Video: Akron-Canton Airport's Fan vs. Food Challenge No Match for Brian 'Big Tuna' Thaxton

The thought of scarfing down a double bacon cheeseburger, chili cheese fries and a large Coke in four minutes might make anyone's stomach a little queasy.

But North Canton resident and airplane mechanic Brian 'Big Tuna' Thaxton had no problems — other than the chili sauce was a little spicy for his liking.

Thaxton, who works at Castle Aviation, competed against local men Doug Mills and Justin Dominick at 's Fan vs. Food challenge. The men had responded to CAK's request for participants on its Facebook page.

(Check out the food-competition newbie in action in our accompanying video.)

After eating the meal in 4 minutes and 11 seconds, Thaxton walked away with a $100 AirTran gift card, CAK Marketplace prize pack and, of course, a full stomach and bragging rights.

The airport wanted to celebrate its new food court (which moved from one side of a walkway to the other to make room for a new security screening station) with a fun event for its customers, said Kristie Van Auken, CAK's senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer.

Van Auken said CAK Communications Coordinator Ryan Hollingsworth came up with the idea to do a food challenge, so they found three contestants using their Facebook page.

"What we wanted to do was have a unique way to celebrate the grand opening of our new food court and we love having a party to celebrate when really cool things are happening for our customers," Van Auken said. "So this new food court is all about offering fresh food items in a really clean, fresh and inviting space."

The food court offers the same restaurants and menu items as before, but CAK officials say the area has a more up-to-date look.

Customers can fill up at Subway, Buckhead Grill and JJ's Sports Bar as well as shop at the CAK Marketplace gift shop.

Rick McQueen, CAK president and CEO, said the $1.1 million in food court upgrades and the security checkpoint expansion — which, together, total $3 million — fit into . CAK 2018 is a 10-year, $110 million capital improvement program that kicked off in 2008 and positions the airport for the future, McQueen said.