Memphis burger joint crowns competitive-eating champ
Competitive eater Brett Healey set a deep-fried Oreo-eating record at Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint on July 30. (Courtesy Andy Stevenson)
Champions aren’t born. They’re made.
And in this case, that champion is Brett Healey, a former Memphian who recently broke the record for eating the most deep-fried Oreos at Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint in Midtown.
“The feeling of victory and having fun with friends was worth every bit of stomachache that came with it,” Healey said.
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Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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