Joey Chestnut dominates the Hot Dog Contest

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The goat of the food returned.

Joey chestnut returned to Nathan Food Contest Hot -Doogs On Friday, after last year he was impossible, and he returned the way he never left.

Chestnut knocked down 70.5 Hot -out and buns for his 17th titles in the last 18 events (he lost Matta Stani in 2015).

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Joey Chestnut is preparing for competitions in the men’s competition at Nathan’s annual food competition on July 4, 2025 in New York. Joey Chestnut returns to the famous food competition Hot -Down in Nathan to compete for the 17th victory, having missed the event in 2024 from the sponsorship dispute with the higher league. (Adam Gray/Getti Image)

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In the first three minutes, the chestnut lowered 30 dogs, already ahead of his competition, and he never looked back. It was at full pace to break up his record of 76 dogs and buns in 10 minutes, in the first half of the competition 46.

He began to slow down, postponing only 11 in the next two minutes, but almost won. For reference, he ate 58 hot dogs, who won last year, in the first seven and a half minutes. Now it was the pursuit of the record.

Fatigue treated, and he lacked his record for five. However, it was the best performance in the event because it set the record in 2021. This is the seventh time the chestnut hacked 70.

It was a 20th chestnut performance in this event, linking all the time.

Last year, the champion Patrick Bertalti ended with 46.5 dogs and buns.

Chestnut was is not eligible to participate Last year, after he signed a transaction with “impossible product”, Nathan’s opponent.

However, last month, Chestnut announced that he and the organizers found a general position in sponsorship.

Joey Chestnut, winner of the famous International Hot Dog competition in 2021, poses for photos at the Maimanid Park, on July 4, 2021 in the Brooklyn district of New York. (AP Photo/Brittley Newman, File)

“I’m delighted with returning to the famous Hot -Outano contest. This event means the world for me. This is a cherished tradition, celebration American cultureAnd a huge part of my life, “the chestnut wrote on X.

“Although I have and continue to cooperate with different companies, including some in the plant space, this relationship has never been a conflict with my love for hot dogs.

“I respect that there were differences in the interpretation, but I am grateful that we were able to find a common language. I am glad to return to the horse -Ayland, do what I live, and mark the fourth of July with hot -in my hands! Stay hungry!”