At approximately 1:01pm on July 4th Joey Chestnut, a college student from California ate his way to superstardom. Chestnut managed to down sixty-six hot dogs in twelve minutes, a new world record. By doing so he secured the most sacred eating competition title firmly back in American hands: The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. By proving himself as a gluttnous powerhouse he defeated the six time returning champion, Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi.
In the twelve minutes of eating Joey Chestnut consumed about one dog every eleven seconds. His estimated caloric intake was in the range of twelve thousand five hundred. About six and half days worth of calories on a two thousand calorie diet.
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