Joey Chestnut sets new record at post-pandemic hot dog race

Winner Joey Chestnut (Brittainy Newman/AP)

Chowdown champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke his own record to gulp a 14th win in the men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Sunday, while Michelle Lesco took the women’s title.

Chestnut downed 76 franks and buns in 10 minutes. That is one more than he did in setting the men’s record last year, when the contest unfolded without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic.