Bertoletti wins after Joey Chestnut debacle [Video]

There’s a new top dog in the frankfurter eating world.

Patrick Bertoletti won Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, the annual competition held on July 4, marking the end of an era after 16-time winner Joey Chestnut’s falling out with the event’s organizer, Major League Eating.

Bertoletti, 39, from Illinois, consumed 58 hot dogs in this year’s 10-minute event, earning him the Mustard Yellow Belt in the men’s category. Miki Sudo set a new record in the women’s division with 51 wieners downed. After the beef between Chestnut and MLE, the contest was considered much more wide open than in the past several years.

MLE announced last month that it was parting ways with Chestnut,citing a rule that participants cannot strike endorsement deals with rivals of hot dog maker …