Hot Dog Eating Contest 2009 Results

For the third year running, Joey Chestnut beat out his main rival, Takeru Kobayashi. The two lived up to their ravenous hot dog reputations. They made quick work of the 17 other eaters, and set personal best scores: Chestnut ate 68 dogs. Kobayashi’s ate 64.5 dogs.

The Hot Dog Eating Contest 2009 Results are in and the eating event only lasts 10 minutes and the two were keeping pace with each other until the ninth minute, where Chestnut pulled away.

“I’ve been practicing hard. After the second minute, I knew that my body was cooperating,” stated Chestnut in an interview with ESPN after the contest.

Chestnut and Kobayashi are considered the game’s best competitors and have different techniques to eating. Kobayashi has a smooth, effortless approach. Chestnut muscles them down and then later in the competition Chestnut’s face turns red and contorts as he drools.

He’s got the competition down to a science. Here is his technique…he grabs two hot dogs, forcing them into his mouth and taking a minimal number of chews as he gulps them down his throat. Then he dips the buns in water and lets them slide right down.

Prior to the event, Chestnut felt confident, stating that “he would set a new record. I’m usually pretty hesitant on making predictions like that. But I was feeling good,”he said in a press release.

Once again, Joey Chestnut wins the Hot Dog Eating Contest 2009 Results are in…