Joey Chestnut Resets The World Hot Dog Record; Which Eating Record Do You Think You Could Break?
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First of all, congrats to the most American American Joey Chestnut for being this late in his career and still taking down title after title. Not only just winning but dominating the field and redefining the game every Independence Day. 74 wieners in 10 minutes is outrageous. A quick 22,200 calories, 1850 carbs, and 814 grams of protein for gains season. Just a regular day at the office for the second most prolific eater of all time, just behind the Disposal.
But after watching the GOAT set another world record it forced me over to the Major League Eating Records page to see what else people are stuffing down their gullets for the glory. The Nathan’s Hot Dog contest is really the only mainstream contest but this shit is year round – each one more preposterous than the last.
After a quick scroll, here are the most preposterous records that I don’t even fully grasp.
– Patrick Bertoletti: 22 oz 7/11 Slurpee in NINE SECONDS. I assume this is the frozen Slurpee and not like a coke in a Slurpee container, right? Cause if this dude just swilled a 20 oz in 9 seconds, color me unimpressed. If he put down a frozen substance that quickly and his brain didn’t immediately freeze for the rest of time, then scientists need to study his genetic makeup.
– Joey Chestnut: 12 lbs, 8.75 oz of deep fried asparagus in 10 minutes. The GOAT keeps a well-balanced diet by eating 74 hotdogs one day and then a shade under 13 lbs of asparagus the next. What a wild boy.
– Joey Chestnut: 54 brain tacos in eight minutes. Bro, what the fuck?
– Sonya Thomas: 80 chicken nuggets in five minutes. The time limit is the wildest part of this. I’ve seen plenty of people put down 50 McNuggets with relative ease but in longer than five minutes. I could certainly see people being able to put down 100 in 10 minutes. 80 in 5 is just downright impressive.
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– Bob Shoudt: 13.9 lbs of Skyline Chili in 10 minutes. Arrest Bob Shoudt.
– Gideon Oji: 25.5 16 oz kale salads in eight minutes. And you just know he wont shut up about it.
– Matt Stonie: 255 Peeps in five minutes. Immediate trip to the insane asylum for anyone who entered this contest. One Peep should be the world record.
Which record do you think you could take down? Personally I have my eyes on Seaver Miller’s holiday sliced ham effort of 2 lbs 10 oz in five minutes back in ’06. I could at least put down 4 lbs of holiday sliced ham in the allotted time if need be. I could also shatter Pete Davekos’ Edible Arrangement record of 3 minutes and 52 seconds. Unless you have to also eat the physical basket and skewers I don’t see how that takes me more than 3 minutes. Those things are delicious.