Joey Chestnut of San Jose, Calif., defending champion of the Nathan's Famous July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest reacts to finishing 68 hot dogs after defeating former champion Takeru Kobayashi, of Nagano, Japan, at Coney Island's annual hot ...

Eric "Badlands" Brooker, 40, left, and Juliet Lee, 43, two of the three competitors at the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition are shown at Nathan's Famous at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, Friday July ...

The trunks of two Asian elephants that are competing in the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition held at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., are shown on Friday July 3, 2009. The ...

NEW YORK - JULY 02: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest official weigh-in ceremony July 2, 2009 in New York City. Former champion Takeru Kobayashi was defeated by ...