More than 100,000 spectators crammed a Coney Island intersection this weekend to watch a handful of competitive eaters cram fistfuls of hot dogs and buns into their mouths.
Sponsored by
Nathan’s Hot Dogs, this annual glutton-a-thon takes place every July 4th. This year’s winner was Joey Chestnut (see photo) who ate 54 hot dogs and rolls in 10 minutes time, averaging nearly 5.5 dogs every 60 seconds.
This marked the fourth straight win for Chestnut who also holds the world record for hot dog eating with 68 dogs and rolls in 10 minutes. For perspective, that’s more than 20,000 calories in 10 minutes, which is boggling when you consider that, according to
ESPN3, multi-gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps consumers 12,000 calories a day when training for The Olympics.
