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Man wins $1,000 for eating 25 hot dogs

LAS VEGAS, Calif. (UPI) -- A Las Vegas man won $1,000 by downing 25 hot dogs, more than six pounds of meat, at the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Contest in California.

Thomas Gilbert, 28, ate 18 hot dogs in the 15-minute first round of the event Sunday and then chased them with seven more franks during the finals at the Derby Deli & Dueling Piano Bar in Mission Viejo, the Orange County (Calif.) Register reported.

Gilbert faced a field of 24 eaters in the first round and the competition was narrowed to only three people, including Gilbert, for the final 15 minutes.

"I'm ready for dessert," Gilbert joked after being awarded his $1,000 prize.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 10/27/2009

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