet says a Taco Bell crunchy taco weighs 2.9 oz. So to get your TES, weigh your tacos in oz and divide by 2.9. - To enter the contest, you must post both a before and after photo here in this thread, showing your tacos pre-consumption and one showing the aftermath. This is an on your honor contest that lives on the integrity of the forum members and the before and after photo will generally be accepted. If something seems off about your entry more "proof" may be requested which may include more photos. The only guaranteed proof is a full video which you can record if you wish and provide if needed but it should not be necessary. - The goal is to eat the most tacos in one sitting. A sitting will be defined as a maximum of 1 hour. - You can enter the contest any time during NERM week (July 10-16) with final submissions being accepted on July 16th and the winner crowned on the 17th. Questions? Just ask below! Happy NERM week! 😃 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 For health reasons.... LOL What was the winner's score last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 I believe it was 18 tacos. Which makes my intestines hurt just thinking about. 😆 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 My spouse just called Taco Bell crunchy tacos a tease, lol. Our Indian tacos weigh almost a pound😁 I need to buy a scale, or we could just weigh before the meal and after, like breastfeeding babies are weighed? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 @Torrey haha that would actually work pretty well, though you’d have to subtract the weight of whatever you drink. 🤔 How much weight in carbon do you think we breathe out in an hour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 9:02 PM, Hobbit said: @Torrey haha that would actually work pretty well, though you’d have to subtract the weight of whatever you drink. 🤔 How much weight in carbon do you think we breathe out in an hour? Not a sufficient amount to influence the contest, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 Probably not 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/7/2022 at 10:28 PM, Hobbit said: I believe it was 18 tacos. Which makes my intestines hurt just thinking about. 😆 Reluctant Nerm™ (my Patient Spouse™) said for The Loaf™ they would be willing to eat 18 Taco Bell tacos, lol. Then asked if the 3D print @TheDukeAnumber1 had talked about was of Murphy. I had to catch them up on the week, and we both hope everything is going okay for TheDukeAnumber1, and whatever came up is easily resolved. A trip to WA is obviously going to have to include introducing Spouse to Murphy, lol! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 12:07 PM, Torrey said: Our Indian tacos weigh almost a pound😁 I’ve had some huge fry bread tacos in your part of the country! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 nope, just cant do taco helllll.🤢 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 9:18 PM, lefty o said: nope, just cant do taco helllll.🤢 Make your own and weigh them, that was going to be my approach until Patient Spouse™ said they would eat taco bell for Murphy😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 8:18 PM, lefty o said: nope, just cant do taco helllll.🤢 I’m with you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 @lefty o and @Patrick_G y'all come out to Tiwa Lands, and eat Navajo Tacos with us!😁 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 8:45 PM, Torrey said: @lefty o and @Patrick_G y'all come out to Tiwa Lands, and eat Navajo Tacos with us!😁 Mmmm.. Tiwa tacos christmas style, my mouth is watering. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 If anyone does go with Taco Bell crunchy tacos, do weigh them if you can because I don’t have a ton of confidence in the random internet answer I got when I searched, “how much does a crunchy Taco Bell taco weigh”. 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 7/9/2022 at 6:50 AM, Hobbit said: If anyone does go with Taco Bell crunchy tacos, do weigh them if you can because I don’t have a ton of confidence in the random internet answer I got when I searched, “how much does a crunchy Taco Bell taco weigh”. 😅 Give me a minute, I'll weigh the left overs, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 When you marry someone more autistic than you are, all the directions have to followed exactly. So, we just bought Taco Bell for Saturday night Netflix date night. We started eating at 5 pm mountain, and by 5:32 MST neither of us could take another bite. We watched Puff, to keep the Taco Eating Contest Date Night in theme. "It's all for the Loaf" 1. (Me) I was coming in to post: Before I started eating the dozen soft tacos (can't do the hard shell ever since covid), the box weighed 69.3 oz (4.32 lbs on my scale). After eating 5.75 soft tacos, the box weighed in at 1.84 lbs (29.44 oz) and I accepted defeat as I could not eat another bite. Math: 69.30 - 29.44 = 39.86 oz of tacos/5.75 tacos = 6.93 oz/soft taco 2. For the Patient Spouse™ (who selected the movie "Puff" for the evening, and kept eating despite the "w" word being used in the film because "I didn't know worms could be so pretty"), a solid 12.5 tacos were consumed. To make math easier, I just weighed 10 tacos to assist @Hobbit with the contest. 