Joey Chestnut has finally proved he’s mortal, failing to take a top competitive eating trophy in a New Hampshire wings contest.
But New England can still claim to be the land of gluttony – a thirsty guy named Eric Booker downed seven cans of Moxie in two minutes.
First the bad news – Chestnut went down in defeat trying to win a wings-eating contest in neighboring New Hampshire.
Chestnut finished second in the inaugural Wings Eating Competition at The Brook casino in Seabrook on Saturday, according to Jordan Verge of i95rocks.com.
James Webb won the competition after eating 7.77 pounds of wing meat in ten minutes, narrowly defeating Chestnut, who consumed 7.54 pounds.
It was Chestnut’s first competition since eating 66 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes to win his 18th Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest title at Coney Island, further extending his record as the event’s most successful champion.
While we mourn Chestnut’s loss we can simultaneously celebrate Booker, professionally known as BadlandsChugs.
He traveled to Lisbon, Maine, also on Saturday, to compete in the Moxie Festival’s annual Moxie Chugging Competition.
For the second year in a row the chugman took home the bacon.
He broke his own previous record of six cans.
Booker holds multiple Guinness World Records for competitive drinking, Verge reports.
His official records include one liter of soda in 6.80 seconds, two liters in 18.45 seconds, and four liters in 29.64 seconds, along with a Guinness-listed record for drinking one liter of tomato sauce in 1 minute, 18 seconds.
