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THE COMPETITIVE EATERS FROM THAT FOURTH OF JULY HOT DOG CONTEST WARMED UP . . . BY EATING PIZZA???

Every year, competitive eaters JOEY CHESTNUT and KOBAYASHI compete in the Coney Island HOT DOG EATING CONTEST on July 4th. -Kobayashi (--who is from Japan) is the SIX-TIME CHAMPION . . . but Joey (--from San Jose, California) has WON THE LAST TWO competitions.

You may not have known it, but there's actually a COMPETITIVE EATING TOUR . . . and the two titans of eating met in Los Angeles on Saturday . . . for a PIZZA EATING CONTEST. They actually ate something called P-Zones which is a foot-long calzone produced by Pizza Hut, who sponsored the contest.

Both men ate NEARLY SIX FEET OF P-ZONE . . . in SIX MINUTES. But Kobayashi was the WINNER, with five-and-three-quarters P-Zones to Chestnut's five-and-a-half. b (Associated Press)

(--Kobayashi ate 6.4 pounds of P-Zone, which comes to 7,245 calories, 264 grams of fat, more than 17,000 mg of sodium, and 885 grams of carbs. Enjoy your reasonable meals today.)

(--Check out a photo of Kobayashi being declared the winner. . .)