Klein/Ally Show: The Podcast - Competitive Eater Raina Huang in Studio

Episode Date: August 5, 2026

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Moments that I look forward to more than others. This would definitely be one of those moments. Alley and I started watching videos of Raina about two weeks ago when we were saying, you know what, we should get a really quality local legend into the K-Rock studios. Local being key, yeah. Local being key and someone that has dominated what it is that she does. And now we have in our studios right now, fresh off of her YouTube channel, You can find her there.

She's got over millions of followers on YouTube. Of course, Instagram, Raina is crazy. And boy, does that prove over and over again as you dominate the world of food. Welcome to KROQ Competitive Eater, Raina. Hi, good to see you. Hello. Your challenges are incredible, first of all. Recently, we saw you take down an entire sushi boat.

That was wild. And a lot of these places, I didn't realize how many options there are in L.A. to eat at places and eat for free if you're able to eat a ton of stuff quickly, right? Right. And what is the one that you did most recently? Was it the giant sushi boat? Was that the one? In L.A.? Yes.

Yes. And there was 80 pieces of sushi. Yeah. And you had how long to finish it all? 30 minutes. And did you make it in 30 minutes? I did. I think I did it in like 15 minutes or something.

That's incredible. Thank you. And when you look at those sushi boats, you're like, I think, like, somebody thinks they can eat more sushi than they actually can. Of course. Everyone says that. Like, I could probably eat like 20. Yeah. but 80 is insane yeah average people our eyes are always bigger than our stomachs and we always

think oh we could do that and i think a lot of people probably see what you do and i bet you that's probably the number one comment you get on your videos it's like yeah that's cool but i could probably do that too and the reality is most of us cannot right i mean that that takes training or is it just natural talent well the first ever challenge i've ever done was a four pound burrito and i was able to eat in six minutes so i have a natural talent to eat a lot but of course as i kept eating throughout the years i got better and better at eating and how did you get better do you just think it's practice like stomach stretching is there are there techniques that you learned um i mean yes there are techniques for certain foods that i found easier to eat

that food and yeah just i've been doing this for 10 years so i have a lot of experience so experience equals to all the practice well the 50 by 50 in and out burger which is the thing that you are the most known for you claim when people think about you they're like oh my god that's the one who ate the 50 by 50 in and out burger how did you even prepare yourself for that and what was that like the 50 by 50 because uh omar was saying just the other day he had a four by four he almost couldn't finish that um i know that i'll sometimes do like two cheeseburger meals and i can get through them but i mean i take you know well it's not bragging but but a 50 by 50 that's uh pretty incredible were you uh how did you prepare for that uh just work out and don't

eat the whole day and uh honestly that's pretty much it and you did that you ate the 50 by 50 done all in all in the stomach yeah now i i i noticed the technique when it comes to burgers where you will mash up you'll grind up the burger or the food beforehand is that so you have less chewing to do yes okay so you kind of pre-chew it with your hands before you put it in your mouth right that makes it a lot easier so then um you know while i have to have food on my mouth my hands are still doing something just to get it quicker yeah just to make it faster but the ramen challenges and the pho those are the ones that amaze me most because that is like soup especially ramen can be so filling so quickly and the heat alone i feel like you would get sick of quickly

but you can pound through those you you ate five pounds of ramen i think um i think when it comes to asian food particularly i'm a little bit better at doing this because it's food i've grown up eating that's a stereotype we won't stand for that here well well for me it's not really but that's just the foods i'm used to right so actually when i started doing all these eating challenges the um food that was hard for me is burgers pizza pancakes because i didn't grow up eating those right so my body had a hard time like being able to like you're saying us americans are big fatties and our food is fatter no i get it it's just a different combination we should point out and not that this matters but i think it's important for people that are listening on the

radio and not watching along on youtube and you've got a lot of new fans that are watching you on youtube and they can't believe that this is how you look like based on what it is you've done Because if I were to say to you we're having a guest in who ate the entire Panda Express menu, she ate 100 dumplings in 10 minutes, she ate the 28 hot dogs in 10 minutes, Allie couldn't even do six, she had the 10-pound team pizza challenge, 45 taco record challenge, they would probably expect that a huge, rotund woman would roll in here like the boulder from Indiana Jones. And that is not the case. You're very small, very petite. It is truly remarkable. I bet you women, other women probably hate you when they go like, how? How could she eat that much?

