grodscorp@grods.comJoey Chestnut: true sporting hero
 | Posted by The Editor on Saturday 5 July 2008, 10:02 am Categories: Sport, Them crazy..., Weird shit Tags: Tags: CompetitiveEating, HorseshoeSandwich, Hotdog, JoeyChestnut |
If you’re going to be a successful competitive eater then you might as well have a kewl name.
Hi, I’m Joey Chestnut. I’m here to help.
US defending champion Joey Chestnut won the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest overnight by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a first-ever overtime.
Mr Chestnut, of San Jose, California, defeated six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in the annual event held at New York’s Coney Island beach.
The two were tied at 59 hot dogs a piece at the end of the regulation 10 minutes, forcing a sudden death overtime to determine which man could eat five more hot dogs in the shortest time.
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Competitive eating is serious stuff; anyone who doubts me should rent out Taxidermia. The training regime practiced by Mr Chestnut is different to that depicted in the film but is still pretty extreme.
Chestnut trains by fasting and by stretching his stomach with milk and water. Three days before winning a chicken-eating contest in Boston, in November 2005, Chestnut drank gallons of water in under one minute and ate buffalo wings to get his stomach accustomed to them. As of July 4, 2006, his competition weight was 220 pounds (100 kg).
Hot dogs are the mainstay of competitive eating in the USA but the sheer range of foods that JoChe (as he’s know to his close friends) has scoffed to win titles is impressive, and pretty bloody funny (and a study in the shitness of American food.) Check out some of these:
* Grilled cheese sandwiches
* Pork ribs
* Deep fried asparagus
* Pizza Hut special items
* Pulled pork (not in any way related to interference with farm animals before their slaughter for food)
* Horseshoe sandwiches
What are horseshoe sandwiches? I’m glad you asked.
Heart attack on a plate
The horseshoe sandwich originated in Springfield, Illinois. This open-faced sandwich begins with thick-sliced toasted sourdough bread, and a couple of hamburger patties or ham. The meat is topped with french fries and smothered with a “secret” cheese sauce. With its many variations, it is a local favorite not often found outside Central Illinois.
Many people would laugh at Joey Chestnut’s achievements and mock his sport, but here at GrodsCorp we’d like to salute Joey Chestnut: a true sporting hero.
Joey Chestnut fights his gag reflex while smoking a sausage
GrodsThink Ep.31 (16/9/08)
