In the past year Chestnut devoured world records for waffles (18.5 in 10 minutes), pork ribs (5.5 pounds in 12 minutes), grilled cheese sandwiches (32.5 in 10 minutes) and chicken wings -- 173 in 30 minutes, wiping out the previous record by 29 wings.I'm getting indigestion just thinking about it.
And on May 18, at a Nathan's qualifier in Las Vegas, Chestnut scarfed 50 dogs in 12 minutes, shattering the old record of 37.
"Joey Chestnut," marvels George Shea, president of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, "is clearly going to change the face of American competitive eating. He may become the greatest eater in America, if not the world."
Saturday, May 27, 2006
I Can't Believe He Ate the Whole Thing
There was a very funny article in the Chronicle this morning about a local guy, Joey Chestnut, who is on his way to being the world champion in speed eating. He goes to San Jose State, and he's prepping for the Mount Everest of speed eating contests: Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island.
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This guy is getting famous quick! I saw a short bio on him on ESPN where he was touted as America's best hope to break the current japanese dominance in the world of competitive eating . Why is the superbowl of eating judged on hot dogs? and why do the japenese dominate? Questions that may never be answered.
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