Joey Chestnut Defies Rain Delay To Defend Title At Nathan's 4th Of July Hot Dog Contest

Food superstar Joey "Jaws" Chestnut 

overcame a rain delay and fought back to earn another 

victory in Nathan's Famous July 4th Hot Dog 

Eating Contest, devouring 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.

Chestnut outscored runner-up 

Geoffrey Asper and the rest of the international field of 15 

competitive eaters by double digits to win his 16th 

competitive eaters by doubltitle. Asper from Oxford, 

Massachusetts managed to eat 49 hote digits to win his 16th