Joey Chestnut wins 16th hot dog eating title, how many calories he consumed during the event.

After a two-hour weather delay, Joey Chestnut downed 62 hot dogs and buns on Tuesday to capture his 16th Mustard Yellow Belt at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.

It was the second straight year Chestnut finished in the 60s in the 10-minute contest, far short of his record of 76. Last year, he totaled 63.

Tuesday's second-place finisher was not close with 49 hot dogs and buns consumed.

Chestnut ate 62 hot dogs and buns during the 10-minute contest in front of cheering spectators during the Fourth of July spectacle on Coney Island in New York. Runner-up Geoffrey Esper ate 49 hot dogs.

“What a rollercoaster emotionally,'' Chestnut said during ESPN's telecast, referring to the weather delay. "They told us it was canceled. We weren’t sure we were going to eat today, and I’m just happy. It’s the Fourth of July and I got to eat some hot dogs and get a win.’’

Since 2007, Chestnut has lost just once – in 2015, when Matt Stonie ate 62 hot dogs and Chestnut downed 60.

Sudo beat Mayoi Ebihara's 33½ hot dogs in 10 minutes in a women's event that appeared to be much closer until the final count was announced. The unofficial real-time counter showed the two leaders tied throughout much of the competition. A final count of plates settled the score.

According to the nutrition facts of Nathan's products, a serving size of one Original Coney Island natural casing beef frank contains 170 calories (according to the company's website; other varieties vary) and one of Nathan's restaurant style buns contains 130 calories.

That means for the 62 hot dogs and buns Chestnut gobbled down this year, the calories of the franks would have equaled 10,540 and the buns added another 8,060 calories — for a grand total of 18,600 calories consumed. 

Nathan's natural casing beef franks also include 16 grams of total fat and 480 milligrams of sodium per dog — so one hot dog accounts for about 21% of your daily recommended values for each. 

With 62 franks eaten this year, Chestnut's total fat and sodium intake equalled 992 grams and 29,760 milligrams, respectively. 

Chestnut was a student at San Jose State University when he started in competitive eating in 2005. Two years later, he began his historic Nathan's Famous hot dog run with a victory over then-five-time defending champ Takeru Kobayashi.

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