Joey Chestnut hopes to be the new face of speed eating

[Yollam]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/27/DDGCHJ2JM21.DTL

Joey Chestnut hopes to be the new face of speed eating -- first, he has some cramming to do
Justin Berton, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, May 27, 2006


Hot dogs one and two disappear into Joey Chestnut's mouth like a pair of flies going down a well. A flour-dusted bun gets tossed in afterward.

Hot dogs number three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ... 10, 11, 12 ... 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 ... 18, 19, 20 -- all of them. Gone.

Joey Chestnut is only halfway through his meal, and he's been at it for about four minutes. A CD player on his kitchen counter blares, "Going the Distance," the inspirational ballad from the movie "Rocky."

It's Thursday night, and Chestnut's roommate, Nate Yates, 25, is hovering over Joey in their San Jose bachelor pad, helping the reigning American hot dog speed-eating champion train for the main event: Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, N.Y.











Wow, that Joey Chestnut has really got that good old American can-do-spirit. Makes me just SO FUCKING PROUD OF MY COUNTRY.

[Deja Q]

1. Joey won't remain thin for that long if he eats all them weenies...

What a weenie too.


And, oh look, he's got a friend!


Yes, I tend to smile gleefully at men who eat lots of weenies too. :eyes:


And I just noticed his shirt! NYPD. A cop! What a pig! :spray:

Bad toad, bad! :spank:

[Yollam]

3. He lives in San Jose, so he's probably not a cop.

The T-shirt is probably just his way to "remember 9-11" or whatever.

[Turbineguy]

2. Nice T-shirt dude

Eating to revenge 911. That'll teach those turrists!

[charlie]

4. Haha, good luck

There's always some Japanese flyweight who shows up and destroys everybody. Kobayashi is just the latest.