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An accomplishment like this cannot be overlooked, so since I made a post about Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest months back, this man is going to get attention as well.

Pat Bertoletti devoured an amazing 21 pounds of grits in only 10 minutes to earn the top prize at the first ever World Grits Eating Championship at Louisiana Downs Saturday.

The popular, southern breakfast dish was served to the contestants in 2 pound increments and out of the nine contestants, the top three combined to eat 60 pounds.

The win wasn’t easy for Bertoletti, as he barely inched out Tim “Eater X” Janus for the $4,000 grand prize, beating him 21 pounds to 20. And speaking of the hot dog eating contest, hot dog world champion Joey Chestnut, who polished off 66 hot dogs, came away in third place after eating only 19 pounds.

The remaining top seven eaters split up $10,000.

Oh, and sorry about the boring picture of grits mix. There didn’t seem to be any photos of the contest online yet. I’m assuming that it was a messy event.

Source: MSNBC

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Joey Chestnut dethroned six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi as the biggest hot dog eater in the world at Wednesday’s 91st annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Chestnut pulled away in the final minute of the 12 minute race, scarfing down six more dogs to finish with 66 to match his own world record.

Kobayashi didn’t do too bad himself, finishing with a personal best 63.

Chestnut takes home the $20,000 grand prize and brings the title of the biggest hot dog eater in the world to the U.S. after Kobayashi finished first in the contest the past six years.

Source: Fox Sports

Will Takeru Kobayashi repeat as champion to run his number of titles to five?

Or will No. 2 ranked Joey Chestnut finally get over that hump and defeat Kobayashi.

Find out today when the 91st Annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest gets underway in Coney Island. Contestants will scarf down as many hot dogs as possible in hopes of winning the grand prize of $20,000 and the right to call themselves the biggest hot dog eater in the world.

Source: Sports Illustrated.