70 Hot Dogs and Buns

[Racer X]

Did Kobayashi retire?

[GGD]

Racer X wrote:
Did Kobayashi retire?

Contract dispute. (And Joey Chestnut kept beating him).

Takeru Kobayashi has not competed in the contest since 2009 due to his refusal to sign an exclusive contract with Major League Eating, which is the current sanctioning body of the contest. In 2010, he was arrested by police after attempting to jump on the stage after the contest was over and disrupt the proceedings.[14][15][16] On August 5, 2010, all charges against Kobayashi were dismissed by a judge in Brooklyn. Despite his six consecutive victories in their annual event, Nathan's removed Kobayashi's image from their "Wall of Fame" in 2011. Kobayashi again refused to compete in 2011, but instead conducted his own hot dog eating exhibition, claiming to have consumed 69 HDB, seven more than Joey Chestnut accomplished in the Nathan's contest.[17]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%27s...ng_Contest


I do wonder what the maximum Joey Chestnut's body can hold is, a good experiment might be to run the hot dogs and buns through a blender and swallow that, and see how much volume his digestive system can take in. I wonder if he actually does this in training.