In the pre-dawn hours on Friday, Professional competitive eater Joey Chestnut devoured a record 182 chicken wings to win his second consecutive Wing Bowl, an annual event for food lovers.

He was presented with tiny rubber chickens placed on his head and also awarded a 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara. Chestnut, 23, of San Jose, California told AP, "I love to eat. Today I was swallowing wings, swallowing bones, whatever it took."

This year's event was special as there were 15 locals competing against five professionals. The top local finisher was "Gentleman Jerry" Coughlan, who finished fourth with 167 wings. He was also awarded a new car.

Joseph Christian "Jaws" Chestnut is a competitive eater from San Jose, California, currently ranked second in the world by the International Federation of Competitive Eating. He set the American hot dog eating record on July 4, 2006 by eating 52 HDBs (hot dogs and buns) in twelve minutes at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.