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Hot dog-eating champ Joey Chestnut won't compete this July 4. What’s the beef?
JUNE 12, 202412:07 PM ET
By
Rachel Treisman
Joey Chestnut emerges victorious after eating 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes during the 2022 Nathans Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City.
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The country’s most notorious hot dog-eating contest is moving forward without its star stomach, after 16-time champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut was banned for inking a deal with a company that makes plant-based franks.
Organizers of the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest said Tuesday that they banned Chestnut from the July 4th event after he signed an endorsement deal with Impossible Foods, which recently launched a new marketing campaign specifically targeting meat-eaters.
Major League Eating (MLE), the organization that oversees professional competitive eating events (including but not limited to hot dogs), said in a statement that Chestnut had “chosen to represent a rival brand” rather than compete in its storied Coney Island contest.
