Can You Eat This Much Turkey?

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut has won a turkey-eating contest in Connecticut, setting a record by devouring an entire bird.

Like Adam Richman said, "I am no competitive eater", on his Food Network show where he competed in all you can eat in timed challenges. I am an amateur at home eater and love to watch these guys pound food, always Monday Morning Quarterbacking saying, "I could do that". But my boy Joey, the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating champ rocked it yesterday.

Ten contestants vied to see who could eat the most of a 20-pound (9-kilogram) turkey in a competition Saturday at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

Chestnut ate 9.35 pounds (4.24 kilograms) of meat off the bone in 10 minutes. According to Major League Eating, the food equivalent of the National Football League, he bested the previous record, which was held by Sonya Thomas, who ate 5.25 pounds (2.38 kilograms) of turkey in November 2011.

Chestnut, a San Jose, California, resident who turns 31 on Tuesday, is ranked the top competitive eater in the world. He took home a $5,000 check. The remainder of the $10,000 purse was divided among other contestants.