Joey Chestnut practically matched the 58 scorching canine devoured by the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest winner — in half the time — in an alternate occasion on Thursday.
Whereas the annual Fourth of July custom passed off in Coney Island with out aggressive consuming’s greatest identify, Chestnut took half in an exhibition consuming contest at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and crushed 57 scorching canine in simply 5 minutes.
The Nathan’s contest permits its opponents to eat as many scorching canine as they’ll in 10 minutes, however Chestnut was barred from this 12 months’s occasion.
This got here after a dispute between Chestnut and the occasion organizers — first reported by The Submit — over the previous’s endorsement take care of Unattainable Meals, which launched a plant-based scorching canine.
With the banishment from the Brooklyn occasion, Chestnut as an alternative took half in Pop Goes the Fort with 4 troopers and helped increase $106,000 for army households, as Unattainable Meals CEO Peter McGuinness introduced Operation Homefront with a test, in keeping with the Related Press.
Through the occasion in Texas, the 4 servicemen mixed to eat 49 scorching canine.
Pat Bertoletti gained this 12 months’s Nathan’s competitors, marking the primary time since 2015 that somebody aside from Chestnut had gained.
“These guys did nice!” Chestnut stated to USA At this time. “Loads higher than final 12 months. I’m actually joyful for Pat.”
Whereas Chestnut’s competitors wasn’t broadcast on nationwide tv, it was live-streamed over YouTube and drew 19,000 viewers, in keeping with USA At this time.
The 40-year-old aggressive eater is seen as among the finest on this planet and holds the world file of 76 scorching canine scarfed down in 10 minutes throughout the 2021 Nathan’s competitors.
Nathan’s and Main League Consuming, which sanctions the Coney Island occasion, seen Chestnut’s take care of Unattainable Meals as a battle of curiosity and barred him from the occasion.
Regardless of requires the 2 sides to fix fences, together with by NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Chestnut remained away from this 12 months’s festivities within the Huge Apple.
