Geoff Esper ate 16 lbs 11.2 oz of shrimp, beating his record he set last year. Joey Chestnut ate 16 lbs even.
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, who won 16 out of the previous 17 contests, isn't attending the competition over a sponsorship tiff.will see a slate of competitive eaters wolf down as many franks as they can in New York City on Thursday — but this year, the event’s biggest star will be chowing down 1,900 miles away.
“There's going to be a new champion,” Australian James Webb, who holds a world record for eating 70 doughnuts in eight minutes, said at a preview event in New York on Wednesday., of Indiana, chewed his way to the title by downing 62 dogs and buns in 10 minutes. The record, which he set in 2021, is 76.
Esper came second last year with 49 dogs and buns, though his personal best is 51. Sudo won her ninth title in 2023 with 39 1/2, but her best is 48 1/2, the women's world record.
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