Joey "Jaws" Chestnut Wins Again

[Shel_B]

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut won his 16th hot dog eating contest sponsored by Nathan's Famous of Coney Island. Weather forced a delay in the start of the contest, and there was concern that it might be canceled altogether. Joey won by eating only 62 dogs while last year he downed 76. Miki Sudo won the woman's contest for the ninth time and downed 39 hot dogs.

The contest started in 1916 and the first winner was Jim Mullen, an Irish immigrant, who was victorious by eating 13 hot dogs and buns.

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest: Joey Chestnut takes home 16th men's title, Sudo wins women's

Joey Chestnut has won Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 16th time after scarfing down 62 total hot dogs in ten minutes.

abc7news.com

 

[Pablo]

That guy was winning when I was a kid!

 

[Bud]

Don't know how in the world he can do that. Had two hotdogs today and was done.

 

[Shel_B]

Don't know how in the world he can do that. Had two hotdogs today and was done.

This is how competitive eater Joey Chestnut trains to eat more than 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes

Joey Chestnut's training regimen includes jaw exercises that help him move 15 pounds of food in an hour.

www.insider.com

 

[atikovi]

Never understood the appeal of these contests, not even considering the starving children in Mongolia. Looks pretty gross how these people stuff themselves. They should also have a contest to see who puts out the heaviest load the next morning.

 

[Dave_T]

Never understood the appeal of these contests, not even considering the starving children in Mongolia. Looks pretty gross how these people stuff themselves. They should also have a contest to see who puts out the heaviest load the next morning.

The strain on the entire body must be insane and surprised more competitive eaters aren't done in by this sort of thing.

 

[Lubener]

I sure would like to know what his cholesterol level is.

 

[mfewtrail]

The strain on the entire body must be insane and surprised more competitive eaters aren't done in by this sort of thing.

Most competitive eaters "purge" the contents after training and competitions. According to past competition info, that 62 hot dogs would be about 16,740 calories. Some of them do supposedly keep certain foods down, but they eat very little for the next several days(you would have to do this if you don't want to gain massive quantities of weight) after competing.

 

[64bawagon]

I cant imagine it, 2 hotdogs (maybe 3 on a high activity day) and I am tapping out. On top of that theyre Nathans