Joey Chestnut is champ again in July 4 hot dog-eating contest

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut at a weigh-in before the Nathan’s Famous July Fourth hot dog-eating contest (Julia Nikhinson/AP)

Joey “Jaws” Chestnut gobbled his way to a 15th win on Monday at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest in New York, powering down 63 hot dogs and buns at the annual exhibition of excess.

In a decisive comeback, women’s record-holder Miki Sudo downed 40 hot dogs and buns to win the women’s title after skipping last year’s competition because she was pregnant.