HOT DOG EATING CHAMPION SICK OF BEING CHEWED OUT

HOT DOG EATING CHAMPION SICK OF BEING CHEWED OUT

EGG HARBOR, N.J. (Wireless Flash) -- Can the world's hot dog eating champion still cut the mustard? He'll find out July 4th in Coney Island. Last year, Steve Keiner -- a 300-plus-pound electrical engineer from Egg Harbor, New Jersey -- became the World Hot Dog Eating Champion by downing 21 and-a-quarter hot dogs in 12 minutes. Unfortunately, Keiner was "chewed out" by other contestants after a videotape revealed he started chomping a millisecond before the others. One runner-up demanded a "dog-off," but the judges for Nathan's Hot Dogs gave Keiner the top prize anyway, a mustard yellow belt. Keiner says he's confident he'll beat all 18 challengers -- especially since he had a dentist sharpen his teeth to give him an extra "edge."