{"id":169452,"date":"2018-07-05T04:10:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T08:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=169452"},"modified":"2018-07-05T04:10:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T08:10:08","slug":"defending-champ-chestnut-sets-record-with-74-hot-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/05\/defending-champ-chestnut-sets-record-with-74-hot-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending champ Chestnut sets record with 74 hot dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cAt the end of the day, Joey Chestnut came in here and ate 74 hot dogs, broke a world record,\u201d said Cincotti, who celebrated his 26th birthday on Wednesday. \u201cApparently they were good dogs.\u201d (Photo <\/a>by Michael McDonough\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 Joey \u201cJaws\u201d Chestnut extended his reign as champion eater at the Nathan’s Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest Wednesday, downing a record 74 wieners and buns in 10 minutes to take home the coveted Mustard Belt for an 11th time.<\/p>\n

Miki Sudo held onto her title as the top woman’s competitor at the annual Brooklyn eat-off, chomping 37 franks and buns to take home the top prize for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found a vicious rhythm,\u201d the 34-year-old Chestnut said after the stuffing session. \u201cI was feeling good today.\u201d<\/p>\n

But while Chestnut ate 10 more dogs and buns than second-place finisher Carmen Cincotti, a judging error cast initial doubt over their totals after jurists didn’t see the eaters were taking the dogs and buns from two plates.<\/p>\n

Eric Gonzalez, the Brooklyn district attorney, certified the final tally and Chestnut’s record of 74.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, Joey Chestnut came in here and ate 74 hot dogs, broke a world record,\u201d said Cincotti, who celebrated his 26th birthday on Wednesday. \u201cApparently they were good dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sudo fell short of the 41 hot dogs she consumed last year, but easily beat out second-place finisher Mischelle Lesco of Tuscon, Arizona, who chowed down 28 wieners and buns.<\/p>\n

Thousands of attendees, many donning mustard-colored hot dog caps, braved 83-degree temperatures and a heat index of 91 degrees to witness the annual July Fourth competition on the Coney Island boardwalk. The outlandish tradition dates to 1972, though the company has long promoted what a former president acknowledged was a legendary start date of 1916.<\/p>\n

Fan Martha Pleasant, 41, of Franklin, New Jersey, said she was attending the competitive eating competition to support her husband Dwight, who \u201cloves wieners.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to knock something off my hubby’s bucket list,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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