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Competitive Eating: Hot Dog Edition
Image from Nathan's Famous website.
Chestnut defeats Kobayashi Again!
On July 4, 2009, at the end of ten minutes, Joey Chestnut came out on top! He ate a fantastical 68 hot dogs! He is now the second person to win 3 consecutive titles. The belt will stay in the United States.The top five finishers are
- Joey Chestnut - 68 hot dogs. (World Record)
- Takeru Kobayashi - 64.25 hot dogs
- Patrick Bertoletti - 55 hot dogs
A Brief History
Almost every year since then, the contest has been held at noon (12:40pm beginning in 2004) on Coney Island with hot dogs provided by Nathan's Famous.
In 1997, the competition became sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE). They now require entrants to be at least 18 years old and under contract with the IFOCE, qualifying by being the defending champion, winning a regional qualifier, getting a wildcard slot, or receiving an invitation from the IFOCE. Officials at the competition are part of Major League Eating, who also provide Bunnettes to count the number of hot dogs eaten. The contest winner gets to take the "Mustard Belt" to his home country until the battle for it begins the next year. Cash prizes were first awarded in 2007 with $10,000 for first place. First place also typically wins a few cases of hot dogs.
ESPN live coverage began in 2004. Coverage began at noon but the competition itself was moved to 12:40pm.
Find more details on Wikipedia. Image by David Shankbone.
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Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit
With barbecue sauce-soaked tongue planted firmly in cheek, Nerz chronicles his amusing adventures in the perverse, repellent, strangely heroic world of "competitive eating." Having moved beyond county fair pie-eating contests, competitive eating is now a global challenge involving national pride, superstars and, in 2005, $200,000 in prize money.
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Current World Champion
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut (US)
Who will win in 2010?
Contest Trends
Recent first place finishers:
- 2007-2009: Joey Chestnut
- 2001-2006: Takeru Kobayashi
- 2000: Kazutoyo Arai
How many hot dogs?
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Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream
Fagone's trek takes him to 27 eating contests on two continents, from the World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship in Venice Beach, California, to Nagoya, Japan, where he pursues an interview with the legendary Takeru Kobayashi, perhaps the most prodigious eater in the world today, and to the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, the sport's annual grand finale, where Kobayashi has eaten more than 50 dogs in 12 minutes.
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Current World Record
68 hot dogs: 6.8 per minute!
Notable Competitive Eaters
Images from IFOCE.
- Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
- Current reigning hot dog champion. Professional competitive eater from San Jose, California. Find him on Wikipedia.
- Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti
- From Chicago, he is currently the second highest ranked competitive eater overall. Find him on Wikipedia.
- Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi
- Champion from 2001-2006. Likes to eat the meat and buns separately with a little wiggle known as the "Kobayashi Shake." Find him on Wikipedia.
- Timothy "Eater X" Janus
- From New York City, this man likes to compete with a mask painted on his face. Find him on Wikipedia.
- Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas
- Probably the most famous woman on the competitive eating circuit today. She holds the women's record in hot dog eating. Find her on Wikipedia.
Watch the Competition
Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest - 2009
Joey Chestnut wins his 3rd Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest consuming 68 hotdogs in 10 minutes. The commentary alone is worth the viewing. This is disgusting, and at the same time, downright hysterical. This is the only competition where you can say the phrase 'he has a 2 dog lead' with a straight face. :-)
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He Has The Dream. He Has The Desire. But Does He Have The Stomach? Crazy Legs Conti is an eccentric New York City window washer nude model sperm donor and huge fan of the annual July 4th hot dog eating competition. When he casually breaks the world oyster eating record in New Orleans Crazy Legs decides to dedicate himself to fulfilling his lifelong dream of becoming a professional competitive eater.
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Join the Competition
While there are many websites with tips on how to train, the IFOCE emphasizes safety and does not endorse any kind of at-home training.
You may also want to check out Major League Eating, where you can find information on becoming a Bunnette. (What's that?)
For the hot dog eating competition, keep an eye on the Schedule of Events. Your best bet is to win one of these qualifiers in order to secure your spot in the July 4th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Competition!
Image from Nathan's Famous.
Have Your Own Hot Dog Competition
It would be a fun get together with some good friends. Everyone likes a friendly contest. You might need something to help you cook all those dogs....
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How To Be A Competitive Eating Champion
Get ready to chow down on some serious advice on how to become the world's next competitive eating champion! If you love food, and think you can eat faster than anyone else, take a look at what our expert has to say about the sport of competitive eating on this DVD. You can learn all about the history of competitive eating, the rules of competitive eating contests, how to get into competitive eating and much more!
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Are you a hot dog eating champ?
How many hot dogs can you eat? Are you a local champion ready to move into the qualifying rounds? Should we watch for you on ESPN in the next competition? Also, you can rate this lens at The Isle of Squid or even submit your own lens there.
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Susan52 wrote...
They'd laugh me out of the competition, but I do love a good hotdog. I just prefer to s-a-v-o-r it. Great lens!
Posted August 18, 2008
Treasures-By-Brenda wrote...
There is absolutely no way you are going to get me to click on the icon for one of those YouTube videos on eating hotdogs. I can't believe 59...I can take one once in a while but just the thought of 59...
...and, just so you know, I am NOT going to forward this lens to my sons!
(I hope that you can tell that I have meant this in good humor and that I am smiling...excellent lens if on a topic that I find somewhat hard to digest. You've put it together very well.)
Brenda
Posted July 23, 2008
WhiteBison wrote...
Awesome work, you did a really great job with this lens! Interesting. I could eat 4, maybe 5, 6 if I knew I could get that $10,000...other than that, how do they do this? What a talent.
Posted July 05, 2008
