PHOENIX —Let’s be frank: It takes dogged determination to win a hot-dog eating contest.
And that’s just what Joey Chestnut was earlier this month when he took top honors in the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Contest at the Arizona Mills mall in Tempe, Ariz. —Let’s be frank: It takes dogged determination to win a hot-dog eating contest.
According to the Associated Press, Chestnut, 23, gobbled up more than 59 franks in 12 minutes to take the title and shatter the record held by Takeru Kobayashi of Japan. Kobayashi set the previous record at last year’s Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in New York. —Let’s be frank: It takes dogged determination to win a hot-dog eating contest.
Ryan Nerz, an employee of contest governing board Major League Eating, said of Chestnut’s winning effort: “He’s unbelievable. He just keeps on going. I always thought there was a limit—a limit to the human stomach and a limit to human willpower, but I guess not.” —Let’s be frank: It takes dogged determination to win a hot-dog eating contest.
Chestnut’s grand prize consisted of a free trip to New York City, a year’s supply of hot dogs—no doubt he wants to keep eating plenty of those babies—and a $250 gift card to the Arizona Mills mall. —Let’s be frank: It takes dogged determination to win a hot-dog eating contest.