Japanese dude eats 67 burgers in 8 minutes!

Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi swallowed 67 hamburgers in eight minutes to win $10,000 and retain his title as Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Champion.

The Japanese contender fended off San Diego State University engineering student Joey Chestnut, who was tied with Kobayashi at 60 burgers with 37 seconds left.

"If I didn't have Chestnut pushing me, I wouldn't have eaten so much this year," the 172-pound Kobayashi said through a translator. "My arms weren't moving as fast as I wanted them to."

Chestnut, 21, said his failure to dunk one of the 2.5-square-inch burgers in water slowed him.

Kobayashi finished 69 burgers in the 2004 contest. He also holds the title of hot dog-eating champion, after eating 49 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

Yeah, so this Japanese dude is like the Michael Jordan of eating contests. It seems like no one can bring him down. I mean honestly, what the heck is up with this dudes metabolism? He weighs like 90 pounds- yet he can scarf down more food than most of us could ever imagine. But you gotta give it to him, anyone who can down 40+ hotdogs and hamburgers is… well- uh- er- really good at eating lots of food? Click here for the article.