Who is Joey “Jaws” Chestnut? He’s probably the most well-known scorching canine eater on the earth! The 39-year-old is a 16-time winner of Nathan’s well-known Fourth of July scorching dog-eating contest, held at Maimonides Park on Coney Island on the Fourth of July annually. The aggressive eater has received the title a whopping 15 instances, and he holds the document for having eaten 76 scorching canines in 10 minutes (a feat he achieved in 2021).
Joey took him his sixteenth title throughout the 2023 competitors. After a lightning delay, Joey took residence the championship as soon as once more on Tuesday, July 4. While he fell wanting his private greatest, he nonetheless managed to come back out on prime by consuming 62 scorching canines in 10 minutes.
Ahead of the 2023 competitors, Joey received the primary ever Qdoba Burrito Eating contest in April, when he ate 14.5 burritos in 10 minutes. After taking residence his victory in 2022, he additionally broke information for many Raising Cane’s hen fingers in 5 minutes (44) in July 2022 and by consuming 32 servings of 24oz popcorn in eight minutes in August.
Chestnut simply obliterated him🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/dry7Oy8KZK
— jonah block (@JonahBlock05) July 4, 2022
Joey additionally had numerous obstacles to beat: he suffered a compound fracture of his proper leg requiring two surgical procedures and practically two weeks in hospital again in December 2021. Beyond that, he additionally injured a tendon in a proper leg, and arrived in NY in a solid. In May, he examined constructive for COVID-19, forcing him to drop out of a doughnut consuming competitors. During the 2022 competitors, a protester dressed like Darth Vader tried to interrupt the competitors with an indication, leaping over the barricade. Joey rapidly put the protester in a chokehold earlier than safety may take away the person. As if all of that wasn’t a mountain to wade via, he misplaced his mom in June 2022, which he advised media via tears. “This is new floor for me, having to cope with this,’’ he mentioned throughout a pre-competition interview. “[My mom] wouldn’t need me to overlook the competition…It’s positively going to be a better contest than it was final yr,’’ he added.
Joey is really unmatched in relation to scorching dog-eating contests. Surprisingly the occasion nonetheless occurred this yr amid the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic whereas many different associated ones have been canceled or pushed again to a later date.
Joey has received numerous
Joey received his very first Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2007, defeating champion Takeru Kobayashi. He received yearly till he was overwhelmed by Matt Stonie in 2015. Since that one surprising loss to Matt, Joey has but to be overwhelmed once more within the annual scorching canine consuming contest on July 4. Joey has develop into the face of consuming contests.
And the ̶w̶e̶i̶n̶e̶r̶ winner is… Joey Chestnut! 🌭
He takes the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog-Eating Contest for the 14th time, consuming a world-record 76 scorching canines!!! 🤯
Chestnut -3335 💵pic.twitter.com/yMke4JOWLw
— TwinSpires Sportsbook 💵 (@TS_Sportsbook) July 4, 2021
He has no plans to reitre
“I know eventually I will give it up for one reason or another,” Joey advised HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “Either if I have a family eventually. If I want to live a more normal life and can’t travel as much or if ever my health changes or if I have a health issue that would be a reason. But I would love… I mean these past three years I have been trying to eat healthier and running more and I hope I can continue that trend so I could prolong this as long as I can because I have had a normal job and I have had to answer to bosses and have had nasty emails and checked schedules and changed orders and I mean I could go back to all of that!”
He’s open to his youngsters following in his footsteps
When requested whether or not or not he’ll practice his youngsters in aggressive consuming, Joey advised HollywoodLife: “I don’t know about training them but I would tell them to do whatever makes them happy and I chose a degree I wanted to do and a company I wanted to work for and it made me happy and then it grew into something I would have never imagined so I think do whatever makes you happy. Always try new things and never close any doors.”
He as soon as proposed to an ex at a contest
Right earlier than successful the Nathan’s 2014 Hot Dog Eating Contest, Joey proposed to his longtime girlfriend. Sadly, they break up in early 2015.
He doesn’t simply eat scorching canines
Joey is an expert eater. He’s competed in consuming contests of grilled cheese sandwiches, waffles, burgers, wings, pizza, macaroni and cheese, bratwursts and extra. What a life!
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