Joey Chestnut has formally been named the last word scorching dog-eating champion after Netflix‘s epic Labor Day showdown.
The 40-year-old eater beat his World Document of 76 scorching canines with an epic 83 scorching canines in 10 minutes, besting his longtime rival Takeru Kobayashi’s rating of 66 scorching canines.
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef marked the primary time the bitter rivals confronted off in opposition to one another in 15 years. They final competed in a 2009 scorching dog-eating competitors the place Chestnut bested Kobayashi and set a brand new world document of consuming 68 scorching canines.
The gang within the Hyperx Area on the Luxor Resort in Las Vegas roared as WWE wrestler Rey Mysterio awarded Chestnut the WWE-made customized championship title belt.
“It’s wonderful, I’ve been attempting to hit 80 scorching canines for years and with out Kobayashi I’d have by no means been capable of do it,” Chestnut mentioned.
Chestnut beat his world document of 76 scorching canines with a few minute and 20 seconds to spare, whereas Kobayashi was lagging behind at 63.
Chestnut and Kobayashi had 10 minutes to eat as many all-beef scorching canines and buns as they might however Netflix instituted a brand new algorithm for the competitors. Not solely have been they prohibited from separating the new canines from the buns, the opponents have been prohibited from dunking or pouring water on the meals.
The primary occasion was additionally prefaced by a rooster wing-eating contest that includes aggressive eater Matt Stonie versus Olympic medalists Ryan Murphy, Max Irving, and Ryan Lochte.
Stonie, who as soon as beat Chestnut in 2015 on the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest, blew the Olympic athletes out of the water by consuming 53 rooster wings in below three minutes. The athletes managed to down 36 collectively.
And Leah Shutkever tried to set one other Guinness World Document through the present by consuming probably the most watermelon in three minutes – a feat she reached with 30 seconds to spare.
She downed a whopping 2400 grams of watermelon in two-and-a-half minutes. A Guinness World Document adjudicator was on website to certify the document.
Unfinished Beef is simply the most recent stay sporting occasion Netflix has offered this 12 months. The streamer is subsequent set to current the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing occasion Nov. 15. And in 2025, Netflix will stream WWE Uncooked each week as a part of a brand new licensing deal.
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef is streaming now on Netflix.