I had one matcha yesterday, and I feel it on my hips. Yeah, how do you, is it just a fast metabolism, or what? No, the first year I've done this, I'm still human. I gained 20 pounds, like, almost instantly. Really? Yeah. Throughout the years, I've learned to regulate, like, when I do these eating challenges, I kind of, like, have a detox.

Before or after? Yeah. Oh, okay. And then you probably go to the gym, like, oh, I'll just spend 10 days on the treadmill and work off this sandwich. Yes. Recently, I actually started lifting, like, doing actual weights, but before that, I've been doing tons of cardio.

Yeah. Try to lift that sandwich over there. Well, it's a 10-pound sandwich right there. I think it's 15 pounds, actually. Fat Sal's is one of the places locally that they've been around, a legendary spot originally opening up by UCLA, but now there's locations all over. And they have the Big Fat Fatty, which Allie will be suing them for because that's her nickname. But that thing is a monster sandwich, and we're going to have the guy who put it together come in here and explain it in a moment. But I know that you're not here to tackle the big fat fatty because even you have limits and you can't possibly eat that entire thing at this hour of the morning.

But you did say that you would have no problem speed inhaling a cheesesteak, right, which is another thing you're known for. It's not just the quantity, which is impressive. It's the speed in which you can take down a cheesesteak that would take a normal person, I don't know, 10 minutes to get through. You could do that in like sometimes under a minute. Yes, I would say my strength comes from like within five minutes how much food you can eat. Well, because I'm not good at eating a lot, but when I was trying to eat six hot dogs in 10 minutes, it seemed like it just piled up so quickly. And for you, I guess the faster you eat, the faster you can beat that process. Yeah, and 10 minutes is actually longer than my capacity, so I'm actually good at the five-minute ones.

Me too. We talking about food still? Nothing. Let me ask you a question because there's a lot of challenges locally, and I didn't realize this. You could go around all of Los Angeles and the Inland Empire and Orange County, and you could eat. If you know how to eat, a lot of these places say your food is free if you're able to complete the following. So what are some of the bills that you have not seen? Like what are some of the things that you got free for because you were able to complete the challenge?

So what's very interesting is I've actually been to every single state. In every single state, there's always a pho challenge. So I eat a lot of pho for free. Pho for free. In every state, you've eaten the pho for free. Never paid for pho. Man, imagine that. What is the biggest pho you have and can I have it for free?

Well, you remember that show, Klein, that Adam Richman, Man vs. Food? Yeah, of course. I feel like they should do a female version of that with you where you just go around America and do food challenges. I would watch that religiously. That was pretty much what I was doing on my own. So I was doing road trips on my own, and I went to all these states, researched what restaurants had these food challenges,

and did my own little YouTube show on that. What was the hardest one you did that you completed? Because it says here you've completed 187 food challenge wins. Oh, I have more. Wow. Yeah, no. I mean, I don't even know the actual number, but it's definitely over 700 now. What?

Yes. And I've been to 10 different countries as well. Whoa. Allie, you may be referring to the one-gallon boba challenge. You could be talking about the 30 by 30 by 30 taco challenge. You could be so many here. What is 30 by 30 by 30? Her resume is so much better than mine in every possible way.

And I'm super jealous. And by the way, RaynaIsCrazy.com, the website to see everything that we're talking about and links to all your videos and a lot of people that are texting now

saying that they follow you on Instagram. And it's remarkable. There's something, I don't know why it's watching you eat the food, maybe because you're more attractive

than watching like, you know, the disgusting male competitive eaters that have the food all over their face. It's just that idea of like,

where is it going? You know, this like tiny woman is eating all this food and you're amazed and also it's kind of hot. So when you walked in this morning

and you saw the Big Fat Fatty, and her name's Allie, but then when you saw the sandwich, what did you think when you saw that giant sandwich there? I know you're not doing it today. Do you think you could be, because only seven people in the history of the sandwich have ever finished it in 40 minutes or less. That is the

challenge and then it's free. Do you think that's something you could even accomplish if you wanted to? I know my limits and everything about this sandwich is my weakness. Really? Just because of all the bread and the fries and stuff? The fried food, it takes a long time to eat all that i hate sauce sauce i don't like sauce sauce helps the food that's like the

ky for the food helps it get down hot water helps it get down that's what i do technique is hot water yes uh well in a moment i'm very excited about this because we've put together a panel of what we believe to be the greatest eaters in this building we have the greatest eater on our show his name is jake the nerd jake can eat very quickly i will say that yeah jake is a he's like a snake he puts it down quick and he inhales it quickly and jake has not done as much as you have in his life, but we have his accomplishments, and then also in our engineering department at KROQ, we have Ivan. Ivan, I didn't realize

