Greensboro, NC – There’s no other food more American than hot dogs. With today marking the 231st birthday of America, is there not a better way to celebrate it then with “Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest?”
World renowned hot dog consumer, Takeru Kobayashi, just went toe-to-toe with the Phil Mickelson of these infamous contests, Joey Chestnut. With the Americans behind Chestnut to usurp the “Major League Eating” crown, he was able to one-up Kobayashi with a score of 62-61. Yes, that’s 62 hot dogs to Kobayashi’s 61 in a span of 12 minutes! The judges added more fuel to Kobayashi’s fire by deducting a half of a hot dog because of the “reverse.” A reverse is defined as a hot dog consumed, but shortly puked back; ergo, no hot dog was eaten.
Aside from 123 hot dogs consumed by two fairly trimmed body fellows, the most ludicrous events were taking place in the telecast booth. The announcer was comparing Chestnut’s lead and eventual victory to the heroics of George Washington defeating the British just a few miles away from the contest’s shores in Coney Island, NY. The announcer followed with, “All Americans should be proud this Independence Day for Chestnut’s heroics.” Yes, I’m thrilled that an American can take down a Japanese man in food consumption. But let’s not make the parallel to the birth of a nation or war for that matter.
Another thought: how many cholesterol points do the contestants gain from the contest? I can just see Kobayashi, after “reversing” his final hot dog, run for the Lipitor off camera when the clock hits zero. I assume the guys must practice somehow. Is the practice similar to training for a marathon? Months away, do they devour just a few dogs, then slowly build-up the consumption until a week before the contest? Kobayashi has been doing these contests for over 10 years. He must have some sort of routine. He's the Lance Armstrong of MLE by traveling into a foreign country and dominating the competition for a decade. However, his dynasty won't continue today. Chalk up another victory for the Americans. C’mon! – it’s our birthday!
2 comments:
I wondered the exact same thing while being forced to watch it on espn today.I'm going to request another post on this topic with indepth research into the training needed to compete in this event.
Should there be a Chick-Fil-A eating competition, I'm signing you up... Seeing how you are already able to consume two of their meals in one sitting (as I've witnessed many times as I watch my waffle fries disappear before me)
The sad thing was that in the highlights of the Nathan's Hot dog eating Contest (It's the name of the game big guy) sadly out of all 12 minutes of the contest...they had to show the part where he...if you'd please...REGURGITATED!
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