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Joey Chestnut, the reigning and 16-time champion of the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, will not compete in this year’s event on July 4, Major League Eating announced. Chestnut, who has been competing in the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog event since 2005, has been banned from this year’s contest after he agreed to a sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods, a rival brand of Nathan’s. This year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest will again be held at Coney Island in New York City.

Joey Chestnut picked up his 16th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest win on Tuesday at Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn holding off James Webb and Geoffrey Esper in the men’s field. Chestnut devoured 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes. He set the record for most hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes with 76 in 2021. He had 63 in last year’s contest. hestnut got off to a hot start, eating five hot dogs and buns within the first 30 seconds. With 5 minutes remaining in the contest, Chestnut ate about 40 hot dogs and...

FanDuel and DraftKings are among the books that have announced refunds, giving back money on any straight bets for Chestnut to eat more than 74.5 hot dogs. Chestnut finished with 63 hot dogs Monday, good enough to hand him his 15th title but well short of last year’s record of 76. It was Chestnut’s worst showing since 2015...Midway through the contest, with Chestnut just getting going at 17 hot dogs, a protester in a Darth Vader mask rushed the Coney Island stage and unfurled a sign next to Chestnut. Chestnut quickly put the protester in a headlock before organizers took...

Joey Chestnut wins for the 16th time. Downs 63 hot dogs. He said he was going for 80...but he's still the champ.

The world’s greatest eater will limp bravely into battle in the sport’s premiere event on Monday, July 4th. Joey Chestnut shocked the competitive-eating community on Friday when he hobbled into Hudson Yards in New York City on crutches during the official weigh-in before the 2022 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest — a 4th of July tradition on Coney Island. “I’m gonna eat like a madman,” the world’s top-ranked eater told Fox News Digital before weighing in at 235 pounds.

Joey Chestnut wins 12th Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

CONEY ISLAND — San Jose resident and record-breaking competitive eater Joey Chestnut has done it again — eating 71 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes Thursday to retain his title as champion of the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. It was his 12th title overall. Chestnut fell short of his world record last year of 74 hot dogs. He was aiming for a new record, having consumed 75 hot dogs in a practice round. But he handily beat the runner-up, Darron Breedon, who wolfed down 50 frankfurters.

True American hero Joey "Jaws" Chestnut is your Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion once again. As if there was ever a doubt. The 34-year-old took home his third straight title -- his 11th in the last 12 years -- on Wednesday afternoon in Coney Island. Chestnut celebrated the Fourth of July by slamming a record-breaking 74 hot dogs into his face and earning the $10,000 prize.

LAS VEGAS — Top-ranked competitive eater Joey Chestnut has won the first-ever Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship in Las Vegas. The San Jose resident on Sunday ate 50 meatballs in 10 minutes at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino. The event was a Major League Eating-sanctioned competition. Chestnut's 6.25 pounds of meatballs set a new world record. The first-place prize was $1,500.

(CONEY ISLAND) Joey Chestnut’s world record shattering total of 66 hotdogs consumed in 12 minutes was overshadowed by Senator Hillary Clinton’s first time participation in the annual Coney Island event. Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic Presidential candidate, shoved down a respectable 49 hotdogs, or one for every Republican in the Senate. Although most fans were rooting for Chestnut or six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi, his Japanese rival, to win, Mrs. Clinton did have at least one fan, a woman carrying a sign, “If you become President, we’ll eat hot dogs every day.” Although the outcome of the two frontrunners did not become...