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Chestnut Eats Record 87 Krystals
10/19/07
Joey Chestnut set a new AL Record by eating 87 Krystals in eight minutes in the Birmingham Krystal Square Off Local Finals in Tuscaloosa. This total makes Chestnut one of the early favorites for the World Championship on October 28.
Also eating his way into the World Championship was Tim Brown with 43 Krystals.
In third place was Juris Shibayama with 35 Krystals.
Among the other eaters were Clay Shearer with 17 and Kevin Lewis with 13.
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Krystal Square Off
Bertoletti got 76 last year, while Chestnut came second with 91. Kobayashi beat him with 97.
No sign of Kobayashi this year, so Chestnut really has to be the pick, especially at 6/5!