Rib Eating Championship

Eventual winner Pat Bertoletti, left center, of Chicago and second-place finisher Joey Chestnut of San Jose battle it out in the Best in the West Nugget World Rib Eating Championship in Sparks on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Bertoletti ate 5.8 pounds of ribs in 12 minutes to narrowly beat Chestnut, who downed 5.7 pounds. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, David B. Parker)