Joey Chestnut, as he does every year, dominated Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest at Coney Island. Look, let’s all lose our appetites together:
The count is official: JOEY CHESTNUT ATE A WORLD RECORD 74 HOT DOGS. 😱 pic.twitter.com/SFY3QYHoEj — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 4, 2018
Especially when we consider the reported calorie count, which is a thing that dissuades us from becoming competitive eaters every year:
Nutrition Data on Joey Chestnut’s record 74 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. pic.twitter.com/vsuhaHH0ah — Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 4, 2018
According to Nathan’s Restaurant website, a world famous beef hot dog has 280 calories, 18 grams of fat and 780 mg of sodium.
This year’s results came with a bit of drama. More from USA TODAY Sports:
The judges originally counted 64 hot dogs for Chestnut, but it was later revealed that an entire plate wasn’t counted. Chestnut would have won regardless.
People around Twitter, of course, had all sorts of thoughts about Chestnut’s continuous excellence in the competitive eating arena:
Imagine if Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut joined forces, eating hot dogs together. You are imagining the Golden State Warriors. — Carson Cunningham (@KOCOCarson) July 4, 2018
Congrats #SJSU alumnus and competitive eating legend Joey Chestnut! The defending champ wins Nathan's famous hot dog eating contest for the 11th time setting a new record! 🌭🏆🇺🇸 #4thofJuly https://t.co/gd7roxO43W via @mercnews — San Jose State University (@SJSU) July 4, 2018
Joey Chestnut makes me never wanna eat Hotdogs — MVD in Miami! (@PG_MVD) July 4, 2018
Joey Chestnut has just as many championships as Tom Brady and Michael Jordan combined! Chestnut is the real 🐐 — Chase Horn (@ChaseHorn) July 4, 2018
A Nathan’s hot dog has 24 carbs. Joey Chestnut ate 74 hot dogs. Eating 1776 carbs and 74 hot dogs on 7/4 is the most American stat in history. — Justin Karp (@jskarp) July 4, 2018