Already the master of hot dog eating, competitive eating superstar Takeru Kobayashi set a new world record with a different kind of sausage: bratwurst. He ate 58 bratwursts in 10 minutes, smashing the previous record of only 34 1/2 brats. He said that he really liked the brats, but they were a little harder to eat than hot dogs are, most likely this is because the dogs are eaten with buns, while the brats involve more chewing. Joey Chestnut, considered to be one of the up and coming stars of the sport, came in second with only 45 brats. The IFCOE has a breakdown of the prize money from the contest, revealing that Kobayashi took home $8,000 for his work.
And for anyone who's counting, the 160-lb Kobayashi ingested 16,820 calories, 1,450 grams of fat, along with 19 days' worth of the recommended (minimum) daily amount of sodium.
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8-09-2006 @ 8:06AM
Finished.Law.School said...
But Kobayashi is incredible physical shape...I think he is make good use of the extra calories in terms of adding muscle mass...
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8-09-2006 @ 8:26AM
Finished.Law.School said...
he is making, that was supposed to say making good use of the extra calories in terms of adding muscle mass...
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8-09-2006 @ 9:52AM
Jared said...
Good lord. I've just announced a challenge involving a mere eight hamburgers, and already have complaints. I can't imagine what would happen if the goal was 50 brats...
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8-29-2006 @ 5:02PM
Amos said...
Kobiyashi is great at eating and he excersices to burn the calories he takes in. He also has a really quick metabolism by nature so he burns calories nearly twice as fast as other people of comparable size.
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