Joey Chestnut Sets World Shrimp Cocktail Eating Record

[Jughead]

This event took place last Saturday. Joey, who by the way is officially the world's #1 ranked eater, ate 9.25 pounds of shrimp in 8 minutes.

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut—of San Jose, CA, and the world's #1-ranked eater—ate 9.25lb of Shrimp Cocktail on Saturday, December 7, 2013, in Indianapolis, IN, at The World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship—Located At The Meijer Tail Greater Party On Georgia St to set the inaugural world Shrimp Cocktail-eating record.

All of which is a very dry, fact-based way of saying that Chestnut did what Chestnut does. He came, he saw, he conquered. MLE's Latin scholars might muse that Chestnut—in his veni, vidi, vici approach to life—is our sport's Julius Caesar. Only without the toga or the assassination and with a smaller nose. On this day, the signature Shrimp Cocktail from famed Indianapolis steak house St. Elmo was to be Chestnut's Pharnaces II of Pontus. The jumbo shrimp, covered in St. Elmo's lauded and very horseradishy sauce, stood no chance. The battle was swift. The result unequivocal. Chestnut 1; Shrimp 0. This is what history records.

Major League Eating & International Federation of Competitive Eating

 

[TheOldSchool]

Joey Chestnut is the man! I wonder how long it'll be before he can look at a cocktail shrimp again lol

 

[Jughead]

The man definitely has talent.

Here's a clip of him in action:

Joey Chestnut Polishes off 9.25lbs of Shrimp in 8 minutes!

 

[Mr. H.]

Hard to believe they ate it WITH that sauce. I heard it's hotter than blazes. Damn.