Joey Chestnut Wins Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship

Posted by Robyn Lee, September 29, 2008 at 10:30 AM

Congratulations to Joey Chestnut for winning this weekend's Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship by downing 93 Krystal hamburgers in eight minutes. Legendary rival Takeru Kobayashi only ate 84 hamburgers, putting him in third place, and second place went to Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti for eating 85 hamburgers. This is the second year in a row Chestnut has taken first place; last year he won by eating 103 hamburgers. For full results, read the Krystal Square Off Blog.

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Tags: competitive eating, contests, Joey Chestnut, Krystal, Patrick Bertoletti, Takeru Kobayashi

7 Comments:

I don't know how anyone can eat so many of those burgers. I first saw a Krystal burger in July while visiting friends in TN. When I smelled my husband eating one, I felt queasy and almost retched. I couldn't eat the entire afternoon and night from seeing and smelling that grey rubbish. The sad thing is that grey is my favorite color. :\

Cassaendra at 1:00PM on 09/29/08

Kobayashi looks totally pissed off in that photo.

EazyB at 1:03PM on 09/29/08

He probably is pissed off. He was like the king of competitive eating. Now Chestnut seems to be beating him all the time.

wunami at 4:59PM on 09/29/08

I bet he's calculating how far he could run if he snatched the burger belt out of that guy's hand.

csbrown at 4:59PM on 09/29/08

I used to live off those things towards the end of each semester in college, they were right across the street from the university library (U of F).

Mostly you are eating bread so they might as well have a contest to see who can eat the most loaves of bread, the meat and onions are an afterthought.

redfish at 6:45PM on 09/29/08

White Castle are truly better. That said, sliders aren't my favorite incarnation. I lean more towards the "six dollar" burger variety.

tjmile1 at 8:48PM on 10/01/08

Off topic, but I'm wondering when Subway is going to have a "Footlong" eating competition. They haven't done it yet and what great marketing this is. Fo sho.

tjmile1 at 8:49PM on 10/01/08

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