takeru kobayashi has the record for eating the most hot dogs.
takeru kobayashi has the record for eating the most hot dogs.
who has the record for eating the most hot dogs?
takeru kobayashi
traditionally, eating contests, often involving pies, were events at county fairs. the recent surge in the popularity of competitive eating is due in large part to the development of the nathan's hot dog eating contest, an annual holiday tradition that has been held on july 4 virtually every year since the 1970s at coney island. in 2001, takeru kobayashi ate 50 hot dogs – smashing the previous record (25.5). the event generates enormous media attention and has been aired on espn for the past eight years, contributing to the growth of the competitive eating phenomenon. kobayashi won the competition every year from 2001 until 2006, but was dethroned in 2007 by joey chestnut. in 2008, chestnut and kobayashi tied at 59 hot dogs in 10 minutes (the time span had previously been 12 minutes), and chestnut won in an eat-off in which he was the first of the two competitors to finish eating 5 hot dogs, earning him a second consecutive title.
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bullet::::- hot dogs – in 1937, hot dogs were the first things sold in mcdonald's. then in ceo ray kroc's 1977 autobiography, he prohibited the company from selling them, regardless of potential demand, as he regarded them as unhygienic; however, hot dogs were reintroduced in 1995 at some midwestern located stores (at the option of the franchise-holder) as a summer item. uk stores sold hot dogs during 2002 on the mcchoice menu (later poundsaver) and as a seasonal menu item in the summer of 1999. also, at least one american restaurant offered oscar mayer hot dogs at some time, notably in bethel park, pennsylvania, and mcdonald's locations at toronto metro zoo and skydome in toronto offered hot dogs until 1999. starting in the year 2007, a few mcdonald's began selling hot dogs in central pennsylvania due to popular demand from local sports fans. they can be found at 12 locations . in tokyo locations, hot dogs were available from 1990 until 2004, and were reintroduced for 2009, dubbed the "mchot dog". mcdonald's locations in chile also sold hot dogs for a brief period in 2004.
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