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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoey Chestnut Wins Sixth Straight Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest (68 hot dogs)
NEW YORK -- Joey Chestnut did it again.
Chestnut tied his own world record, devouring 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes to capture his sixth consecutive Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Wednesday afternoon on Brooklyn's Coney Island.
Chestnut, a 28-year-old from San Jose, Calif., who is better known as "Jaws," also ate 68 hot dogs in 2009. He has won every Mustard Belt since 2007, and took home $10,000 for his efforts Wednesday.
"It feels great that I was able to tie the world record without anybody really pushing me," Chestnut said.
Temperatures were sweltering outside -- pushing into the 90s -- but Chestnut was able to persevere through them. He was just upset he didn't establish a personal best.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/story/_/id/8129862/joey-chestnut-wins-sixth-straight-hot-dog-eating-contest
struggle4progress
(118,332 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Seems like the heat and the sun would have had a diminishing effect on the contestants' appetite.
Archae
(46,344 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Series-ly, other than proving gluttony, not sure why anyone cares about this.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)dionysus
(26,467 posts)eat several packages to see if you're telling the truth...
other good brands include kayem, and here in NY, zweigles. but zweigles are adifferent type of dog than the aforementioned...
Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)In NY you can them at Shake Shack and 5 Napkin Burger. http://www.viennabeef.com/dogfinder/index.asp?F_STATE=NY
In IL they sell them everywhere, burger joints, grocery stores etc.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)don't be put off by the dye, it's a new england thing;
here in rochester we produce these. excellent, but a different style of dog that a nathans\hebrew national;
those are red hots, we have white hots which are pork based
here we also smother dogs in what we call "hot sauce" but is actually a meat sauce;
i prefer a nathans\hebrew style dog myself, but the zweigles are tasty as well...
surrealAmerican
(11,363 posts)... they're not even the best hot dog in Chicago. I've got nothing in particular against Vienna Beef, but Romanian Kosher is exceptional.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)of the mass produced hot dogs.
Moreover, pretty much any corner hot dog shack in Chicago will make you a better hot dog than you can get anywhere in these United States.
That said, you can't get a decent pizza outside the New York tri-state area. Chicago pizza is garbage, a demented cheese and tomato pie, and certainly not a pizza at all.
Gman
(24,780 posts)That's why he does it.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)I'll bet there are plenty of families right there in New York that could have made much better use of that food. Eating contests are disgraceful.
Initech
(100,100 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)especially when I think of countries where people are literally starving ... SICKENING
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Do it do it do it do it!
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)What a waste of food that could otherwise go to poor people!
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)That's an awful lot of calories to consume! He must get an awful stomach ache when he'd finished.