Joey "Jaws" Chestnut loves food. But perhaps the one thing he loves more is a challenge involving food.
The world champion competitive eater and San Jose product was at it again this week with an at-home taco eating challenge in honor of National Taco Day. The annual taco-eating contest in which he usually partakes was canceled due to the coronavirus.
The 36-year-old Chestnut prepared his own 12-pound "walking taco" and consumed it in 38 minutes, 42 seconds, posting a video (with time-lapse intervals) of the challenge on his YouTube channel.
The meal consisted of 2 pounds of Nacho Cheese Doritos, 3 pounds of ground beef, 2 pounds of cheese, 1.5 pounds of salsa, onions, six avocados, sour cream and a healthy dose of Joey Chestnut Green Hatch and Jalapeno Sauce.
Chestnut cut open the 2-pound bag of Doritos lengthwise and poured the rest of the ingredients in over the chips to create his version of a "walking taco."
"Man, that was tasty," Chestnut said to viewers after he finished, showing the empty bag. "I was a little worried. It starts getting a little dry when you start mixing it in. That was an epic walking taco."
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Chestnut holds several eating world records, including 182 chicken wings in 30 minutes, 75 Nathan’s Hot Dogs and buns in 10 minutes and 141 hard boiled eggs in 8 minutes.
