It ain’t nothin’ but a chicken wing for Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti, the 22-year-old Mohawk-wearing, native Chicagoan, who ate his way to victory on the Major League Eating Tour in the Chicken Wing Showdown in Las Vegas late Tuesday morning.
Along with the prize, he claimed the $25,000 purse after defeating international and hot dog-eating legend, Takeru Kobayashi, and this year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating champion, Joey Chestnut.
Bertoletti crammed 4.05 pounds down in eight minutes, taking home the title in dramatic fashion by holding off Chestnut for the third contest in a row.
On Sunday, Bertoletti decided it was time to make a run for the No. 1 spot in the International Federation of Competitive Eating rankings. He took on the world’s No. 2 eater, Chestnut, in the Waffle House Waffle Eating Championship in Dallas at the Texas State Fair. Bertoletti swallowed up his opponents with 29 waffles in 10 minutes, edging out Chestnut, who ate 28 and one-half, to capture the $3,500 prize.
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