Patrick Bertoletti Reflects on Win at 2024 Hot Dog Eating Contest

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00:00Last year, of course, Pat, big news for the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.

00:04The champ and the goat, Joey Chestnut, not involved.

00:08But you matched the opportunity and rose to the occasion.

00:11On the corner of Surf and Stilwell, a personal best, 58 hot dogs and buns

00:17to claim your first ever mustard belt.

00:21What did it feel like on July 4th, a year ago, to put on that mustard belt

00:25as the champion at the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest?

00:30Well, probably one of the greatest days of my life.

00:35I will say that when they actually tried to physically put that belt on,

00:38it didn't feel very good because I had so many hot dogs in me.

00:42So this year, if I win it, maybe they need to go a little bit less tight

00:45after eating the hot dogs.

00:49Restrictive on the hot dogs here.

00:50Let me ask you this question because you get a lot of fame here

00:53from eating all those hot dogs.

00:55And there's not much going on the 4th of July, particularly early in the day.

00:58There's baseball later, there's hot dog eating contests in the morning.

01:01But outside of eating hot dogs, how do you prep for this competition

01:04and maybe some of your favorite foods that you've eaten in competition?

01:10Yeah, I mean, the practice for this event in particular is just eating hot dogs.

01:14You have to build up a tolerance to the food.

01:16I'm not opposed to saying that Nathan's is, like, the best hot dog.

01:22I could still eat a Nathan's hot dog right now.

01:24I love them.

01:25I appreciate them and hot dogs in general.

01:28But I think one of my favorite foods outside of hot dogs is probably blueberries.

01:32I did that last summer and ate a lot of them in eight minutes.

01:36And probably my favorite record.

01:37I think 18 and a half pounds.

01:38So, thank you.