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Watch Kobayashi Jam Soaking Wet Hot Dogs Down His Throat In Slow Motion
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Jen Carlson
Published Jul 13, 2012
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This year Takeru Kobayashi was banished to Bushwick for his July 4th hot dog fix, where he won the 1st Annual Crif Dog Classic. If you missed his victory, or simply want to relive it, someone has now created the world's most horrifying video showing the gluttony... in "grueling, high-definition, slow-motion." Kobayashi downed 58.5 HDBs (not not 68 as originally thought), but thankfully this video only shows 49 slow seconds of the action, which is about all we can stomach.
Hungry? Here's our list of the 10 Best Hot Dogs In New York.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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