Don't try this at home, but Joey Chestnut has just walked away with a new world record at the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York.
The San Jose, California resident set a new world record Wednesday by chowing down on 74 dogs in ten minutes. Today's victory marks Chestnut's 11th in his 12 years of competitive eating.
Chestnut pulled ahead of the second-place finisher Carmen Cincotti, 26, by ten franks. Judges originally believed the champ only ate 64 hot dogs, but a review showed counters had missed a plate, and his final tally was updated to 74.
“If I’m going to get up on stage to eat hot dogs,” Chestnut told ESPN. “I’m not going to do it to get third or fourth.”
The competitive eater isn't just known for winning the Mustard Belt, Major League Eating (which oversees professional eating competitions), Chestnut has also chowed down on nearly 13 pounds of deep-fried asparagus in ten minutes, and 55 glazed donuts in the same amount of time. He defeated Takeru Kobayashi in 2007 for the Mustard Belt at Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest where he remained undefeated for several years. His only loss came in 2014 when he lost to fellow San Jose resident Matt Stonie.
In the women's competition, Miki Sudo was able to defend her title by chowing down on 37 franks in 10 minutes. Her victory on Wednesday also makes her just the third competitor to win five titles.
Chestnut and Sudo will both take home $10,000 in first-place prize money.
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