Who won the Coney Island Hot Dog eating context in 2010?”
Joey Chestnut can eat A LOT of hot dogs, fast. He won his 4th straight title today at the annual 4th of July Coney Island hot dog eating contest by downing 54 dogs. Chestnut, a San Jose, Calif. native, said he was slow last year, though he was confident in his ability to win. The stage at Coney Island (Getty) Last year, Chestnut took the win with 68 hot dogs, a record, so he was down 14 dogs today. “I came out and knew what I had to do,” he said after the competition (via Seattlepi.com ). “I was slower than I wanted to be.” What was almost as exciting as his record-breaking win was the fact that rival Takeru Kobayashi, who was a 6-time champ, was not supposed to be at the event because of some kind of contract dispute, but instead came up on stage after Chestnut’s win and wound up getting arrested for his refusal to get down. He was carted off by NYPD shortly following the ordeal. Chestnut didn’t seem phased, and will likely proudly tak
In a dogged victory, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut scarfed down 54 franks in 10 minutes to take his fourth consecutive title — and the coveted mustard yellow belt — at the 95th annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on New York’s Coney Island Sunday. It was man bites dog all the way. Chestnut pushed and shoved the wieners into his mouth, then chomped and swallowed while simultaneously reaching for his next fistful and bouncing up and down on his toes. Despite the spray of bread, water and assorted food debris, he managed to avoid a yellow card for messy eating. But Chestnut’s victory – in 90-degree temperatures – didn’t come close to matching his world-record 68 hot dogs last year.