this, Allie, but apparently Ivan has put down entire troughs of food before. Oh, he looked at this sandwich and he was like, I could probably do it. So they want to come in here and challenge you, and you're up for the challenge. Yes. Alright, Fat Sal's brought us, in addition to this giant Big Fat Fatty, their cheesesteaks, and we are going to see who can, if anyone

can take down the master at her own game. So we'll do that after this one from Green Day. Go nowhere. Things will get damn delicious next on KROQ at 800-520-1067. The eating competition will battle next. Will it be K-Rock on top, or will it be probably Raina is Crazy?

Spoiler alert, it's going to be Raina. K-Rock, we are a Klein Alley show. In our studio right now, we have a ranked competitive eater. You've seen her all over the place. Viral videos of her going through most of the world, but including many places in Southern California just taking down their food challenges.

Her name is Raina, and you can see her at Raina is Crazy all over the place on Instagram and YouTube. In our studio also right now, we have a massive sandwich, a concoction known as the Big Fat Fatty, courtesy of Fat Sal's. And to explain it, Allie, because this is the kind of thing that we were going to attempt to work on as a team after this eating competition. Yeah, can the whole morning show finish the Big Fat Fatty? Josh, the executive chef, of course, and VP of operations for Fat Sal's. Can you just explain quickly, because I'm not going to do it justice, what makes it the Big Fat Fatty?

Uh, the Big Fat Fatty consists of cheeseburgers, bacon, fried eggs, Philly cheesesteak pastrami, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, onion rings, chili, marinara, french fries, and fat sauce. Do you know the total calorie count of the Big Fat Fatty? So horny. It's in the 15,000 range. 15,000. Oh, that's actually less than I thought. And the way that this challenge works at Fat Sal's locations is people can go in and say they have 40 minutes to try to finish the whole thing. Correct.

And bread everything. And if they do that, it's free. If not, they pay like 50 bucks, right? 100. Oh, it's 100 bucks. 100 bucks. Oh, nice. 100 bucks for the sandwich.

And do they have to pay up front? Yeah, they pay up front. And if they eat the whole thing, they get refunded and they win a prize. Correct. And in the history of the sandwich, it's only been done seven times? Seven times in 16 years. All professionals. And have you seen it finished with your own eyes?

I've seen it finished with my own eyes, yes. You have. And what kind of, like, who did it? Only professional competitive eaters. Oh, wow. How many people attempted and failed? I mean, is it the kind of thing that drunk college? A couple of hundred.

Oh, really? So mostly failure. My first day training at Fat Sal's, a hungover UCLA student came down in a robe and attempted it, and it did not go well for me. Yeah, I would imagine that when it goes bad, it goes very bad, very quickly. Also, you've brought in, this was one of Randall's requests, she's a cheesesteak fan, and so you brought in some of the Fat Sal's cheesesteaks today. Now, normally, they're going to try to eat these at, it's going to be speed, but normally a person would eat this in, you know, casually over the course of, I don't know, 10 minutes. Describe your cheesesteak that they're going to be eating in this first competition. They're doing what's called our beef dip.

It's thinly sliced ribeye. Normally, it would have provolone. It has a hot jardiniere. It has truffled mushrooms and onions, and it also has a horseradish aioli. All right, so here's the competition now, and obviously the odds-on favorite is going to be Raina. And, Raina, just out of curiosity, I would imagine that you, for you, this is nothing. I mean, you could eat ten times this easily, right? Yeah.

Oh, hold on. Oh, you there? Talking to that mic. Say hi. You there? Hello. No, not working. Great.

Cool. All right. Well, we had this system figured out beautifully. All right. Well, anyway, we're going to go ahead and go to the table in a moment. Let's introduce our eaters, Allie, and then we will get to the moment that matters most. If you're watching, you are more than welcome to indulge and engage in this as we are on YouTube right now, streaming as well. so here we go our competition on the main table includes the following all right well obviously

we have our star of the show reina reina is crazy follower on instagram and then you've got a representative from our show a one jake the nerd guy who lives in a shack in burbank and claims he can eat pretty fast i've seen it happen and before he was on glp ones he had at least three or four trips to a vegas buffet and slammed down those plates pretty quick i feel good about it jake has eaten numerous large pizzas by himself because he lives alone as ali said he one time ate a 12 egg omelet uh he puked halfway through but then finished it yeah he also ate a habanero fritter one time a challenge that was featured on man versus food that's his history in competitive eating space not impressive but that is his history uh meanwhile the competition from the

building the best eater we could find in the building goes by the name of ivan the engineer Now, Ivan looks like a competitive eater would normally look. Guy that doesn't get out in public very much. Weird and strange in every possible way. Ivan, say hi. You can talk to that microphone. I think we got it working now. You talking to the mic?

