He set his first record on July 4, 2001, when he ate 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Nathan's Coney Island hot dog eating contest, shattering the previous record of 25 1/8. In 2002, he broke his own record by eating 50 1/2. In 2003, he won again by eating 44 1/2. In 2004, he triumphed again by eating 53 1/2 hot dogs in 12 min beating his old record. There was a small conflict over his 2004 result as some fellow competitors accused him of expelling vomit during the 12 minute competition. Vomiting is not prohibited per se, but the vomit is not allowed to leave the mouth of a contestant. His latest feat was in 2005 when he managed to eat 49 hot dogs and win his fifth straight contest.

He does have a certain technique and alll tooo!! Kobayashi's technique relies on a series of stomach expanding seltzer binges. The volume of water and gas in the seltzer expands the stomach without needing to consume any calories. This is how Kobayashi stays at 131 pounds!! =OO

53 ?hot dogs in 12 mins......