No better way to celebrate the independence of America than doing something that we are really, really good at – The Nathans Hot Dog Eating Competition!

Today is an epic matchup – Kobayashi vs. Chestnut – for the rights to the Mustard Belt.  Already there is controversy over the shortening of the contest from 12 minutes to 10 minutes.  Will that make a difference to these athletes?

Kobayashi was the 6-time champion until he was upset last year by local boy, Chestnut, so this year is a GRUDGE MATCH

The competitive eaters from all over are assembled – some great costuming this year! – and the fun facts about all of the competitors are priceless.  In order to ascend the heights of the Nathans contest, you have to prove your intestinal mettle as a champion in some other eating pantheon – today there were brisket eaters, cheese fry specialists, sushi specialists, and hard-boiled egg eaters.

I’m thinking that maybe I could start training for such a thing, dad… maybe starting with some tasty beef heart perhaps?

I’m studying the great Kobayashi’s technique as I chew myself…

Ready for the next one dad… keep ’em coming!

Maybe some decorative face paint will improve my chances like this guy?

I noticed that all the competitors have a technique of eating and drinking at the same time, so I head over to my Drinkwell so that I can eat more…

In the end it was HISTORIC – never in the Nathans history has there been a TIE!!!  59 dogs in 10 minutes! So they had to have a DOG OFF (don’t worry doggies, it’s not what you’re thinking…) where they had to go head-to-head and whoever ate 5 dogs the fastest would win.  IT WAS NAIL BITING…

In the end Chestnut was victorious, so the Mustard Belt stays in the USA!  I’m kind of sad for Kobayashi, he’s a great competitor with amazing technique (cannonballing those dogs by folding them in half, genius!) as he’s had some injuries (jaw-thritis), but I’m happy to hear that he will stay in competitive eating and be back next year!!!

Love,

Bogart

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2 thoughts on “Great Eating on the 4th”

  1. I had to laugh out loud when I saw your dog. Our Dale, Cheyenne, is just a year old, and what a personality. I am glad I am not alone with some of these behaviors. Someday, she will get over thinking the mailbox flag is going to attack us!!

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