No? No, still not working. Great. Glad we prepared this. All right, Ivan, you have eaten one time an entire trough of desserts, an entire dessert platter, including carrot cakes, strawberries, cupcakes, cheesecakes, and four muffins. You one time ate three prime rib steaks, four chicken legs, and three scoops of mashed potatoes in one sitting. He can eat it all with no problems, but sometimes he does say he falls asleep right afterwards now.

So that's the Ivan situation. That's the Ivan situation. A different challenge. In a moment, what's going to happen is you guys are going to dig into your sandwich. We're going to set the clock. Raina, you have to yell this answer out so we can hear it on the radio. But how long do you think for you to finish this entire beef dip sandwich? I honestly have no clue.

She has no clue. No clue. She's got to figure it out. It's going to happen right now. All right. Whenever you're ready. Yeah, you guys can unwrap your sandwiches. This is happening live.

It's a live eating competition on KROQ. Jake is here. Jake just finished his entire birthday pizza yesterday, so he's already got a lot going on. Ivan has not eaten yet today, I don't believe. And Raina says she's not eating yet today. She's got a glove on. Oh, that's so cool. It's like Michael Jackson.

Yeah, she really is. It's unbelievable. She's got her eating glove on. I like that. All right, now we're going to set the clock, and then we're going to see who can finish this first. Two grown-ass men, one tiny lady. She's already splitting it in half. She's doing a break in half to show us the insides.

That's a real sandwich right there. That looks good. Guys, we will set the clock and get ready to eat in three. Al, you want to place bets at all or no? There's no way she doesn't beat. I think she's going to do it in two minutes. Two minutes. I think she's going to beat them both.

I think that Jake is going to... I think Jake's going to quit, to be honest. No. I think he'll do it. I think they'll all do it eventually. All right, here we go. In three, two, one, go. The monstrous bite that comes out of Reina is wild.

It's almost like a snake unlocking its jaw to bring in prey. Ivan's going with a very different approach right now. You see, Ivan's doing something completely different, which you can't even see. He's digging in. Look at this. She's already almost done with the first half. She's already finished the half, which is incredible. And it's only been 22 seconds.

Jake is slowing down. I knew that Jake would crumble under the pressure, sadly. She's already on his second. She's already digging in. I think she's eating the paper with the sandwich, too, which is an incredible technique right now. Happening live on YouTube right now. She is an amazing wonder of the world. Jake is shaking his head.

Ivan is crumbling, too. I thought he had much more in the tank. Either of them even finished their first half yet, Allie. Well, Jake is almost done with the first half, but Raina is almost done, period. She's two bites away from being done with the whole sandwich. Oh, my gosh. This is incredible. We're, by the way, a minute in, so Allie said the overrunner was at two minutes.

I think she's just crossed the one-minute mark. Whoa, that was a big bite. She's just shoveling it in as if there's like a squirrel loading up on acorns for winter. Why is this so satisfying? To watch her go to town on this. Meanwhile. Oh, my gosh. She just put the last bite in.

That was it? That whole thing just went in there? Now she's going, yep. She's going, swallow? Wow, with a time of one minute and she officially timed herself. One minute and 16 seconds. One minute and 16 seconds. Unbelievable.

Josh, executive chef of Fat Sal's. I mean, you've seen a lot of people eat your food over the years. That was pretty incredible. Very impressive. I mean, that is wild and incredible. Jake did not make it through even half of his. I got to tell you about the second half. No, but you didn't take a bite of the second half yet.

Ivan, what happened, dude? Hold on. Oh, man. He's having a meltdown. All right, we're going to take a break here. Raina, thank you for coming by to show us how to do it. That was nothing on you. Johnny, don't hold the mic.

The mics are not working, so there's no reason to hold them up. Yeah, I don't know why you're still doing that. We've got to take a break. We're going to be back. Believe it or not, we have more show to get to after this. Thank you. We've got tickets to give you or something. Wow, what I just witnessed is unbelievable.

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