# Joey Chestnut Defends His Title In Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 5, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529 "2017-07-05T09:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529/21 "2017-07-06T02:47:31Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > The grossness alone annoys me. What’s next? Competitive vomiting? Remember the “Jackass” TV program? When I was a kid, my Girl Scout leader’s husband said that when he was a very young man, he won an eating contest by swallowing 22 jumbo shrimp, “and then I upchucked about 22 times.” I don’t remember what prompted him to tell us that story, or if he was still revolted by the idea of eating shrimp. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529/22 "2017-07-06T02:55:07Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I wonder what the sodium content is for 72 hot dogs and 72 buns. It must be astronomical. By my calculations, that’s over 50,000mg of sodium. Hot damn. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529/23 "2017-07-06T12:25:17Z")
I doubt that all that many hot dogs actually pass through the contestants’ digestive tracts, ifyaknowhamean. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529/24 "2017-07-06T22:26:41Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I wonder what the sodium content is for 72 hot dogs and 72 buns. It must be astronomical. According to [this site](http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/nathans-famous-hot-dog-w-bun-from-website-479461291?v2=false), **one** Nathan hot dog with bun contains 780mg of Sodium, plus some other stuff. That’s around 56 grams, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529/25 "2017-07-06T22:41:52Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I doubt that all that many hot dogs actually pass through the contestants’ digestive tracts, ifyaknowhamean. Well they claim to not throw up at any point afterwards and the rules don’t allow it, so who knows. But you’re probably right. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529/26 "2017-07-06T23:09:34Z")
If they don’t have bowel movement judges, I call bullshit. So to speak. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-defends-his-title-in-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/790529.md?page=1)