Joey Chestnut shakes off rain delay, wins his sixteenth Nathan’s Fourth of July scorching canine contest title

Eating famous person Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and devoured his technique to one other win at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July scorching canine consuming contest, downing 62 franks and buns in 10 minutes.

Chestnut out ate runner-up Geoffrey Esper and the remainder of a global discipline of 15 aggressive eaters by double digits to clinch his sixteenth title. Esper, of Oxford, Massachusetts managed to ingest 49 scorching canines and buns.

In the ladies’s contest, defending champion Miki Sudo pressured down 39 1/2 scorching canines and buns to gather her ninth Mustard Belt. But earlier than the lads may compete, stormy climate moved over New York City’s Coney Island and delayed the competitors for 2 hours.

“What a roller coaster, emotionally,” Chestnut stated after driving out the rain and questioning whether or not the famed contest would go on in any respect. The 39-year-old from Westfield, Indiana first competed for the Nathan’s title in 2005 and hasn’t misplaced it since 2015.

His greatest end was in 2021 when he tallied 76 scorching canines, however Tuesday’s climate disruption made a repeat inconceivable.

“Everybody got messed up,” Chestnut stated.

Sudo beat Mayoi Ebihara’s 33 1/2 scorching canines in 10 minutes in a ladies’s occasion that gave the impression to be a lot nearer till the ultimate rely was introduced. The unofficial real-time counter confirmed the 2 leaders tied all through a lot of the competitors. A remaining rely of plates settled the rating.

Sudo, 37, was upset in her profitable whole, which was 9 scorching canines wanting her all-time excessive. She stated competitors from the 27-year-old Ebihara had thrown her off.

“The first couple minutes, I found myself watching her, which I never want to do. I never want to be distracted by the other competitors,” Sudo, of Port Richey, Florida, stated after the competitors. “Watching her, I fumbled my hands. I got stuck with a big burp early on but was able to correct.”