Inside the Bizarre World of Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest: Why Millions Can’t Look Away—and Bet Big

There is one big name in this contest, and that is the man, the myth, the legend, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut. By the way, if you haven’t watched this before, it is absolutely disgusting, but the emcee for the event is awesome. He does this… rap thing when they enter the stage. It is both silly and phenomenal all at one time, but most of all, it seems really well written. Anyway, Chestnut missed last year’s contest because of some silliness about his sponsorships. Basically, he couldn’t participate because he was (or maybe still is) promoting a fringe competitor of Nathan’s hot dogs. This year, he is back, and he gets to defend his success that he’s had in the past. He has won 16 contests since 2007. As far as I can tell, he’s only lost once when he has actually competed in the contest, and that was in 2015. Over the years, Chestnut has hit 70 hot dogs or more in five of the 16 wins. However, in 2022 and 2023, he ate only 63 and 62, respectively. 

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