Joey Chestnut won’t be “sitting on the bench” when July 4th rolls around. Unfortunately, it appears that he still
won’t be allowed to compete in Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
on July 4th. That
, including myself, who have made it an Independence Day tradition to turn on the TV and watch the greatest athlete of all time, Joey Chestnut, devour hotdogs at breakneck speeds. The decision to ban Chestnut from the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest came after it was revealed that the competitive eater signed an endorsement deal with Impossible Foods.
learned through a representative of Major League Eating (MLE) that Chestnut had penned a deal with a rival hot dog company – and one that doesn’t even make real dogs. The vegan brand recently launched a meatless frankfurter, which obviously makes it hard for Chestnut to proudly shove Nathan’s franks down his gullet. So now, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut will be taking his talents from where he usually is on July 4th (Coney Island) to Fort Bliss in Texas, where he’ll compete against four soldiers there in hot dog eating contest of their own. The glizzy gobbling competition will be a part of the “Pop Goes the Fort” celebration. https://twitter.com/DallasTexasTV/status/1807045292572786954 The rules for the event that Chestnut will now be competing in will be a little different than the Nathan’s one he’s spent nearly two decades dominating (he’s won every year since 2016). At the Fort Bliss contest, there will only be five minutes to eat as many hot dogs as possible, compared to the ten minute timer that usually paces Nathan’s contest. And in a fun twist, the four soldiers