for the 94th 4th of July, Nathan's Hot Dog has had another dog eating contest.
NEW YORK -- Reigning champ Joey Chestnut has logged his third consecutive win in Coney Island's annual hot dog eating contest with a world-record 68 franks. (Yeah folks, that's 6.8 weenies a MINUTE for 10 minutes!!)
He defeated his archrival, six-time titleholder Takeru Kobayashi, in Saturday's bout. Chestnut led throughout the contest.
Last year's event initially ended in a tie, with Chestnut and Kobayashi both gobbling down 59 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Chestnut went on to win a dramatic five hot dog eat-off.
This year's Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest was broadcast live on ESPN.
Chestnut is from San Jose, Calif. Kobayashi is from Japan.
Do I consider it a sport? Nope. Is it kinda silly? Yep.
So why bring it up? Because Nathan's drew THIRTY THOUSAND people!!! Toledo has a famous hot dog place too! I wonder if Packo's has ever considered a contest? I mean, this was covered on ESPN fer cryin' out loud!! How much is that free press worth??
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=4306015
Watch the contest
I'm assuming this is a statistical outlier for competitive eating contests. Keep in mind that this event has been running for 94 years, it's in New York City, and it's on the 4th of July. My guess is that Pork Rinds, Ribs, and Calamari drew a smaller crowd.
Still, the organization says they're looking to expand, and I don't know why we couldn't get a pirogi or pazcki contest in town.
posted by TheTalentedMrC on Jul 04, 2009 at 03:40:26 pm #