Food contests and consuming competitions are a supply of a lot intrigue on the web. We see how folks train their jaws and stomachs to transcend human consumption limits and win prizes. This time on fourth of July, a hotdog consuming contest was organised as is the custom on the US Independence Day. The reigning champion of the annual U.S. Fourth of July sizzling canine consuming contest, Joey Chestnut secured his sixteenth profession win in a spectacular show of gustatory prowess. Against all odds, together with a thunderstorm delay on the iconic Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating contest in New York City’s Coney Island, the indomitable 39-year-old from Indiana remained undeterred. Guess what number of hotdogs he ate to attain the imply feat? Watch the video and see for your self:

This is peak efficiency ???????? pic.twitter.com/SHQHM1wIfD— ESPN (@espn) July 4, 2023

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Joey Chestnut consumed 62 frankies in simply 10 minutes. His closest competitor, Geoff Esper from Massachusetts, might devour solely 49 sizzling canine, Reuters reported.

However, Chestnut fell wanting surpassing his personal world document of 76 sizzling canine, a feat he achieved final yr on the similar contest.  In an interview, Chestnut shared that he intends to proceed his quest for greatness on the earth of aggressive consuming. “Today things got in the way, but I’ll be coming back,” Chestnut informed ESPN.  

Reportedly, Chestnut has consumed over 1,150 hotdogs on the competitors, ever because it started in 2004.

Last yr, Chestnut managed to eat 63 sizzling canine and buns in 10 minutes. While doing all this, he additionally took down a protestor in the course of the competitors. When Chestnut was devouring his 18th sizzling canine, an nameless man rushed the stage carrying a Darth Vader masks. He carried an indication board that learn, “Expose Smithfield Deathstar,” referring to the pork provider Smithfield Foods, as per the animal activist group Direct Action Everywhere.

BREAKING! DxE protestors dressed as Darth Vader & Storm Troopers disrupt #NathansHotDogEatingContest likening Nathan’s provider Smithfield Foods’ “Deathstar” Factory Farm to the lethal Star Wars weapon. Press Release: https://t.co/4XQWB195mK#RightToRescue#SmithfieldsDeathstarpic.twitter.com/rsAJO0SNc0— Direct Action Everywhere (@DxEverywhere) July 4, 2022

Meanwhile, within the ladies’s contest this yr, New York City native Miki Sudo emerged victorious. Miki Sudo — who claimed her eighth title final yr — defended it by consuming 39 and a half canine inside 10 minutes. Notably, she additionally set the ladies’s world document in 2020 by devouring 48.5 sizzling canine.