Cop named world champ doughnut eater

Sgt. Howard Sawyers earned the title of world champion doughnut-eating cop. Three minutes. Thirteen doughnuts.

"The secret for eating doughnuts is dunking them in water," said Sawyers, who finished third in the competition last year. "You do a semi-circle of water cups half to three-quarters full. You rip 'em, you dunk them and you shove. And you do that as fast as you can for three minutes."
By averaging one doughnut down his gullet every 13.8 seconds, Sawyers won the world champion title at the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association convention last month in Arlington Heights, Ill.

The Elkhorn resident blamed his third-place finish in 2005 on not soaking the first doughnut. "It took so long to eat that first half dry," he said. "You have to chew and chew when they're dry."

Besides racing for the prestigious title and a plaque for the wall, Sawyers raced for serious prizes.

The win netted him a free street survival training seminar-valued at $400-and a Sig Sauer .40-caliber pistol, which has a $969 suggested retail value, Sawyers said.

"That alone is enough to glutton yourself for one outing," Sawyers said. "I normally don't go around eating 13 doughnuts very often."

Sawyers hasn't eaten a doughnut since the competition last month, and he surely won't eat any with blue frosting again. At least not until next year. Article here.