Over the July 4 weekend, a new hot-dog-eating world champion was crowned. Joey Chestnut took the title from 6-year champion Takeru Kobayashi, downing 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes, a new world record.
You may not realize that Chestnut has a Downtown Memphis connection… on March 23 of this year, he became one of the very few people to win Big Foot Lodge’s Sasquatch Challenge. The Sasquatch, a burger made with 4 pounds of ground beef, is free if you can finish it in under an hour. Many, many people have tried and failed. Joey Chestnut, however, finished it off in only 7 minutes and 36 seconds.
Congrats to Joey on his victories in both the Sasquatch Challenge and the hot dog eating world championship.