10 tacos weighed 1.8 lbs = 28.8 oz =2.88 oz/taco So, Patient Spouse™ just ate 12.5 tacos @ 2.88 oz/taco = 36 oz of tacos Apparently, I ate more😲 than my Patient Spouse by 3.86 oz! Luckily, we really aren't very competitive, lol😂 Setting up for the carnage: The Movie: Following images are Patient Spouse's™ before & after: (before) (After: 12.5 tacos for a total of 36 oz of tacos) Torrey's Before & After: (Before) (After 5.75 tacos @ 6.93 oz/taco for a total of 39.86 oz of tacos) Have a Nermy Weekend everyone! ** Edit: Spouse ate hardshell tacos!!! 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its Hutch Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Holy cow 18 tacos won last year? I seriously thought I would have a chance of winning this and thought i might be able to do 12 but I don't think I will be able to do 18. We will see. I never eat Taco Bell so not sure what to expect. Jeez 18 tacos lol 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 7/9/2022 at 7:29 PM, Its Hutch said: Holy cow 18 tacos won last year? I seriously thought I would have a chance of winning this and thought i might be able to do 12 but I don't think I will be able to do 18. We will see. I never eat Taco Bell so not sure what to expect. Jeez 18 tacos lol Buy gas pills first, lol!!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its Hutch Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 For me it'll be heartburn 100% 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sairving Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Do Qdoba or Chipotle Tacos count? If you go and order 3 and have practically everything put on them....they taste better than taco hellllll too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 7/10/2022 at 9:07 AM, sairving said: Do Qdoba or Chipotle Tacos count? If you go and order 3 and have practically everything put on them....they taste better than taco hellllll too. Any taco counts! Just weigh them so we can calculate your Taco Equivalent Score. 😄 Our leaderboard so far is: @Torrey eating 39.86 oz with a TES of 13.7 tacos! 🥳 Patient Spouse™ eating 36 oz with a TES of 12.5 tacos! An amazing start to our contest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 Even though I’m hosting, I also wanted to enter just to give everyone a baseline. I am a rather small human with a chronically low appetite, so this was also good “exercise” for me. 😉 I chose to use a HelloFresh taco kit for my tacos. Usually I only eat three tacos for dinner, so I decided to stretch myself and eat four! 😄 Before: The weigh-in: Much to my surprise, after only 20 minutes or so, I’d eaten all four tacos and still had room! So of course I had to get seconds! Two extra tacos: Their weigh-in: It took me about 40 minutes total to eat all my tacos. After six tacos I was extremely full. 😄 My Taco Equivalent Score: I ate 12.15 oz + 5.8 oz = 17.95 oz 17.95 oz divided by 2.9 = 6.19 TES tacos So I ate six tacos, but they were a liiiittle heavier on average than a standard Taco Bell crunchy taco, so I get a little extra credit (that 0.19 😁) Current Leaderboard: @Torrey eating 39.86 oz with a TES of 13.7 tacos! 🥳 Patient Spouse™ eating 36 oz with a TES of 12.5 tacos! @Hobbit eating 17.95 oz with a TES of 6.19 tacos! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBWell Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 On 7/9/2022 at 8:29 PM, Its Hutch said: Holy cow 18 tacos won last year? I seriously thought I would have a chance of winning this and thought i might be able to do 12 but I don't think I will be able to do 18. We will see. I never eat Taco Bell so not sure what to expect. Jeez 18 tacos lol I was in a lot of pain that night but the real thing that bugged me was the taste of the tacos it gets gross after you eat that many a good tip is get different flavors like the Doritos ones to change it up or add a sauce so it's not the same thing over and over. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBWell Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 On 7/9/2022 at 8:50 PM, Torrey said: Buy gas pills first, lol!!!! My fiance slept in our extra bedroom that night haha. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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