host: and the up and comer, the fastest rising star in major league eating, nick wehry. if you went home and you told your parents, like, mom and dad, i figured out my career path-- i'm going to be a hot dog eater. they'd say, ok, marie, like they say every time i come home with a new idea. do you have certain techniques? while you're chewing these and getting them down, pick up one of these buns. dunk it in the water. drink the bun. so it's two dogs, bun, bun. two dogs, bun, bun. sign me up. well, you had nothing else to but your under armor shirt, bro? i was showing up for competition, man. i was-- game face! 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, dig in! how do you think that i did in this hot dog eating contest? i feel like you'd fare pretty well. i could see you taking a lot of wieners. truer words have never been spoken. right? mm! host: and we are underway. eating hot dogs fast is way more difficult than-- it is so hard. god damn it! it was the soggy buns. host: 30 seconds. he's got four nathan's hot dogs and buns down. do i have to do hot dog buns? or can i do a bunch of hot dogs and a