Joey Chestnut in Sports Illustrated
(From Steakbellie) In this week’s Sports Illustrated, Rick Reilly interviewed Joey Chestnut in the all you can eat seats at Dodger Stadium, where he set the record by eating 25 hot dogs. Joey says he once ate a bone in a chicken wing eating contest after he did not receive credit for cleaning all the meat. Joey said he will receive $3,000 for appearing at a bar mitzah.
The column is not available online, it is mentioned in a comment to this blog entry.
The Belo Blog has an interview with Joey Chestnut which closes with the following question:
Q. Now that you’ve set the hot dog record, what are your goals?
That was my goal for like two years. I haven’t set a new one yet. I’m hoping something will come up or a challenger will start beating me so I can try to beat them.
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anonymous said
October 7, 2007 @ 10:25 am
Did rick reilly fall asleep during the interview
Rabbi Yitzy said
October 7, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
Joseph appearing at a bar mitzvah Ooy vay. Make sure he veres a yamalka
Philly Guy said
October 7, 2007 @ 8:57 pm
I can’t wait to see that super sweet 16.
Mega Munch said
October 7, 2007 @ 10:37 pm
Joey should work on beating Pat Bertolleti.
Rhonda Evans said
October 9, 2007 @ 11:55 am
Yeah, you would normally expect the # 1 eater in the world to win over half the time. All I can say is that that boy had better thank his lucky stars that Koby doesn’t hang his hat in N.Y.C, as I’m not sure he even deserves to be ranked ahead of Pat, let alone Koby. And now he also has Janus beating him.
Jake from SF said
October 9, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
Rhonda, Pat maybe on a winning streak at the moment, but everyone knows that there are only 2 major contests at this moment that most influence the rankings. These are krystal hamburgers and nathans hotdogs (since it seems brats and grilled cheese are now defunct). Joey beat Koby and smoked Pat to take the ultime crown in CE at Nathans. That is why he is #1. If Pat or Koby beat Joey than the rankings will change accordingly. The best comparison would be for someone to say that Tiger Woods should drop after losing a the buick open to phil mickelson even though Tiger just won the US Open 2 months prior. The other contests can cause changes in the lower half of the rankings, but its the majors that bring out the real competition and Pat will admit that krystals is where he needs to win to move up the ladder. Pat is a top 3 guy, but he needs that major win to get to Joey/Koby status.
Rhonda Evans said
October 9, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
Jake you are totally right. I doubt MLE will change the rankings but twice per year, that being right after each of those two events you just mentioned. That’s why, as I envision it, there’s something very biased and unfair about the current system. I’ll use an extreme, but not impossible, situation to point this out.
Let’s say that counting Nathan’s and Krystals (both sandwich foods) Joey and Pat face each other a dozen times within a 12-month period. Pat could finish ahead of Joey in five straight events and lose to him in Krystals, and because of the timing of the change in standings, and the weight of that major event, the IFOCE ranks Joey ahead of Pat.
Then for the next five contests the same thing could occur with Pat defeating Joey in each one. Then comes July 4th and Joey finishes ahead of Pat. There we go again. Does anyone not see what’s wrong with this picture?
Ideally, many different types of food should be represented in the rankings. Sandwich foods are way overweighted. We need more representation from seafood, pasta, meat (on the bone), vegetables, fruit, pastry, soup, and buffet food, for example.
Rhonda Evans said
October 9, 2007 @ 4:05 pm
Also Jake, in my mind, golf is not the best sport to compare to competitive eating. All golf is pretty much the same, regardless of the event. The object of the sport doesn’t change. It’s the same size ball all the time.
I always contended that since C.E. involves many different foods, it is more on par with track and field (like the decathlon), in which many different foods/events comprise the total package for which overall ability is measured.
I could really make a dissertation out of this, but I would risk getting banned from eatfeats,. and I do hope to post here once in awhile in the future. So that’s enough for now.
Carey said
October 9, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
Rhonda, great analogy. I think another dimension to the track and field comparison is the speed and longevity in various events. Many people argue that a two minute contest is not competitive eating because don’t need much stomach capacity. It does, however, allow for more speed, just like the shorter running races don’t take need much endurance, but are still interesting because of the top speeds.
Mega Munch said
October 9, 2007 @ 8:05 pm
One thing CE needs that track & field already has: shiny medals.
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