Joey Chestnut barred from Nathan’s hot dog eating contest

……..But there was a Chestnut-shaped hole in this year’s event. The maestro of mastication has won the “Mustard Yellow Belt” 16 times, and ate a world record 76 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes in 2021.

If Chestnut was absent from Nathan’s Famous contest, he wasn’t going to allow Independence Day to pass by without taking on a food challenge.

The 40-year-old will be competing in his own showcase event, taking on four US Army soldiers at the Fort Bliss base in El Paso, Texas, in an “all-beef” hot dog eating event.

The contest, which hopes to raise money for military families, will last five minutes and likely Chestnut will have had one eye on his rivals competing in Coney Island.

Chestnut has reportedly said he hopes to eat more hotdogs in five minutes than the winner of Nathan’s competition does in 10 minutes.

“I think 56 is doable,’’ he said, per USA Today. “I’d be very happy to do that.’’………

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/spor...ng-contest-joey-chestnut-spt-intl?cid=ios_app