New hot dog eating world record!

by Nicole Weston, Posted Jul 4th 2006 @ 2:05PM

The folks over at Gothamist decided to liveblog the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog contest, which is fortunate for everyone who wasn't able to make it out to Coney Island today to watch in person. They reported that, after a grueling 12 minute battle, Takeru Kobayashi emerged victorious with a new world record of 54 hot dogs! That breaks his previous record of 53 1/2.

If you recall from earlier, this means that Kobayashi ate more than 16,500 calories in that short time period. Is it worth it? Well, not only does the winner get the glory of being the most recognized eater in the world, but he (Kobayashi, in this case) gets to take home the mustard-yellow championship belt for another year.

Update: You can view a videoclip here.

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Tags: competition, competitive eating, contest, hot dog, nathan's famous, Nathan'sFamous, new york, results, super size me, Takeru Kobayashi, TakeruKobayashi, world record