Kobayashi has been taken down! Joey Chestnut, a graduate student from San Jose, as unseated six-time defending champion Takeru Kobayashi at the 2007 Nathan's Famous International July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest, shattering his own record—66 weiners in 12 minutes:
American Snatches Kobayashi's Mustard Belt. Disgusting. Kobayashi, who was apparently battling a jaw condition leading up the competition, kept pace with Chestnut but was never able to take the lead. However, he proclaimed that he'd be back with a vengeance in 2008:
"I will definitely beat him next year." You do that.
