{"id":19405,"date":"2012-07-04T10:39:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T14:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=19405"},"modified":"2012-07-03T02:49:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T06:49:50","slug":"hot-dog-showdown-with-takeru-kobayashi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=19405","title":{"rendered":"Hot Dog Showdown with Takeru Kobayashi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When: July 4, 2012, 11 AM \u2013 3 P<br \/>\nWhere: Roberta\u2019s, 261 Moore Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19406\" title=\"Takeru Kobayashi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/images1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each July 4, Takeru Kobayashi becomes the most sought out eater on the planet and one of world\u2019s most talked about personalities.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Babe Ruth of competitive eating is inviting the public to celebrate <a href=\"http:\/\/crifdogclassic.com\/info\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independence Day<\/a> with him at a real, New York-style backyard bash featuring live music and hot dog showdown to be broadcast live online and around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Independence Day celebration featuring live music, celebrity guests and a Crif Dog eating contest featuring Kobi and nine of North America\u2019s most talented eaters.<\/p>\n<p>About Takeru Kobayashi:<\/p>\n<p>Takeru Kobayashi is widely credited as being the \u201cgreatest eater in the world.\u201d An international celebrity who was featured on three network television shows in Japan prior to becoming a household name in America, he singlehandedly brought competitive eating from the fringe to the mainstream. In doing so remains the barometer by which all other competitors are compared.<\/p>\n<p>Kobayashi holds the Guinness Book of World Record records for eating hot dogs, pizza, Twinkies, spaghetti , hamburgers and meatballs. He is also a world record holder for eating Buffalo wings, turkey, grilled cheese, lobster rolls and cow brains, among other foods.<\/p>\n<p>For more: <a href=\"http:\/\/crifdogclassic.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/crifdogclassic.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When: July 4, 2012, 11 AM \u2013 3 P Where: Roberta\u2019s, 261 Moore Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19405"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19408,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19405\/revisions\/19408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}