San Jose’s Joey Chestnut upped his Nathan’s Famous hot-dog eating record Monday without up-chucking — downing 70 franks and buns at the annual July 4 contest in Coney Island.
But Chestnut set a world record last month when he ate 73 1/2 hot dogs and buns during a qualifying event, officials said.
As NBC New York reported: “As he gripped the mustard-colored belt after his win Monday afternoon, Chestunt said [Matt] Stonie had ‘woke up the sleeping giant’ when he beat him out last year.”
“Last year was rough,” Chestnut said. “This year was the best ever.”
Superlatives fed social media:
Joey Chestnut took in this in 10 minutes at Hot Dog Eating Contest: 19,600 calories, 1,260 g of fat, 54,600 mg of sodium & 700 g of protein
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 4, 2016
VIDEO: Joey Chestnut reclaims Hot Dog Eating Contest title after downing 70 hot dogs. https://t.co/psOOkZ2SCJ pic.twitter.com/AIrLnOdsEG
— theScore (@theScore) July 4, 2016
Joey Chestnut downs record 70 hot dogs in eating contest’
And, amazingly, saved some room for dessert— Paul Lander (@paul_lander) July 4, 2016
Joey Chestnut eats 70 hot dogs and buns to win today. He now has the top 5 performances in hot dog eating history pic.twitter.com/MdawAonoaV
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 4, 2016