Seven in a row: Joey Chestnut wins 2022 incredibly hot dog eating contest

Jack Birle

July 04, 01:25 PM July 04, 01:49 PM

Joey Chestnut gained the 2022 Nathan's Very hot Puppy Taking in Contest for the seventh consecutive time and 15th total.

NATHAN'S Warm Puppy Taking in CONTESTANTS WEIGH IN Forward OF THE Food stuff Fight

"Jaws" ate 63 scorching pet dogs and buns in 10 minutes, 13 brief of the planet record Chestnut established at the contest final 12 months. Geoffrey Espar concluded second, feeding on 47.5 scorching canine and buns, and James Webb completed third by feeding on 41 incredibly hot dogs and buns.

"It was a ridiculous contest. I was pleased I was ready to arrive as a result of on prime," Chestnut explained in the aftermath of the contest.

The 38-yr-previous specialist eater has won 15 of the previous 16 Nathan's sizzling doggy having contests, only dropping in 2015 to Matt Stonie by two incredibly hot canines and buns.

Miki Sudo gained the women's contest by feeding on 40 incredibly hot canines and buns in 10 minutes, 14 extra very hot dogs and buns than the 2nd-location finisher. Sudo fell 8.5 hot dogs and buns brief of the women's earth record, which she established in 2020.

The contest dates again to 1916, when "legend" claims 4 immigrants held a sizzling canine ingesting contest to determine who was the most patriotic. The official contest has been held each individual yr due to the fact 1972.

The Nathan's Sizzling Pet Taking in contest was held at the Nathan's Well-known cafe in Brooklyn, New York, for the initial time considering the fact that 2019. The 2020 and 2021 editions ended up held at diverse venues to accommodate social distancing in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.