Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is held every fourth of July on the Coney Island Boardwalk. The perennial champion Joey Chestnut holds the world record for eating 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes. I decided to see how long it would take me to eat a single hot dog.
The contest used Nathan's hot dogs and side cut buns by Wonder bread. Since I finished my package of Hebrew National, I decided to buy some Nathan's as well as Wonder bread buns so I could simulate what Joey Chestnut has to compete with.
The problem as I soon found out is I bought regular Nathan's hot dogs and not the bun length hot dogs.
.jpg)
The hot dogs I bought were X grams, the bun length dogs are 56 grams, totaling 140 calories.
Nevertheless, I decided to time myself to see how fast I could down one, knowing I would later have to buy the bun length dogs and try again.
I decided not to start with the gobble the dog technique followed by soaking the bun in water that most champion eaters employ. I was just going to see and eat the hot dog as quickly as I could as if say I had just bought a hot dog at work and suddenly got a 911 call and wanted to finish the dog before we arrived on scene with the scene only being two minutes away.
How long did it take me?
I asked my daughter and she guessed I did it in thirty seconds. No.
It took me:
.jpg)
1 Minute 49.66 seconds. That was from when the dog first hit my mouth to the last swallow. I understand in the real contest when the buzzer sounds, any amount of hot dog in your mouth counts as long as you eventually swallow it.
Assuming I could eat five hot dogs at the same pace, I would finish the contest with 5 hot dogs eaten. Maybe four if I adjust for the bun length hot dogs.
How did it taste wolfing it down? It was a good hot dog.