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Joey Chestnut eats 59.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes - new world record (video)

Yokum posted 6/3/2007 from youtube.com

Joey Chestnut beats Takeru Kobayashi's record of 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship. Kobayashi's old record of 53.5 was set last year at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, held at Coney Island in New York. Chestnut placed second last year to Kobayashi with 52 hot dogs.