EatFeats Readers Pick Takeru Kobayashi Over Joey Chestnut To Win Krystal Square Off V

Competitive eating fans have chimed in and most so far think Joey Chestnut won't repeat as the Krystal Square Off champ.

The fact that Joey Chestnut is the current hamburger-eating world record holder and reigning champ doesn’t seem to carry much weight with readers of the popular competitive eating site EatFeats.com. Consisting mostly of dedicated speed-eating aficionados and pro gurgitators, the site’s readerbase has so far picked Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi over Chestnut by more than 2-to-1 in its latest poll to win Sunday’s Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship. Three-time Krystal Square Off king Kobayashi has received 23 votes to Chestnut’s 10 the last we checked.

Currently Pat Bertoletti has received the third most votes (5) followed by Humble Bob Shoudt (4).

All but three eaters–Crazy Legs Conti, Tim Janus and Rich LeFevre–have received at least one vote so far. Even the yet-to-be-picked 12th Eater received a vote, proving that the scientific validity of an open web-based poll may be somewhat questionable.

Click here to cast a vote for who you think will take down the biggest Major League Eating event of the year this Sunday in Chattanooga.