It took three pounds of meat, 12 slices of cheese, two buns and four minutes.

With a two-bite margin of victory, Adams House resident Ian D. Walker ’03 stunned friends and restaurant workers Wednesday and captured victory in the first “Burger Pot” hamburger eating contest.

Walker beat out competitors from Boston College, Boston University and Northeastern at the contest, which was hosted by the Eagle Deli Restaurant in Brighton and organized by Boston television station WB56.

Walker’s feat was broadcast on the station’s 10 o’clock news Wednesday night.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Bill A. Aruda, a cook at the Eagle Square Deli. “This kid just sat down and ate the whole thing in four minutes. I’ve been here for a year and a half, and I’ve never seen anyone eat like that.”

Walker, who is six and one-half feet tall and weighs 260 pounds, said he had not planned on entering the competition.

“I didn’t really want to do it at first, considering that I’m supposed to be on a diet,” he said. “But all my friends came out to support me. So I figured I’d give it a shot.”

Walker was tapped to represent Harvard in the contest by John P. Veneziano, the College’s director of sports information. Veneziano had originally contacted two burly football players to compete, but they pointed to Walker as the most worthy candidate. Walker made his reputation in an informal eating contest last summer, when he consumed two entire pizzas in 19 minutes.

The burgers, however, are his biggest coup to date.

“This was really special,” said Nick A. Palazzo ’03, Walker’s roommate. “This competition with other schools is important. Most people think that us Harvard kids can’t do stuff like eat a three pound hamburger.”

“They think we’re not meatheads, but we are,” Palazzo joked.

The competition was inspired by the Beanpot hockey match that pits Harvard against area colleges.

“We won the first Beanpot championship some 50 years ago this year,” said Veneziano. “Now we’ve won the first Burger Pot championship too. We’re quite proud of Ian.”

The “Riley Burger,” which Walker consumed, consists of six half-pound patties, and is named for Sean Riley, the first person to accomplish the feat of eating it––in just over two hours.

The patties stacked up six inches high, and were held together by a long toothpick similar to a kebab stick.