Here's to Joey for defending his title yesterday against Takeru Kobayashi. Last year Chestnut pried the title from Kobayashi's hands after an impressive 6 year run. This year, he took Kobayashi down in a sudden death eat-off after tying with 59 dogs eaten.
After bursting onto the competitive eating scene in 2005 by eating 6.3 lbs of fried asparagus in 11.5 minutes, Joey Chestnut has showed no signs of slowing down. He can easily perform the 'Gallon Challenge' and drink a gallon of milk in 41 seconds. In last years Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Joey knocked off perennial champion Takeru Kobayashi by eating 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes.
