BUFFALO (UPI) -- Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, the world’s No. 1 ranked competitive eater, downed 7.61 pounds of wings at the National Buffalo Wing Festival in Buffalo, N.Y.
Chestnut, 28, took the top prize Sunday at the festival’s professional Buffalo Chicken Wing Eating Contest, defeating the No. 4 professional eater, Sonya Thomas, who downed 6.36 pounds of wings in the 12-minute contest, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News reported Monday.
Thomas previously won the contest in 2004 and for the five consecutive years from 2007 through 2011.
Chestnut, who said he has previously failed to best Thomas at chicken wing eating, said he believes he downed a total of 191 chicken wings.
“It was incredible, an amazing contest,” Chestnut said after the competition. “It was just a matter of getting the right rhythm. And Sonya is a great competitor.”
Organizers said Chestnut‘s victory set a new world record for chicken wing consumption.
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12분에 버팔로윙 191개 먹어치운 괴물男!
세계에서 가장 많이 먹는 기록을 가진 남자가 뉴욕의 한 버팔로 윙 축제에서 3.5키로에 육박하는 닭날개를 먹어 치워 화제다.
'조스'란 별명을 가진 조이 체스트넛(28)은 퍼팔로 윙 먹기 대회에서 12분간 주어진 시간동안 191개의 닭날개를 먹으며 강력한 우승후보였던 소냐 토마스를 제치고 1위를 차지했다. 소냐 토마스는 2004년 우승을 거머쥔 후 2007년에서 2011년까지 연속으로 우승하는 위력을 보였다.
