Joey Chestnut
Joseph Christian "Jaws" Chestnut ( born November 25, 1983 in Vallejo, California) is an American competitive eater. The 1.80 m wide engineering student is currently provided by the International Federation of Competitive Eating First Place in the world rankings. His residence is in San Jose, California.
On 4 July 2007 Chestnut won the 92nd annual International Hot Dog Eating Contest, held annually by the American fast food chain Nathan 's Famous and one of the most famous eating contest in the United States. Thus he defeated the six-time defending champion Takeru "Tsunami " Kobayashi when he ate 66 hot dogs in under 10 minutes. On 4 July 2009 Chestnut won again against Kobayashi, because he set a world record of 68 hot dogs and thus earned his third consecutive title. On 4 July 2010, he scored his fourth so-called Mustard Belt ( to German as: " Mustard Belt " ) while he devoured 54 hot dogs. The 2010 competition was confident of victory, as Kobayashi due to a dispute with Major League Eating did not participate .. On July 4, 2012, he triumphed with a score of 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes and thus won his sixth championship in a row.
His theme music is " Baba O'Riley " by The Who. The song is played when he enters the International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Career
Joey Chestnut, a student from San Jose, entered the Wettess scene in 2005 when he fried asparagus in the highly -placed eaters Jace Maybury with 6.3 pounds of asparagus in 11.5 minutes defeated at the Wettess Championship (approx. 2.85 kg ). In the same year he ate during the International Hot-dog eating competition 32 hot dogs and was in third place behind Takeru Kobayashi and Sonya Thomas.
Chestnut defeated Sonya Thomas during the Waffle House World Waffle Eating Championship and was built during the Square -Off World Hamburger Eating Championship qualifier runner-up behind her as he ate 56 Krystal burgers and they 57 He later defeated by 91 hamburgers in the finals and was second placed behind Takeru Kobayashi with 97 hamburgers.
Chestnut qualified for the International Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2006 with 50 hot dogs. Although he led most of the contest against Takeru Kobayashi, he could not defeat him and defeated its 53 hot dogs (a new world record) with 52
In 2007 he won the Wing Bowl XV at the Wachovia Center. In this competition, he ate 182 chicken wings in 30 minutes and was Wing Bowl champion and record holder.
On 4 July 2007 he and Kobayashi came at the International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Iceland, Brooklyn, New York against each other. Chestnut won with 66 to 63 hot dogs and so reached Kobayashi's first defeat in the competition after six years.
On 28 October 2007, he ate 103 Krystal burgers at the Krystal Square Off, the official world championship in hamburger eating contest in Chattanooga, Tennessee in his official record time of eight minutes and thus the new world record.
In 2008 he set two new world records: He ate on February 1 241 chicken wings in 30 minutes at the Wing Bowl WVI in Philadelphia and on March 2 78 matzo dumplings during the World Cup ( Kenny & Ziggy 's World Matzoh Ball Eating Championship ) in Houston, Texas.
On July 4, 2008 Chestnut ate during the annual International Hot Dog eating competition with 59 hot dogs in 10 minutes as many as Takeru Kobayashi. The decision was reached by a further eating competition, in which it was to see who could eat the fastest 5 hotdogs. This could Chestnut win for themselves. Furthermore, 59 hot dogs a new record, because the time was reduced from 12 to 10 minutes. At that time weighed 102 kg Chestnut ..
On 28 July 2008, he lost to Kobayashi in Hühnchensaté - eating contest at the MLE Asia inaugural event. He ate only a little over 4 kg, while Kobashi scored 5.5 kg.
On 23 August 2008 Chestnut defeated the runner-up of the International Federation of Competetive Eating Pat " Deep Dish " Bertoletti at the Jiaozi second - Wettess Championship in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California. He devoured 231 Jiaozi and presented as a new world record. Thus he broke his old record of 212 Jiaozi, with whom he won the 2006 against Sonya " Black Widow" Thomas, who ate only 210. Thomas took this year is not part in the competition, due to budget and travel costs.
On 12 October 2008, he ate 45 pieces of pizza, winning the " Famous Famiglia World Pizza Eating ' Championship, which was held at New York's Times Square. A few weeks later, the record was broken, however, by Bertoletti, who could eat 47 pieces of pizza.
On 21 February 2009 he ate 10 pounds (about 4.76 kilograms ) Macaroni and cheese in seven minutes during halftime of the San Jose Stealth lacrosse game and thus recorded another world record to his name.
On 4 July 2009 Chestnut surpassed its previous record of 59 hot dogs, as he managed to consume 68 hot dogs during the International Hot-dog eating competition.
When transmitting, Man v. Food, San Jose, he ate the so-called " Burritozilla Iguana ", a 5 pounds (about 2.26 kilograms ) heavy and 17 inches long burrito in 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
On 9 May 2010 Chestnut defeated Kobayashi in the shrimp wonton eating contest in Singapore. He ate 380 wontons and presented thus set another world record.
On July 4, 2010, he secured the victory at the International Hot Dog Eating Contest for the fourth time in a row when he ate 54 hot dogs, which he personally but referred to as a disappointing performance.
On 18 September 2010 he took part in the first Pepto -Bismol Bratwurst Wettess Championship at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, and destroyed 42 Queen City sausages in 12 minutes.
On September 25, 2010 Chestnut won the Upper Crust Pizza Eating Championship, when he ate 37 slices of pizza in 10 minutes, and thus a bit more than " Notorious BOB ".
On July 4, 2011, he earned his fifth win at the International Hot Dog Eating Contest in a row with 62 hot dogs. In an attempt to gain attention, claimed Koyabashi, who did not participate in the competition because of a refusal to sign the contract necessary to have eaten 69 hot dogs and set a new world record. A video of Koyabashis experiment showed, however, clearly an incorrect count because he was hiding, first half of a hot dog behind the table, and secondly was repeatedly states, including CNBC that Koyabashi 65 ate and not 69 On September 5, 2011 Koyabashi adopted another hot dog eating contest in part, in which he ate 49 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
On July 4, 2012, he again won by devouring 68 hot dogs and thus reached its previously held record ..
Training
Chestnut trains by fasting, and his stomach by drinking milk and water expands with protein addition. Three days before winning a chicken - eating contest in Boston in November 2005, he drank gallons of water in under one minute and ate Buffalo wings to get used to his stomach it. Since the beginning of his career as a competitive eater its weight varies between 210-225 pounds (about 95-102 kg ).
Currently held world records
- Pork ribs: 9.8 pounds (about 4.44 kilograms ) in 12 minutes at John Ascuaga 's Nugget Casino Resort during the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook -off in Sparks, Nevada on August 27, 2008.
- Steak: 4.5 pounds (about 2.04 kg ) including side dishes in 8 minutes and 52 seconds at Big Texan Steak Ranch on March 24, 2008.
- Deep-fried asparagus: 9 pounds (about 4.08 kilograms ) during the World Deep Fried Asparagus Eating Championship in Stockton, California on April 16, 2011.
- Hot dogs: 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes during the International Hod -dog eating competition on Coney Iceland, New York on July 4, 2009.
- Chicken Wings: 241 wings at Wing Bowl XVI in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 1, 2008.
- Matzo dumplings: 28 dumplings in 8 minutes at Kenny & Ziggy 's New York Delicatessen Restaurant in Houston, Texas on March 2, 2008.