LAS VEGAS (AP) - Top-ranked competitive eater Joey Chestnut has
won the first-ever Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship
in Las Vegas.

Chestnut on Sunday ate 50 meatballs in 10 minutes at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino. The event was a Major League Eating-sanctioned competition.

Chestnut's 6.25 pounds of meatballs set a new world record.

The first-place prize was $1,500.

Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti finished in second place, just one meatball behind Chestnut.

Sonya Thomas, weighing in at 105 pounds, ate 42 meatballs to finish in third place.

The competition had a utensils-only rule.