HAMBURG, N.Y. -- When it comes to chowing down kale, Gideon Oji is again the top dog, beating back a challenge from hotdog-eating champ Joey Chestnut. Oji gulped down 22 1/2 16-ounce bowls of the leafy green vegetable in eight minutes during Sunday's Kale Yeah! Competition at the Erie County Fair. The kale was served raw with oil and vinegar. Chestnut consumed 20 kale servings. Oji, of Marrow, Georgia, took the inaugural kale-eating title last year, consuming 25 1/2 servings.
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