Katairoak won the muktuk eating contest by woofing down a two-inch piece of raw whale fat in 27 seconds. Katairoak, a 17-year-old from Fairbanks by way of Barrow, brought his own filet knife and sliced through the 14-eater field.
"They caught the whale in Barrow and I knew it was really soft," he said. "All the other years it's hard to chew. But this year I just cut it and swallowed it whole."
Katairoak used a simple technique, slicing with his right hand and stuffing his face with his left. Some competitors cut up the muktuk in pieces, some small and some large, and then eat it. Katairoak saved time by doing both simultaneously.
"Just cut it and eat it," he said moments before grabbing a second helping.
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