"I've been trying to hit 80 hot dogs for years and without Kobayashi, I was never able to do it," Chestnut said after receiving $100,000, a hot dog-shaped trophy and a championship title b...
The decades-long tension between the two competitors stems from early hot dog eating competitions. Starting in the summer of 2001, Kobayashi beat Chestnut during Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest six ye...
“I feel like a kid,” Chestnut said about his emotions going into the matchup. “We are going to push each other to crazy limits, and that's what competition is… He's pushing me, and I'm so ...
A statement from Major League Eating explained that Chestnut was not eligible to participate due to a conflict with a plant-based brand. Nathan’s, who has held the eating competition every year on Con...