Joey Chestnut demolished his world sizzling canine consuming document Monday, beating longtime rival Takeru Kobayashi in a showdown billed as “unfinished beef” between the 2 largest international stars in skilled aggressive consuming.
Chestnut devoured 83 all-beef sizzling canines and buns in 10 minutes whereas Kobayashi ate 66 sizzling canines and buns within the Netflix Labour Day occasion on the HyperX Area in Las Vegas.
Three years in the past, Chestnut downed a then-world document 76 sizzling canines and buns in 10 minutes.
“It’s wonderful. I’ve been attempting to hit 80 sizzling canines for years and with out Kobayashi I used to be by no means in a position to do it. He drives me,” the 16-time Nathan’s Sizzling Canine champion stated after the occasion.
“We weren’t at all times good to every different. … We’ve pushed one another to be our greatest.”
This was the primary time the 2 nemeses have confronted off in 15 years.
“I really feel like I did every thing I may,” Kobayashi from Japan stated through his interpreter.
With the victory, Chestnut earned $100,000 in prize cash, a hot-dog formed trophy and a World Wrestling Leisure-designed championship title belt.
In accordance with the Netflix streaming service, 2,400 sizzling canines have been cooked within the final month for the competition – 300 ready for Monday’s primary occasion.
The 40-year-old Chestnut was banned from competing at this 12 months’s Nathan’s Well-known Fourth of July Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest on account of his sponsorship take care of rival plant-based meals firm Unimaginable Meals.
In 2007, Chestnut ate 66 sizzling canines and buns, dethroning the six-time champion Kobayashi.
Kobayashi unsuccessfully tried to win the Mustard Belt again from Chestnut in 2008 and 2009, after which a contractual dispute meant that Kobayashi was now not in a position to compete at Coney Island.
