Major League Eating introduced on Tuesday that Joey Chestnut is unable to take part within the 2024 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest after he partnered with a rival model.
Chestnut just lately signed a cope with Impossible Foods, a rival of Nathan’s that has launched a vegan wiener.
Thus, Major League Eating dominated that so long as the 16-time winner of the competition has a cope with Impossible Foods, he won’t be allowed to compete on the July 4 spectacle.
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Competitive eater Joey Chestnut attends a weigh-in ceremony earlier than the Nathan’s Famous July Fourth scorching canine consuming contest, Monday, July 3, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Chestnut stated on X, previously Twitter, that he realized he was “banned” from the occasion via social media.
“I used to be gutted to study from the media that after 19 years Im [sic] banned from the Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest,” Chestnut wrote. “I like competing in that occasion, I like celebrating America with my followers throughout this nice nation on the 4th and I’ve been coaching to defend my title.
“To set the file straight, I don’t have a contract with MLE or Nathans and so they need to change the principles from previous years because it pertains to different companions I can work with. This is outwardly the idea on which I’m being banned, and it doesn’t impression the July 4th occasion.
Competitive eater Joey Chestnut competes within the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island on July 4, 2012 within the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Chestnut received the boys’s division by efficiently tying his personal world file by consuming 68 scorching canine in 10 minutes. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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“Sadly, that is the choice Nathan’s and Major League Eating are making, and it’ll deprive the nice followers of the vacation’s typical pleasure and leisure. To my followers, I like you and recognize you. Rest assured that you simply’ll see me eat once more quickly!! STAY HUNGRY!”
Although Chestnut is finest recognized for his efficiency with the wieners, his web site says that he travels “200 days” out of the yr competing. Thus, he has quite a few different information.
Just just a few of these embody his 32 Bic Macs in 38 minutes, 44 Raising Cane’s rooster fingers in 5 minutes and 61.5 four-ounce pork roll sandwiches in 10 minutes.
Chestnut famously took down a protester on the 2022 occasion by way of chokehold, which did not part him one bit. He nonetheless downed 63 canine and buns.
Competitive eater Joey Chestnut holds a plate of hotdogs representing his world file for consuming 76 hotdogs and buns in ten minutes throughout a weigh-in ceremony earlier than the Nathan’s Famous July Fourth scorching canine consuming contest, Monday, July 3, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The 40-year-old, broadly thought to be the GOAT in his sport, has received the competition yearly however one since 2007. He was upset by Matt Stonie within the 2015 competitors however has since rattled off eight straight victories within the contest.
Chestnut’s 76 canine and buns within the 2021 contest stay a world file. He ate 62 final yr, sufficient to defend his title (in simply 10 minutes).
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