Posted on 07/04/2023 3:48:40 PM PDT by Signalman
Joey Chestnut picked up his 16th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest win on Tuesday at Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn holding off James Webb and Geoffrey Esper in the men’s field.
Chestnut devoured 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
He set the record for most hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes with 76 in 2021. He had 63 in last year’s contest.
hestnut got off to a hot start, eating five hot dogs and buns within the first 30 seconds. With 5 minutes remaining in the contest, Chestnut ate about 40 hot dogs and buns. At one point, he was eating nearly seven hot dogs per minute.
Esper finished in second place with 49 and Webb had 47.
The contest was delayed two hours due to storms moving through the area. It was first thought the event was going to be canceled but the competitors persevered and at the first sight of sun, they got out to the stage and started their journey one glizzy at a time.
Earlier in the day, Miki Sudo secured her ninth victory at the hot dog eating contest. She put down 39.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes and narrowly defeated Mayo Ebihara. The Japan native was only six hot dogs and buns behind Sudo with 33.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Ha!
Yeah, I have to wonder what that kind of binge eating really does to one’s digestive system...if he even still has one after that. Are these all-beef hot dogs or some of that other cheap crap that is sold as a hot dog nowadays?
Yeah, & the rule I heard was that anything over 13” long was supposed to be lowered by hand
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.