Joey Chestnut, WORLD record holder
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by user Manny Stiles
Dateline - Phoenix (technically Tempe), AZ June 2nd, 2007.
Joey Chestnut shatters world record by OVER 10%!!!
Chances are you have heard the name 'Kobayashi'. You have seen his Solomon Method and it's gloriousness. But as much as I respect Kobayashi, I have been preaching for almost TWO years to anyone who was unable to ignore me...
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Joey Chestnut is the best there is, folks
Over the weekend, Joey Chestnut set a new world record for most Hot Dogs and Buns (HDBs) eaten with 59 1/2!!!
Yeah with all the talk about "touchy issues" lately, I thought I could divert some attention to the Downers of the Dog, the Gulpers of the Meatsticks and Devourers of Buns. The Greatness that is about to envelop us all and yak us back up after the 10 minute time limit has passed. Joey Chestnut - A new WORLD record! With a new Great American Hope on the horizon and a few minor twists of luck and fashion, Competitive Eating could be the next poker (which was the old poker).
FIFTY NINE hot dogs and buns!!! Just a mere 6 HDBs better than the previous record, held by the world's second best eater, and gastroptosis sufferer Takeru Kobayashi. This is from a guy who is only 23 years old and has been eating competitively for only his third season! In less than six years the record has swollen from 25 1/2 to almost 60!
I used to think I could be a competitive eater. I've won many informal contests, entertained gawkers at Thanksgiving and was even TWO time champion pumpkin pie eater at my former place of employment. I always thought I could eat upwards of 30 HDBs back when the record was in the 20's... I KNOW I could crush Refrigerator Perry (what an embarassment). Kobiyashi came along in just in time to make me reconsider making a run at 400 (lbs that is - topped out at 282). But the first time I saw Joey Chestnut at a competition last year, I knew - not just sensed, KNEW a new era was coming... I knew he could do more. He has the gullet of a champion and the hunger to succeed.
A wise man once suggested to "never eat anything larger than your own head" - the world can thank Joey Chestnut for defying that advice and taking us on an incredible journey next month at Coney Island! July 4th, on ESPN the BIGGEST showdown in competitive eating history will take place and Joey Chesnut will take the Mustard Belt and reign as Nathan's champion!!!!!
I hope he's clutch because it's bad when a competitive eater chokes! (Punny joke! go ahead - turn away and pretend not to know me) Even though Sonya Thomas won't win, she is fun to watch compete. She will pass 40 HDBs this year.
If you're bored, want to have your mind blown by the propensity of human accomplishment or just want to get grossed out, CHECK this link out!!! IFOCE World Records
Here's some crappy video evidence of the master at work!
Your reign of terror is OVER Kobayashi!!!
