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The GOAT of consuming is back.
Joey Chestnut went back to the Nathan’s Hotdog Consuming Contest on Friday after being disqualified in 2015, and he was back like he never ever left.
Chestnut downed 70.5 hotdogs and buns for his 17th title in his last 18 occasions (he lost to Matt Stonie in 2015).
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Joey Chestnut prepares to contend in the guys’s competitors at Nathan’s Yearly Hotdog Consuming Contest on July 4, 2025 in New York City City. Joey Chestnut makes his go back to the Nathan’s Famous fourth of July Hotdog Consuming Contest to contend for a 17th win after missing out on the 2024 occasion due to a sponsorship conflict with Big league Consuming. ( Adam Gray/Getty Images)
NATHAN’S HOTDOG CONSUMING CONTEST: JOEY CHESTNUT GOES BACK TO CONEY ISLAND AS HEAVY FAVORITE
Chestnut downed 30 pet dogs in the very first 3 minutes, currently well ahead of his competitors, and he never ever recalled. He was well on speed to shatter his record of 76 pet dogs and buns in the 10-minute amount of time, downing 46 in the very first half of the competitors.
He started to decrease, putting down simply 11 in the next 2 minutes, however he had actually virtually currently clinched the win. For referral, he consumed 58 hotdogs, the winning number in 2015, in the very first seven-and-a-half minutes. Now, it was a chase for the record.
Tiredness embeded in, and he disappointed his record by 5. Nevertheless, it was the very best efficiency in case considering that he set the record back in 2021. It is the seventh time Chestnut split the 70 mark.
This was Chestnut’s 20th look in case, connecting the all-time record.
In 2015’s champ, Patrick Bertoletti, ended up with 46.5 pet dogs and buns.
Chestnut was not qualified to take part in in 2015’s occasion after he signed a handle Difficult Foods, a competitor of Nathan’s.
Nevertheless, last month, Chestnut revealed that he and the organizers had actually discovered commonalities on sponsorships.
Joey Chestnut, winner of the 2021 Nathan’s Famous 4th of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest, postures for pictures in Coney Island’s Maimonides Park, July 4, 2021 in the Brooklyn district of New york city. ( AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)
” I’m enjoyed be going back to the Nathan’s Famous 4th of July Hotdog Consuming Contest. This occasion indicates the world to me. It’s a valued custom, an event of American culture, and a substantial part of my life,” Chestnut composed on X.
” While I have and continue to partner with a range of business, consisting of some in the plant-based area, those relationships were never ever a dispute with my love for hotdogs. To be clear: Nathan’s is the only hotdog business I have actually ever dealt with.
” I appreciate that there were distinctions in analysis, however I’m grateful we have actually had the ability to discover commonalities. I’m delighted to be back on the Coney Island phase, doing what I live to do, and commemorating the 4th of July with hotdogs in my hands! Stay starving!”
Joey Chestnut gos to “The Claman Countdown” with host Liz Claman at Fox Service Network Studios on July 2, 2025 in New York City City. ( Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
Chestnut was certainly the frustrating preferred to win everything– he set a popcorn-eating world record back in Might.
Fox News’ Scott Thompson added to this report.
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