Joey Chestnut Battles Takeru Kobayashi From Afar In 2011 Joey Chestnut Battles Takeru Kobayashi From Afar In 2011

Joey Chestnut Battles Takeru Kobayashi From Afar In 2011 : At Coney Island, Joey Chestnut wins his fifth straight title, while Takeru Kobayashi, eating in sync at a Manhattan rooftop bar, claims to have broken the world record, consuming 69 dogs in ten minutes. Time will tell whether the record is recognized. Call them the ten most gluttonous minutes of the year. At Coney Island Monday, the annual Independence Day ritual of excess is about to begin, when the so-called ‘horsemen of the esophagus’ attempt to out-consume one another for a $10,000 prize. The Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest begins at noon, and the Journal’s resident competitive eating expert, Chris Hardesty, will be live-blogging from Surf Avenue. This year’s competition, the first to feature a separate event for women, completed around 11:45, with Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas taking the first-ever title. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, Takeru Kobayashi, competitive eating’s champion in exile, will be eating alongside a simulcast of the event.