![Joey Chestnut (right) won a hot dog-eating contest against soldiers at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, with Impossible Foods pledging to donate $1,000 in support of military families for each hot dog downed.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/3840x2160!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2Ff9%2F5fc26f114ee6ad8aed8e2b4b575a%2Fsequence-01-01-04-36-03-still018.jpg)
Chestnut ate 57 hot dogs in five minutes, beating a team of four soldiers who downed 49 total. He not only broke his own record, but nearly tied the Coney Island winner, who ate 58 dogs in 10 minutes.
Chestnut ate 57 hot dogs in five minutes, beating a team of four soldiers who downed 49 total. He not only broke his own record, but nearly tied the Coney Island winner, who ate 58 dogs in 10 minutes.