Joey Chestnut won his fourth straight Coney Island hot dog eating contest Sunday afternoon, eating 54 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, nine better than the second-place finisher.
Chestnut failed to get to close to the contest record, set by him last year, of 68.
Japanese competitor Takeru Kobayashi, who was Chestnut's toughest competitor in recent years, did not participate this year.
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Not only are eating contests stupid, but they waste food and are bad for you. Get a new hobby!! Another example of overeating and America at waste.
Anyone can eat hot dogs, try having a feces eating contest. 54 turds in 10 minutes would impress me
I like hot dogs but I couldn't imagine stuffing myself like that. I would be sick for weeks after.
Yall take this stuff too personal. This is an event that is as traditional as running with the bulls, or jumping in ice cold water on the 1st of the year...is it stupid, maybe...odd, absolutely. yall are just jealous you will never be on tv or make the news for being a little crazy. At least on this day, an AMERICAN won it, you should be a little proud you.
Good point
this is our generations PEARL HARBOR! that foreigner attacked OUR PATRIOT on OUR SOIL! TIME TO FIGHT BACK AMERICA!
Nothing against this but is this really noteworthy for CNN followers around the world...? Unlikely...congratulations to the winner. I respect anyone who excels in his area of expertise...
people this is serious! He attackedOUR PATRIOT on AMERICAS birthday after winning OUR FOOD CONTEST! WE must respond swift and vengeful!! USA!
thabnks cristian! i respect you too!
Just the thought of eating that much makes me ill.
How much $$ does Joey win for eating all those dogs? GO JOEY!!
lol so patriotic, you wannabes and posers.
GET over yourself people....waste FOOD? I bet you're a card carrying PETA
Seriously...does anyone know how much money he makes? Thinkin I might go into the FOOD eating contest.
REAL food eaters dont do it for the MONEY or the BABES! They do it for their love of AMERICA!
Every time I return from a trip to Asia, I can't help but notice how over weight Americans are.
Perhaps you can consider staying there next time.
wow like this is soooo important. the oil spill isn't as important as a guy eating a weiner.
don't you get it?! Kobayashi's trying to attack AMERICA where we're the strongest! FOOD EATING! He's worse than bin laden!!!
I never understood 'eating contests'. Especially when approx. 25-30 THOUSAND children starve to death on this planet every day. It would be interesting to see a hot dog eating contest with an audience consisting of starving children.
Come down off your soap box John. Why don't you go take some hot dogs to those starving kids then? Exactly...shut your pie hole.
if we don't eat those dogs they're going to waste! its an INSULT to the starvin' orphans if we DONT eat em!
Joey Fartsalot.
He wins 25,000 dollars..