20 Dagwood Dogs in under five minutes; internationally ranked Aussie eater manages new record

He travels the world for competitive eating and Ekka crowds on Sunday saw why. Meet the man who smashed the Dagwood Dog eating competition world record at the Ekka.

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The annual Dagwood Dog eating competition at the Ekka has a new world record, with the reigning champ beating his previous time by more than a minute.

Hundreds of spectators packed the Stockmans Bar at the Ekka on Sunday to witness Dagwood Dog eating history as JWebby Can Eat ate 20 dogs in four minutes and 51 seconds.

James Webb, competitively known as JWebby Can Eat, not only beat his own record from last year’s competition by a whole minute but was so far above the rest of the pack, none of his other competitors could finish 20 Dagwood Dogs.

James Webb in action on Sunday.

Pictures: Steve Pohlner

Mr Webb is ranked number one in Australia for competitive eating and ranked fifth globally.

“I love this sport, I get to travel the world eating good food and meeting amazing people who just live for this stuff, it’s incredible,” Mr Webb said.

“I’m heading off to America on Wednesday to compete in the top five most prestige eating competitions. I train every day for this, this is my full-time job.”

The 91kg Sydney-sider took up competitive eating three years ago and now has a combined social media following of more than 1.7 million.

Coming in second place was Sven “2 Krayzee” Pelman who polished off 16 Daggies in 10 minutes and in third place was Michael “The Machine” Stonier who managed 13.