Chestnut set the record yesterday during a wing-eating contest at the annual National Buffalo Wing Festival in New York, defeating a longtime rival, Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas.
He beat the old record of 183 wings, set last year by Thomas.
Thomas, a five-time winner of the contest, was second with 170 wings, the 'New York Daily News' reported.
"Sonya had the crowd of 10,000 people behind her, but she was out of synch," said George Shea, the chairman of Major League Eating, the governing body of all stomach-centric sports.
Thomas, Shea said, was the favourite, having beaten Chestnut two years in a row.
"But Joey would have beaten her even on her best day,
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