Balance of Food

Congrats to Joey Chestnut, who now holds the world record for hot dog eating, downing 59 ½ dogs in 12 minutes. Chestnut accomplished the feat at the qualifying competition for Nathan's Famous 4th of July International Hot Dog-Eating Competition. The previous record holder was the famous Takeru Kobayashi, who on July 4 at Nathan's last year, barely edged out Chestnut by less than 2 dogs. Kobayashi had 53 ¾ dogs in 12 minutes. Some will say it really counts when or if Chestnut can beat Kobayashi in front of him under the sun at Nathan's this July 4. But Chestnut can hold his head up high. He has done something no one else in the world has done, and 99.7 percent of the world will never even try. Chestnut proved last year that he can keep up with the Japanese legend. We will see if Chestnut can defend his title or will it go back to Kobayashi or will someone new be the official hot dog eating champion. And we will cover the event on July 4.