Joey Chestnut Shatters Kobayashi's Hot Dog Eating Record - Sports Blog - The FanHouse

Joey Chestnut Shatters Kobayashi's Hot Dog Eating Record

"I just told my wife that Joey Chestnut broke Takero Kobayashi's hot dog eating record, and without missing a beat she said, 'We'll see what happens on the Fourth of July.' Yes, my wife knows that the Fourth of July is the biggest day of the hot dog eating year, and so do millions of Americans. And after Chestnut ate 59.5 dogs in 12 minutes yesterday at the Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe, Kobayashi had better be ready to face his stiffest competition yet at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Hey, even the greatest have to fall eventually - for every Minnesota Fats there's a Fast Eddie Felson or a Faster Joey Chestnut.