A San Jose, California resident ended long-time Japanese dominance in the annual Fourth of July Hot Dog eating competition Wednesday.

Joey Chestnut defeated six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi in a record-setting time by hogging 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

In the competition, Chestnut also broke his own record by gulping one hot dog every 10.9 seconds. AP quotes the 23-year-old as saying, "If I needed to eat another one right now, I could."

Kobayashi, the Japanese hot-dog champion, was in low spirits as he recently had a wisdom tooth extracted and received chiropractic treatment due to a sore jaw. However, he promises to return for the 2008 event.

The only previous non-Japanese winner since 1996 was New Jersey's Steve Keiner in 1999. Third place this year went to another American, Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago, with 49.