Joey Chestnut wins men’s hot dog eating contest after weather delay

Joey Chestnut picked up his sixteenth Nathan’s Well-known Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest win on Tuesday at Coney Island within the New York City borough of Brooklyn, holding off James Webb and Geoffrey Esper within the males’s area.

Chestnut devoured 62 scorching canines in 10 minutes.

He set the report for many hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes with 76 in 2021. He had 63 in final yr’s contest.

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Aggressive eater Joey Chestnut holds a plate of hotdogs representing his world report for consuming 76 hotdogs and buns in 10 minutes throughout a weigh-in ceremony earlier than the Nathan’s Well-known July Fourth scorching canine consuming contest, Monday, July 3, 2023, in New York. (AP Picture/John Minchillo)

Chestnut received off to a scorching begin, consuming 5 scorching canines and buns inside the first 30 seconds. With 5 minutes remaining within the contest, Chestnut ate about 40 scorching canines and buns. At one level, he was consuming almost seven scorching canines per minute.

Esper completed in second place with 49 and Webb had 47.

The competition was delayed two hours on account of storms shifting by way of the world. It was first thought the occasion was going to be canceled however the opponents persevered and on the first sight of solar, they received out to the stage and began their journey one glizzy at a time.

Earlier within the day, Miki Sudo secured her ninth victory on the scorching canine consuming contest. She put down 39.5 scorching canines and buns in 10 minutes and narrowly defeated Mayo Ebihara. The Japan native was solely six scorching canines and buns behind Sudo with 33.

Aggressive eaters Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo face off earlier than the Nathan’s Well-known July Fourth scorching canine consuming contest, Monday, July 3, 2023, in New York. (AP Picture/John Minchillo)

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Sudo made her first look on the contest in 2014 and hasn’t misplaced since, in line with the New York Put up. She was solely compelled to take a yr off in 2021 due to her being pregnant however she returned in 2022 and knocked off Michelle Lesco on the time.

Miki Sudo waves earlier than the Nathan’s Well-known July Fourth scorching canine consuming contest, Monday, July 3, 2023, in New York. (AP Picture/John Minchillo)

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Sudo got here into the occasion because the third-ranked eater on the planet and first amongst girls.