 On September 2, 2012, Joey Chestnut consumed 191 wings () in 12 minutes to take competitive-eating trophy from seven-time champion Sonya Thomas, becoming the first new champion since 2006.After losing to Miki Sudo in 2013, Chestnut returned to his winning ways in 2014 by breaking his own record by eating 192 wings and successfully defended his title the next year by breaking yet another record, this time eating 205 wings on September 6, 2015.Two years later, he set another record, this time of 220 wings on September 3, 2017.