Let it be known: Joey Chestnut looks like he’s busting a nut when gorging on hot dogs at the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating World Championship in Coney Island, New York.

Whereas the now exiled champ Takeru Kobayashi seemed to eat in heightened state of glee, Chestnut looks as though he hangs in a suspended state of masochistic ecstasy, like a religious martyr.