At the “Swellin’ with Melon” contest in Ohio, Rich LeFevre consumed 11.22 pounds of watermelon (seedless, precut) in 15 minutes to win the title of World Watermelon Eating Champion. His wife Carlene came in second at 9.78 pounds. It was the first watermelon eating contest sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Rich is ranked fifth on the eating circuit, Carlene is ninth. First of course is that hot dog eating maniac Takeru Kobayashi.