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Man-eat-dog

Kobayashi actually ate 58.5 hot dogs on July 4 — not 68.5!
Photo by Bobby Bank

So, how hard is it to eat 54 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes? Consider that 54 HDBs comprises:

• 16,038 calories (normal daily intake is 2,500).

• 983.34 grams of fat (normal is 65 g)

• 37,371 miligrams of sodium (normal is 2,400 mg)

• 587.52 grams of protein (normal is 50 g)

Joey Chestnut won for the fourth straight year, but his numbers were diminished because of the scorching heat. He finished with 54 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.
Community Newspaper Group / Gersh Kuntzman