takeru kobayashi holds the record for eating hot dogs.
takeru kobayashi holds the record for eating hot dogs.
who holds the record for eating 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.
competitive eating
boone holds a total of 52 world records. some of them are records for eating hot dogs, including having eaten ten hot dogs in two minutes and fifty-five seconds. he has also set a world record for eating twenty-eight reindeer sausages in twelve minutes. his second world record of finishing two hundred and seventy-four russian dumplings (pelmeni) in six minutes was included in a compilation by bleacher report, titled "top 10 unbreakable and disgusting competitive eating records". his win at the 2009 indian donut eating contest earned him another world record for chowing down forty-four doughnuts in twelve minutes. boone is the reigning world champion of the world league of competitive eating (wloce), hq in bangalore, india.
dale boone