Erik Denmark devoured 23 dogs in 12 minutes at the 2007 hot dog eating contest, finishing in 14th place. Before 1991, no contestant had ever eaten more than 20
Erik Denmark stuffs hotdogs in his mouth during the annual hot dog eating contest at Coney Island July 4, 2007 in New York City. Joey Chestnut defeated six time champion Takeru Kobayashi by eating a new world record of 66 hotdogs in twelve minutes.
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