Staff Photo by Shane McMillan
Winner of the Krystal Square Off, Joey Chestnut, right, pulls a soaked Krystal burger from a cup of water while stuffing several others in his mouth against competitor Takeru Kobayashi, left, at the World Hamburger Eating Championship at Ross's Landing on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Chestnut pounded down 93 Krystal burgers in eight minutes, Mr. Kobayashi took third place, in the field of 12, having crammed down 84.

Reigning hamburger eating champion, Joey Chestnut, of San Jose, Calif., swallowed the competition at the Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship on Sunday, eating 95 burgers in eight minutes.

His closest challengers were Japanese eating legend Takeru Kobayashi and Patrick Bertoletti, of Chicago, stuffed themselves with 84 and 85 hamburgers, respectively.

More than 10,000 people are estimated to have attended this year’s event, which was televised live on the FSN South network.

For complete coverage see tomorrow’s Times Free Press.