Joey Chestnut devoured 57 hot dogs and buns Thursday in a five-minute exhibition at Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, Texas on the Fourth of July.
That fell one shy of the winning total of the men’s 10-minute Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island from which Chestnut was banned this year.
“I was hustling at the beginning,” Chestnut said after consuming the 57 hot dogs and buns. “I slowed down a little bit. For a second I thought I might be able to hit 60.
