Last year, the 28-year-old man, nicknamed Jaws, from San Jose, California, won with 62 hot dogs. He bested his main rival this year by 16 dogs, scarfing down all 68 in 10 minutes in the sweltering summer heat to take home $10,000 (Rs 5.5 lakh) and the mustard yellow belt.

We are the chomp-ions! Joey Chestnut stuffs his mouth with his record-winning 68th hot dog at the competition.u00a0