Even if it is gross. And it is. A hot dog eating contest. Gross. But’s SO Brookyn. So here goes:

 The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot-Dog Eating Contest has a new champ: Joey Chestnut. The six-time champ, Takeru Kobayashi, has been beaten.

It was a world record for Chestnut, who ate 66 hot dogs in the 12-minute contest. Kobayashi finished second in a field of
17 eaters. He ate 63 hot dogs.

According to the City Room, there was some debate, however, as to whether, at the end of the 12 minutes, the frankfurters that  were partly in and partly out of his
mouth would count or not.