- Learn how competitive eater and Nathan's Hot Dog champ Joey Chestnut eats 15 pounds of hot dogs. — Time
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Interested in competitive eating, but can't quite stomach the thought of eating a bajillion hot dogs in one sitting. Then get ready, a new video game will allow you to pretend you're a Competitive World Eating Champion. On May 12, game publisher Mastiff will be releasing Major League Eating: The Game for the Wii.
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This afternoon, over 20,000 fans packed the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Penn., to see the sixteeth annual Wing Bowl. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who was the reigning champion, held onto his title by chowing down on 241 chicken wings in 30 minutes. This was 14 more than his nearest competitor Patrick Bertoletti and 36 more than third place Bill "El Wingador" Simmons.
For his gastronomic feat, Chestnut — when did he obtain the nickname "Jaws".
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You may have eaten a lot of food on Thanksgiving, but did you eat enough to feed ten people. Tim "Eater X" Janus did. In a strange publicity stunt aimed to draw attention to New York City's hungry, competitive eaters from around the globe gathered to see who could eat the most during a Thanksgiving battle.
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Yesterday, at the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, reigning champion Takeru Kobayashi was bested by Californian Joey Chestnut. In a down-to-the-wire race, Chestnut dethroned six-time champion Kobayashi by downing 66 hot dogs (plus buns) in 12 minutes - that's one hot dog every 10.9 seconds. Kobayashi, despite recently having a wisdom tooth extracted and treatment for a sore jaw - managed to do his personal best by inhaling 63 hot dogs.
However, the event wasn't without some controversy.
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