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Yesterday the top dogs of competitive eating faced off at the scales. Reigning champ Joey Chestnut and six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi were weighed in prior to their annual July 4th Nathan't Hot Dog showdown tomorrow. Chestnut, 25, came in at 218 lbs, to his 31-year-old competitor's 132 lbs. The two have faced off four times, with each taking home the belt twice, so this year will be a tie-breaker. Chestnut currently holds the world record, with his 2007 performance of eating 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes
The Daily News reports that Mayor Bloomberg was on hand, and told the crowd, "July 4 isn't a holiday for these men. It's going to be a day of reckoning." There will be 18 other eaters in the contest, but who will take home the mustard belt?!
The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is broadcast at noon on ESPN, but the fun on Coney Island's Stillwell Avenue starts at 10:30 a.m.
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A Canadian geese eating contest could kill two birds with one stone.
I bet Kobayashi could take down at least two of them, like a great python.
Don't mention the "G" word here on gothamist. Do you know who will pop up like the proverbial carriage horse in the park don't you?
And BTW hot dogs are not made out of "G's" they are made out of small dogs like pugs and winnerschnitzels they capture in the subway.
chestnut will get his nuts cracked this year if the judging is fair and they don't hold a phony run-off like last year's farce
Kobayashi, 61-58.
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I'm waiting for the year a contestant has a mild stomach bug and ends up projectile vomiting half-chewed hot dogs onto the front row of spectators. Then the smell hits the other contestants and they hurl, as well. And before you know it, it's an all-out barf-o-rama.
Okay, I cribbed that from Stand by Me, but it's the thought that counts.
I agree with you on this one. The 'contest" is pure bullshit. It's a total waste of "food" and reflects a certain gluttony that normally was enjoyed only by decadent Romans and ruling despots.
BTW have you checked out the price for a Nathan's hotdog out in Coney Island? It's like $3 and change plus tax.
66 hotdogs at $3 is almost $200. This almost makes me want to purge.