Joey Chestnut Sets World Record, Beats Kobayashi in Hot Dog Eating Contest on Netflix

Timothy Rapp@@TRappaRTFeatured Columnist IVSeptember 2, 2024

In the long-awaited renewal of the rivalry between competitive eating legends Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi, Chestnut won going away.

Chestnut smashed his own personal record, eating an astonishing 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Kobayashi also set a personal record with 66 dogs and buns eaten, but it wasn’t enough to compete with his competitor.

Netflix @netflixJoey Chestnut beats Takeru Kobayashi AND his own World Record with 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes. #ChestnutVSKobayashi pic.twitter.com/ThF9GSkWQF

After the display of record-setting gluttony, social media was buzzing from Chestnut’s performance:

Shawn @ShawnIyerNever. A. Doubt.

Joey Chestnut is a generational athlete. https://t.co/W52fOMKcxC

All-Star Gleyber @lincolnmckay1383 hot dogs is insane! Joey Chestnut is crazy!!!

The Magic Man @aschmitt7Joey Chestnut needs to be studied, this guy is a freak

Guled @ItsGuledJoey Chestnut is too much lmaoooo

CW @arlbaseball13Joey Chestnut, American Hero. 🌭

CB @charlestonburrJoey Chestnut is not human.

Reese @JustReese26Joey Chestnut really might retire after this. Beating your rival by almost 20, nothing left to prove.

Lance™ @The_ChosenOne24Yoooo Joey Chestnut just different bruh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🐐🐐🐐

Jimmy Sauer @jstitans24Joey Chestnut 🐐

The victory earned Chestnut a prize of $100,000 and perhaps served as a reminder to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest of the hype they lost when event organizer Major League Eating banned Chestnut from the competition for signing an endorsement deal with Impossible Foods.

Chestnut is undoubtedly the biggest star in the world of competitive eating. He proved as much, yet again, on Monday.