Competitive Eater Joey Chestnut Consumes 12 Pound Walking Taco for National Taco Day

Normally, world-champion competitive eater Joey Chestnut would be participating in a taco-eating challenge on National Taco Day, but this year’s event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking matters into his own hands, Chestnut decided to create and chow down on the world’s largest walking taco.

In his latest YouTube video, Chestnut can be seen cooking the beef and then assembling an 12-pound walking taco, including:

• Two pounds of Doritos

• Three pounds of ground beef

• Two pounds of cheese

• One and a half pounds of salsa

• Onions

• Six avocados

• Sour cream

• Joey Chestnut Green Hatch and Jalapeno Sauce

Chestnut consumed the 12-pound concoction in 38 minutes, 42 seconds and ended National Taco Day with a beer. Used to timed competitions, Chestnut holds several world records including 182 chicken wings in 30 minutes, 75 Nathan’s Hot Dogs and buns in 10 minutes and 141 hard boiled eggs in eight minutes.