More 4th of July Hot Dogs!

Washington Post on the evolution of the crazy hot dog eating contest:

With a mathematical model used to understand improvement patterns in other sports records, Smoliga predicted today’s eaters might max out in the low 80s. That is, unless a competitor with a more ideal body enters the field.
“If you had a 7-foot-4 male who started training for competitive eating in their 20s and went after it for 10 years, my guess is they would probably blow Joey Chestnut out of the water,” he said.

Chestnut said he has already reached 82 hot dogs and buns in a training session and thinks it’s humanly possible to go even higher.

“If I could train somebody,” Chestnut said, “I think I could push somebody with the right build to 90.”

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