I ate two burgers in seven minutes – the trend for eating challenges is gross and wrong

The clock starts and I grab the first burger. The patties are thick and meaty and my bites are huge. It hurts so badly as this barely chewed chunk of food moves down my pipes. Three minutes before I get my first burger completely put away. Burger two and things get harder. I can’t eat quickly. My jaw is locking at the size of the bite, and I’m feeling humiliated. It takes me seven minutes and forty-three seconds to eat. It’s clear I’m not going to get the third burger in.