Joey Chestnut Wins Top Prize for Pizza Gluttony

Ten of the world's most competitive eaters faced off in Times Square yesterday for the Famous Famiglia pizza-eating contest, and Joey Chestnut, the reigning hot dog-eating champion, emerged victorious by consuming a record-shattering 45 slices in 10 minutes. Chicago's Patrick Bertoletti, who held the previous record at 22 slices in 10 minutes, placed second yesterday with 43 slices. To win the $5,000 prize, Chestnut ate nothing but protein supplements for two days and drank a gallon of water to stretch his stomach muscles before the contest, during which he took in an estimated 11,700 calories and 450 grams of fat. The Daily News was on the scene and reports that "he never appeared to chew." Contestant Adam Gertler hailed Chestnut as "truly a god among eaters. He could probably put an entire work boot in his mouth."

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By John Del Signore in Food on October 13, 2008 2:06 PM

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JMH

If I was really hungry, I could totally eat four slices of pizza in 10 minutes. So, yeah, that's less than one tenth. Holy crap that's a lot of pizza.

Sinchy

from the looks of that picture he's eaten himself retarded.

NannyState

So...what else is he willing to put in his mouth?

HUGO_MEGO

How can someone eat that much dough in 10 minutes?

JRod5417

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuurp.

JenChungsBaby

Almost 6 whole Famiglia pies? That's like 10 pies of real pizza.

Wza

My bad.

The man got a gut of steel...lol

*shrug*

Rob T Firefly

I remain unimpressed until he actually does eat a workboot. Or a bicycle. Or David Blaine.

whitecastlerock

How many hours did he spend on the bowl after ingesting all of this crap? That must be a record as well

Politburo

Wza: He already has that record, according to wikipedia. He defended the title a few weeks ago, but did not set a new record.

Hamburgers: 103 Krystal Hamburgers in eight minutes at the Krystal Square Off Finals in Chattanooga, Tennessee on October 28, 2007.

(Krystal is the southern version of White Castle)