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Bridgette comes home for breakfast the next morning. Mom tells Bridgette about David’s contest today. Bridgette says competitive eating is disgusting, and David argues that she only hates it because he’s good at it, and she always needs to be the best at everything. Bridgette insists that this is not true and acknowledges that David is better at taking care of Mal. David accuses her of not knowing anything about him.

David meets up with HeyMan while Pigorino’s sets up the qualifier. They have blocked off part of the street. David also encounters Hoover, who will also be competing. Cyn announces that she has found a whole forum of people who do not like The Gurge. Before she can finish presenting her online research, however, the contestants are called to compete.

When the timer starts, David opens the box to see a Grande BLD—a pizza so massive that it takes an hour to prepare. David gets to work and quickly develops a method for softening the extra-thick crust in his glass of water. A dozen contestants are working at different paces, but David focuses on his pizza and gets an effective rhythm. He is doing better than he expected.