The champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke his own record to claim his fourteenth victory in the Male Hot Dogs Eating Contest, while Michelle Lesco took the women’s title. The competition of Chowdown He had to face the restrictions of the pandemic and he complied with maintaining the tradition that is celebrated every July 4 and started in 1916.
Chestnut, known as “The Shark” and “Top Dog,” swallowed 76 sausages and their breads in 10 minutes. That’s one more than he ate when setting the men’s record last year, when the contest ran without fans due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
“It just felt good,” Chestnut, of Westfield, Indiana, said in an interview after his win. Even if I felt uncomfortable, having everyone cheering me on and supporting me made me feel good”.
In the female category Lesco, from Tucson, Arizona, ate 30 Hot Dogs in 10 minutes and said her victory was “an incredible feeling”.
The current women’s champion and record holder, Miki Sudo, did not participate in this year’s competition because she is expecting a baby together with her partner, also a competitive eater, Nick Wehry, who fought for the men’s title, but fell short.
The annual 4th of July sausage festival typically occurs outside Nathan’s flagship store in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn. But this year’s planning took place amid changing coronavirus restrictions, and the event took place. in a minor league ballpark nearby, the Maimonides Park, with 5,000 viewers.
Last year, it was held indoors and without an audience due to the pandemic. Chestnut said that he had missed fans in the past year. “I’ve been waiting for this all year”He told ESPN in an interview before the competition.
Other titles of the champion
Joey Chestnut is a “professional eater” and has more than 50 records in major competitions of this type. For example, he won first place in the Buffalo Chicken Wings eating 3.4 kilos of chicken wings in 12 minutes.
Other competitions in which he took number one on the podium are the Taco competition (2019) with 82 street style studs; Glazed donuts, 55 in eight minutes, (2017); Boiled eggs, 141 in eight minutes (2013); Poppers jalapeños, with 118 in 10 minutes (2006); Philly cheesesteaks, 23 sandwiches in 10 minutes (2013); Pork ribs, 6.2 kilos of meat in 12 minutes (2013): Putin, 18 kilos in 10 minutes (2019); Shrimp wonton, 390 in eight minutes (2012); Twinkies, 121 in six minutes (2013).
According to one estimate, 76 Hot Dogs de Chestnut With which he won his last competition on Sunday they added 20,520 calories, 1,102 grams of fat, 684 grams of protein, 1,900 milligrams of cholesterol and 50,160 milligrams of sodium.
